Rossmoor Grass Fire Advances On Lafayette Property; Firefighters Maneuver To Save Homes
A grass fire in the area of 1910 Skycrest on the hills overlooking Rossmoor spread to adjacent property in Lafayette, with at least one homeowner resorting to beat back the flames with a handy garden hose. ConFire crews pounced quickly on the blaze, near the scene of at least one recent spot fire and apparently…
Pleasant Hill City Official Dies After Collision With Big Rig On Reliez Valley Road Thursday
Lafayette police and sheriff’s deputies have closed a stretch of Reliez Valley Road after a collision between a cyclist and a semi tractor truck Thursday. The incident was reported at 12:28 p.m. Lafayette Police Officers responded to the scene and found an injured male bicyclist on the ground. He was treated at the scene by…
Pleasanton Police Investigating In-Custody Death
On Wednesday, August 1, at approximately 2:42 p.m., Pleasanton Police patrol officers were dispatched to 5420 Sunol Blvd. regarding a disturbance inside the Raley’s grocery store. Police said a manager from the store called police after observing a white male adult in his thirties acting irrationally, picking up a shopping cart and slamming it to…
Woman Has Purse Taken During Strong-Arm Robbery At Moraga Safeway Monday
Lamorinda police are searching for a newer model Audi SUV, black in color, with two men aboard Monday after one of the men snatched a purse from a woman at the Moraga Safeway store. The incident was reported at approximately 4:30 p.m. The victim, who was not injured, was approached and had her purse taken…
Drug Overdose Suspected In Death Of Berkeley Woman Found At Dublin/Pleasanton BART
Alameda County Coroner’s officials have identified a woman found dead at Dublin/Pleasanton BART July 28 as Jessica St. Louis, 26, of Berkeley. St. Louis was found near the station’s passenger drop-off point. A medical examination showed no signs of foul play, officials said, and preliminary indications have pointed to death by drug overdose. Toxicology results…
Woman Found Dead At Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Saturday
BART police were called to Pleasanton/Dublin station early Saturday after an unidentified woman was found unconscious and unresponsive near the passenger pick-up/drop-off area at the station shortly after 5:30 a.m. The death, noted on the BART Crimes website, has been listed as an unattended death – the third such death of its kind at area…
Pre-Dawn Blaze Guts Martinez Home Saturday; Resident Treated For Burns
Firefighters pounced on a pre-dawn fire at a home under renovation in Martinez early Saturday, forced to fight the fire from outside due to the possibility of collapse. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital with moderate burn injuries, according to a ConFire spokesman, as firefighters fought to save the home on Via de…
Attempted Catalytic Converter Theft Leads To “Old Switcheroo” And Arrest At Cal Shakes Thursday
An inquisitive Orinda police officer touched off a stranger-than-usual confrontation with two suspected catalytic converter thieves Thursday – one of the suspects sacrificing his pal in order to get away. Officer Devyn Hom was on routine patrol at Cal Shakes, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way in Orinda around 11:30 a.m. when he spotted a person underneath…
Police Car Fire On Westbound Highway 24 In Orinda Tuesday; Freeway Briefly Closed As Ammunition Cooks Off
Police are descending on Highway 24 east of St. Stephens in Orinda Tuesday after a police car driven by a CHP repair technician caught fire and burned, cooking off ammunition inside the vehicle and catching the adjacent hillside on fire. Traffic was diverted onto St. Stephens offramp. The technician made it out of the vehicle…
Man Assaulted At Pleasant Hill BART Later Found Dead; Suspect In Custody
In a dark twist to an incident first reported here Wednesday, a 51-year-old Pittsburg man who suffered minor injuries during an assault at Pleasant Hill BART was found dead two days later – apparently from infection stemming from an injury suffered in the fight. County Coroner’s deputies identified the victim as Gerald Bisbee, 51. The…