One Dead, One Injured After Tree Crushes Car In Rossmoor Tuesday
A local attorney was killed and his wife injured when a tree fell on their Tesla at 1010 Stanley Dollar in Rossmoor at the height of Tuesday’s storm. The eucalyptus came down at approximately 7 p.m. in an area between the gated community’s event center and popular Creekside Grill, crushing a white Tesla with Thomas…
Mobile Burglary Crew With Mobile Communications Spotted In Lafayette
A crew of four suspected burglars traveling in a Nissan Rogue and apparently communicating via two-way radio scouted and possibly entered homes on Rancho View Drive in Lafayette on Tuesday. Neighbors apparently spotted the crew, dressed in black and wearing ski masks, prowling the gated, walled area in the 1500 block of Rancho View before…
One Dead, One Wounded In Concord Shooting Tuesday
One person was shot and killed and another seriously wounded after shots were fired in the area of Argyll Avenue and Broadmoor in Concord on Tuesday. Officers from multiple agencies descended on the scene, establishing a perimeter and conducting a search for the suspects, believed to be a man and woman wearing hoodies and baggy…
One Dead After Incident On I-580 In Livermore Sunday
Police dispatched to a report of passengers assaulting an Uber driver on westbound I-580 at the Isabel offramp arrived to find two people down after an apparent collision with a vehicle – one of the pair dead at the scene. The incident was reported at approximately 9:20 p.m. with Livermore police dispatched to an assault…
Pittsburg Pair Arrested After Attempted Carjacking, Kidnap In Walnut Creek Saturday
As we reported when we first got wind of it this evening, two men were arrested after an aborted kidnap/carjacking in the 2500 block of N. Main Street in Walnut Creek Saturday. The pair, William and Emmanuel Hleza, both 20, of Pittsburg, allegedly approached a man in his car in the area at 5:42 p.m.,…
Drive-By Strong-Arm Robbery In San Ramon Saturday
A woman walking in a San Ramon neighborhood had an expensive ring forcibly removed from her finger by a couple who pulled up alongside her in a white SUV Saturday. The incident occurred in the area of Pembroke Way and was reported at approximately 2 p.m. It was not immediately known how much time transpired…
Multiple Suspects Rob San Ramon Jeweler Friday
Details are conflicting at this moment but it appears a sizable crew of armed robbers struck the Heller’s Jewelers store, 6000 Bollinger Canyon Road, in San Ramon Friday. The blitz-style theft was reported at approximately 2:40 pm. It was believed a “substantial” number of watches and pieces of jewelry were taken with the dollar estimate…
Worker At Diablo Valley Rock Killed In Yard Collision, Witnesses Say
A man in his 20s was struck and pinned under a front-end loader at Diablo Valley Rock in Martinez on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting life-saving measures taken at the scene. Fellow workers said the man died as a result of injuries. The worker’s name was not released. The incident was reported from the yard at…
Lafayette/Walnut Creek PD Close In On Four Suspects Who Bolted From Stolen Car
Police from Lafayette and Walnut Creek worked through rain and muddy fields to corral four men and women who ran from a stolen car they abandoned after a short police pursuit Sunday. An officer followed the car to Woodborough Road in Lafayette where the occupants bailed out and fled into the nearby hills. Police from…
Several Cars, County Connection Bus Crash In Walnut Creek – Injuries Reported
Several people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash at Ygnacio Valley Road and Oakland Boulevard Thursday afternoon, with emergency workers evaluating riders aboard a County Connection bus tangled in the wreckage. At least four cars and the bus were believed involved, the crash and possibly other resultant crashes effectively closing the freeway offramp. “(It was…