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…
San Ramon Police Fire On Car After Driver Allegedly Swerves Toward Officers
San Ramon police officers opened fire on a car that allegedly attempted to run them down early Monday morning, police and CHP officers pursuing the fleeing vehicle south on Interstate 680 at speeds well over 100 mph. The incident occurred at San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Crow Canyon Road shortly after midnight, with officers attempting…
Unknown Chemical Kills One Dublin School Janitor, Hospitalizes Another Wednesday
UPDATE: Dublin police said fentanyl was found near two janitors found unresponsive inside a Middle School Library Wednesday, shattering beliefs the pair had succumbed to exposure to a toxic chemical. James Covington, 32, of Pittsburg, died at the scene. His co-worker and fiancée, 29-year-old Shameka Wilbon, was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Family members…
Three Young People Killed In Livermore Crash Monday
Three area youths – two of them students at local high schools and one a recent graduate – were killed in a collision between the passenger car they were in and a semi-truck late Monday night. Investigators said the two youths and a young adult relative died of injuries sustained in the collision on Las…