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WALNUT CREEK: City Officer Arrested For Richmond Assault
A Walnut Creek police officer remains on paid administrative leave this week after allegedly assaulting a woman with a bat in Richmond Aug. 16. Officer Gregory Thompson, 53, of Martinez, was arrested in Richmond after witnesses called police to report a masked man assaulting a woman there.
Read MoreDANVILLE: Local Math Teacher Arrested On Child Porn Charges
A 58-year-old middle school mathematics teacher was arrested early Friday after police served a search warrant at his home in an unincorporated part of town. Mitchell Wolf, a teacher at Diablo Vista Middle School, is currently in custody on charges of possessing child pornography.
Read MoreMORAGA: When It Comes To Growth – The Horse Is Already Out Of The Barn
Allow me a few minutes to ponder some of the decisions being made for the good of Moraga. Lately, I’ve felt overcome by a futile sense of deja vu, of having been down a familiar road, arriving at the conclusion that the horse has escaped the barn and that we’re shouting a warning, but that…
Read MoreWALNUT CREEK: Three Arrested For Nightclub Drug Sales
Three people have been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine at downtown Walnut Creek restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, police announced Wednesday.
Read MoreMORAGA: School District Pays Up For Predatory Teachers
Tiny Moraga, proud of its schools and the achievements of its students, now also has the dubious distinction of paying out a record $14 million settlement to former students who were preyed on sexually for years while district officials looked away.
Read MoreLAFAYETTE: New Look For The Terraces
Lafayette’s latest and largest proposed housing development has been re-released with a new name and drastic new look after it was peppered by criticism during its initial trial run last year.
Read MoreTerraces Lite – What’s Not To Like?
Almost from the moment it was proposed the Terraces of Lafayette project came out swinging, with lawyers and developers expressing a willingness to bludgeon the city into submission and push the project through.
Read MoreThe Case Of The Quick-Changing Contractor – What Really Happened On Lucas Court?
One of the strangest cases to cross the police blotters in Lamorinda in recent years will be played out in a Martinez courtroom.
Read MoreTerraces Design Described As “Train Wreck Architecture,” Design Review Suggests “Alternatives”
If the developers behind Lafayette’s largest apartment project expected a warm and fuzzy reception at Monday night’s Design Review Commission meeting, they didn’t get it. Despite assurances of LEED Silver certifications and rosy predictions of enhanced traffic flow in one of the city’s busiest locales, backers of the Terraces of Lafayette project were blistered by…
Read MoreWalnut Creek SWAT Team Evicts High-End Squatters
A Walnut Creek special weapons team was called on to evict a group of squatters who had moved into a high-end home on Sugarloaf Court in their city, falsified a lease agreement, and set up shop. Officers arrested two people Thursday, and allegedly found a handgun under the seat of their car, and are looking…
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