Concord Apartment Building Destroyed In 3-Alarm Fire Tuesday Morning
A Concord apartment building under construction at Galindo and Concord Boulevard caught fire, quickly grew to 3-alarms, and was later declared a total loss after burning for much of Tuesday morning. The fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. with bystanders stunned by its magnitude and the intensity of its heat. Firefighters ultimately declared the…
Pleasant Hill, Concord Police Busy In The 24/680 Monday
Reader Josh Cagle was out and about Monday when he found himself in the middle of a police stop and (apparent) arrest of some folks in this car today on eastbound Monument Boulevard at the I680 underpass. Corporal Chris Anderson from Pleasant Hill PD said the car had been reported stolen and their officers stopped…
Sunday Afternoon Parking Ticket Rager Leads To Strongarm Robbery Arrest In Lafayette
This site took a, we believe, understated approach to details of an incident stemming from a local man’s ire about getting a parking ticket downtown on Sunday but, as we have learned over the years – there was more to the story. Our rationale was to illustrate the competition and angst which accompanies parking in…
Bank Robber Visits Orinda Bank Of The West Branch Tuesday, Makes A Withdrawal
A lone thief in a dust mask robbed the Bank of the West branch at 21 Moraga Way shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday, passing a note demanding cash from a teller and escaping on foot. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said the suspect entered the bank at 4:40 pm. He was described as a white male…
Moragan Arrested For Auto Burglary – In Emeryville
A 23-year-old Moraga man is in custody Tuesday after Emeryville police officers reportedly found him in the passenger seat of a truck parked outside the Oliver Loft Condominiums in their city – a truck that did not belong to him. Officers arrested Alex Mills on Monday after noticing the cab of the truck had been…
Black Clouds, Hail, Thunder, Lightning, Crashes, Spills, Crooked Deeds And A Fight For Life In Walnut Creek
Just your usual morning in the 24/680, with heavy winds and hail making things slick for drivers; people waking up to find things they thought were theirs are gone and now belong to someone else; and fire and police fighting to save a young life from the grip of a Fentanyl OD. Neighbors…
Danville: 100 Mph Chase On Camino Tassajara Ends In Crash
A brief but high-speed chase on Camino Tassajara in Danville ended in a grinding collision at Glasgow Drive Saturday, police quickly shutting down the roadway to aid in debris removal and their further investigation. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said the incident began at 2:58 p.m. when Automated License Plate Reader cameras sent out a…
Search For Car Theft Suspect Locks Down Walnut Creek Neighborhood Saturday
Walnut Creek police moved quickly to seal off the area of Minert and Arkell roads in their city early Saturday after a suspected car thief bolted from a traffic stop and fled into the surrounding neighborhood. Residents in the area were advised to stay in their homes as police searched for the suspect shortly after…
Car Burglars Get Their Comeuppance In Lafayette Friday
Neighbors on quiet Solana Court in Lafayette report that a group of car burglars were hard at work on their block early Friday morning when the law was called on to intervene. Three men were arrested after a sizable police response was called into the area shortly after 3 a.m., the neighbors said. “They (police)…
Youth Rams San Ramon Big 5 Sporting Goods, Leads Police On Chase Wednesday
Employees of the Big 5 Sporting Goods Store on Crow Canyon Place in San Ramon got an unexpected visitor Wednesday evening when a young man allegedly rammed the store in a car before speeding off with police in pursuit. The bizarre incident got underway at 9:45 p.m. when the driver of the car allegedly accelerated…