One Person Wounded In San Ramon New Year’s Eve Shooting
A man was shot and seriously wounded in a San Ramon apartment Thursday, police and firefighters calling for an air ambulance to take the man to hospital. San Ramon police entered an apartment on Amberstone Lane in the city shortly after an occupant called to report that someone had been shot inside, possibly by a…
Fire Damages Home In San Ramon Wednesday
Fire broke out at a residence on Woodview Court in San Ramon early Wednesday morning, occupants fleeing the home as firefighters arrived to find the garage fully engulfed in flame. The blaze was first reported by neighbors in the area at 5:39 a.m. Firefighters worked to keep the flames from entering a second story of…
Nurse Latest Victim Of Highway 242 Rock Throwing Incidents
An East Bay nurse has become the latest person struck by a rock deliberately thrown onto Highway 242 in Concord, a bizarre but apparently fairly commonplace occurrence that has already cost another woman her life. Pam Burnett, a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, was on her way to work Dec.…
San Ramon Police Fire On Car After Driver Allegedly Swerves Toward Officers
San Ramon police officers opened fire on a car that allegedly attempted to run them down early Monday morning, police and CHP officers pursuing the fleeing vehicle south on Interstate 680 at speeds well over 100 mph. The incident occurred at San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Crow Canyon Road shortly after midnight, with officers attempting…
A Newsy Christmas Morning
Christmas preparations on hold a bit this morning as we’ve been watching developments in Nashville and trying to wrap our minds around that incident – thinking that perhaps we’ve reached a new level of… something… in America. It remains to be seen what the perpetrators hoped to gain by this bombing. With that, and as…
Unknown Chemical Kills One Dublin School Janitor, Hospitalizes Another Wednesday
UPDATE: Dublin police said fentanyl was found near two janitors found unresponsive inside a Middle School Library Wednesday, shattering beliefs the pair had succumbed to exposure to a toxic chemical. James Covington, 32, of Pittsburg, died at the scene. His co-worker and fiancée, 29-year-old Shameka Wilbon, was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Family members…
Three Young People Killed In Livermore Crash Monday
Three area youths – two of them students at local high schools and one a recent graduate – were killed in a collision between the passenger car they were in and a semi-truck late Monday night. Investigators said the two youths and a young adult relative died of injuries sustained in the collision on Las…
Man, Dog Rescued From Burning Home In Pleasant Hill Monday
An elderly man and a dog were located and rescued from a home burning on Cornell Court in Pleasant Hill Monday. The fire was reported shortly after 2 p.m. with reports of smoke and flame at the residence, 19 Cornell Court. Firefighters arriving at the scene were met by those conditions upon arrival and swung…
Friday Outlook: Cold, With A Chance Of Car Burglary
Good Friday morning on what’s shaping up to be an Amy Winehouse-themed news day in the 24/680. We’re not quite sure how our newsroom jukebox finds its musical way in the mornings, but it’s all about Rehab and Waking Up Alone – in the bunker this morning. Folks are up and about and slamming into…
DNA Testing Links Moraga Coyote To Latest Lafayette Bite Incident
State Fish and Wildlife officials said DNA testing of animal saliva acquired after three recent coyote encounters in Moraga and Lafayette has revealed that a single animal was responsible for all three biting incidents. Lab results proved that a coyote was responsible for a bite delivered to a Diablo Foods store employee in Lafayette the…