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Holiday Leftovers
This happens to be our favorite time of year, as it is for so many of you, and we’re embracing the Warm and Fuzzy feelings generated by the Holidays as descending rain and fog is offset by Christmas trees and a fire in our fireplace. While the story line of our National Politics seems to…
Read MoreLafayette Police Investigating Tuesday Night Home Invasion Robbery
UPDATE – 12:35 p.m. Wednesday: Further information supplied in connection with this case has determined that the three subjects, all masked black males in their 20s, all wearing dark clothing – entered the home and aggressively accosted the residents, man and wife. The suspects assaulted the male, striking him with an object of some kind,…
Read MorePleasant Hill Woman Nabbed In Alamo Following Overnight Police Search
UPDATED information from Danville Police Chief Allan Shields: On November 25, 2019, at approximately 1900, an undercover Danville Officer was working burglary suppression in the Black Bear Diner and Rose Garden Center parking lots located at Camino Ramon and Sycamore Valley Road. The officer saw a person, later identified as Elena Wilson, 30, Pleasant Hill,…
Read MoreFour Arrested In Pleasant Hill After High-Speed Freeway Pursuit Sunday
Four teens were arrested on carjacking charges following a high-speed chase down highways 242/680 Sunday – the four breaking and running from a reportedly carjacked vehicle after failing to make a turn and crashing into a tree at the Gregory Lane offramp. The incident began to attract attention shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday when a…
Read MoreOne Dead In Rossmoor Blaze
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District investigators have confirmed that one person is dead following a 2-Alarm blaze on Leisure Lane in Rossmoor Saturday night. Fire Marshal Chris Bachman said the fire is currently being investigated by the Fire Investigation Unit. Residents identified the dead man as Arthur Hertz, 101. The blaze was first reported…
Read MoreBusy Night In The 24/680 Friday: Whirlies Whirling; Burglars Come Calling; Laptop Snatching
Hopes for a quiet Friday evening in the 24/680 (“The Numbers”) were dashed early on as our antique switchboard began to light up with calls from people unfortunate enough to run afoul of ne’er do wells at work. Things got underway early with an air and ground search for a man wanted for an outstanding…
Read MoreMartinez Man Arrested In Connection With Orinda Halloween Shooting Case; Vallejo Resident Also Booked
Two men, one from Martinez, the other from Vallejo, were the latest of several men arrested in connection with the mass shooting at an Orinda Airbnb location Halloween night. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests Friday night, saying the men were taken into custody during the execution of multiple search and arrest…
Read MoreRichmond Man Dead After Auto Vs. Pedestrian Collision On San Pablo Dam Road Thursday
A 36-year-old Richmond resident died of injuries received after he was struck by a car on San Pablo Dam Road east of Clark Road in unincorporated Contra Costa County Thursday evening. Investigators said the pedestrian was outside of any designated crossing on San Pablo Dam Road at about 6:10 p.m. when he was struck by…
Read MoreTree Removal And Replacement Gets Underway In Pacheco Dec. 2
November 21, 2019, Pacheco, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works Department will begin tree maintenance work along the Pacheco Manor Subdivision, located in the Pacheco area. The work will include removal and replacement of eighteen (18), 25-foot pine trees located in the Pacheco Manor Subdivision landscape strip along Pacheco Boulevard, beginning December 2nd through December 31st,…
Read MoreNo Charges Filed In Orinda Halloween Shooting Case
A spokesman for the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said Monday that no charges are being brought against five men arrested in connection with the lethal shooting at an Orinda home Halloween night. “Today the District Attorney’s Office met with members of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff to review the Orinda…
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