MARTINEZ: Former CHP Officer Pleads Guilty To Phone Cracking Charges
Former California Highway Patrol officer Sean Harrington pleaded no contest Tuesday to two felony counts of searching the cell phones of female DUI suspects and covertly forwarding intimate photos of the women to himself and other officers.
One Cyclist Killed, Two More Injured On Danville To Dublin Loop Bicycle Ride
A Dublin bicyclist was killed and two others injured when their group reportedly ran into a large water truck during a weekend fun run from Danville to Dublin and back. Friends of the cycling group say another member was killed on the same ride in 2006. Saturday’s accident was reported at 9:45 a.m. on Highland…
LAFAYETTE: Burglars Operating Remotely In Happy Valley
Thieves rifling unlocked cars in Happy Valley weren’t happy with the usual haul of spare bridge change, sunglasses and the occasional electronic device – they took the garage door openers, too, and came back later for more.
MORAGA: Zero Blower Thirty Wake-Up Call Prompts Civilian Blowback
How early is too early to fire up a leaf blower in Leafy Lamorinda? Some locals have an idea there shouldn’t be any blowing in town before 8 a.m. Some landscapers/maintenance crews, apparently, have an entirely different view.
WALNUT CREEK: Men Burned In Hash Lab Fire Too Critical To Talk, Police Say
Two men critically burned when the apartment they were allegedly using to process hash oil caught fire and exploded in a conflagration that rendered the six-unit structure uninhabitable are too injured to speak with investigators about the incident and probably will not be able to for some time to come, Walnut Creek police said Monday.
WALNUT CREEK: Two Critically Injured In Hash Lab Apartment Explosion, Fire
Two men were severely burned and are in critical condition at UC Davis Med Center Friday after an explosion and fire ripped through their Sunnyvale Avenue apartment – a conflagration investigators say was started by flammable ingredients used to process and extract hash oil.
WALNUT CREEK: Transient Arrested After Sunday Night Wine Storage Arson
A “known transient” was arrested after an arson fire damaged a wine storage facility on Arroyo Way Sunday night. Police said surveillance cameras caught the suspect at the scene. NEWS24-680 reported the outbreak of fire in a strip mall at 1207 Arroyo Way in Walnut Creek at 9:20 p.m. Sunday, firefighters finding a gas can…
WALNUT CREEK: Woman Kidnapped, Driven To Bank, Robbed At Gunpoint
A Walnut Creek woman was confronted in her front yard by an armed intruder who drove her to a downtown bank and forced her to withdraw money while he waited outside Tuesday morning.
SAN RAMON: Twenty Felony Charges Filed In Cal High Wrestling Coach Case
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office filed 20 felony charges of sexual impropriety with minors against the 27-year-old head wrestling coach at California High School in San Ramon.
SAN RAMON: Cal High’s Head Wrestling Coach Arrested; Suspicion Of Child Molestation
San Ramon police have arrested the head wrestling coach at California High School after investigators were informed of an illicit relationship between the coach and a minor child.