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Moraga Police Investigating Acts Of Felony Vandalism At Campolindo High School Tuesday
Moraga police are looking for the person or persons responsible for a vandalism rampage at Campolindo High School, discovered early Tuesday morning and resulting in between $10,000 to $15,000 in damage, according to police. Officers were called to the school Tuesday after facilities maintenance workers discovered that someone had used construction machinery rented for ongoing…
Read MoreFour In Custody After Purse-Snatch, High-Speed Getaway In Lafayette Ends In Orinda Tuesday
Lamorinda police have detained four people who allegedly participated in the strong arm robbery of a woman at the Lafayette Starbucks store, 3343 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Tuesday, one person falling and sustaining minor injuries when he attempted to pursue their getaway vehicle on foot. This incident, breaking as we write this, occurred at roughly 3:20…
Read MoreOrinda Police Stop Suspected Burglars After Window Smash On Broadview Terrace Saturday
Orinda police officers fell in behind a car carrying suspected burglars after an apparent break-in attempt on Broadview Terrace around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. According to passersby who contacted this site, the car was occupied by at least two women in their 20s. The car they were in was stopped by police on Moraga Way minutes after…
Read MoreTwo 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…
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