ConFire Investigators Make Arrest After Series Of Clayton-Area Trail Fires
CONCORD, CALIF., Oct. 4, 2019 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced the arrest of a suspect in a series of four suspicious fires along a walking trail in the City of Clayton last month. The fires took place in September in the same general area of a walking trail running…
Hayward Man Killed In Friday Morning Crash On I680 In Walnut Creek
A 38-year-old Hayward man was killed early Friday after the Nissan Sentra he was driving crashed into a dump truck, rolled over and then ended up on its roof nestled against the center median of I680 near Treat Boulevard. Investigators said the crash occurred at 1:59 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I680 just north…
San Ramon PD Investigating Suspicious Contact Of Female Juvenile By Older Male
From the San Ramon police department: On Thursday, September 26, 2019, at approximately 3:29 p.m. a 13-year old female juvenile was walking home from school in the area of Montevideo Elementary on Broadmoor Drive. The juvenile was approached by an unknown male, who started talking with the juvenile. The male asked for directions and complimented…
Body Of Missing San Francisco Boater Recovered Wednesday From Werner Cut
The Office of the Sheriff Coroner’s Division has identified the body found in Werner Cut, south of Orwood in Brentwood on Wednesday as 47-year-old Baxter Bradley of San Francisco. Bradley is believed to have fallen overboard in the area of Indian Slough and Werner Cut on Sunday evening. The cause of death is pending the…
What’d I See? Stolen Car Suspect Attracts Police In Pleasanton Wednesday
Several NEWS24/680 readers queried us about a substantial police presence I680 in Pleasanton Wednesday morning and we can confirm that, no, you weren’t imagining things. Here’s what you saw: Several officers turned out to the area of Stoneridge and Denker Drive shortly after 9 a.m. after police spotted a stolen BMW X5 driving west on…
Walnut Creek PD Nabs Suspected Purse Pickers
Residents of our little suburban slice of heaven reacted with anger and emotion after the September 9 theft of a wallet from an elderly woman shopping in a Walnut Creek Safeway store. Footage from store video cameras detailed how two women brazenly identified, stalked, and then victimized an older woman as she shopped – totally…
Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Continues Search For Missing Boater
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Patrol Unit continues to search for a missing boater believed to have fallen overboard in the area of Indian Slough and Werner Cut Sunday night. The missing man is not being identified at this time. The incident was reported on Sunday, September 22, at about 9:07…
Carjacking Couple Trade Their Stolen Car For A Fresh One In Orinda Sunday
Police in Orinda and adjacent agencies are looking for two people who took a pickup truck from an Orinda resident at gunpoint Sunday, leaving their stolen car running in the victim’s driveway. The incident was reported at approximately 10:08 a.m., shortly after the California Highway Patrol was in pursuit of a silver Audi RS5 in…
Danville Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charge
On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, comprised of the Danville Police, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office, San Ramon Police, Pleasant Hill Police, United States Secret Service, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Investigations and Probation Division, executed a search warrant in the 500 block of Mission Drive in…
El Sobrante Man Dies In Solo San Pablo Dam Road Crash Thursday
This morning at approximately 9:02 am, the California Highway Patrol Contra Costa Division, responded to a collision on eastbound San Pablo Dam Rd at La Colina Rd for a solo vehicle crash. Emergency personnel found a 2017 Volkswagen sedan located against a metal pole in a parking lot just off San Pablo Dam Rd, with…