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Retail Raiders Strike In Walnut Creek Sunday

Swift-moving, apparently unrelated retail theft crews struck the Apple store and Labels Luxury Consignment store in Walnut Creek on Sunday, making off with a sizable quantity of electronics from Apple and an undetermined amount of goods from Labels. Police responded quickly and scoured the area for cars believed used in the thefts. It was not…

One Dead In Chain Reaction Crash Near Concord Avenue Friday

One person was killed in a chain-reaction, 3-car crash on southbound I680 near Concord Avenue in Concord Friday night. The crash occurred at 9:52 p.m. when a black Honda Pilot traveling southbound on I-680 collided with the concrete center divide and came to a stop in traffic. CHP investigators said the driver of a white…

“Interrupted” Burglar Chased Out Of Orinda Saturday

An Orinda resident arriving home in the 300 block of Dalewood Drive was surprised to see a hoodied gent running from their residence and jumping into a UHaul rental truck at around 10 a.m. Saturday. The resident notified police, who quickly threw a net up for the truck, acquiring it as the driver – described…

“Oh oh… Valiant Into the Sand Barrels!”

Minor injuries in this one, remarkably, after a car fellow motorists said was traveling (Bob Uecker Voice) “juusssst a litttle bit too fast…” on northbound I680 at Treat smacked into the attenuator barrels (lower left) and got a sand shower…

Two Found Dead In Moraga Home Wednesday

A call to police requesting a check on the occupants of a Southard Court home led to a grim discovery Wednesday as responding Moraga police officers found the home’s occupants deceased in an upstairs area of the home. The couple was identified by county coroner’s deputies as Brad Triebsch, 60, and his wife Rebekah, 59.…

Balls Fall For Lafayette Lotto Player – $713,143 For… What?

Second home? Apocalypse RV? Half of your children’s college tuition? We don’t know, yet, as the person who purchased a ticket during a visit to the 76 gas station at 3500 Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette on Tuesday has yet to come forward. Probably lining up a good lawyer and financial advisor. Anyway, a tidy…

Twenty Twenty-Four So Far – Some Steps Forward, Some Back

We’re keeping a close eye on our New Year as it unfolds, hoping for signs of progress. So far, we’re off to a fairly rocky start here in the 24/680, with a rapid transit derailment and crime making the news – or not – depending on their jurisdiction and disposition of the victims. Workers at…

When It Rains, It Pours…

The old idiom played out in spades Tuesday as the Heavens opened and rain poured down on us… followed quickly by two incidents involving sheared hydrants in Lafayette and Moraga. So, those old sayings prove true yet again…

BART Train Cars De-Rail, Catch Fire In Orinda; Several Injured Monday

Two BART cars in an eastbound train traveling between Central Orinda and St. Stephens derailed and caught fire early Monday, prompting a massive emergency response from BART and local police and fire. The incident was reported at approximately 9:12 a.m. Though the incident was in its early stages, officials quickly ramped up their response to…