Mothers Day Crash On Green Valley Road Ends In DUI Arrest; Severe Injuries
As first reported on our Facebook Page at the time, two Alamo-area residents were involved in an early-morning Mothers Day crash on Green Valley Road Sunday, a female passenger sustaining serious injuries to her legs when the car overturned. The car’s driver was later arrested and charged with felony Driving Under the Influence. Officer Brandon Correia…
Pair Arrested After Alleged Mail Theft In Orinda Monday
Two people were arrested Monday after someone allegedly spotted them picking off a package from a doorstep in Orinda and placing it in the bed of their rental truck, according to Chief Mark Nagel. Nagel said his officers were “immediately alerted” and were able to stop the truck on Moraga Way at Orchard. “Officers approached…
String Of Car Fires Continues; Orinda Incident Unrelated – Investigators Say
An undetermined number of car fires reported in the 24/680 area and beyond and ranging as far back as earlier this year are related, Contra Costa County Fire Investigators have determined, and they are asking for help in tracking down the person or persons responsible. Investigators said the exact number of suspicious fires is unknown,…
Around The 24/680: Ducking Drones, Sex Shoppe Gear, And Serial Arsonists
It has been an exhausting week. Costco case-crackers. Traffic-jamming crashes. Errant doctors and landscapers, grifters, and more. We’ve been out and about, careful not to step on the cracks lest things get worse, and trying to keep up with goings-on around our towns and cities. And we have to say things have been… odd… out…
John Muir Physician Arrested After Alleged Sexual Battery Of Patient
Detectives from the Special Victims Unit of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Investigation Division on Monday arrested 36-year-old Rajesh Kumar Singla of Milpitas for multiple counts of sexual assault charges, according to information released by the sheriff’s office. Investigators said Singla is a family medicine doctor and a member of the John Muir…
Standoff Between Larkey Park Murder Suspect And Regional SWAT Team Continues Into Friday
The standoff between a 38-year-old man believed to have gunned down a woman in broad daylight in Walnut Creek’s Larkey Park continued into its second day Friday as a regional SWAT team surrounded the suspect’s gray Mercedes on Arnold Drive in Martinez. NEWS24/680 is not identifying the man at this time. Investigators said he had…
San Ramon Teen Arrested After Early-Morning Pursuit Wednesday
A 15-year-old San Ramon youth was arrested after a high-speed pursuit and brief foot chase ended on Deerwood Place at approximately 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. San Ramon Police Lt. Denton Carlson reported that one of the department’s officers “got a hit on his automated license plate reader (ALPR) of a stolen vehicle,” reported stolen out of…
Danville License Plate Reading System Leads To Arrest Of Lafayette Robbery Suspect
A chance license plate alert by the Town of Danville’s Automatic License Plate Reader system (ALPR) led to the arrest of a man wanted for strong arm robbery in Lafayette Thursday afternoon. Danville police were on patrol at approximately 4:47 pm when their ALPR system “read” the plate of a vehicle used earlier during a…
Tesla, Prius Go Head To Head In Lafayette – No Fissionable Reaction
After they rushed to help, onlookers couldn’t help but notice the irony – with two leaders of electric car technology meeting in a grinding crash at Dewing and Bickerstaff in Lafayette this afternoon. Minor injuries, but there were reports of a bolt of electricity passing from car to car upon impact. We’re kidding, of course.
Fugitive Landscaper Clipped – In Oregon
A notoriously mobile landscaper/contractor named to the Contractors State License Board’s “Most Wanted” list in the wake of crimes committed here in Lamorinda and elsewhere in Contra Costa has been arrested – in Oregon. Those who have fallen victim to the man doing business as Adan Contreras-Rivas – and a host of other names –…