Pleasant Hill PD Looking For Man Suspected Of Attempting To Rob Chase Bank
From Pleasant Hill PD: On Wednesday, September 11, at approximately 12:48 pm PHPD officers responded to the report of an attempted robbery at the Chase Bank located within the Pleasant Hill Plaza shopping center at 1898 Contra Costa Blvd. Officers determined the suspect passed a note, demanding cash. No weapons were seen or mentioned and…
Moraga Police Advise Locals To Watch Out For Nocturnal Prowlers, Opportunists
We’ve been writing about Lone Wolf burglars and organized crews of car burglars wreaking havoc in various neighborhoods throughout the 24/680 of late, and Moraga – despite its away from the highways geography – appears to be getting the same treatment. We Flashed word of a number of overnight thefts from cars along Ascot and…
Bracelets Go On Suspected Car Burglar After Lights Go On In Victim’s Car In Walnut Creek
Police in Walnut Creek say an alert resident sensed something amiss this morning and spotted the cabin light on in their vehicle. The light-sleeping resident dialed up police and officers contacted a man identified as Marcus Yingling, determining he was inside the car when he shouldn’t have been. Police allegedly found the victim’s purse and…
The Sunday Slugfest
How’s your week going? We’ve been busy. San Ramon was leading the news cycle of late until a Mini Madoff raised his head in Moraga and blew the lid of our sleepy little town. Our phones and email in-boxes puckered and are still recovering. While the story of F. Robert Fritzky and his alleged embezzlement…
Moraga Chamber Of Commerce Confirms Ouster Of President F. Robert Fritzky; MCF Embezzlement Investigation Underway
Rumors of an apparent shakeup among leadership at the Moraga Chamber of Commerce materialized Friday after the chamber confirmed the ouster of Chamber President F. Robert Fritzky – ushered out under the cloud of a looming embezzlement investigation at the Moraga Community Foundation. Although no specific charges have yet to be filed against Fritzky, search…
Firefighters Battle Stubborn Fire In Pleasant Hill Wednesday
Firefighters remain at the scene of a stubborn fire which broke out inside a unit at 101 Gregory Lane shortly at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday. Passersby reported seeing significant smoke and flame from a window of the building and firefighters battled the blaze for some time before declaring it under control. No one was reported injured…
Woman Shoots Self In Front Of San Ramon Police Officers Wednesday; Dies At Hospital
San Ramon police say a distraught woman has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound fired as officers attempted to talk her into dropping her weapon in a parking lot outside 4000 Executive Parkway Wednesday. Police said the incident was first reported at approximately 11:30 a.m. in the area of Executive Parkway and Bishop Drive in…
Fire Burns Through Apartment In San Ramon Tuesday; 2 Escape Flames – One Cut Climbing Out Window
An early-morning fire ripped through a two-story apartment on Canyon Village Circle in San Ramon Tuesday, two male residents suffering injuries ranging from burns to lacerations in their effort to escape the flames. The blaze was reported at 2512 Canyon Village Circle at approximately 5:55 a.m. One resident of the unit, an unidentified male, was…
Thieves Strike At San Ramon Ulta Store Saturday; $17,000 In Merchandise Taken
Thieves struck the Ulta Beauty location in Magnolia Square Saturday, making off with an estimated $17,000 in cash and merchandise and leading San Ramon police on a brief chase before fleeing town. There were no reports of injuries during the robbery or resultant pursuit, the culprits fleeing the area in a red or burgundy Dodge…
Burglars Enter, Ransack San Ramon Home Saturday
A San Ramon home was entered and ransacked in broad daylight Saturday with two men forcing entry to the Longwood Court residence through a rear door. The crime was reported just after noon. A neighbor reported seeing two men, described as black males in their 20s or 30s, coming out of the rear of the…