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Reader Questions Cause Of Fatal Tree Failure On I680
Editor: I write regarding your June 11th account of a fatal crash on Interstate 680 which left an apparently well-respected physician dead after a tree planted alongside the freeway crashed into her car as she was driving north. While this is indeed a tragic and unfortunate occurrence and our hearts go out to the victim…
Read MorePair Of Visitors Pay Surprise Visit To Walnut Creek Home; Get Warm Welcome From WCPD/Martinez Police Dog
Police in Walnut Creek said an alert resident heard the sound of glass breaking in the area of Mandarin Lane in their city late Thursday night and dialed police to pass along what they’d heard. Responding officers determined that two men, later identified as Travis Henry, 29, and Aaron Vansickle, 42, both visiting the East…
Read MoreSecond Residential Fire Breaks Out In Lafayette Thursday Night
In what is proving to be a busy week for area firefighters, Contra Costa County Fire protection district personnel were called on yet again after a smoky house fire was reported at 20 Camino Court in Lafayette Thursday. Firefighters battled an earlier blaze on Withers Avenue before they were summoned to Camino Court at 7:50…
Read MoreEarly-Morning Fire Damages Lafayette Home Thursday
Firefighters and PG&E workers remain on scene of a pre-dawn house fire that broke out in Lafayette Thursday morning – the latest in a string of fires in the 24/680. First responders were summoned to a residence in the 3200 block of Withers Ave. shortly before 4 a.m. and were met with fire burning in…
Read MoreWalnut Creek Man Dies In Two-Alarm House Fire Wednesday; Others Injured
An elderly man died and his wife and son suffered moderate injuries after a fast-moving fire of undetermined origin roared through a home on Mandarin Lane in Walnut Creek early Wednesday morning. The victim, who has yet to be identified pending notification of family, was described as an older man and one of three people…
Read MoreHillside Blaze On Rancho Del Hambre Extinguished In Lafayette; Homes From Reliez Valley To Rancho Del Hambre Evacuated
UPDATE: Fire extinguished at 4:15 p.m. Firefighters remaining on scene for mop-op operations. Residents evacuated to Acalanes High. All Clear given at 6:52 p.m., residents may return to their homes. Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said Wednesday that “improperly discarded smoking materials” caused the blaze, which did $75,000 in damage – mostly to what Marshall called a “small house”…
Read MoreEl Sobrante Man Arrested After Armed Standoff Sunday
On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at about 4:20 PM, Office of the Sheriff Dispatch received a call regarding a person on the 3800 block of La Colina Road in El Sobrante standing on the balcony with a rifle aimed at a neighbor’s home. The suspect also apparently threatened the neighbor, according to police. Deputy Sheriffs…
Read MoreJohn Muir Physican Killed In Freak I680 Crash Monday
A woman killed when a tree fell onto her car as she drove north on Interstate 680 in Danville Monday was identified by colleagues as Lyudmila Beyzer, 58, of Danville. Beyzer was driving a silver Mercedes-Benz sedan northbound on the highway north of the El Cerro Boulevard off-ramp around 8:55 a.m. when a 50- to…
Read MoreNot Sewer Gas Or Truck Doors Banging Shut – Lafayette Police Say Pre-Dawn Blasts Are “Intentional Act”
Veteran readers know we have covered reports of sizable and apparently random early-morning explosions here and on our Facebook pages over the years. Although all sorts of theories were developed as to the source of the blasts over the intervening years – everything from gunfire to methane gas to the banging of delivery truck doors…
Read MoreLocal Names Surface As Investigators Break Up Illegal Fireworks Ring
Seven people – one with connections to Walnut Creek and Lamorinda – have been arrested in connection with an illegal fireworks ring investigators called one of the biggest in the history of the state. State and federal officers seized over 49,000 pounds of pyrotechnics stored in various locations across the Bay Area Thursday – with caches…
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