Sheriff’s Office Investigates Window Smash Burglary At Alamo Jewelry Store
On Monday, April 15, 2019, at about 1:38 AM, Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a report of an alarm at a jewelry store on the 3200 block of Danville Boulevard in Alamo. Deputy Sheriffs arrived minutes after being dispatched to find the store’s front window broken. The suspects entered the business stealing miscellaneous goods and items. The…
Shoplifting Flurry Gets Messy In San Ramon Wednesday – Dog Bite, Foot Races With Police At Target
In what has become an almost daily event in the 24/680 of late, a crew of suspected thieves targeting Apple Computer products at the Target Store in San Ramon were brought up short by a police K9 and gun-toting police. The incident was reported (as near as we can figure) at about 5:55 p.m. when…
Moraga Council Gets Thrifty, Passes On Passed Hat For Painted Rock
Moraga’s Town Council has passed on a request to contribute to a local effort to buy and preserve a bucolic 84-acre parcel overlooking the town and known for the paint-slathered rocks regularly christened by bands of local high schoolers. In a 3-2 decision (Korpus, Sos, Woehleke voting “nay,” Wykle and McCluer voting “aye,”), the council…
Kitchen Fire Damages Lafayette’s Postino Restaurant; Closes Mt. Diablo Boulevard
A sizable fire response is on scene or on the way to Postino restaurant on Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette this evening after a kitchen fire grew beyond staff’s ability to handle it and crept into the restaurant’s ceiling. Mt. Diablo Boulevard has been closed in both directions outside the restaurant to facilitate the firefighting…
BAIT Car Burglary Arrest Breaks Up The Party In Walnut Creek
We’ve written about the variety of new gadgets local police departments are bringing to law enforcement in their respective jurisdictions and some of them appear to be working pretty well – including a tracker and camera-equipped bait car currently in use by Walnut Creek PD. You may have seen some of the videos generated in…
Highway Patrol Car Rammed By Suspected DUI Driver Sunday – Minor Injuries For Officers, Driver Arrested
The past few months have been marked by a series of tragic incidents resulting in the deaths of highway patrol officers around the state and an incident Sunday morning conjured up fears of yet another collision brought first responders on the run. Two officers were treated for minor injuries after their cruiser was rammed from…
New Chapter For “The Rheem,” Theater Group Announces Sale Of Local Landmark
The on again/off again saga of Moraga’s most visible landmark entered yet another phase Friday as the group hoping to revive the peeling Neon Queen announced its sale. This site had teased the coming deal and it appears to have been realized, with the Friends of the Rheem Theatre support group posting a terse announcement…
The Wednesday Warbler: Changes For The Rheem? And Pot-Crazed Grannies…
Pardon the mid-week interjection but the biggest news since that Giant Gopher started tunneling under Rheem Center again is that our local landmark theatre may be posting an “Under New Management” sign soon. Tongues that waggle locally say negotiations for sale of our vaunted local Neon Lady are underway – and to a recognized name…
Tree Guys And San Ramon PD Corporal Team Up To Save Cardiac Patient Tuesday
Emergency situations can make strange bedfellows of us humans and the maxim was proved today as two local tree trimmers joined forces with a San Ramon PD corporal as the clock ticked down for a cardiac arrest patient on E. Lakeshore Drive. Apparently SRPD Corporal Schneider was responding to a medical emergency call involving a…
Three Arrested In San Pablo Dam Road Incident; Pellet Gun Recovered
UPDATE: (3:15 p.m.) The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office reports that this situation has been resolved. Three people have been taken into custody and a pellet gun recovered. Incident remains under investigation. ORIGINAL POST: Several police jurisdictions responded to reports of an armed man or men at a home on San Pablo Dam Road Tuesday,…