Bank Trip Ends With Attempted Robbery In Moraga; Second Incident In Two Days
A routine trip to the bank ended in a moment of terror for a Moraga woman who returned home from the local Bank of America branch to find herself hemmed in by two men in a Mercedes, one of whom reached into her car in an attempt to take her purse, jewels and other items.…
Shooting In Pleasant Hill Friday
One man was hit and seriously wounded after gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a Contra Costa Boulevard strip mall Friday night. A second man was quickly arrested in connection with the shooting. The shooting was reported at 8:12 p.m. in the Ellinwood Center mall with a 36-year-old man found on the ground…
Pursuit Flurry In The 24/680 Wednesday
We are not sure why but several – apparently unrelated – groups of alleged bad guys are running from police on our namesake freeways Wednesday. One car was eventually stopped at the Wilder exit in Orinda and at least one person detained by police. Reports that a child was found in the car, which reportedly…
Fatal Motorcycle Crash On Crockett Boulevard Saturday
At about 10:19pm Saturday, CHP Contra Costa was advised of a solo motorcycle crash on southbound Crockett Boulevard north of Cummings Skyway with passersby reporting a rider down and in the road. Officers determined that the motorcycle had been traveling south at an undetermined speed when for reasons unknown it collided with the guardrail. During…
Antioch Store Clerk Shot, Killed During Botched Robbery Saturday
From the Antioch police department: On 11/26/22, at approximately 02:05 AM, the Antioch Police Department Dispatch Center received an emergency call from 2701 Contra Loma Boulevard. The call was from an employee at the Extra Mile convenience store. Several Antioch police officers responded to the scene and found a male down on the floor, just…
Chanel Scanned, Returned After Pinole Home Invasion
To the list of objects desired by the local criminal element it appears we can add French Bulldogs. A Pinole resident and bulldog named Chanel found this out the hard way when several men forced open the front door of a home in the 500 block of Sunnyview Drive at 12:36 p.m. on Nov. 17.…
Dublin Shooting Death Appears To Be Self-Defense, Police Say
A November 20 shooting at the Sofi Apartments, 7100 block of San Ramon Road, appears to have been self-defense, Dublin police reported Tuesday. An initial investigation into the shooting has found that a woman’s estranged husband confronted another man at the apartment that afternoon, the pair getting into an argument that escalated and ended with…
Danville ATM Stickup Latest In String Of Robberies At Area Banks
A Danville resident became the latest in a string of victims to learn the hard lesson that thieves favor bank robberies because: “That’s where the money is…” As we reported shortly after it happened Monday night, the victim was at the Chase Bank branch in the Danville Livery when she was approached by a “heavy-set”…
Five Dead In Midnight, Head-On Crash In Pittsburg
Five people – three of them juveniles – died in a head-on collision on westbound SR4 just west of Loveridge Road in Pittsburg early Thursday, one of the two cars involved in the crash bursting into flame after the impact. The crash was reported just after midnight, California Highway Patrol officers finding four people in…
Chaos In Concord Wednesday After Construction Crew Nicks Gas Line
An excavator was destroyed Wednesday after a crew working in the 2700 block of Grant Street in Concord nicked a gas line and scattered as the area was consumed by fire. Firefighters were unable to save the vehicle but were able to control the blaze until PG&E crews arrived to shut down the gas line…