Armed Men Rob Danville Wells Fargo Branch Wednesday
Danville Police are confirming reports that three armed men entered and robbed the Wells Fargo Bank branch at 585 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Wednesday afternoon, stealing items from customers and money from bank tellers. No estimate of the amount of goods, cash taken was provided. A police spokesperson said officers responded to the bank at…
Thieves Make Off With Safe From Concord Dollar Tree Store Friday
Details are sketchy but it appears a trio of thieves breached the Dollar Tree store on Salvio Street in Concord on Friday, entering an office with a crowbar and stealing an office safe. The three were reportedly seen leaving the area in a black Lexus SUV shortly after the incident was reported at 1:44 a.m.…
Purse Snatched After Gun Threat In Walnut Creek Wednesday
Two people, one of them maintaining he had a gun, took a purse from a victim outside the Sports Basement, 1881 Ygnacio Valley Road, shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. The female victim was uninjured. Initial reports were that she was approached by a black male subject who told her he had a weapon and demanded…
Fatal Crash Closes Southbound I680 Sunday
One person was killed in a rollover crash on I680 near the Concord Avenue exit in Pacheco Sunday – the crash blocking all southbound lanes and requiring closure of transition ramps from state Highway 4. The crash was reported at approximately 10:55 p.m. with a person reported down and unresponsive in the roadway. Two cars…
Retail Theft Suppression Unit Arrests Seven In Five Hours At Ulta Concord
An ad hoc team of uniformed and plainclothes Concord PD officers cobbled together to address the retail theft problem sweeping the city and businesses Bay Area-wide found the work rewarding at a local Ulta Beauty outlet recently – arresting 7 people allegedly stealing from the store in just 5 hours. Details of the operation posted…
Pleasant Hill House On Bonnie Lane Burns Saturday
A call from a neighbor brought Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters to the 2900 block of Bonnie Lane early Saturday, firefighters arriving to find the home engulfed in flame. Crews reached the scene at 3:24 a.m. and were met by heavy smoke and flame from the structure. The scene was further complicated by…
Burglars Pay Lamorinda A Visit Early Sunday – Cars Rifled, Stolen; Chase Ensues
A quiet Sunday morning in Moraga and Orinda was blown out of the water when bleary-eyed residents looked out their windows to see strangers rifling through their cars – or running through their home – and dialed up police. Moraga residents spotted a masked man dressed in black rifling through a car on Deerfield Drive…
Garbage Truck Fire Turns I680 Into A Hot Mess
Garbage truck catches fire and burns to the rims on I680 north at Monument Boulevard in Pleasant Hill – pitching area traffic into chaos. Freeway shut down northbound and limited in the opposing direction. The backup is extensive and people are… unhappy. Crews also battled fire spreading into adjacent vegetation.
“Snakes? Why’d It Have To Be Snakes?”
Three businesses damaged by fire in the 2300 block of Concord Boulevard in Concord this morning. Fire, apparently starting in a nail salon, spread to a nearby reptile store and a donut shop. Blaze reported at 3:10 a.m. No injuries reported
Thieves Break Into Car On Danville Freeway Offramp, Purse Stolen
A woman believed to have been followed onto southbound I680 after a shopping trip to Walnut Creek was robbed by two men who smashed her car window on the El Cerro freeway offramp while she was stopped at the light, one of the pair reaching in to take her purse. The victim was examined and…