Fourth Person In Custody After Robbery At Livermore T-Mobile Thursday
Four people are in custody after a robbery at the T-Mobile store on Las Positas Road in Livermore Thursday. Officers responded to the 4500 block of Las Positas at around 3 p.m. Thursday, catching three of four people suspected of robbing the store and launching an exhaustive search air and ground search for the fourth…
Alamo Car Burglars Trigger A Home Surveillance Camera; Image Captured For Posterity
If you read us regularly you know that car burglaries are especially prevalent right now, with roving groups of thieves picking off computers and musical instruments and a whole bunch more as people sleep. A reader in Alamo sent us this photo of a crew at work, telling us three guys in a sedan were…
Palo Alto Shooting Suspect Arrested In Danville Wednesday
A 37-year-old man police say was being sought for a shooting incident outside a Palo Alto Safeway store was arrested by police in Danville Wednesday evening. The suspect, a Henderson, Nevada man whose name was not immediately given, was spotted driving a black pickup truck in the 500 block of Danville Boulevard at about 6:22…
Bay Area Pacific Union Realtors Killed In Santa Ana Plane Crash Sunday
Five people killed in a plane crash Sunday afternoon in Santa Ana were Bay Area realtors and consultants headed to a conference in Southern California when their Cessna lost power and crashed into a Santa Ana parking lot. Associates and friends have identified all five victims as Pacific Union agents bound for a Tom Ferry…
Walnut Creek T-Mobile Store Held Up Sunday; PD Searching For Suspect
A lone gunman robbed the T-Mobile store in the 2300 block of Oak Grove Road Sunday, apparently making off with cash and a bag of electronics. Police are maneuvering in their search for the suspect. He is described as a white or Hispanic male wearing a black hoodie, black pants, sunglasses and mask. He was…
The Sunday Rumble
It has only been a few days since we heard of the public caning of gay men in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and – while we believe we have enough issues to remedy right here at home – we also could not help but note that the very region mentioned was rocked by a thunderous 7.0…
Rossmoor Grass Fire Advances On Lafayette Property; Firefighters Maneuver To Save Homes
A grass fire in the area of 1910 Skycrest on the hills overlooking Rossmoor spread to adjacent property in Lafayette, with at least one homeowner resorting to beat back the flames with a handy garden hose. ConFire crews pounced quickly on the blaze, near the scene of at least one recent spot fire and apparently…
Pleasant Hill City Official Dies After Collision With Big Rig On Reliez Valley Road Thursday
Lafayette police and sheriff’s deputies have closed a stretch of Reliez Valley Road after a collision between a cyclist and a semi tractor truck Thursday. The incident was reported at 12:28 p.m. Lafayette Police Officers responded to the scene and found an injured male bicyclist on the ground. He was treated at the scene by…
Pleasanton Police Investigating In-Custody Death
On Wednesday, August 1, at approximately 2:42 p.m., Pleasanton Police patrol officers were dispatched to 5420 Sunol Blvd. regarding a disturbance inside the Raley’s grocery store. Police said a manager from the store called police after observing a white male adult in his thirties acting irrationally, picking up a shopping cart and slamming it to…
Woman Has Purse Taken During Strong-Arm Robbery At Moraga Safeway Monday
Lamorinda police are searching for a newer model Audi SUV, black in color, with two men aboard Monday after one of the men snatched a purse from a woman at the Moraga Safeway store. The incident was reported at approximately 4:30 p.m. The victim, who was not injured, was approached and had her purse taken…