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Lafayette Street Sealed Off After Homicide Saturday; Chico Man Under Arrest

Curious neighbors were asked to leave the street and return home following a sizable police response to a residence on Westminster Place in Lafayette on Saturday, scene of a suspected stabbing. Heavily-armed officers from several local agencies descended on the quiet residential street at 11:36 am Saturday, quickly sealing off the area and ordering gathering…

Police Action In Antio… Uh, Walnut Creek Thursday

Late-night city street-crawlers like us noted the presence of a sizable force of police officers from Brentwood and Antioch in Walnut Creek last night and – after stopping to scratch our little heads – we wondered if it was part of some sort of collaborative enforcement effort which apparently, it was. Current and former LEO’s…

Perhaps It’s Just A Day For Bad Optics

UPDATE: Readers advise that the banner has been removed. Original Story: This sign has been draped around the Twin Towers tribute at Memory Gardens Cemetery next to Highway 4 in Concord. Curious visitors asked about it and were told the responsible group had recently acquired a piece of the cemetery and wanted to advertise their…

Benicia Pursuit Results In Crash, Lockdown, Search Wednesday

A Benicia police pursuit of a vehicle west on I780 resulted in a crash at Glen Cove Road, the ejection of a female occupant, lockdown of a nearby high school and an ongoing search for a male suspect believed to be on foot in the area. The incident was first observed at approximately 11:10 a.m.…

Tax Man Blues; Running Through Quicksand; Handbags And Gladrags

Doing our taxes this year and, man, that pencil is really digging in. It’s getting harder to put the numbers down and not think about where our money is going to go. Images of Tomahawk cruise missiles double-tapping schools and speedboats are tough to shake. Don’t know about you but we feel caught between worlds.…

Pleasanton PD Investigating Armed Hot Prowl Burglaries

A flurry of residential burglaries – at least two of them while the residents were present – has sparked a police search and a redoubling of security precautions by Pleasanton residents concerned by break-ins reported late last month into early March. Pleasanton police did not say why the public wasn’t notified of the incidents until…

Three Adults, One Child Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On SR4 Monday

A head-on crash believed caused by a wrong-way driver injured three adults – two of them critically – and a 6-year-old child after a collision on eastbound SR4 between Cummings Skyway and Mc Ewen Road in Martinez Monday night. The crash was reported at approximately 11:15pm after a car was reported seen heading west in…

Fuego Tequila Bar Slapped With Liquor License Suspension

The bar scene at Fuego Tequila Grill will be curtailed indefinitely since the business was served a liquor license suspension for violating the Beverage Control Act on March 5. Notices of the suspension went up just recently with no word from the owner as to next steps. When a business’s liquor license is suspended, it…

“Panic At The Car Wash… And Then At The Yard Sale… Not Sure About The Disco…”

You can’t let your guard down anywhere anymore, even at the car wash. The owner of a formerly nice Mercedes EQE was having their vehicle detailed at Autopia on N. Main in Walnut Creek when some slippery customer slipped into his vehicle and drove off with it. Yes… from the car wash. The car’s owner,…