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Two People Struck After Leaving Their Car On I-680 In Walnut Creek Tuesday
California Highway Patrol investigators are attempting to unravel details surrounding an incident on northbound I-680 at Ygnacio Valley Road Tuesday in which two people – reportedly trying to cross the freeway after their car was disabled in an accident – were struck and injured. Multiple witnesses reported seeing the pair leaving a car either stalled…
Read MoreSan Ramon Man Assaulted, Injured After Attempting To Quiet Young Partiers Saturday
San Ramon police are reportedly searching for a group of at least four young people who turned on a neighborhood man who objected to the noise they were making early Saturday morning. Police found the victim, identified as Casey Pletz, dazed and bleeding from a head wound and other injuries, at his residence shortly after…
Read MoreFormer Walnut Creek Law Partner With “Spending Problem” Disbarred After Diverting $605,000 – To Himself
Additional information about a Walnut Creek attorney suspected of stealing more than $600,000 from his law firm came to light Friday after a state court released documents revealing that Kenneth Jones had been disbarred. Court documents maintain that Jones, a former partner with the Walnut Creek firm of Bowles & Verna, LLP, had admitted diverting money…
Read MoreTwo Arrested After Suspects Ditch Car; Shelter At Acalanes High School In Lafayette – Area Schools Locked Down
Two Martinez men attempting to elude police in Lamorinda ditched a stolen Volkswagen Jetta and fled on foot onto Acalanes High School property at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, prompting a lockdown of area schools and triggering a massive police response. Police arrested two suspects who fled onto school property and who apparently sheltered there. One suspect was…
Read MoreMovies, Al Fresco Dining Part Of Grand Vision For Saving Lafayette’s Park Theater
Three locals with sufficient financial heft and a vision for what they say it will take to revive the city’s favorite – and fading – downtown movie house are asking the city council and the public for support of their plan. The trio, couple Fred and Cathy Abbott together with family friend and physician Alex McDonald, say they have…
Read MoreHammer Drops On Walnut Creek’s Redux Lounge; 45-Day License Suspension As “Disorderly House”
Agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) on Friday posted a Notice of Suspension at the Redux Lounge, 1411 Locust Street, in Walnut Creek – prohibiting the business from serving or selling alcohol for 45 days. In addition, the bar’s license has been placed on probation for three years, according to ABC.…
Read MoreOrinda Child Psychologist Arrested Wednesday; Alleged Possession Of Child Pornography
Local investigators on Wednesday arrested 68-year-old Lafayette resident Kenneth Allen Breslin for Possession of Child Pornography after an investigation and execution of a search warrant allegedly turned up a “significant quantity” of child pornography in the Orinda-based child psychologist’s home. A spokesperson for the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office stated in a release that…
Read MoreMoraga’s Last Remaining OC – Original Cop – Pulls The Pin; Priebe Retires From Moraga PD
A lot of people thought they’d never see the day Moraga’s last remaining original police officer and current – if titular – police chief would call it quits. But Chief Bob Priebe did it today, Friday, surrendering his badge after 37 years on the mean streets of Moraga. We’ve placed a recent photo of the…
Read MoreLafayette Police Urge Awareness After String Of Armed Robberies; Say Cases Are Similar
Although we’ve gotten no official word from investigating agencies about whether a series of armed robberies and incidents in the 24/680 and East County are linked, a cautionary bulletin from the Lafayette police department suggests they may be. That agency, which has been busy but which has so far has been spared an armed robbery in…
Read MoreHateful Leaflets At Lafayette BART Remind Us: Crazy People Live Here, Too
Readers are reacting to the antics of a guy who leafletted cars and multiple surfaces with anti-semitic/anti-Italian/anti-Canadian/anti-cop literature overnight and people are understandably quite upset. The language, mostly stream-of-unconsciousness hate speak attacking various religious groups but also naming some local people in an uncomfortable way, attracted the attention and derision of residents who realized it…
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