Pleasanton PD Investigate Deaths Of Pair Found In Car Saturday
Pleasanton police investigators are attempting to determine how two people found dead in a car near the I-580 sound wall Saturday met their end. Officers responding to the area of Pimlico Drive near the sound wall at 9:45 a.m. Saturday expected to find one person a caller had said appeared to have been deceased inside.…
Shooting Reported, One Person Hit, In Unincorporated Walnut Creek Saturday
Police in Walnut Creek are reportedly investigating the latest incident of gun-related violence in their city after two men apparently wearing ski masks and dressed in all black opened fire on people on Roble Road. The area technically is identified as unincorporated Walnut Creek, with the Sheriff’s Office assuming responsibility for future investigation. The incident…
Latest Suspected Road Rage Incident Peppered With Gunshots In Caldecott Tunnel Thursday
In what is fast becoming an all-too-common occurrence in the 24/680 lately, an apparent road rage argument escalated to gunfire on Highway 24 Thursday with one car receiving what the CHP called “multiple bullet strikes.” This site issued an alert to the incident at approximately 3:30 p.m., receiving word of a “rolling argument with shots…
Two-Alarm Blaze Burns Through Lafayette Home Thursday
Firefighters from throughout Lamorinda turned out to battle a fiercely burning fire racing through a two-story home at 3462 Golden Gate Way in Lafayette early Thursday morning. The firefighting effort was hampered, evidently, by a large number of stored items inside the residence. The home’s lone occupant was able to leave the residence and is…
Antioch Arson Suspect Hoped To “Dry Off” When He Set Fire, Investigators Say
From Con Fire: On-Scene Collaboration with Antioch PD Results in Arrest of Walking Trail Arsonist CONCORD, CALIF., Sept. 15, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators, working with Antioch Police, made an arrest yesterday in an intentionally set fire along a walking trail in Antioch. William Melendez,…
Protocol Report Finds Police Officers Acted Lawfully During Fatal 2019 Detainment
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office concludes that Concord Police Department Officers and a Sheriff’s deputy, acted lawfully in the 2019 in-custody death of Steven Hankins. The DA’s Office released a public report about the fatal incident today. No charges will be filed against…
Police Investigating Shooting Along Highway 242 In Concord Sunday
Concord police and California Highway Patrol officers are attempting to determine the origin of gunfire that left one person wounded along Highway 242 early Sunday morning. Details remain thin, with police transferring a man with an unspecified gunshot wound located in the 1200 block of Franquette Avenue to a local hospital for treatment. A car…
Walnut Creek Man Presumed Dead After Fall On Oregon Coast
A 67-year-old Walnut Creek man is missing and presumed dead after he fell into the ocean while trying to jump across a narrow inlet known as Devils Churn on Thursday near Yachats, Oregon State Police reported. Police said Steve Allen of Walnut Creek fell back into the sea while trying to jump across Devils Churn,…
Motorcyclist Struck, Injured In Canyon – Air Ambulance Landing At Joaquin Moraga School
Police and fire personnel mobilized to rescue a motorcyclist believed struck by a car in Canyon at 3:28 p.m. Friday. A Contra Costa County Fire Protection District air ambulance landed at Joaquin Moraga School to pick up the unidentified patient. Lanes of traffic in Canyon are being closed to make way for rescue vehicles. No…
Lafayette Crossing Guard Dies Saving Children From Oncoming Car Wednesday
A volunteer crossing guard pushed children out of the path of an approaching car in front of Stanley Middle School in Lafayette Wednesday – taking the impact of the collision himself. His family identified the crossing guard as 45-year-old Ashley Dias, a Lafayette resident and product of both Stanley Middle and Acalanes High School who…