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Tense 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…
Read MoreRock Works Best For Lafayette Burglar Wednesday
Edgy neighbors have been telling us of suspicious cars and people in our various neighborhoods in recent days, doing a little Christmas shopping in our homes, front porches, and unlocked cars. There have been too many of these incidents to list effectively, and a case in Lafayette Wednesday demonstrated to what lengths thieves are willing to…
Read MoreSecond Suspect In El Sobrante Murder Case Found – In Jail
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff announced Monday that a second homicide suspect wanted in connection with the murder of William Sims had been located and is in custody. Homicide detectives were informed Dec. 10 that suspect Ray Simons was in custody at the Monterey County jail in Salinas, where he was being held on…
Read MoreInfamous “Sinkhole Junction” Claims Another Victim In Moraga Monday
The NEWS24/680 Jungle Drums really started pounding Monday after a tractor-trailer failed to make a the turn at Rheem Boulevard and Moraga Road tonight, high centering on the median in front of Autohaus and clipping a streetlight. The truck was traveling south on Moraga Road when it tried to make a right-hand turn at Rheem…
Read MoreIn Strange Twist, Moragan Arrested With Crime Crew Terrorizing San Francisco Shoppers
Five people, a Moraga resident among them, were recently arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies in San Francisco, according to police. Officers stopped a car they said they had recognized from the description given in earlier armed thefts on Dec. 4 at 10:17 p.m. near Gough and Sutter streets, and arrested the five people…
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