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One Person Believed Hit In Walnut Creek Drive-By Friday
Passersby scattered after a flurry of gunfire broke out in the 3100 block of Oak Road in Walnut Creek Friday, wounding one person and sparking reports of a possible running gun battle between different factions in separate cars. The incident, reported at 1:28 p.m., triggered a swarm of reports from witnesses who all reported seeing…
Read MoreBusy Morning: Structure Fire In Orinda; Wrong-Way Pursuit On 24/680
We had the cucumber-base beauty mask on and were working on those under-eye satchels we’ve been carrying around lately when bing bing bing – the alarm bells start going off. Various agencies participated in an early a.m., circuitous pursuit of a local Thunder Runner who decided to make a break for home, leading officers on…
Read MoreLetters: Have We Gotten To The “Very Bad, Very Bad” Part, Yet?
As an interested observer of our national landscape I can’t help but notice that we appear to be separating into armed camps – along the lines of the “bikers” and “tough people” the person in the White House claimed were on his side. Today a 17-year-old carrying an assault rifle in the streets of Kenosha,…
Read MoreData Suggests A Leveling of COVID-19 Transmission In Contra Costa County
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Daily hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and the percentage of COVID-19 tests returning positive remained steady or fell slightly in Contra Costa County during early August, reflecting recent local progress in slowing the spread of a deadly virus. These key data indicators for the pandemic remain at dangerously high levels in Contra…
Read MoreThree Dead In Fiery Walnut Creek Freeway Crash
Investigators are attempting to determine why a car with three people aboard crashed and burned on the North Main Street offramp of I680 northbound late Tuesday evening. Crews responding to reports of a tree on fire at that location at approximately 10:40 p.m. found the Pontiac Grand Prix fully engulfed in flames and determined that…
Read MoreTerraces Of Lafayette Project Passes By 4-1 Vote
By far the most bitterly contested land use proposal to come before the Lafayette City Council in recent memory was passed by a 4 to 1 vote early Tuesday and appears on its way to construction. The Terraces of Lafayette project was passed despite continued, expressed concerns over traffic and evacuation routes in the event…
Read MoreBurgAlert: Walnut Creek PD Makes An Arrest
From Walnut Creek PD: Walnut Creek Police received calls regarding a male inside a suspicious vehicle associated with a residential burglary investigation. Officers responded to the area (Ed. No precise location provided) and located the vehicle. Officers contacted Robert Corralejo, and a probation search of his vehicle was conducted. Officers found the stolen property related…
Read MoreNew COVID-19 Community Testing Hub Opens Wednesday In Richmond
West Contra Costa residents looking for fast, free COVID-19 testing will have a convenient new option beginning Wednesday, when Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) opens a new community testing hub at Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza. The new testing site, in a parking lot with the entrance at the corner of 25thStreet and Nevin Avenue, accepts…
Read MoreConcord Man Killed While Helping His Wife Along Highway 24 In Orinda Saturday
As family members have indicated here, a 29-year-old Concord man struck and killed by a car on Highway 24 near Fish Ranch Road early Saturday had stopped his car to assist his wife after her car broke down. Investigators said the victim was standing with his wife on the shoulder of eastbound Highway 24 at…
Read MoreConcord Man Dies, Walnut Creek Driver Seriously Injured In Head-On Crow Canyon Crash Saturday
The California Highway Patrol’s Castro Valley office has determined that a Concord man killed in a head-on crash just outside the San Ramon city limits Saturday had been driving recklessly just prior to the collision. Witnesses reported that Liupua Talivaa, 36, of Concord, was weaving his pickup truck in and out of traffic while northbound…
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