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Thursday Catch-Up – Back On The Beat
And we’re back after a pleasant Holiday interlude. And just in time, too, judging from the look of things. With the world all teetery and tipping on its axis – our plot of Paradise here in “The Numbers” has not been without its share of weirdness and travail. SWAT operators suited up to take a…
Read MoreSpectacular Crash Marks Arrival Of New Year In Pacheco
A driver left Pacheco Boulevard at high speed as 2025 approached, sheared a high pressure hydrant, flew at least 300 feet through the air and landed more than 30 feet down in The Grayson Creek Flood Control Channel overnight. Firefighters rescued the driver – in critical condition but alive – and an investigation into the…
Read MoreMan Robbed, Pepper-Sprayed Outside Walnut Creek Bank Monday
A local man making a cash drop at PNC Bank, 1101 S. California Boulevard in Walnut Creek Monday told police he was intercepted by a man who robbed and them pepper-sprayed him after showing him a pistol. The incident, reported at approximately 2:27 p.m., drew a significant police response. The suspect, described only as a…
Read MoreJuveniles Arrested After Concord Armed Robbery Sunday
We Flashed word of a possible armed robbery in Concord Sunday night, subscribers reporting police activity in the area of Pacheco Street and Mt. Diablo Street with arrests underway. Our information was that the incident occurred at approximately 8:35pm but police on Monday put the time at 9p.m., confirming that they had been dispatched to…
Read MoreTeen Killed, Another Arrested In Newell Avenue Crash
UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 30 3:50pm A 15-year-old boy was killed in a pre-dawn crash at Newell Avenue and S. California Boulevard in Walnut Creek early Sunday, the boy’s 17-year-old cousin reportedly staying behind to give an account to police while three other occupants of the car ran from the scene. The victim, identified as Gerardo…
Read MoreScreenShots: “C’est Vous, Monsieur Spade?”
So we take craggy faced Sam spade out of San Francisco, move him to France after that messy Maltese deal, put him on a new case he has no more hope of completing than a drifter cadging a breakfast t-bone at John’s Grill and we’re off and running with “Monsieur Spade,” currently on NetFlix. Big…
Read MorePD Activity In Lafayette Thursday; Burglary Suspects Caught After Pursuit, Foot Chase
Lamorinda police, county sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers coordinated a pursuit, spike-stripping and eventual foot chases after burglary suspects believed to have been armed and dangerous abandoned their smoking car and fled into the area near Veteran’s Hall. Two suspects were arrested at approximately (7:10pm and 7:19pm) after a police perimeter went up…
Read MoreCustody Dispute Triggers Gunfire In Pleasant Hill Monday – Two Arrested
A flurry of gunfire erupted outside a popular Pleasant Hill restaurant Monday, sending witnesses scurrying for cover and at least one person to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand. Police were called to the area of Contra Costa Boulevard and Vivian Drive at about 11:49am Monday, witnesses describing a chaotic scene with…
Read More2-Alarm House Fire In Orinda; Vehicle Fire In Bore 1 Of Caldecott Tunnel Monday
Still in our News Jam Jams but brought up short by active fires in Orinda – with a 2-alarm residential fire burning on Las Palomas in Orinda and a vehicle fire engulfing a mini-van in Bore 1 of the Caldecott. Occupants of the home on Las Palomas were located safe and well after firefighters descended…
Read MoreTurtle On Eastbound Hwy 24 In Orinda Saturday – And A Pug On the Run
Occupants out of this car after a crash near St. Stephens – and a whole bunch of people looking for a brown Pug doggo that came out of the crash and was last seen running east along the shoulder. Happy UPDATE: Pug recovered, shaken but relatively unhurt. Human driver with lacerations. Traffic in the area…
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