Rider Found Dead Aboard Pleasant Hill BART Train Tuesday
Coroner’s deputies are attempting to determine the cause of death for a man found deceased aboard a BART train at Pleasant Hill station Tuesday night. BART police and workers remained tightlipped about the discovery at the time but a spokesperson has since confirmed that an “unattended fatality” was reported at about 9:15 p.m. There were…
ScreenShots: “Contagion”
A really good and thought-provoking movie when it was first released in 2011 – “Contagion” is almost preternaturally brilliant when viewed in the sterilized light of 2021. In fact, if it weren’t for the credits you’d think you were watching a movie made during our current pandemic, with a small army of characters running from…
Teenagers Arrested After Attempted Armed Robbery In Pleasanton Monday
Three teenagers were arrested by Pleasanton police Monday after an attempted armed robbery in a parking lot at the Stoneridge Shopping Center. Officers were called to the area around 1 p.m. after a woman reported being approached by three teens who demanded her purse and car. Police said one of the suspects attempted to pin…
Woman Killed In Auto Vs. Pedestrian Collision On Concord Boulevard Monday
A 72-year-old Union City woman died after being struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Concord Boulevard and Denkinger Road Monday morning. Evangelina Marquez was identified by county coroner’s officials Tuesday. The collision was reported at 7:22 a.m. Marquez was attempting to cross Concord Boulevard when a vehicle driving in the westbound direction struck…
Pedestrian Killed While Walking On I680 In Martinez Sunday
At 7:51 p.m. Sunday, officers from the Contra Costa CHP office were notified of a car versus pedestrian collision on I-680 southbound, north of Marina Vista. Investigators said a man walking in the southbound lanes of the freeway was struck by a Toyota sedan whose driver was not able to stop in time. Officers located…
Suspected Serial Car Burglar Arrested In Danville Sunday
Danville Police arrested Alexis Hill, 21, of Antioch earlier this afternoon on suspicion of committing a variety of crimes while in the San Ramon Valley. Hill was arrested and booked into the Martinez Detention Facility, charged with multiple crimes including burglary, petty theft, and shoplifting. Police credited a witness with notifying them of Hill’s presence…
The Leaping Ellipsis: Three-Dotting Our Way Through Another Saturday Night
Tip of the Fedora and a picked-up bar tab for our fellow scribbler Herb Caen as we ankled our way from swell joint to swinging nightspot Saturday, dodging the over-served, the occasional stray cougar and revved-up anti-Mandater – taking the air, copious notes, and anything else we could find along our route. Burglars and bartenders…
Sink Hole Surfaces – Or Sub-Surfaces – In Alamo Friday
Neighbors living in the area of Valley Oaks Drive and Stone Valley Road in Alamo have something new to talk about tonight after a failing water main undermined their road and turned the asphalt into an unnavigable undulating slab. The failure was first noticed at 6:38 p.m. with police and town crews quickly putting up…
Anti-Mandate Protestors March In Walnut Creek Friday
People opposed to vaccine mandates took to the streets of Walnut Creek Friday night as other protests are planned to take place across the Bay Area over the weekend. About 100 protestors marched through the city’s downtown, chanting and shouting anti-mandate slogans. People in San Jose were also planning to gather in support of police…
Catalytic Converter Miners At Work In Lafayette Early Thursday
The unmistakable sound of a saw at work on the undercarriage of a car at 4:40 a.m. brought the car owner on the run and sent three would-be catalytic converter thieves running for the hills as police arrived Thursday. Ed. Note: The attached video is a hopefully obvious recording of converter thieves at work in…