Visitors Still Bringing High-Caliber Party Favors To Downtown Walnut Creek
We wrote about some revelers who ran afoul of law enforcement after time at a local bar in downtown Walnut Creek early Sunday, things getting even hotter when a group of young women allegedly joined the fray. Officers assigned to the downtown area reportedly spotted a fight break out in front of a local bar,…
Walnut Creek, Danville PDs Team Up To Nab Costco Purse Snatch Pair
Here’s a follow-up to an incident we first Flashed to subscribers on Jan. 8: On Saturday, January 8, at approximately 5:48 p.m. Danville Police responded to a report of a theft of a purse at Costco, 3150 Fostoria Way in Danville. The victim provided a description of an individual and the license plate of a…
Hospital Visit Goes Bad In San Ramon; Pittsburg Woman Arrested After Shoving Nurse
A disagreement over masking requirements at San Ramon Regional Medical Center escalated into an alleged shoving match and a criminal citation for a 27-year-old Pittsburg woman at the hospital to visit a family member being treated for COVID-19. San Ramon police were called to the hospital at 10:51 a.m. after an extended family group of…
The Monday Memo: Coffeeshop Withdrawals; Samurai Slasher; And Our Covid Winter
Powering through our communal Covid Winter and about to fire up The News Bunker’s Breville Java dispenser for a much-needed morning bump, listening to our messages and getting a sense of how things are going. If we had to sum up the prevailing mood, we’d go with: Worried and Cautiously Waiting. We know those who…
One Injured In Concord Sword Assault Sunday Night
An argument amongst a small group of individuals in a creek bed under Willow Pass Road in Concord led to one member of the group drawing an edged weapon of some type and wounding another member of the group, leaving deep lacerations to the victim’s arm and leg. Police were in the area soon after…
Shelves Are Full, Aisles Are Empty – Where IS Everyone?
Out and about a little tonight and wondering if something is up because there’s little sign of anyone out anywhere. Shooter (that’s what we call photographers – not the other usage) Craig Cannon walked into the neighborhood grocery store to find the shelves full and the aisles deserted. If we can just sync up this…
Lafayette Pursuit Ends In Fiery College Avenue Crash Wednesday
Witnesses reported a police pursuit from downtown Lafayette Wednesday evening, bystanders watching as a LPD car followed a speeding Nissan on Mt. Diablo Boulevard from Happy Valley Road and onto westbound Highway 24 at around 8:45 p.m. It was not immediately known why police were interested in the car, its driver fleeing west on Highway…
Where Are All Those Stolen Stretchy Pants, Sunglasses, And Handbags Turning Up?
This latest development in the current, ongoing battle against seemingly unfettered retail theft has been around for a few days but we opted to let it germinate a little, see what developed. We predicted there’d be some proactive enforcement and arrests after a series of high-profile thefts and this appears to be a good start.…
Warm Enough For You? No? Not For Us, Either…
You can always tell temperatures have dipped below normal when the photographers – hardy creatures at home in jungle conditions and other extreme weather – begin to find creative excuses for coming back in and huddling around the coffeemaker. Shooter Craig Cannon noticed the unhoused coming out of back alleys and wooded groves where they…
Police, Ordnance Squad Callout In Pleasant Hill Sunday
ORIGINAL POST: Details remain sparse – possibly because bomb disposal people don’t like random radio waves – but police and the Walnut Creek Bomb Squad were in the 1700 block of Contra Costa Boulevard early Sunday, perhaps to deal with more of those large pyrotechnic devices which have been rocking the area lately. Much of…