Intruder Shot, Killed After Entering Pleasant Hill Apartment Tuesday
A man neighbors said had been “behaving strangely” in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Shadow Mountain Court in Pleasant Hill was shot and killed by a resident who reportedly opened fire when the man broke into his residence. The dead man was identified Wednesday as 46-year-old John Kruetz of Pleasant Hill. The…
Pleasanton Police Work To Identify Body Found Near Where Philip Kreycik Went Missing
Pleasanton police Tuesday announced the discovery of a body found in the northern end of Pleasanton Ridge, in the area where runner Philip Kreycik went missing three weeks ago. At a press conference investigators announced they could not positively identify the body, located by a volunteer searcher 250 feet off an established game trail, and…
Police Pursue Rolex Robbery Suspects From Alamo Into Lafayette/Orinda
Police in Alamo and Lamorinda are searching for a car, believed to be a white Accura TL with a rooftop bike rack, used in the armed robbery of an older man and his caretaker in Alamo Monday morning. Witnesses reported seeing as many as four black males, 18 to 20-years-old in hoodies and masks aboard…
Delta’s Bradford Island Catches Fire Overnight
We found ourselves covering the pending, early-morning evacuation of more than a dozen people off of Bradford Island near Antioch this morning, crews having trouble reaching the island due to heavy smoke from a fire burning there since about midnight. Eventually, three people were taken off the island with the rest opting to stay and…
Sometimes, The Best Rescues Are The Littlest Ones
There was a good rescue in Martinez today, perhaps not the most dramatic with buzzing helicopters or cast life rings, but nevertheless one pulled off by strangers who came together to do some good. It started with Orinda Reader/Runner Amanda Ferguson, one of those people who sulk all day if they haven’t run 30 or…
Overnight Grass Fire Chars 2 Acres In Lafayette Tuesday
An early morning grass fire burned through a hillside at Angelo Street and Reliez Valley Road in Lafayette early Tuesday morning, briefly threatening two homes on Hillside Terrace before it was brought under control. Firefighters got the call at approximately 1:30 a.m., and were hampered by the area’s steep terrain. In the end, no homes…
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…