Person In Crisis Disarmed At Walnut Creek PD Headquarters Tuesday

A man who reportedly approached the Broadway side of Walnut Creek police headquarters while armed with a pistol was intercepted and the weapon secured Tuesday afternoon. The individual, possibly in crisis and believed armed, was taken into custody without incident at approximately 12:45 p.m. A police canine unit (shown) was used to search the man’s…

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Close Call For Charter Bus Passengers In Danville Saturday Night

Charter bus passengers – 48 in all – were forced to bail out of their vehicle and into the rain Saturday after the rear quarter of the bus began to smoke and then burst into flame on I680 at Diablo Road in Danville Saturday night. The unfortunate passengers abandoned the bus at approximately 8:53pm and…

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One Dead In Danville Crash Saturday

One person was killed and four others injured after a multi-vehicle rollover crash at Sycamore Valley Road and Camino Ramon Saturday. The collision was reported at 1:15 p.m. when a pickup traveling east on Sycamore Valley Road and carrying several people bound for an area celebration was broadsided by a second car – spinning the…

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Robbery Crews Make Attempt In Walnut Creek, Hit Hard In Orinda Saturday

Crews of young thieves apparently traveling in cars equipped with stolen license plates attempted another theft at the Broadway Plaza Sunglass Hut in Walnut Creek and doused patrons in pepper spray during a robbery at a consignment store in Orinda Saturday. There were reports of other attempted thefts, sightings of various crews throughout the 24/680…

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This Town, Is Looking Like a Ghost Town – Where IS Everyone?

Admittedly childless and out of sync with local school calendars we thought we would let The Specials ask what we have been thinking for the last week or so: Where’d everyone go? Is it spring break already? Local kids abandoning our parks and playgrounds for a well-deserved sojourn South of the Border and on to…

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Cultivate, Grow, Preserve – Garden Classes At The Gardens At Heather Farm

Date/Time Date(s) – 03/15/2025 – 06/14/2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am Location The Gardens at Heather Farm Categories Arts CULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE Celebrating the Small Space Garden Join expert instructors for a series of insightful lectures on sustainable gardening. Learn the science of composting to enrich your soil, explore efficient irrigation systems, and discover the…

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Smoke, Water Damage Displaces Some Tenants In Walnut Creek Monday

The fire department turned out for a report of a fire at the Waymark Apartments, 101 Pringle in Walnut Creek tonight, finding smoke on the third floor with the fire suppression sprinklers open and all that water sluicing off into the lower floors. Crews went to work to mitigate the water intrusion but some residents…

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CULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE- Garden Classes at The Gardens at Heather Farm

Date/Time Date(s) – 03/15/2025 – 06/14/2025 9:00 am – 10:00 am Location The Gardens at Heather Farm Categories Arts CULTIVATE, GROW, PRESERVE Celebrating the Small Space Garden Join expert instructors for a series of insightful lectures on sustainable gardening. Learn the science of composting to enrich your soil, explore efficient irrigation systems, and discover the…

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Light-Fingered Jewelry Thieves Strike Again Sunday – In Danville

A team of light-fingered jewelry thieves apparently at work in the San Ramon Valley struck again Sunday – this time taking an expensive necklace and other jewelry from a woman outside the Danville Trader Joe’s location on Railroad Avenue. The crime was reported at 10:57am when two people – a man and woman described as…

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