Hammer-Wielding Thieves Raid Danville Consignment Store – Again
A crew of sledgehammer-wielding thieves raided the Danville Home Consignment store at 1901 Camino Ramon on Wednesday, smashing jewelry cases as employees fled outdoors. As many as five thieves, all masked and hooded, were believed to have escaped in a waiting car. The robbery took place around 3 p.m. There were no reported injuries and…
Highway 24 Gets Us Comin’ and Goin’ Wednesday
No luck for those using our namesake freeway today with crashes and fires and all kinds of stuff messing with traffic and people’s lives.Where this morning’s paralyzing crash was in the westbound direction early this morning this (pictured) car fire cooked an SUV traveling in the EASTBOUND direction at around 2:50pm and, as you can…
Morning Commute Slows To A Crawl After Highway 24 Crash
Traffic backing up into Orinda and Moraga (shown) with folks looking for alternative routes after a messy truck crash and spill on the west end of the Caldecott Tunnel this morning.Inundated with calls from late, frustrated, pretty dang angry folks trying to keep appointment and their bosses happy, etc.No estimated time given for a re-opening.
Odd Chase Wends Through Lamorinda Monday – Occupants Throw Whatever’s Handy At Pursuers
A carload of suspected burglars led police on a twisty pursuit from Moraga into Lafayette and beyond early Monday morning – adding to a string of potential charges when they began to jettison items inside their car and allegedly threw some of them at police. Things apparently kicked off at around 2 a.m. Monday when…
Multiple Shots Fired On Salvio Street In Concord Early Sunday
Neighbors living in the area of Salvio Street near Adobe in downtown Concord reported hearing multiple gunshots early Sunday morning, investigators finding numerous shell casings when they arrived at the scene. Reports that gunfire had struck residences along Adobe could not be immediately confirmed. Dozens of casings were found littering the street. Occupants of a…
The Sattiday Scrawl: Rough Roads; FOP Flop; And “Can We Get Some Justice?”
The practice we love most has been hard for us lately – for a lot of different reasons – but mostly due to preternatural stupidity encountered after we send our words off into the ether. We never expected everyone to like and admire what we had to say all the time, but it appears we’re…
ScreenShots: “The Whale”
Engrossing. Revolting. Emotionally taxing. Acting… acting… acting… Post It notes we scribbled while watching Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” make its way across what is essentially a one-room set, a low-key but gripping parade of talent coming off as the play it once was and reintroducing one of Hollywood’s Lost Stars along with some up-and-coming new…
Armed Robbery Suspects Chased Down In Lafayette Wednesday
An apparent search for a car used in an armed robbery in Berkeley triggered a brief chase by car and on foot through downtown Lafayette on Wednesday – ending when two men abandoned their car, one detained at gunpoint behind the Park Theater. As near as we can tell the incident kicked off at about…
Four Arrested After Alamo Burglary, Pursuit Wednesday
Four people were arrested following a residential burglary in the 100 block of La Sonoma Way in Alamo early Wednesday – the four scattering in two cars stolen from the homeowners before sheriff’s investigators located them in Concord. The unidentified suspects reportedly fled at high speed with police calling off their chase in the interest…
Dublin Police Services Investigating Assault At Dublin High School
Investigators in Dublin are seeking information in the on-campus assault of a 15-year-old male victim at Dublin High School on August 23. Police said they went to the high school at about 3:30 p.m. on that day to find the youth suffering from non life-threatening injuries suffered in an apparent beating. Investigators determined that the…