Busy Day In Lafayette: Intruder Inside Local Home – Power Out For Much Of City
UPDATE: Suspect rushed and detained after putting down knife inside home. Officers with him, ambulance called for examination. No other injuries reported – 9pm. ORIGINAL: A busy day in Lafayette as residents dealt with a widespread power outage in the city and one homeowner dealt with an intruder who broke into his residence and helped…
Lafayette PD, CHP Investigating Possible Freeway Shooting Wednesday
A dispute between drivers which one person said resulted in a car-to-car gunfight on the Central Lafayette onramp to Highway 24 brought police on the run and traffic to a slow crawl Wednesday. The incident was reported at approximately 11 a.m. with a witness reporting the occupants of a Lexus sedan and a Chevy Impala…
Walnut Creek PD Intercepts, Detains Wrong-Way Evaders Monday
What’s going on in Walnut Creek today? Well, LOTS apparently, according to you guys. Around 4 p.m. our lights dimmed here in the News Bunker and our communications systems started to hum and buzz like an over-charged Crock Pot as, well, too many tips to count began to pour in about some action on N.…
Sparks A’Flyin’ In Walnut Creek Monday
There are a lot of exotic components in cars today and firefighters came across an ore deposit of some type while trying to put down a fire in the engine compartment and cab of a Ford F-150 at N. Broadway and Pine in Walnut Creek today. No one hurt but that owner is going to…
Driver Dies In Sunol Crash Friday Night
A lone motorist was killed when their Toyota crashed into a tree at 11345 Pleasanton-Sunol Road near CalFire Sunol Station 41 in Sunol Friday night. The crash was reported at 9:20 pm when passersby spotted the vehicle and reported the driver unconscious behind the wheel. Emergency personnel arrived at the crash site and determined that…
Fatal Crash In Danville Friday
UPDATE: Coroner’s officials on Monday identified the victim as Jahangir Bozorgmanesh, 92, of Danville. A motorist was killed after losing control of their car and crashing into a tree on Camino Tassajara at Shady Creek Drive in Danville Friday. The crash was reported at 8:47 pm. A bystander and emergency crews attempted to save the…
Armed Robbery Crew Strikes In Danville Thursday
Four armed, masked men traveling in at least two and possibly three cars battered and robbed a person on Dolphin Drive in Danville Thursday night. The robbery was reported at approximately 7:12 p.m. with the crew striking swiftly and beating their victim before making off with a bag, phone, and other personal items. So far,…
Robbery Flurry Making Things Hotter In Concord Saturday
Thieves both male and female, some armed and brandishing guns, others demanding money by note, were busy attempting to rob or robbing banks, credit unions and individuals in Concord Saturday. One woman robbed a credit union in the 2000 block of Diamond Boulevard of about $1,000 at approximately 1:50pm, escaping from the area on foot.…
Ad Hoc Police Unit Moves On Suspected Car Burglar In San Ramon Friday
A suspected car burglar with a car full of allegedly stolen loot was arrested in the parking lot of a San Ramon Target store late Friday as multiple police units – cobbled together after a rash of car burglaries in Walnut Creek – descended on the suspect as he left the store. Initial belief is…
Car Burning On Northbound I680 In Walnut Creek Friday
Scene from I680 near N. Main in Walnut Creek, where a motorist is having a very, very bad day. A report of a crash in the area was investigated by police and fire personnel as one vehicle caught fire and burned.