Full Turtle In Walnut Creek Sunday

Crash reported at Tice Valley Boulevard and Rolling Hills Drive this morning really lit up our Flash Alert system. Our thanks to everyone who sent in pictures and loving morning messages until lensman Sean McDonough rolled up onscene. People fist-bumping Sean and referring to the crash as a “Turtle” and we’re beginning to think we’re…

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Vallejo Man Charged In Injury Hit And Run DUI In Walnut Creek

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – A Vallejo man faces multiple charges stemming from a collision that injured two people at the Walnut Creek Farmers Market. The incident occurred around 5:17 am on Sunday, June 2nd, on Locust Street in Walnut Creek, between Cole and Lacassie Avenues. This section of the…

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Faces, Facts Emerge As Swatting, Organized Burglary Rings Cracked

We report them as they happen: a disembodied voice on the phone telling school officials gunmen are on the way to shoot students or plant explosives; a group of stealthy burglars in black who rush wealthy homeowners, disable their security systems and loot the home of items few people knew were there. Our stories cover…

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“Ma’am, What’s The Midget Wearing?” – The X Files

Back in the day of battling dailies and copy boys and clickety-clacking wire machines the bleary-eyed Über Cognescenti of our Night Copy Desk kept an electronic archive of oddities and story scraps we reporter-types had delivered to them over the course of the day. The collection was known informally as “the Bondage File,” and was…

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Three Arrested For “Planned, Coordinated” Murder Of Santiago Jacobo

Co-workers of a 37-year-old Pittsburg man murdered in Pleasant Hill Park in February were arrested Friday in connection with the killing. Investigators arrested Pablo Gutierrez-Morales, 31, of Concord; Vanessa Vera-Aguilar, 24, and Jazmin Ruiz, 25, both of Antioch for a “planned, coordinated” attack on Santiago Jacobo, 37, found stabbed to death following his janitorial shift…

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Massachusetts Rapist Found Living In Diablo; Arrested Tuesday

A Chinese national who disappeared prior to sentencing for the rape of a young co-worker in Massachusetts in 2005 was found living at a home in Diablo and re-arrested Tuesday by a task force of local and federal investigators. Tuen Kit “Dickie” Lee, 55, was found guilty at a 2007 trial of the kidnapping and…

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Hacienda Wedding March Too Long, Too Noisy – Moraga Neighbors Say

We didn’t have to be much of a soothsayer to see where this one was headed: take a picturesque local landmark, turn it into a wedding venue, add a generous mix of loudspeakers, amplified music, “enthusiastic” DJs and bridesmaids with their Chardonnay on and whaddaya get? If you said “lawsuit” – you win. Because, it…

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Concord Man Arrested After Shots Fired In Neighborhood Standoff Monday

A 47-year-old Concord man was arrested following a lengthy Memorial Day standoff with police in the 3600 block of Rosebrook Court Monday evening. Concord police, supported by officers from neighboring agencies, responded to the area at approximately 6 pm after a man later identified as Christian Stuart allegedly confronted neighbors before returning to his home…

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