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Thunder Runners; Highway Hiker; Coppa Choppa, And Sideshow Olé
After a deceptively quiet start to the evening, Friday night devolved into a Code Three blur of sirens, apparitions, and screeching tires as random incidents of criminal intent and psychotic breaks turned the evening into a mélange of breakneck events. By now, you’ve no doubt caught up with us regarding that pursuit from Pittsburg through…
Read MoreTires, Tempers Overheat In Walnut Creek Friday
What started out as a deceptively quiet Friday night in the city turned into isolated tableaus of chaos as sideshow activity and fistfights prevailed into early Saturday morning. Fights outside at least two local clubs were reported. No number of arrests – if any – was given at press time.
Read MorePursuit Through Downtown Lafayette Friday Night
California Highway Patrol officers, supported by Lamorinda police and a sheriff’s helicopter, pursued a grey Lexus running from officers at high speed Friday night, eventually disabling the vehicle and arresting a suspect who ran from the car in the 3300 block of Mount Diablo Boulevard. Officers apparently wanted the car for alleged traffic violations, the…
Read MoreWho Says You Can’t Make Money In Journalism?
Well, not to our taste though those Flash subscriptions are jumping but this haul, of course, was found after San Ramon PD and heavy weapons people from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force and Oakland ATF tracked and arrested the last suspect in the Heller Jewelers robbery. All five suspects now in custody. They let…
Read MoreMartinez PD Release Audio, Video Of Officer-Involved Shooting Outside Velvet Cannabis
UPDATE ON OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING – 4808 SUNRISE DR, MARTINEZ The Martinez Police Department is releasing audio and video, including body-worn camera footage, from the officer-involved shooting that occurred on August 18, 2023, at 4808 Sunrise Drive in Martinez. The material being released may be disturbing and graphic. Viewer discretion is advised. The audio and video…
Read MoreDrive-By Bear Mace Attack On Father, Child Lands Concord Woman In Hot Water
A bizarre drive-by assault with bear mace on a father and his 9-month old child in Walnut Creek, first reported here Sept. 13, has resulted in arrest and charges for a Concord woman accused of the assault. Investigators maintain that 35-year-old Chelsea Reich of Concord planned the assault – engaging her boyfriend to drive the…
Read MoreGoing Bananas. Whatta YOU See?
Photographers – the good ones, anyway – see things differently than the rest of us. They may be blessed with unusually good vision, a slightly more developed insight, perhaps an off-kilter view of the world – but things jump out at the good ones the rest of us have to strain to see. Sean McDonough,…
Read MoreField Stop And Search In Walnut Creek Tuesday Night…
… after a significant theft from a downtown Walgreens store during which threats were allegedly made. Police stopped two people, including this man, for questioning but eventually let him go. His female companion was believed to have been taken into custody on suspicion of various charges.
Read MoreWalnut Creek a Go-Go; Boom Booms And Messages From The Wildlands
Being risk-takers and heat-seekers we roamed the wilds of the 24/680 Saturday night, looking for the latest fashion trends, dance crazes, and conducting our usual hyperlocal study of cultural anthropology – to put a fancy-schmancy name on it. We can report that hemlines are rising, hotpants still haven’t made a comeback, there’s actually line-dancing going…
Read MoreCrash In Lafayette Saturday
Two-Car Crash with Injuries Saturday On the First Street onramp to eastbound Highway 24. Two folks taken to local hospitals. The collision was reported at 7:31 p.m.
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