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Two-Alarm Blaze Damages Walnut Creek Senior Care Facility Thursday; Nearby Structures Also Damaged
A fast-moving fire, believed preceded by what neighbors reported was an explosion of some type, ripped through a senior care facility on Castle Hill Road in Walnut Creek Thursday with embers from the fire also setting another structure ablaze. Workers, police and firefighters fought to evacuate approximately a half dozen residents from the home at…
Read MoreFatal Crash In San Ramon Wednesday
UPDATE: A 32-year-old Antioch man has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with this crash. Prosecutors filed the single felony count against Jeffrey Adelmann, alleging he was drowsy and ignored a passenger’s pleas to stop before running a “solid red light at a very high speed.” ORIGINAL: A suspected red light runner touched…
Read MoreSmall Dog Linked To Fiery Crash At Concord ARCO Station Tuesday
Investigators sifting the charred wreck of an SUV that crashed into a gas pump of an ARCO station at 3400 Willow Pass Road say a small dog may have interfered with the operation of the vehicle and contributed to the crash. The fiery collision occurred at 5:40 p.m. At least one person suffered burns as…
Read MoreArmed Man Surrenders To Police; Pinole Lockdown Order Lifted
A Pinole man apparently suffering a mental health breakdown shot a family dog and triggered a neighborhood lockdown which sealed off a large quadrant of town Monday before he eventually surrendered to police. Neighbors reported hearing gunshots inside a home on Marlesta Road Sunday evening and officers responding to the call found the man’s mother…
Read MoreMoraga PD Stops Pair Of Suspected Burglars Early Sunday; They Had This Bike… Is It Yours?
At 5:45 a.m. Sunday, Moraga police received a call from a resident reporting suspicious persons in the area of Sanders Drive and Larch Avenue. Officers responded to the area and contacted the subjects on Canyon Road as they were leaving Moraga in a truck allegedly loaded with burglary tools, other property… and the pictured bicycle.…
Read MoreCOVID Outbreak Among Las Lomas High School Students; Off-Campus Party Suspected
Administrators at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek are reportedly working with county health officials to trace 20 confirmed cases of COVID-19 recently discovered among their students, believed to have been spread during a large off-campus party. To date, no cases of the virus are believed to have occurred as a result of on-campus…
Read MoreMan Shot On Highway 4 In Pittsburg Thursday
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a possible freeway shooting reported in the area of eastbound Highway 4 on the Railroad Avenue offramp Thursday. The victim, an adult male in his twenties, was driving a blue 2018 Honda Accord when he was hit in the neck at approximately 8:30 p.m. He was transported to John…
Read MoreDublin PD Announces Arrests In “Lil Yase” Murder Case
Dublin police investigators have announced the arrests of Angel Butler and Jovante Williams, both 28 and both of Dublin, in connection with the homicide of Mark Alexander Antonyyo Jr, who went by the stage name Lil Yase, shot multiple times near the East Dublin BART station on Nov. 28, 2020. Officers located the 26-year-old Northern…
Read MoreIt’s Official: We’re In A Drought Year
From EBMUD: OAKLAND – The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Board of Directors voted to declare a Stage 1 drought shortage at its April 27, 2021 meeting based on projections that water runoff will fall below what is needed to refill EBMUD reservoirs this year. The Board also voted to purchase supplemental water supplies…
Read MoreMinor Wounds Reported In I-680/Highway 4 Shooting Monday; Juvenile Hit
A girl riding with her mother west on Highway 4 near I-680 was wounded when an apparent bullet grazed her head, California Highway Patrol investigators said Monday. The incident occurred at approximately 11:45 a.m., according to police, but wasn’t reported until hospital staff at John Muir Hospital treated the victim and notified authorities about an…
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