Motorcyclist Killed In Concord Crash Sunday
A 32-year-old man aboard a motorcycle on Ygnacio Valley between Crystyl Ranch Drive and Cowell roads was killed early Sunday in a collision with a car driven by a juvenile male, a passing ambulance crew coming across the scene at about 1:20 a.m. Police arrived to investigate the cause of the collision shortly after it…
Overnight Chase Winds Through Lafayette; Ends With Crash In Orinda
A twisting, often wrong-way pursuit over rain slickened streets made its way through a good portion of Lafayette early Thursday before the object of police attention – a white work van – crashed at 16 E. Altarinda Drive in Orinda. The chase kicked off shortly after 2 a.m. when the van was spotted by a…
Shamed Former Priest Arrested For Suspicion Of Vehicular Manslaughter After Fatal Rossmoor Collision
A former Oakland priest accused of sexually abusing dozens of children was arrested in Rossmoor Saturday night after his car jumped a curb and ran down a man and wife. Stephen Kiesle, 75, a former Oakland priest who served six years in prison after pleading no contest to molesting a minor girl in 1995, was…
Juvenile Arrested For Murder On Johnson Drive In Concord Saturday
As we first mentioned in a Flash Alert issued at the time, a man was shot at the corner of Meadow Lane and Johnson Drive at approximately 9:53 a.m. Saturday morning, later dying of his wounds at a local hospital. Concord police, in a social media post Sunday, say they have identified a “juvenile suspect”…
Walnut Creek’s Ashland Smoke Shop Robbed Thursday
Walnut Creek police are investigating a robbery of the Ashland Smoke Shop at 2931 N Main Street Thursday afternoon. Employees said the passenger of a blue Jeep Grand Cherokee or Wrangler left the vehicle and entered the business at 6:10 p.m., telling workers he was armed with a handgun though no weapon was seen. The…
Suspect Arrested In April 8 Concord Arson Fire
From the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire): CONCORD, CALIF., April 11, 2022 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators made an arrest in an intentionally set dumpster fire that burned into an adjacent business in Concord last Friday. Robert Acuff, 40, a transient in Concord,…
“Smoke On The Waaaa…ter…”
The Benicia Port Fire, which grew to four alarms and drew firefighters from throughout the Bay Area before it was contained, was declared extinguished at 12:20 p.m. today, Sunday. Officials are working to determine the cause of the blaze, which started near a petcoke silo and burned up a conveyor to the wharf, which caught…
Four-Alarm Blaze Burning In Benicia Saturday
Four-alarm blaze burning in Benicia Saturday. Officials asking people to avoid the area of 1279 Bayshore Rd near Amports. Heavy police and fire presence due to active fire at the Valero Wharf. Fireboats requested from various bayside agencies.
Another Freeway Shooting In Livermore Thursday
Livermore commuters once again found their route home slow going Thursday after a shooting in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 580 near First Street. The incident, which left one person with non life-threatening wounds according to police, was reported at approximately 1:45 p.m. with the California Highway Patrol shutting down the eastbound lanes for their…
Officials Investigating Fatality At Walnut Creek Construction Site
Authorities are investigating the death of a worker believed run over and killed by a gravel truck at a construction site in unincorporated Walnut Creek Monday. The deceased was identified Tuesday as 62-year-old Michael Taylor of Concord. Rescuers were called to a site on Del Hombre Lane east of the Pleasant Hill BART station shortly…