After The Convulsion: Monday Dawns In The 24/680 After A Night Of Sporadic Looting, Crime
Things we’ve learned since Sunday: That yesterday’s lesson in Hit-and-Run tactics and looting was at least loosely organized, with criminal gangs taking advantage of the chaos in order to strike; that there is an unusual amount of “gaslighting” – deliberate spreading of false and confusing messaging in order to further a specific agenda – in…
Police Shift Resources In Anticipation Of More Demonstrations Saturday
Police in the Bay Area moved to head off a repeat of yesterday’s protests and resultant rioting in Oakland and San Jose, mobilizing off-duty officers and sending them to areas likely to be the scene of any new demonstration. Reader Kim Miller was on Highway 24 in Orinda Saturday when her car was passed by…
Parking Garage Adagio In Walnut Creek Thursday
Folks appear to be back on the roads lately, and with the increased traffic you might expect to come across a horn of a different type when walking through the Lesher Center parking garage in Walnut Creek. Ryan Thompson and his “bff” were walking through the structure today when they came across this solitary trumpeter…
Cruising Coyote Family Watches Sheltering Humans Watching Them
Last we checked in with the Chew Family of Orinda they were being entertained by a pair of playful turkeys “dancing” outside their living room window while their youngest child provided an entertaining play-by-play. Well, they’re back – the Chews, that is – only this time their personal Wild Kingdom consisted of a mama Coyote…
Death – Even Deaths By Suicide – Politicized In The Age Of Pandemic
We’ve noted and mentioned an anecdotal increase in the number of people pushed beyond their ability to cope during the Age of Pandemic, with many people seemingly choosing to opt out of their lives for reasons which may – in many cases – be forever known only to them. Pressure from internal family dynamics, job…
One Killed In San Ramon Crash Saturday
One person has been killed in a multi-vehicle crash on southbound I680 at the Bollinger Canyon offramp, the crash so forceful it spilled onto adjacent San Ramon Valley Boulevard. The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday with witnesses informing responding officers that one person appeared trapped in the wreckage of one of the…
Police Interrupt Early-Morning Pharmacy Burglary In San Ramon Friday
Burglars attempting to steal drugs from a local pharmaceutical services firm were stopped short by police early Friday – touching off a flurry of pursuits as the startled thieves fled in all directions. The theft from Premier Pharmaceutical Services Inc. on San Ramon Valley Boulevard was underway when police arrived on the scene shortly after…
Developer Unholsters Possibility Of Legal Action; Pushes Lafayette’s Terraces Project Forward
The threat of a lawsuit, a scary prospect for cities and towns unable to afford any prolonged legal skirmish with monied litigants, is once again being raised in leafy Lamorinda – this time by the developer behind the Terraces of Lafayette project. An attorney for developer O’Brien Homes of Menlo Park, which has been trying to…
One Dead At Walnut Creek BART; Station Re-Opened
One person has been struck and killed by an incoming BART train at Walnut Creek Station this afternoon. The station has just been reopened (5:15 p.m.) with full service restored between Lafayette, Pleasant Hill, and Walnut Creek stations. The incident, initially believed to have been a suicide, is the culmination of a frenetic day for…
Martinez PD Arrest Suspect In County Recorders Office Burglary; Other Downtown Crimes Under Investigation
The Martinez Police Department is actively investigating a series of incidents involving window smashes at offices and businesses downtown. The department announced that one person had been arrested in connection with at least one incident Wednesday. Police said the person, whose name, age, or hometown was not given, had been arrested on suspicion of an…