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Alleged Shoplifter Leaves Trail Of Debris, Angry Motorists After Sprint Into Walnut Creek Thursday
A suspected shoplifter fleeing police in a Toyota van allegedly struck several vehicles before attempting to exit I-680 at Ygnacio Valley and crashing at high speed near the Walnut Creek BART station. Witnesses in the area at the time said the van appeared to be “pushing 100 mph” when it crashed at Ygnacio and Oakland…
Read MoreHealth Officials Reaffirm Support For In-Person Schooling
From Contra Costa Health Services: As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12thgrade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa…
Read MoreWei-Tai Kwok Appointed To Lafayette City Council
The Lafayette City Council has appointed Wei-Tai Kwok to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Councilmember Cameron Burks. The City Council selected Kwok at a special meeting on August 24, 2021 by a vote of three to one, and he was sworn in at the online meeting. Kwok will serve on the City Council…
Read MoreScreenShots: “Rudderless”
We’ll lead this one off with an outright bias admission: We just finished rolling through Rudderless for the third time and it still gets us in all the right places at all the right times. First time out of the directorial blocks for William H. Macy, who has benefited much from his apparent understanding and…
Read MoreAll Down The Line – Stones Pulsebeat Charlie Watts Dead At 80
Publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today, surrounded by his family.” “Charlie was a cherished husband, father and grandfather and also as a member of The Rolling Stones one of the greatest drummers of his generation,” Doherty said.
Read MoreMoraga Loses Joseph W. Mullen Jr. , b. 1935 – d. August 10, 2021
Joseph (Joe) William Mullen, Jr died on August 9, 2021 at the age of 86. He was at home, surrounded by his family, as he hoped. Joe always had a plan, and his passing went according to his plan. Joe was born in 1935 in Bronx, New York to Florence (Cleary) and Joseph Mullen. He…
Read MoreMoraga PD’s Kevin Mooney Dies August 21; He Was 58
The Moraga Police Department is mourning the loss of Corporal Kevin Mooney, who passed away on August 21, 2021 following a brave battle with COVID-19 and related complications. Kevin was 58 years old. Kevin joined the Moraga Police Department in 2013. At the time of his death, he was assigned as the Department’s Detective and had…
Read MoreFire On King Drive In Walnut Creek Saturday
Photo from Ryan Chance Lauder of today’s fire on King Drive in Walnut Creek. A ’65 Corvette in the garage at the time was the only casualty – though apparently that was enough to break the heart of its owner and local car fanciers.
Read MoreSaturday Off And Running With Stolen Car Arrest In Moraga
Early risers in Moraga were shocked to see a small caravan of police cars thread their way past Campolindo High School and onto quiet Campolindo Drive early Saturday, apparently trailing the operator of a car cruising local neighborhoods. The car is believed to have tripped an Automated License Plate Reader because officers apparently got some…
Read MoreMan Shot, Wounded In Concord Wednesday
A man dressed head to foot in black motorcycle attire approached and shot another man in the parking lot of the Willow Pass Community Park on E. Olivera Wednesday. Emergency personnel were called to the area around 1 p.m., reportedly finding a person in or near a car with a gunshot wound to the chest.…
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