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WCSD Parents Ask For Transparency And Accountability
Editor; At Tice Creek School in Walnut Creek, families are now facing the loss of a second principal in back-to-back school years. For many Walnut Creek School District parents, this is no longer just about one principal’s departure. It is about a pattern – and a Governing Board that we feel has stopped doing its…
Read MoreMonte Vista High Invokes Active Shooter Protocol After Campus Threat Friday
No one in an official capacity is talking but the arrival of a substantial police presence at Monte Vista High in Danville this afternoon triggered an avalanche of requests for information from anxious parents and neighbors. Parents and some students subsequently informed us of a school lockdown/security staging at the school with officers/deputies searching and…
Read More“We Glow When We Ride…”
Members of an East Bay bicycle club take to the streets of Walnut Creek during a weekly ride.
Read MorePleasanton Zales Store Blitzed By Smash-And-Grab Crew
As we Flashed to our cadre of loyal subscribers on May 4, it appears one of those mobile crews of smash-and-grab thieves chose the Zales Jewelers store at the Stoneridge Shopping Center – attacking the business with hammers, axes and pepper spray. The four-man crew struck at about 11:30 a.m. that Monday, hammering open at…
Read MoreZingers, Sound Bites Fly At Gubernatorial Debate – But Who Will Californians Pick?
Editor; Being Californian and with no plans to evacuate to Texas or Florida or any other state telling me things are way better there I tuned in to the debate this week and learned a few things. I learned we’ve learned nothing about debating, finding my interest in the political future of my state focused…
Read MoreMulti-Car Crash Paralyzes Eastbound Hwy 24 In Lafayette Wednesday
Three people were believed injured in a multi-car crash on eastbound Highway 24 west of Oak Hill Wednesday night. The crash was reported just before 9pm with as many as five cars making contact after a white sedan allegedly drove recklessly through traffic, prompting drivers to take evasive action. Initial reports that a person had…
Read MoreE-Bike Rider Injured In San Ramon Crash Tuesday
A young e-bike rider was struck by a car and injured in a collision at Crow Canyon Road and Tahiti Drive in San Ramon Tuesday. The unidentified juvenile rider received treatment for a fracture at the scene and was taken by ambulance to Children’s Hospital in Oakland for further care. The collision was reported at…
Read MorePolice Action On Highway 24 Tuesday
Even the BART train got in on this one. Multiple jurisdictions, including Lamorinda officers, county sheriffs and CHP were spotted in pursuit of a black Nissan Altima on westbound Highway 24 Tuesday. The action was eventually curtailed on the freeway just west of Rockridge BART, with the Nissan and another car facing the wrong direction…
Read MoreCoroner Working To Give “Jane Doe” A Name – Can You Help?
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Coroner’s Division is requesting the public’s assistance in trying to identify an unidentified person. On February 16, 2026, a woman was struck by a train in Port Costa. The incident was investigated by Amtrak Police and Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. The person was pronounced deceased at the…
Read MoreBenicia Teen Shoots And Kills Relative During Reported Domestic Violence Incident
A 14-year-old Benicia teen has been questioned in connection with the death of a relative – believed to be the boy’s father – during an alleged domestic violence incident in the family’s London Circle home Thursday evening. Police and Benicia Fire Department crews were dispatched to the residence in response to a report of a…
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