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Car Believed Involved In Running Gun Battle Found Abandoned In Lafayette Saturday
Lamorinda police are converging (4:20 p.m.) on the area of Shreve Lane and Pleasant Hill Road after a bullet-riddled car believed involved in a running gunfight with a second vehicle was found abandoned in the area. Police responding to reports of the damaged Infiniti running east on Highway 24 from the Caldecott Tunnel located the…
Read MoreCar Thief Grabs A Car In Lafayette; Races For The Caldecott Thursday
A brazen thief stole a Ford Taurus from a home in the 3300 block of McGraw Lane in Lafayette Thursday morning, sprinting toward the Caldecott with Lamorinda police in pursuit. At this hour (8:12 a.m.) we believe the thief may have been successful in his bid to make it though the tunnel despite police efforts…
Read MoreDublin Unified Trustee Catherine Kuo Killed In Traffic Mishap Wednesday
Dublin Unified School District Trustee Catherine Kuo was killed Wednesday after she was struck from behind and pinned between two cars while standing outside Fallon Middle School. Police report that the accident occurred at approximately 11:45 a.m., as Kuo was standing behind a car outside the school at 3601 Kohnen Way, when she was struck…
Read MoreCounty Passes Ordinance Extending Protections For Commercial Tenants
Protections Extended to Commercial Tenants through June 30, 2021 (Martinez, CA) – At a Board meeting on March 23, 2021, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Urgency Ordinance No. 2021-11 to continue the temporary prohibition on evictions of certain small-business commercial tenants financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This protection now continues through…
Read MoreTransient Arrested On Suspicion Of Setting Revenge Fires At Martinez Business
From Contra Costa County Fire Protection District: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced the arrest of an accused arsonist in connection with several fires set at a business in Martinez the evening of March 10, 2021. Fabian Vera, 36, a transient, was arrested in Bay Point on March 16 following an…
Read MoreMan In Fedora Robs Martinez Chase Bank Monday
On March 22, 2021 at 1310 hours, officers from the Martinez Police Department responded to Chase Bank, located at 4201 Alhambra Ave, on a report of a robbery in progress. The suspect handed the teller a note demanding money. Bank personnel complied with the demand note. The suspect took the money and fled out of…
Read More“I’m Still Here” – Our MIAs Re-Surface After Months In Lockdown
This COVID pandemic has been tough on all of us, no doubt. We’ve lost some good people, had others drop off the map while they Battled the Bug or just hunkered down, and we can’t help but feel that all our lives have been changed forever. We’re lucky to have an engaged community of readers…
Read MorePursuit Threads Through Lafayette, Ends In Orinda Friday
At about 7:51 a.m. Friday, a sharp-eyed Lafayette police officer spotted a car allegedly stolen and involved in a felony evading incident yesterday as the car was running east on Highway 24. The officer trailed the car into Lafayette, where the driver reversed course at Pleasant Hill Road and began running at high speed westbound…
Read More“I Am Hydra” – Water Monster Walks In Walnut Creek
It’s raining pretty steadily so, sure… time for a hydrant shear! Michele Hedley forwards this shot of a water monster up and walking at a construction site across from the Walnut Creek Target store. Michele says Hydra has been gushing for a while with the fire people on site and trying to stem the flow…
Read MoreAttorney Burris Investigating Danville Shooting Case; Alludes To Disputing Witness
Civil rights attorney John Burris said he has been contacted by the family of a man shot and killed by a Danville police officer to look into events leading to the shooting – alluding that an eyewitness has disputed police accounts of the fatal contact between Officer Andrew Hall and Tyrell Wilson on March 11.…
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