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Bad Apples: Walnut Creek Police Looking For This Trio After Sunday Apple Store Theft
As we reported Sunday, three females entered the Apple store on S. Main St. in Walnut Creek and stole 16 iPhones, reportedly shoving an employee on their way out of the store and fleeing in a silver 4-door Honda Civic. Investigators said a male suspect waited behind the wheel of the car while the theft…
Read MoreHighway 24 Lane Closures Announced As BART Replaces Track
The first of six scheduled weekend track shutdowns between the Orinda and Walnut Creek stations will happen this weekend (August 17-18) to allow for major track replacement work funded by voter-approved Measure RR on BART’s busiest line. Free buses provided by County Connection and AC Transit will replace trains between the Orinda, Lafayette, and Walnut…
Read MoreDigiBites: The Pride Of Turin – You Won’t Find This One At Starbucks
Buongiorno news24/680 followers: Epicurean Exchange Culinary Travel visited the Northern Italian region of Piemonte, Italy in the fall of 2016 and it was one of our most amazing tours! Staying in a villa in the hills of Alba we included visits to Asti, Loazzolo, Canelli, Turin, Genoa; sampling the wines of Barbolo and Barberesco; truffle…
Read MoreCaldecott Car Fire Fries Eastbound Traffic Sunday
The owner of this Subaru Forester bailed out of their vehicle this morning after it came to a rest in the Caldecott and caught fire. Emergency crews raced to the scene, tended to the driver and put out the blaze at around 10:36 a.m. CHP Oakland along with Cal trans and firefighters from both sides…
Read MoreCrew Of Unladylike Tech Thieves Hit Walnut Creek Apple Store Sunday
The attached video is of an old theft at the old Apple store in Walnut Creek, kindly submitted by a reader when the store was hit a year or two ago. The “new” store was hit this morning, this time with a crew of three young women in hoodies swarming the store and stealing several…
Read MoreThe Sunday Speculator
Up with the crows this morning as a murder of the vocal buggers settled on the eave above our laureled heads and proceeded to serenade each other, and us, previously aslumber in our our bed chamber on our one day of sloth. Sunday is a day of relaxation for us, so ordained in some religious…
Read MoreDanville Woman Identified As Victim Of Fiery Highway 24 Crash
Family and friends have identified a 20-year-old Danville woman as the victim of a fiery, single-car crash east of the Saint Stephens Drive on-ramp in Orinda last week. Friends Cassidie Abello died in the crash. A GoFundMe account built to raise money for Abello’s funeral expenses has so far garnered more than $6,000 for those…
Read MoreSuspect In Livermore Shooting Death Apprehended
UPDATE: Police said their suspect, John Inocencio, was located by police in Elk Grove and apprehended there at about 1:45 p.m. ORIGINAL POST: Livermore police investigators said a shooting in the 2700 block of Las Positas Road Wednesday was the end result of a longstanding feud between the suspect and victim. Police say the fatal…
Read MoreFormer Seeno Construction Executive Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Filing False Tax Returns
Martinez, Calif. – This past Friday, a Contra Costa County jury found defendant Edward Miller of Walnut Creek, California guilty as charged of four felonies tied to his criminal schemes to embezzle money from his employer Seeno Construction, Inc. and its affiliated entities. Miller was the former Chief Risk Officer for the Seeno Companies at the…
Read MoreMoraga-Orinda Fire District to Temporarily Close Wildcat Canyon Road – Aug. 12-16
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District and Contra Costa County Public Works Department will temporarily close Wildcat Canyon Road starting August 12, 2019 through August 16, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily. This road closure between San Pablo Dam Road and Inspiration Point is needed to complete work in accordance with the North Orinda Shaded…
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