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…
Tesla Involved In Fatal Crash Into Firetruck On Autopilot – NHTSA
Investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say the 2014 Tesla Model S that crashed into a ConFire ladder truck at a crash site in Walnut Creek on Feb. 18 was on Autopilot at the time – marking the latest in a series of crashes involving the popular vehicles with stationary objects. The crash…
Shots Fired In Martinez, Victim Found Injured In Bullet-Pocked Car
Police are speaking with a man found in a bullet-riddled car located in the 5500 block of Alhambra Valley Road after shots and a person yelling were reported in the area a little after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Neighbors reported hearing a man yelling along with at least three shots fired at that time. Responding officers…
Fire Engine, Ambulance Struck By Honda On Highway 4 Early Sunday
In a second instance of a civilian vehicle striking emergency vehicles on the scene of a prior crash – a motorist driving east on Highway 4 at Loveridge Road in Pittsburg struck a ConFire engine and ambulance early Sunday morning. Luckily, no injuries were reported among firefighting crews or medical personnel but, yet again, the…
Shots Fired After Pleasant Hill Phone Store Robbery Saturday
A man and woman who robbed a phone store on Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill were fired on by a police officer after they allegedly drove the getaway car in his direction. It was not immediately known if either suspect was hit but the male half was arrested and their getaway car pocked by…
Antioch Woman Arrested Following Alleged Threats Against Walnut Creek School
Reports of a SWAT action underway in Antioch Thursday dovetailed into the arrest of a local woman for alleged threats against a school in Walnut Creek. SWAT operators took Antioch resident Danielle Nye, 33, into custody following execution of a search and arrest warrant at her home Thursday night. Nye, who allegedly sent numerous emails…
Pre-Dawn Pursuit Runs From Lafayette To Pleasant Hill Thursday; Ends In Crash
A Lafayette police officer attempted to stop the driver of a black Nissan Altima early Thursday, falling in behind the driver when she fled onto Pleasant Hill Road at high speed in an attempt to elude the officer. The short-lived pursuit ended when the Nissan’s driver crashed her vehicle into another at Morello Avenue and…