Police Close Moraga Way In Orinda After Early-Morning Crash Saturday
Lamorinda police closed Moraga Way at Coral Drive in Orinda after a wayward motorist crashed through a power pole and a traffic light at the intersection early Saturday. Police responded to the area at 1:16 a.m. to find the car and widespread damage. The car’s young driver was detained by police for investigation of DUI…
One Killed In Walnut Creek Shooting Thursday
One person was shot and killed in Walnut Creek Thursday, police checking a white car that came to rest on a sidewalk in the area of Ygnacio Valley Road and N. California Boulevard shortly after shots were reported at 10:55 p.m. and discovering a body inside. Initial details were sparse due to the hour but…
CON FIRE Announces Arrest After Fireworks-Related Fire In San Pablo
From Con Fire: CONCORD, CALIF., June 17, 2021 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced its fire investigators made a fireworks-related arrest Tuesday in relation to a fireworks-caused fire on an apartment balcony in the 15000 block of Crestwood Drive, SanPablo. A 16-year-old resident of San Pablo was arrested for Fire…
Eerie “Twin” Crash Injures Driver In Lafayette Sunday
A little more than a week after a car rolled off eastbound Highway 24 – landing on a dirt access road near 2nd Street and injuring two people – a virtually identical crash happened in much the same place in much the same way early Sunday. Emergency crews converged on the area of 2nd and…
Police Investigating Gunfire Outside Concord Benihana Saturday
Reports of shots fired at or outside the Concord Benihana restaurant in the 1900 block of Diamond Boulevard brought police on the run at around 5:30 p.m. Saturday. No one was believed to have been hit. Witnesses reported officers rushing to the area shortly after least one shot was reportedly heard. At least one shell…
Woman Arrested For Attempted Carjacking In Pleasant Hill Wednesday
Pleasant Hill police responded to a call that a woman had attempted to take a baby from its mother’s arms in the parking lot of the Buy Buy Baby store Wednesday, ultimately arresting the woman on suspicion of attempted carjacking. The incident took place at around 10 a.m. Officers eventually determined that the suspect was…
Tactical Teams Search Stoneridge Mall In Pleasanton After Shots Reportedly Fired At Passing Car
Area police descended on Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Mall Tuesday after a man with a gun reportedly fired several shots at a passing car in Lot “E” outside the mall before running back inside. A police tactical team quickly formed up minutes after the report of shots fired was issued at approximately 2:30 p.m. The team conducted…
One Wounded In Concord Shooting Early Tuesday
A man shot while sitting in his car in the 1700 block of Clayton Road in Concord early Tuesday is recovering at a local hospital today. The unidentified victim was shot by a suspect described only as a bearded white male on a bicycle, the suspect approaching and opening fire with a black handgun shortly…
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Dublin Monday
A pedestrian crossing Dublin Boulevard near Hansen Drive was struck and killed by a passing car Monday, according to Dublin police. The unidentified male victim was struck at 9:10 a.m. while crossing north on the boulevard, investigators said. He was hit by a vehicle turning east onto the boulevard from Hansen Drive, although police declined…
Injury Crash In Lafayette Friday
Two people were injured late Friday evening when their car rolled off eastbound Highway 24 and came to rest in the 1000 block of Second Street. The crash was reported at 11:32 p.m. with area residents guiding firefighters to where the vehicle finally came to rest, two people briefly trapped inside – one of them…