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Sunvalley Diamond Store Blitzed By Hammer-Wielding Thieves Monday
A squad of masked, hammer-wielding thieves stormed a Sunvalley jewelry store Monday, attacking display cases with construction hammers and making off with an undetermined amount of goods. The robbery was reported by patrons who saw the robbery crew – comprised of seven to nine males in their late teens to early 20s – enter the…
Read MoreMake Mine Renewable, Please
Dear Editor; Recent attention given to gas prices in our area should be the backbreaking straw to swing people away from fossil fuel and toward renewable power sources – which continue to improve as technology advances and production scales up. As an early adopter not wishing to rub salt in anyone’s wounds I will only…
Read MoreMessy Truck Crash Closes 680 Transition South From SR4 Friday
A hoist truck apparently carrying poles to a construction site at the I680/SR4 transition toppled Friday night, spilling its load, injuring a driver and tying up traffic for several hours as California Highway Patrol officers and freeway workers dealt with a resultant fuel spill and damaged light poles. As you can tell from photographer Craig…
Read More“Like Driving Into A Cotton Ball” – Foggy In The 24/680 Tonight
Night Hawk photographer Craig Cannon is out and about tonight, looking for a picture and not seeing much as billowing folds of fog close in on our bridges and valleys. Cannon shot this photo in Martinez.
Read MoreFor The Second Time Thursday – Child Taken During Car Theft Recovered By Police
Police in Concord are looking for the thief who made off with a white Honda Odyssey van taken from a Wingstop location on Ygnacio Valley Road tonight – with a 4-month-old strapped in her car seat. The van with child aboard was located by police after a sharp-eye police officer spotted the vehicle, still running,…
Read MoreVeterans Day, 2021
I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can’t be won without. I wish you could see just one of the ineradicable pictures I have in…
Read MoreMartinez Resident Jeff Carpoff Gets 30 Years In Prison For Billion Dollar Ponzi Scam
Martinez resident Jeff Carpoff, who with his wife Paulette owned Benicia-based DC Solar, was sentenced today for his role in the billion-dollar Ponzi scheme Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert called the biggest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California. The Carpoffs both pleaded guilty to the scam in January,…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Mother’s Murder
A 39-year-old Walnut Creek man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his mother during an altercation in their Jones Road home. Walnut Creek police said in a release that Nicholas Roth of their city is in custody, held on suspicion of murdering his mother, Darlene Roth, 74. Roth is a part-time sports writer…
Read MoreLocal Agencies Take Down Suspected Armed Robbery Crew
We’ve noted a recent flurry of armed robberies within our area of coverage and, it appears, local law enforcement was busy tracking a crew of suspected thieves believed responsible for as many as 25 robberies throughout the area. According to a release offered by police in Antioch, officers began looking for a crew of masked…
Read MoreFire Discovered In A Lafayette Insurance Office Monday
Firefighters are investigating the origin of a fire in the Stanley Smith Insurance offices, 3540 Wilkinson Lane in Lafayette this morning. The blaze was discovered at 5:57 a.m. and police are closing nearby roads as a result in order for fire apparatus to access the blaze. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews gained the…
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