Sizable Crowd Turns Up Outside Walnut Creek Tesla Showroom Saturday
A crowd of about 700 people moved into the small plaza outside the Walnut Creek Tesla showroom on Saturday to voice their displeasure with senior presidential advisor and world’s richest man Elon Musk. Editor’s Note: We understand that many people have strong feelings about the issue covered in this post. Due to the highly politicized…
Crashes, Police Search Halt Highway 24 Traffic Monday
Highway 24 from Lafayette to Orinda was a hot mess most of the afternoon and on into the evening Monday with several multi-vehicle crashes and a police search lasting until almost midnight. Neighbors reported hearing “a very loud crash and then a flash of light” at about 10pm on the freeway near where it crosses…
Stubborn Vehicle Fire Tests Firefighters In Walnut Creek Friday
Bit of a field problem for firefighters in Walnut Creek Friday night as a cleaning truck caught fire and burned stubbornly at Oakland Boulevard and Ygnacio Valley just before 10 p.m. We’re not sure what was in that truck but it did not want to go out. Firefighters beat down several re-kindles and eventually won…
One Dead In Highway 24 Crash At Wilder Friday
One person was killed in an apparent chain-reaction crash on eastbound Highway 24 at the Wilder offramp in Orinda Friday, traffic snarling as the California Highway Patrol declared a SigAlert for the area. Passersby attended the victim, believed to have been ejected from one of as many as three cars involved in the crash. Our…
Assassins Game Too Real-Looking For Some
A youthful game in which players don camouflage fatigues and carry realistic looking “assault rifles” while scoring points for killing rival players in unusual ways is filtering out from schools and into neighborhoods – and prompting nervous calls from edgy residents as a result. The game, born in area schools and known as Assassin or…
One Detained, One At Large After Chase-Crash-Chase In Lafayette Thursday
A Ford Explorer believed to have been the object of a police pursuit on Highway 24 crashed into another vehicle at the bottom of the Oak Hill Road off-ramp Thursday – sparking a guns-up arrest by Lafayette police and a foot pursuit that brought more police, a helicopter and canine teams to the area. It…
Westbound Highway 24 Closed Briefly Due To Reported Shooting Incident Wednesday
California Highway Patrol officers briefly shut down Highway 24 in its westbound direction approaching Caldecott after occupants of one car reportedly open fire on another at approximately 10:27am Wednesday morning. Officers closed the freeway to search for evidence and reportedly recovered shell casings believed to have come from the shooting. One car was believed to…
Vocal Protest Turns Out In Lafayette Tuesday
Sizable group of folks turning out at the corner of Mt. Diablo Blvd and Moraga Road in Lafayette tonight, unhappy with the current administration and vocal. The gathering meets regularly at the same location and was sponsored by the Lamorinda Peace and Justice Group.
Injury Crash Closes Taylor At Pleasant Hill Road In Lafayette Tuesday
A lot of you doubters out there didn’t believe us when we said there was a crash at Taylor and Withers in Lafayette this morning – a few of you more determined skeptics (are there still any of you left?) going so far as to suggest putting money on it sooo… pay up. Or subscribe.…
One Dead In Danville Crash Saturday
One person was killed and four others injured after a multi-vehicle rollover crash at Sycamore Valley Road and Camino Ramon Saturday. The collision was reported at 1:15 p.m. when a pickup traveling east on Sycamore Valley Road and carrying several people bound for an area celebration was broadsided by a second car – spinning the…