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Firefighters Unable To Save Alamo Home Monday
Firefighters from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, in a flurry of reported fires in their area, were directed to a fully involved residential structure fire at 195 Vernal in Alamo Monday but were unable to save the home. Smoke was reported in the area at 2:30 p.m. with the first firefighters on the scene…
Read MoreOkay, Armchair Detectives And Car Buffs – What Kind Of Car Is This?
From Chief Eric Christensen in Lafayette: “Well it has been a while since we last played this game, but here we go again. This is from a recent auto burglary that we had in town. The suspects used a vehicle with false plates attached to the vehicle. Can you please ask your readers to take a…
Read MoreVehicular Manslaughter Charge Filed In Death Of Danville Bicyclist
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office has filed a charge against a Manteca woman in connection with a May 5, 2015 car-bicycle accident that claimed the life of a Danville man. At 4:37 p.m. on May 5, 2015, a car being driven by Alyssa Densmore, 26, was traveling north on Crow Canyon Road when…
Read MoreDying Honestly – Removing The Stigma Of The Obituary
Being record-keepers of sorts for our connected communities, we at NEWS24-680 encounter death and the implications of a dying on the living – almost every day. As examiners of the Human Condition and as humans ourselves many of these deaths have stayed with us over the years: the name of a friend killed in a…
Read MoreFormer Acalanes High School Teacher Arrested In Walnut Creek
On Tuesday September 1st, 2015, the Contra Costa County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested 66-year-old Walnut Creek resident Marshall Pfeiffer for possession of child pornography, a violation of California Penal Code section 311.11(a). The arrest stems from an investigation conducted by members of the task force which consists of detectives from the Walnut Creek,…
Read MoreNation-Wide Sex Trafficking Ring Busted; Danville/San Ramon Focus
In the culmination of an investigation going back to 2001, the San Ramon Police Department, in a joint operation with the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, and the F.B.I. Safe Streets Task Force, arrested three suspects in a large scale human trafficking operation, police and prosecutors announced Tuesday. Police arrested James Joseph Jr., 50, and…
Read MoreFrom “Train Wreck” To Legal Lightning Rod; Lafayette’s Terraces Get A Green Light
Re-drafted and re-released under a new name and softened new look after it was peppered by criticism both public and architectural, the bloodied “Terraces” project – now known as the Homes at Deer Hill – finally met with approval from the Lafayette city council last Monday. The unanimous decision – with Vice Mayor Traci Reilly recusing herself after lending her signature…
Read MoreGovernor Brown Signs “Right To Record” Act
In our time covering breaking news events the Old Guard here at NEWS24/680 have covered thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of crime scenes and breaking news scenarios – with participants often unfriendly and hostile to our very presence. In many cases, unfortunately, this hostility has led to conflict between those sworn to uphold the law, those pledged…
Read MorePerpetrator In Walnut Creek Murder-Suicide Built His Own “Ghost Guns”
Questions about the origin of the weapon used by a Lafayette man and Stanford engineering student to murder a friend and then take his own life were partially answered Tuesday after investigators in Walnut Creek determined that Scott Bertics had secretly built two untraceable weapons from parts he ordered through the mail. In a release issued…
Read MoreRare Four-Alarm Fire Scorches Hillsides In Moraga
A stubborn 4-alarm grass fire came a little too close for comfort for some homeowners on Natalie Drive in Moraga Thursday, Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firefighters moving swiftly to rebuff encroaching flames. The rare 4th alarm was called in the area around 2:30 p.m. Thursday as the fire, in the neighborhood across the street and to…
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