Concord 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…

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Morning 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…

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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…

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Vehicular 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…

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Dying 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…

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Former 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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Nation-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…

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From “Train Wreck” To Legal Lightning Rod; Lafayette’s Terraces Get A Green Light

Lamorinda's latest big housing project gets a new look.

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…

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Governor 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…

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