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Lafayette Police, Explosives Detection Teams Search Local Schools After Bomb Threat
Lafayette police, supported by canine teams trained to detect explosives, conducted an overnight sweep of local schools after a bomb threat was made against Happy Valley Elementary School Tuesday night. Local authorities said they were notified of a non-specific threat for a “location” in the city by Walnut Creek police around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. Police…
Read MoreFormer Danville Middle School Teacher Gets 65 Months’ Imprisonment For Possession Of Child Pornography
Mitchell Phillip Wolf was sentenced today, Thursday, to 65 months in prison for possession of child pornography, according to a release issued by Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. Wolf, 60, of Danville, pleaded guilty on July 8, 2015, to possessing child…
Read MoreLawsuit Alleges San Ramon School District, Alamo Church Failed To Act On Molestation Warning
A lawsuit filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court earlier this week alleges that the San Ramon Valley Unified School District and an Alamo church failed to take adequate measures to protect minors from a school wrestling coach and church pastor – later sent to prison for sexual abuse of boys. The lawsuit, filed on behalf…
Read MoreConcord City Attorney Jumps To His Death From Locust Street Garage Tuesday
Concord City Attorney Mark Coon died after leaping from a parking structure in the 1100 block of Locust Street in Walnut Creek Tuesday, a fall police are calling a suicide. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters and Walnut Creek police tended to Coon after witnesses watched a man, described as in his 50s, climb into…
Read MoreMorning Report: Another Home Burns In Alamo; Drowning In San Ramon
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters raked through the embers of a home which caught fire and burned furiously in the 400 block of Crest Avenue Thursday morning – the second destructive residential fire in Alamo this week. Thursday’s blaze was first reported at 1:26 a.m. and remains “hot” in places this morning. Firefighters are on the scene…
Read MoreFirefighters 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,…
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