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Danville Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Stealing – A Leafblower – At Knifepoint
Ed Note: Longtime readers know how we feel about leafblowers, known to some around these parts as “Satan’s Whistles,” so to head off any accusation of blower bias we’re going to play this one straight from the sarge’s desk. The video is of an unrelated theft, but perhaps illustrates the lengths some people are willing…
Read MoreLengthy Standoff Ends Peacefully In Pacheco Sunday
A 24-year-old Pacheco man is in custody after allegedly barricading himself inside a mobile home and threatening to “start shooting” following an argument with his mother Sunday evening. The incident, first reported at 4:50 p.m. at the Cascade Mobile Home Park in unincorporated Contra Costa County, triggered a SWAT response as negotiators attempted to talk…
Read MoreDriver Killed In Westbound 24 Crash In Orinda Sunday
A Pittsburg man was seriously injured and later died from injuries suffered in an intense, rollover crash on westbound Highway 24 west of St. Stephens in Orinda Sunday night. The 22-year-old victim, later identified as Bobby Jones, was driving his Kia Spectra sedan when for reasons still unexplained he veered the Kia to the right and off…
Read MoreNOTHING Burning In Contra Costa – 24/680 Covered In Smoke From Northern Fires
We think we’re getting the word out about all that smoke you folks are seeing in the 24/680 – please be assured it is NOT coming from anything burning here. All of this smoke has been attributed to a 2-alarm fire in Solano County and another a bit further north. Again, we’re good on the…
Read MorePolice Investigating Armed Home-Invasion In Alamo Thursday Night
Police are searching for three men who battered a resident during the home-invasion-style robbery of a home on Evelyn Court in Alamo Thursday, surprising the victim outside the residence before leading him back into the home and taking several items at gunpoint. Investigators said the victim told them several suspects wearing ski-masks and dark clothing…
Read MoreOne Year Later, Sheriff’s Investigators Still Looking For Danville Woman’s Killer
Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff continue to investigate the killing of Danville resident Emily Courchesne – found dead inside the Byron farm home she was housesitting one year ago Friday. Deputies dispatched to a “Medical – PD” call at a residence on the 24000 block of Marsh Creek Road in…
Read MoreSuspect Identified In 1985 Danville Cold Case
Announcement from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff: Homicide Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff have identified a suspect in the September 20, 1985 killing of 57-year-old Virginia Vincent. On that day, a concerned neighbor found Vincent’s body in her apartment in Danville and notified police. It was later determined that…
Read MoreFormer Moraga Town Council Member Jeanette Fritzky Dead At 63
Jeanette Fritzky, who stepped down from the Moraga Town Council in August as she fought lung cancer, died Friday after her battle with the disease. She was 63. In July, following her diagnosis, Fritzky wrote in a letter she posted on the town’s website: “I find that I no longer have the energy, will or…
Read MoreMoraga Ponders Plan For Dual Roundabouts On St. Mary’s Road
In their ongoing effort to calm local traffic and keep us from smacking into one another on such a regular basis, our city fathers and mothers are at work finding new and innovative ways to save us from ourselves while making sure we and all those new drivers they say are on the way (gulp)…
Read MoreFormer Walnut Creek Middle School Teacher Gets 25 Years To Life For Child Molestation
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – On September 27, 2018, Michael Bartel, a 34-year-old resident of Martinez and former teacher plead guilty in Contra Costa County Superior Court to four counts of child molestation. By his guilty plea, Bartel admitted that between May 14, 2016 and November 3, 2017, he engaged in…
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