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Barriers Back Up In Broadway Plaza After Tuesday Morning Ram Raid

The city installed barriers on either end of Broadway Plaza after the infamous 2021 Nordstrom robbery, the barriers preventing cars from driving through the shopping district for more than a year. Those barriers were removed in March of this year, the city taking steps to increase protection for downtown merchants. Tonight, Tuesday, after early morning Ram…

Ram Raiders Return To Walnut Creek – This Time It’s Louis Vuitton

Walnut Creek Police are reporting an attempted ram-raid of the Broadway Plaza Louis Vuitton store early Tuesday, recovering a Land Rover used to ram the store’s front window and giving chase to numerous subjects who fled from the scene. The incident was reported at approximately 4:20 a.m. with police dispatch receiving multiple calls of an…

Police Capture Murder Suspect Following Pursuit From Oakland to Pleasant HIll Sunday

A twisting, back-and-forth pursuit of a teen murder suspect ranged from Oakland to a neighborhood in Pleasant Hill late Sunday, leaving at least one pursuing police vehicle immobilized by spike strips and the suspect’s vehicle finally hemmed in by law enforcement officers. One suspect, reportedly a teen girl and one half of a duo suspected…

NEWS24/680: “We Deal In Now…”

One of our small but merry staff gave us the title for today’s effort, explaining our model to a call-in subscriber convinced we were robots and AI-generated minions of some giant super-corporation. “Nope, all human,” our man told the suspicious caller. “Call anytime. We deal in now.” We liked that so, we’re using it today.…

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…

Tires, 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.

Pursuit 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…

Who 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…

Martinez 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…

Drive-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…