E-Bike Siege At Walnut Creek Safeway
This came to us from a concerned reader and it appears to reenforce some stories we’re hearing about e-biker behavior lately. The riders appear to be no more than 14 years old. Also: Safeway personnel appear upset but constrained, possibly, by some form of corporate ROE (Rules of Engagement)? Also: As usual, there are instigators…
Fatal Crash Closes Monument Boulevard Offramp Tuesday
One person was ejected and killed when their vehicle rolled over after a reportedly abrupt lane change on the northbound I680 offramp to Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill Tuesday. Passersby reported the crash at approximately 8:15am with police closing the offramp in order to facilitate their investigation. The California Highway Patrol reported their officers responded…
Samaritan Recounts Rescue Effort At Ygnacio Valley Road Crash Scene
The following is a vetted account of how civilians – one in particular – reacted and sprang into action following a horrific, ultimately fatal crash on Ygnacio Valley Road Saturday. It is presented as it was sent to us, with minor redactions made for the sake of family members. The author has expressed an interest…
Horse People Help Out After Trailer Tips In Alamo Sunday
A crash on southbound I680 north of Stone Valley Road in Alamo was further complicated early Sunday morning when the involved vehicle turned out to be a pickup truck hauling a horse trailer with two horses aboard. The incident, reported at 6:28a.m., brought first responders to the scene as one of the trailered animals managed…
One Dead, Electric Vehicle Burning In Walnut Creek Saturday
UPDATE: The lone fatality in this case was identified by friends and family as Alina Safi, 16, a student at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord. A 16-year-old girl was killed and five others suffered significant injuries in a grinding collision at Ygnacio Valley Road east of Oak Grove with one of three vehicles –…
Air/Ground Pursuit Winds Through Lamorinda, Ends With Oakland Crash Friday
Our Flashers know about a circuitous pursuit through Lamorinda earlier this evening, air and ground units pursuing an evasively minded Toyota back through the Caldecott and into Oakland – where the two occupants abandoned the vehicle at 57th and Vicente and fled on foot. Two juveniles were ultimately taken into custody on various charges after…
Fireball Draws A Crowd On Eastbound Highway 24 Wednesday
A KIA caught fire and burned on the eastbound Highway 24 overpass to Mount Diablo Road just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the resultant fireball drawing one of our photographers and, within minutes, a small crowd unused to seeing such things in Lafayette. The car’s occupant made it out before things got hot but the KIA…
“Hugging Bandit” Strikes Again In San Ramon; Jewelry Taken
Police in San Ramon are investigating the theft of an expensive necklace taken when a stranger approached and hugged the older victim at around 9:35a.m., unfastening the jewelry and fleeing in a waiting black sedan. The vehicle was last seen on Davona Drive heading toward Alcosta Boulevard. The victim, taken by surprise as so many…
“It’s A Boy!” – Walnut Creek Firefighters Help Resolve Roadside Labor Issue Monday
Firefighters helped make a special delivery in Walnut Creek Monday after a woman reported she was in labor, her baby was on the way and the hospital was still blocks away. It took a bit but firefighters eventually found the car and woman in question pulled over in the 500 block of Ygnacio Valley Road…
Pursuit/Crash On Highway 24 In Lafayette Ends With Arrest/Injuries
A vehicle fleeing police on westbound Highway 24 near Central Lafayette crashed into the center divide – its driver arrested at gunpoint – in a crash that brought westbound traffic to a near standstill for hours. Traffic immediately ground to a halt as firefighters and emergency responders clawed their way to the scene. The Highway…