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ADVISORY: Getting Along With The ‘Yote Family
Coyote Advisory As visitation to East Bay Regional Parks increases in warmer months, encounters with coyotes become more common. Coyotes are native to California and are found in various wildland habitats, as well as in rural and urban areas. During the pup-rearing season (March-August), coyotes can be very protective of their pups. Visitors may experience…
Read MoreAnother Fatal Crash In Downtown Walnut Creek Early Sunday
Another fatal crash, this one involving a Jeep SRT at Ygnacio Valley Road and N. Broadway in Walnut Creek, reported just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning. The driver, subsequently identified as Evan Connor Lonsdale, 24, of Brentwood, died in the crash. Arriving officers found the vehicle on fire resting on a tree in the parking…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Man Sentenced In Library Sexual Assault Case
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – A Walnut Creek man was sentenced today in Contra Costa County Superior Court after entering guilty pleas to felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor and aggravated possession of child sexual abuse material. Marc Alexander Simon, 28, was sentenced by the Honorable Charles Burch…
Read MoreNew Trails Added To Danville’s Sycamore Valley Open Space Regional Preserve
The East Bay Regional Park District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 24 to celebrate new trails and public access at Sycamore Valley Open Space Regional Preserve in Danville. The trails are part of the 381-acre Magee Preserve property, which was permanently protected by Danville voters in March 2020 through the passage of Measure Y.…
Read MoreVIDEO: So Much Reality Packed Into A Police Critical Incident Report
We covered it as it happened, Flashing alerts as events unfolded, but recently released body worn camera footage of Concord police responding to a credit union holdup and the extended, often dodgy pursuit into San Jose that followed shows for the first time just what police and civilians were up against that day. The holdup…
Read MoreLETTERS: Eased Out Of The Job Market – With No Way Back In
Editor; I just got The Call. Thanked for my “many contributions” and “years of loyalty to the company” and sent on my way. When I started breathing again I realized I was making mathematic equations in my head – how long will my savings hold out? Unemployment? Health care? Is the 20 something they sent…
Read MoreWild Night On Highway 24 Saturday
Travel on our local freeways was a challenge Saturday night as back-and-forth pursuits, inadvertent spike-strippings and messy crashes made navigation difficult at best. “Came home from the city to Lafayette and the west bound lanes just west of the tunnel were a mess!” one local traveler wrote us a little after 11 pm last night.…
Read MoreMissing Danville Boy Located In Blackhawk Sunday
Alex Duarte, an autistic local boy and object of a widespread air and ground search, was spotted by a resident in a culvert not far from her home in Blackhawk Sunday – rescuers and relatives racing to the scene. The child, apparently unharmed but dirty from his travels, was reunited with his family at approximately…
Read MoreSmoky Car Fire Draws Firefighters In Walnut Creek Friday
Smoky little fire tripping alarms at a complex in the 7000 block of Sunne Lane, Walnut Creek on Friday. Firefighters went floor by floor looking for the origin, asking some residents to shelter in place while they searched. Lots of apparatus in the area so you may want to steer clear. Much of the smoke…
Read MoreFatal Crash On Kirker Pass Road Friday
One person was killed in a horrific crash on Kirker Pass Road across from the Concord Pavilion on Friday – the force of the crash leaving the involved vehicle torn in two. Officers responded to reports of a crash on Kirker Pass Road near Clearbrook Drive at approximately 1:51pm., arriving to find the motorist deceased…
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