San Ramon PD Arrest Bay Point Man For March 2 Bank Robbery
Police in San Ramon Wednesday announced the arrest of a Bay Point man in connection with the March 2 robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank branch at the Nob Hill Foods in their city. Investigators said David M. Beardon, 23, was arrested on robbery charges after a thorough investigation into the crime. He is being…
Scary Moment On Moraga Hillside Triggered By Airsoft Gun Tuesday
Lamorinda police – with a California Highway Patrol Helicopter orbiting overhead – searched a Moraga hillside above Ashbrook Place for a man with a gun Tuesday and found him – but the gun he was carrying turned out to be a realistic-looking Airsoft version. Acting Police Chief Jon King said his department received a call…
Orinda Police Caution Residents About Shoplifting/Burglary Crews Using Rental Vans
Like a taxi cab in the city and perhaps the minivan in the suburbs, a U-Haul truck in the neighborhood may not immediately raise suspicions, police said Monday, but recent events have shown that perhaps they should. “We have noticed a couple of times now people renting U-Haul vans and essentially living in them, and twice…
Determined Burglars Raid Lafayette Home Despite Active Police Cordon Tuesday
In a bold game of hide-and-seek with police searching for them with helicopters, canine search teams and squads of officers literally beating the brush for a glimpse of them – two determined burglars stayed within three active police perimeters and ransacked a home while police closed in Tuesday. The pair, part of a three-man crew believed…
Deadly Sunday On I-680: Fairfield Man Dies After Incident In Martinez
A 52-year-old Fairfield man became the second person to die during a rainy, crash-filled Sunday on Interstate 680 after his pickup truck struck the center divider north of Marina Vista in Martinez around 3:10 p.m. California Highway Patrol officers said the motorist was driving south on the freeway when his 1999 GMC pickup veered into the…
Big Sinkhole Big News In Little Moraga Sunday
UPDATE: Evacuations underway on Rheem Blvd. as sinkhole ruptures a major gas line. 6:35 p.m. There hasn’t been this much excitement in town since Mrs. McGillicutty found Mr. M cozied up with his secretary in the bar at Rheem Bowl. Yes, it’s really just a hole in the ground but Moraga’s latest landmark was doing a…
Moraga Man Dead After Crash-Filled Sunday On I-680
One person was killed in a flurry of isolated crashes – often reported just minutes apart – on I-680 from San Ramon to Alamo Sunday. The fatal accident, still being investigated and cleared as this is written (12:50 p.m.) was reported at 12:18 p.m. on southbound I-680 at the Sycamore Valley Road offramp and was…
Wet Wednesday Leaves One Dead; Commuters Fuming
A slippery day in the 24/680 led to a number of crashes across Central County – with a Martinez woman killed in a head-on accident early in the day and a series of crashes tying up traffic and elevating tempers as commuters slowed to a crawl California CHP investigators are looking into the cause of…
Martinez Woman Killed In Head-On Crash Wednesday
A 27-year-old Martinez woman was killed in a two-car, head-on crash in the intersection of Pacheco Blvd. and Arthur Rd. in Martinez early Wednesday. Tandiwe Myambo was traveling eastbound on Pacheco Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. when her Honda unexpectedly swerved into oncoming westbound traffic, hitting a Dodge pick-up. Myambo, who attended Diablo Valley College, was…
“Single Digit” License Plate Break Leads To Arrests, Tie To Lafayette Burglaries
Lafayette police, looking to solve a flurry of burglaries in their town Monday, were led to a suspect car believed used in the crimes by a citizen who remembered a single digit on a speeding car’s license plate. That lead enabled investigators canvassing the neighborhoods where the crimes occurred to pinpoint home surveillance video of a…