Rescue Effort Atop Mount Diablo After Lone Bicycle Crash Thursday
UPDATE 11:55 a.m: Saddened to learn that the cyclist died in this incident. Unclear if crash or prior medical incident contributed to death. Park rangers and crews of firefighters responded to a call for help at the summit of Mount Diablo State Park Thursday after a lone bicyclist suffered critical injuries in a crash there.…
Two-Alarm Fire Damages Pleasant Hill Homes Thursday
Fire broke out in the 100 block of Maxine Drive early Thursday, damaging homes and prompting evacuations. The blaze was first reported at approximately 12:50 a.m. with the first police and firefighters on the scene calling for support as the flames spread into adjacent vegetation and neighboring homes. A second-alarm was called at about 1…
There Are Worse Places To Have A Pole Fire…
A PG&E transformer got a little sparky at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, setting fire to the median at Camino Pablo and El Toyonal in Orinda before firefighters were able to put it out. Local Ron Simi was out and about and captured the moment, noting that the sign indicating “Moderate Fire Danger” at that…
Armed Robber Steals iPhones From Victims In Orinda Wednesday
Police in Orinda are investigating an armed robbery which occurred early Wednesday morning at Orinda Way and Camino Pablo in the city. Two victims were relieved of their phones by an armed man who emerged from a passing car, brandished a pistol and left with the phones at around 12:29 a.m. Orinda Police Chief David…
Hot Cars Still A Hot Commodity In The 24/680; Burglary At Pleasant Hill CarMax Sunday Night
Police in Pleasant Hill, with some apparent support from neighboring jurisdictions, interrupted a small squad of prospective burglars apparently after cars at the local CarMax lot Sunday – scattering the thieves and sending them running into surrounding neighborhoods. As many as five people were believed involved and police apparently made at least one arrest, but…
Arrests Made During Carquinez Bridge Protest Friday
Three people were arrested after a group of protestors demanding police reform walked onto the Carquinez Bridge and briefly closed westbound traffic off before California Highway Patrol officers moved in to make arrests. The action was reported at approximately 1:30 p.m. Friday as more than 50 protestors accessed the pedestrian walkway of the bridge and,…
Iron Horse Sexual Battery Suspect Surrenders Wednesday
A 28-year-old Hercules man police suspect of at least one in a series of sexual battery assaults on women joggers using the Iron Horse Trail in Walnut Creek has surrendered to Regional Park Police. The man, who was not immediately identified, surrendered to investigators after a warrant was apparently issued for his arrest. A photo…
Walnut Creek Police Brace For Planned “Twilight March” Wednesday
Internet chatter of a planned protest through neighborhoods in Walnut Creek Wednesday prompted local police to request contact from protest organizers, something the organizers indicated they were not ready to do. Billed as a noisy Twilight March details of the event remained sketchy as organizers appeared to be communicating with participants directly through social media…
Four Dead After Fatal Crash Off Carquinez Bridge
Solano County CHP investigators are trying to determine how an Infiniti SUV ended up on its roof near C&H Sugar, killing four people, and are looking into reports that witnesses saw the vehicle “come off” the Carquinez Bridge after some sort of an incident there around 8:43 p.m. Four young people were in the vehicle…
Wild Chase, Carjacking On Highway 24 In Orinda Saturday
A man believed to have been at the wheel of an allegedly stolen pickup truck led Lamorinda police on a circuitous pursuit along Highway 24 Saturday, ramming a Lafayette police car before carjacking a second vehicle and fleeing the scene of that crash. The suspect, believed to be at the wheel of a second car…