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Suspected Cosmetics Crew Nabbed After Strolling Through San Ramon Thursday
Organized shoplifting crews have been pillaging local stores and chains in recent months, making off with thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars worth of loot. Things went badly for two women who allegedly returned to an Ulta store in San Ramon where employees recognized them as members of a Bay Area wide theft…
Read MoreConcord Quake Registers 3.8 Magnitude Thursday – Inspiring Some Respect, Some Yawns
Termed “a decent little shake” by local quake veterans, a sharp 3.8 Magnitude temblor rolled through the 24/680 Thursday, nearly throwing one perfectly sober journalist off his feet and sparking reaction from thousands. The shaker, epicentered near Buchanan Field in Concord, rolled through the area at 11:18 a.m.
Read MoreLafayette Mayor Addresses Ongoing Battle Of The El Curtola Overpass
From the City of Lafayette: The Lafayette City Council and I have closely followed recent events at the El Curtola overpass, which crosses Highway 24 in Lafayette. Our first priority is the safety of our City’s residents and we have been concerned by reports of violence and intimidation on the overpass. The Lafayette Police Department,…
Read MoreLicense Plate Readers, LoJack’s A’ Poppin’ Wednesday; Alleged Thieves Try On Cuffs In Danville, Lafayette
Anyone doubting the power of technology need only have been on city streets Wednesday as the area’s Automated License Plate Readers and LoJack systems kicked in with a vengeance. The devices send signals to monitoring agencies whenever an equipped or registered vehicle passes an ALPR site – relaying the target vehicle’s position to interested law…
Read MoreWoman Dies In Concord House Fire Monday; Investigation Points To Electrical Malfunction
An 84-year-old Concord woman was found dead in her home Monday after neighbors reported adjacent landscaping on fire and a police officer arrived to find the home engulfed in flame. The fire gutted the single story home in the 3500 block of Hillsborough Drive. The neighbors reported the fire at around 6:30 a.m. after they…
Read MoreSheriff’s Office Investigating Murder In Tara Hills Sunday
Deputy Sheriff’s dispatched to a report of shots fired at an apartment complex at San Pablo Avenue and Crestwood Drive in the Tara Hills neighborhood of West Contra Costa County at about 12:39 p.m. on Sunday arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound in a nearby car. Deputies began life-saving measures on the…
Read MoreHard Start On Our Roads Sunday; “Full Turtle” Sighted In Concord
Sunday drivers are finding it tough going out there today, with a series of crashes playing havoc with motorists and traffic patterns disrupted – all before noon. Interstate 680 was particularly hard hit with a fiery, early-morning crash taking at least one life in San Ramon at 3:30 a.m. and a second rollover crash in…
Read MoreFatal Crash Closes I680 In San Ramon Sunday
Two people died and two others were injured in a fiery collision on southbound Interstate 680 in San Ramon early Sunday. Investigators said a Volkswagen Jetta traveling south on I-680 north of Alcosta Boulevard went off the roadway, crossing all lanes before swerving back and colliding with the center median. The incapacitated Jetta was struck…
Read MoreLetters: Assault On The Capitol
Editor; President Trump incited insurrection and should be immediately impeached, convicted, removed from the oval and forever barred from public office. I hope the Republican members of Congress who have enabled his antidemocratic behavior for four long, critical years realize just how much damage they have done to this country. David Craswell, Walnut Creek Editor; This was a…
Read MoreReps. DeSaulnier And Swalwell Escorted From Capitol As Trump Backers Storm Building
Two local lawmakers were whisked off the House floor and escorted to a safe location after an extraordinary demonstration of allegiance to a departing president ended with a violent assault on the Nation’s capitol. Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Livermore) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) were caught up in the events of an ugly day in Washington in…
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