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Walnut Creek PD, U.S. Postal Inspectors Arrest Three Pittsburg Residents – Multiple Charges
Walnut Creek Police and U.S. Postal Inspectors are investigating the recent activity of three Pittsburg residents arrested Thursday as they were seen leaving a residence under surveillance by officers. Walnut Creek Police Officers were surveilling a residence in the 200 block of West Buchanan Road at approximately 4:20 p.m. in an attempt to serve an…
Read MoreThief Robs San Ramon Bank Of The West Branch Thursday; Escapes In Prius – Yes, A Prius
NEWS24/680 was able to provide the play-by-play account of a morning bank robbery and ensuing chase down I-680 Thursday, an incident marked by apparent public disbelief in the suspect’s choice of getaway car – a Toyota Prius. Despite the lightheartedness, it was all business for San Ramon police when news that the Bank of the West branch in the…
Read MoreCalm Before The Storm – NEWS24/680 Aviatrix Trixie Goodheart Gets In A Little Air Time
Greetings and Salutations Groundhogs! It’s me, Trixie, at the stick of the NEWS24/680 Sopwith and doing a little open cockpit flying over the former ranch land where our two major freeways link up before the skies close in and go dark on us yet again. It’s gorgeous up here. I’m at 4,000 ftAGL (that’s Above…
Read MoreBurglars Attempt Last-Minute Christmas Shopping In Lafayette Friday
Police in Lafayette advise that at least one suspected burglar may have attempted to get in some last-minute shopping Friday, approaching a home in the 800 block of Mountain View Drive. Police said that a 9:04 a.m. a maroon colored 4-door sedan parked in the driveway of the residence, a black male exiting the passenger…
Read MoreTense Moments For Orinda PD Officers Thursday – Two Guns Recovered In Separate Incidents
While most of us were out blissfully enjoying our day today, police in Orinda were on the job and, apparently, very busy – confiscating two guns during two incidents in the course of their day. Police Chief Mark Nagel reports that his officers stopped a car with paper plates early in the afternoon Thursday and…
Read MoreLamorinda PD Rebuff Return Visit By Suspected Housebreaking Crew Tuesday
This site noted a police action in Orinda Tuesday morning and was only able to put all the pieces of that action together after contact with Lafayette police later in the day. Apparently a car believed to have been used in a burglary on Reliez Valley Road in Lafayette on Dec. 14 made a return…
Read MoreSan Ramon Police Seek Witnesses To Blueheart Way Auto Vs. Pedestrian Accident
San Ramon police are looking for witnesses to a serious auto versus pedestrian accident at Blueheart Way and Bollinger Canyon Road Saturday evening – a collision which has left the 15-year-old male victim in critical condition. Officers found the pedestrian on Bollinger Canyon Road suffering from significant injuries that evening, according to a department spokesman,…
Read MoreArmed Robbery, Carjacking Reported In Alamo – Porsche Taken
Police have recovered a white Porsche Boxter taken during an armed robbery at Stone Valley Road at Danville Blvd. around 2:20 p.m. Monday, a thief described as a Hispanic male adult displaying a handgun in order to take the car. Deputy Sheriffs were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery in a shopping center…
Read MoreDriver Killed As Postal Truck Overturns On Southbound I-680 Monday Morning
A driver hauling a load of mail for the U.S. Postal Service was killed early Monday morning when the box truck he was driving flipped on its side south of El Pintado Road in Danville. California Highway Patrol investigators said the crash occurred at 3:24 a.m., when the southbound truck veered to the right shoulder of…
Read MoreParking, Finance Issues Pull The Pin On Lafayette’s Park Theater Proposal
Hopes that a locally generated effort to purchase and rejuvenate Lafayette’s landmark movie house have evaporated like film in a hot projector after the trio of locals behind the drive let the city know they are pulling out. The rub appears to be the lack of available outside financing – any hint of which dried…
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