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Tough Out There Today
Take your pick: Landslides, speeders, wobblers, blackout in the Caldecott, the guy throwing junk out of his moon roof – it was a tough day to be on the road in the 24/680. This crash tied up things a bit on Moraga Road this afternoon. There were others. No injuries in this one…
Read MoreMartinez PD Finds Weed, Weapon After Welfare Check Monday
Martinez police were sent to the 400 block of Gilger Avenue at 8:13 p.m. Monday after a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot from the residence. Officers knocked on the door, but did not get a response and, fearing someone may have been injured inside, walked into the backyard through an open gate. Looking inside the…
Read More“What’d I See?” – Lafayette Police Put The Brakes On Bike-Riding Mail Raider Monday
A suspected mail raider chose the wrong neighborhood and method of conveyance when he ventured into Lafayette on his bicycle Monday – ending up in handcuffs a short while after he was reportedly observed picking through residents’ mail. Officers descended on a man in his 30s who was apparently attempting to pedal away from the…
Read MoreMartinez Man Found Guilty Of Trying To Meet Minor For Sex
From the Office of the District Attorney, Contra Costa County: On February 8, a Contra Costa County jury found defendant William Butte of Martinez guilty as charged of three felonies, including his attempt to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex. Butte, 50, communicated with who he thought was a minor on the mobile application Kik…
Read More“What’d I See?” – Recalcitrant Passenger Finally Removed From Lafayette BART Car Monday
Passengers aboard our local transit systems are frequently in touch with this site, reporting delays or worse and sometimes the unusual as they make their way along the morning commute with phones at the ready. This morning our Tip Line lit up with messages from passengers at Lafayette station reporting a gentleman who had apparently…
Read MoreIn The Old Days, Drivers Carried Road Maps And Jumper Cables – Now, It’s…
Martinez Police Corporal Ryan Baillie and Reserve Officer Hue were working their beat at 12:49 a.m. on February 9 when they spotted a car driving in circles in the intersection of Pacheco Boulevard and Howe Road. The officers did what police do and they contacted the driver, 22-year-old Concord resident Oscar Esparza-Cabello, arresting him for…
Read MoreThe Sunday Scribbler
Quite the week. We had a little bit of everything popping off in our valleys, glens and dales this week – with a Point Break-type bank robbery in Pleasanton (everything but the skydiving and surfing, of course) – BioSpill attacks on local businesses by transients who have learned to use the weapons at hand, a…
Read MoreOfficials Investigating Overnight Air Crash On Mt. Diablo, Pilot Killed
The wreckage of a small plane which crashed sometime after its takeoff from Hayward Executive Airport was located near Summit Road on Mt. Diablo, about two miles southwest of the mountain’s peak, on Saturday afternoon as family members reported the pilot overdue. The body of the pilot was found with the wreckage of his single-engine…
Read MoreThieves Snatch Expensive Rolex During Authentication Session In Alamo Saturday
Police are actively searching for suspects who arranged a meeting at an Alamo jewelry store to authenticate an expensive wristwatch – then snatched the timepiece and fled in a waiting car. It is believed the suspects met the owner of the watch through an online site dedicated to the sale of such jewelry and agreed…
Read MoreShots Fly In Pleasanton Bank Robbery/Carjacking – Officer Slightly Wounded
A Pleasanton police officer was slightly wounded after his patrol car was fired upon by a carload of armed, masked thieves who robbed a local bank and subsequently hijacked a civilian auto at gunpoint, police said Friday. Events kicked off at 10:41 a.m. as police responded to a reported bank robbery at the Wells Fargo…
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