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Lafayette Police Investigating Daylight Burglary On Leland Drive Tuesday

A Lafayette resident who left her Leland Drive residence for a short time Tuesday returned to find that the home had been burglarized while she was gone. Police were summoned to the 1000 block of Leland at 12:41 p.m. The resident reported they had arrived home approximately five minutes earlier and found the glass from…

Orinda Union School District Board Member Shot During Robbery Outside Claremont Avenue Home Monday

Two gunmen robbed an Orinda Union School District board member and her husband in the driveway of their Claremont Avenue home Monday, shooting OUSD board of trustees vice president Carol Brown twice after her husband turned over the couple’s belongings. Tom Spalding, Brown’s husband, was pistol whipped during the encounter. Brown was reported to be…

Monday Morning Crash At Rheem Boulevard and Zander Drive; One Injured

Rheem Boulevard was closed at Zander Drive Monday after two cars tangled, injuring one of the motorists. NEWS24/680 received a call of a speeder in that area shortly before this crash, reported at around 7:25 a.m., but police said the cause of the crash appeared to be the operator of one vehicle failing to yield…

Car, Suspects In Mid-Week Burglary Attempt In Lafayette Located

Lafayette police said Friday that their investigation of a frightening daylight burglary attempt earlier in the week has resulted in several leads, recovery of a car believed used during the attempt, and identification of several suspects. Chief Eric Christensen said officers were able to obtain a photo of the car used in an attempted theft…

Walnut Creek, Four Police Officers Exonerated In 2012 Fatal Shooting

Jurors in San Francisco Thursday exonerated the city of Walnut Creek and four of its officers in connection with the shooting death of a 22-year-old man during a bizarre altercation at the Creekside town home complex in December 2012. Antony Banta Jr., who worked as a hairdresser in the city, was shot and killed by officers who…

Walnut Creek Says “No” To Pot Legalization; Citizens Scratch Their Heads – And Blaze Up

The vote for legalized recreational marijuana use may have already been cast in California and elsewhere in the court of public opinion, but Walnut Creek city officials and police agencies aren’t so sure – pointing to problems that have popped up in cities where legal restrictions have been relaxed. The City Council opted to state…

Lafayette Police Detain Three At Gunpoint On Mt. Diablo Boulevard Monday

Lafayette police, alerted by a hit on an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR), homed in on a white Ford truck on Moraga Road Monday – detaining two men and a woman at gunpoint as locals cruised past – gape jawed. Officers began searching for the vehicle after the automated license plate scanner returned a positive…

Brush Fire Burning South of I-580 In Dublin

Alameda County firefighters are turning out in force to battle a stubborn fire burning alongside I-580 on Dublin Canyon Road in Dublin. Heavy equipment and firefighting aircraft have been called in to help with this fire, first reported at 4:26 p.m. Sunday. We’ll have more on this blaze and subsequent firefighting effort as additional details…

The View From Here: Smoky Daze; Joy Riders; And Cougar Juice

Life in our chosen Suburban Jungle cruises on with people trying to hook up, Skywatchers trying to look up – and seeing a hovering haze – and youthful paramours doing what kids do today: borrowing Dad’s car and leading police on a white-knuckled tour of San Ramon. We get a lot of tips and inquiries…

Lafayette Man Arrested For Car Theft, Assault On An Officer In Antioch

NOTE: NEWS24/680 first ran this story on its social media pages shortly after this incident was reported. Our site was down for maintenance at the time and it could not be uploaded there – raising questions among our readers. It is reprinted here in full. On September 13 at around 3:17 pm, Antioch Police officers…