Lamorinda’s Phantom Landscaper Moves South – Eluding Investigators And Angry Customers
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 resurfaced – under yet another name – this time in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. “I can’t believe he’s still getting away with this,” said San Jose resident…
Execution Of FBI Search Warrant In Orinda Sets Tongues Wagging Wednesday
An FBI search team entered a home in the 600 block of Moraga Way Wednesday, looking for “small pieces of a larger puzzle” in an investigation currently underway. The presence of those eye-catching blue and yellow raid jackets and an overflying helicopter quickly set local tongues to wagging – and local wags to riffing –…
Richmond Man Murdered In El Sobrante Saturday; Investigation Underway
Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff are investigating a homicide that occurred in El Sobrante early Saturday morning. A sheriff’s office sergeant discovered an injured man lying in the roadway in the area of Appian Way and Garden Lane in El Sobrante at 2:11 a.m. that morning. The officer summoned medical aid…
Tree Topples Power Pole, Blocks Donald Drive In Orinda Sunday
No one was hurt but the sound of this tree coming down – and splintering an adjacent power pole – got the attention of neighbors on Donald Drive in Orinda Sunday. Power is out to the area with about 75 homes unable to watch the Forty Niner game (tied at 20 all, currently, if you’re reading this…
Fatal Crash On Westbound Highway 4 In Martinez Friday
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a rollover accident on Highway 4 in Martinez Friday, arriving to find a stretch of guardrail damaged and a man dead in the wreckage. Investigators believe the truck was hit from behind by another car, possibly while the driver was slowing to avoid something in the roadway, at 6:06…
Aaaaand We’re Off! It’s Election Day In The USA!
Voters in 24/680 Land turned out to exercise their right as citizens in Contra Costa County Tuesday, with heavier than expected turnouts at several local polling places and citizens waiting expectantly for first news in the nation’s presidential race.
Parking Lot Raiders Burglarizing Cars In Lafayette Wednesday, Reader Says
It’s happening all over the 24/680 but reader “Aimee” says the prolific nature of local car burglars hit home this morning as thieves pounced on cars in local parking lots – making off with all sorts of items. “My sister and I were parked at the trail lot on Pleasant Hill and Olympic and her…
Danville Man Succumbs To Injuries Suffered While Dashing Across I-680 Earlier This Month
California Highway Patrol investigators Wednesday said a man struck by a car while running across traffic on northbound I-680 earlier this month has died of his injuries. The man’s companion that day, a 54-year-old from Grass Valley, was also struck and seriously injured. Her condition has been downgraded from critical to “major injuries” and she…
Every Rocker’s Dream Come True – Topped By A Stage Dive Into The Pit
What true Air Guitar Ace or hairbrush Beyonce hasn’t had the fantasy? You’re a singer or major guitar thrasher out in the audience when, who knows, Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day notices the sign proclaiming your virtuosity on guitar and pulls you onstage. Time to put up or shut up, Kanye. It can…
Walnut Creek “Purse Dippers” Identified
Exactly when they were identified remains open to debate, apparently, but investigators in Walnut Creek have formally named two women they say have been lifting wallets from unsuspecting diners at various downtown restaurants for the past several months. Police posted photos of the women at work in their city back in August, asking for public assistance in…