Ask Not For Whom The Road Tolls, It Tolls For Thee…
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has announced that an express lane along an 11-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 680 from Martinez through Walnut Creek will begin charging tolls next month. Tolling operations will begin at 5 a.m. on Aug. 20 and will connect with the existing 11-mile express lane from Rudgear Road in Walnut Creek to…
Tales From Suburbia: Oddities Du Jour
All in all a bittersweet week in the semi-rural Badlands of the East Bay, with fair weather prevailing, cooks sharing recipes, gardeners comparing tomato harvests, and water mains giving out just as we declare ourselves in drought and in need of every precious drop. It’s all part of the irony of life, we suppose, attempting…
One Dead, One Wounded In Highway 4 Shooting In Concord Saturday
At approximately 6:35 p.m. Saturday, California Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of a freeway shooting on westbound SR-4, just east of Port Chicago Highway in Concord. Upon arrival, officers found victims suffering from gunshot wounds inside a black Toyota Camry. One victim succumbed to their injuries and another suffered moderate wounds. The unknown suspect…
Arrest Made In Walnut Creek Homicide Case
UPDATE: July 28 – The District Attorney’s Office has dropped their case against Casillas-Flores, citing a lack of evidence. Information about the shooting continues to come in, with witnesses saying a conflict between two groups partying inside the Spoontonic Lounge eventually spilled out into the street and ended in gunfire. A social media post from…
Fiery Crash Closes Moraga Way Thursday
A fiery one-car crash on Moraga Way near Glorietta closed the thoroughfare Thursday, the car touching off a grass fire that briefly threatened nearby homes. Orinda Police Chief David Cooks said at approximately 1:51 p.m. local officers were dispatched to a report of a traffic collision in the area of Moraga Way and Monte Veda…
NFL Coach Remains In Critical Condition After San Ramon Bike Collision
Greg Knapp, a local resident and NFL quarterback coach, remains in critical condition at a local hospital after he was struck while riding his bicycle in San Ramon Saturday. Knapp was riding with traffic on Dougherty Road north of Monarch Road when a vehicle reportedly veered into his lane and made contact, knocking the cyclist…
Lamorinda Police Search For Suspected Burglar In Orinda Monday
Area police descended on the area of Altamount and La Cresta Way in Orinda Monday after receiving reports of a possible interrupted burglary in the neighborhood. Officers arriving on scene keyed on a suspicious car which fled the area at high speeds, using the road shoulder to evade traffic before eventually crashing in the area…
One Dead, Three Wounded In Walnut Creek Shooting Early Sunday
A 25-year-old San Pablo man became Walnut Creek’s third homicide victim so far this year after a shooting in a parking lot outside Spoontonic Lounge in the city early Sunday morning. Monday, Coroner’s officials identified the man killed outside the club as Luttfi Abbushi, 25, of San Pablo. Three other people suffered various wounds and…
Cyclist Injured In Dougherty Road Collision Saturday
Police in San Ramon are investigating a car versus bicyclist collision on northbound Dougherty Road north of Monarch Road which left the cyclist seriously injured Saturday. The incident was reported at 2:50 p.m. after the cyclist was reported down in the roadway with suspected head injuries. Police said the driver was traveling northbound in the…
San Ramon Valley Police Storm Alamo Home Thursday
If you talk with the neighbors – who have been calling us all afternoon – the police raid on a home off Livorna Road in Alamo Thursday looked like a cross between the firefight at Nakitomi Plaza and perhaps the air assault on Son Tay prison. We don’t think it was quite that aggressive but…