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Woman On Psychiatric Detainer In Pleasanton Escapes From Ambulance, Killed After Running Into Traffic
From the Pleasanton Police Department: On Monday September 3, 2018 around 7:30 a.m. Norcal Ambulance was transporting a patient placed on a psychiatric detainer by the Pleasanton Police Department, to a John George Psychiatric Pavilion. As the ambulance approached the I-680/I-580 highway interchange they were forced pulled over due to an undetermined problem with the…
Read MoreThe Shopping List – What Local Thieves Are Taking
We’ve written about this so much now it seems redundant and boring and, well, we’re just not so we’ll let the picture tell the story – this being Labor Day and all. Officers in San Ramon stopped a car for a minor traffic infraction Sunday, determined the driver was on active probation and then –…
Read MoreTruck Spills Load Of Pool Chemicals After Accident On I680 In Martinez Thursday; Traffic Suffering
8:30 a.m. – A SigAlert is in place with one lane open on southbound I680 at Highway 4 in Martinez Thursday after a truck containing pool chemicals spills its load after a collision with another vehicle. The cleanup process is underway but traffic in the area is heavy. A Hazardous Materials response has been called…
Read MoreDeveloper Runs The Numbers, Decides Against Lafayette’s Park Theater Purchase
From the City of Lafayette: LAFAYETTE, CALIF., Aug. 29, 2018—A developer previously interested in purchasing Lafayette’s Park Theater, Madison Park Financial, informed the City late Monday that it has decided not to move forward with the purchase of the theater and instead focus on a smaller scale project on a property it owns in downtown…
Read MoreArmed Robbers Confront Man In Danville Tuesday, Watch Taken
Two gunmen confronted a resident in the area of Windchime Drive and Manchester Street in Danville Tuesday – brandishing pistols and relieving him of his watch. Police are searching for an early 90s four-door Ford sedan faded black in color with three men aboard. The suspects were described as black males in dark clothing, both…
Read MoreThieves Christen Walnut Creek’s New Apple Store
As our Flash subscribers first learned Saturday night, a crew of thieves entered and robbed the recently opened Apple store on South Main Street – making off with thousands of dollars worth of electronics before making a clean getaway. The theft was reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday and followed another reported grab-and-run robbery from…
Read MoreDNA, Victim’s Perseverance Leads To Guilty Verdict In 2007 Attempted Rape Case
From the Office of the District Attorney/Contra Costa County: San Pablo Resident Found Guilty of Kidnapping & Attempted Rape; Cold Case DNA Match Helps Solve Case Martinez, Calif. – Daniel Betancourt Jr. of San Pablo, California was found guilty by a Contra Costa County jury for the kidnapping for rape of Jane Doe. Betancourt Jr. was…
Read MoreThe Sunday Punc – Uh, Monday PunchUp
Best intentions to sit before the Great Glowing Box and crank out a weekend-ending column Sunday gave way to what we can only call “the pressures of life” as time with readers, past pals and family held sway. Some of you may have caught our titular softball toss of a reference to The Punch, a…
Read MoreSmoked Cat, A Little Nervous, But Alive…
If you read us you know we enjoy a good news photo when one presents itself. They are hard to get and take skill to make. Our digital comrades at East County Today snagged this one as a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighter trundled a soggy feline out of a burning home on…
Read MoreDigiBites: Mo Poblanos – Chef Charlie Responds To Reader Requests For More Zing
This recipe is one of my summer favorites. I made a batch for the family last night with fresh white corn I found at Diablo Foods (presented on shaved ice – not usual, but preferred). Read more about this below. The last of the fresh summer white corn is available in better markets, but not…
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