Suspect In Tara Hills Murder Arrested After Opening Fire At Shooting Scene Days Later
A suspect in a Tara Hills murder that took place on Sunday, January 10 was arrested by deputy sheriffs on Friday, January 15, 2021 after he allegedly opened fire in the same apartment complex where the murder took place. Kenneth Lightfoot, 30, of Tara Hills – a neighborhood in West Contra Costa County – was…
Suspected Cosmetics Crew Nabbed After Strolling Through San Ramon Thursday
Organized shoplifting crews have been pillaging local stores and chains in recent months, making off with thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars worth of loot. Things went badly for two women who allegedly returned to an Ulta store in San Ramon where employees recognized them as members of a Bay Area wide theft…
License Plate Readers, LoJack’s A’ Poppin’ Wednesday; Alleged Thieves Try On Cuffs In Danville, Lafayette
Anyone doubting the power of technology need only have been on city streets Wednesday as the area’s Automated License Plate Readers and LoJack systems kicked in with a vengeance. The devices send signals to monitoring agencies whenever an equipped or registered vehicle passes an ALPR site – relaying the target vehicle’s position to interested law…
Woman Dies In Concord House Fire Monday; Investigation Points To Electrical Malfunction
An 84-year-old Concord woman was found dead in her home Monday after neighbors reported adjacent landscaping on fire and a police officer arrived to find the home engulfed in flame. The fire gutted the single story home in the 3500 block of Hillsborough Drive. The neighbors reported the fire at around 6:30 a.m. after they…
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Murder In Tara Hills Sunday
Deputy Sheriff’s dispatched to a report of shots fired at an apartment complex at San Pablo Avenue and Crestwood Drive in the Tara Hills neighborhood of West Contra Costa County at about 12:39 p.m. on Sunday arrived to find a man with a gunshot wound in a nearby car. Deputies began life-saving measures on the…
Fatal Crash Closes I680 In San Ramon Sunday
Two people died and two others were injured in a fiery collision on southbound Interstate 680 in San Ramon early Sunday. Investigators said a Volkswagen Jetta traveling south on I-680 north of Alcosta Boulevard went off the roadway, crossing all lanes before swerving back and colliding with the center median. The incapacitated Jetta was struck…
Police Identify San Ramon Shooting Suspect – Ask For Help Locating Him
San Ramon police investigators Tuesday identified their suspect in a New Year’s Eve shooting incident in the 100 block of Amberstone Lane. Police said the victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, is currently in stable condition. Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old San Ramon resident Terence “Terene” Brown and said he is…
Car-To-Car Shooting Under Investigation In Pleasanton; Two Teens Hit
Two East Bay teens were struck and wounded by gunfire in an apparently targeted car-to-car attack in the area of Stoneridge and Gibraltar Drive in Pleasanton late Saturday night. In a prepared release, police said they received calls from residents reporting the sounds of gunfire in that area at approximately 11 p.m. As officers searched…
One Person Wounded In San Ramon New Year’s Eve Shooting
A man was shot and seriously wounded in a San Ramon apartment Thursday, police and firefighters calling for an air ambulance to take the man to hospital. San Ramon police entered an apartment on Amberstone Lane in the city shortly after an occupant called to report that someone had been shot inside, possibly by a…
Fire Damages Home In San Ramon Wednesday
Fire broke out at a residence on Woodview Court in San Ramon early Wednesday morning, occupants fleeing the home as firefighters arrived to find the garage fully engulfed in flame. The blaze was first reported by neighbors in the area at 5:39 a.m. Firefighters worked to keep the flames from entering a second story of…