Walnut Creek Apple Thieves Caught In Los Gatos Saturday
A mobile retail theft crew was arrested in Los Gatos after an organized “blitz” theft at the Walnut Creek Apple store on S. Main Street Saturday morning. Bulletins giving a description of the thieves and a 2014 KIA sedan they were believed to have been using went out to other local law enforcement agencies shortly…
Memorial Appears At Scene Of Fatal Walnut Creek DUI Crash
Friends and family of a young woman killed by a suspected DUI driver on N. Main Street in Walnut Creek early Saturday morning are leaving tributes in her memory at the crash site. Family members identified Maricarmen Leon of Discovery Bay as the young woman killed in the early morning crash, which also left a…
Fatal Crash On N. Main Street In Walnut Creek Early Saturday; DUI Suspected
A 28-year-old Concord woman was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated following a grinding collision in the 2100 block of N. Main Street early Saturday, a crash that killed one woman and seriously injured a male companion. In a release issued late Saturday, Walnut Creek police said they’d arrested Briana Day of Concord for…
Ranchers, “Doc Quack,” Others Nurse “Eaglet With A ‘Tude” Back To Health
From the East Bay Regional Park District: Oakland, CA – The dramatic rescue of an injured bald eagle fledgling from the debris of a fallen nest on ranch land adjacent to Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore had those involved in the effort all aflutter for the last half of June. Thanks to a collaboration…
Bathtub Death Under Investigation By San Ramon Police
The death of a woman found in the bathtub of a Crestfield Drive apartment Tuesday has been cautiously deemed “suspicious” and remains under investigation by San Ramon police. Investigators were awaiting results of an autopsy scheduled after the decedent, whose name has not yet been released by authorities, was discovered shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday,…
County Investigating In-Custody Death Of Martinez Man
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office are investigating an in-custody death at the Martinez Detention Facility per the county law enforcement involved fatal incident protocol. On Monday, July 25, 2022, at about 10:32 PM, Contra Costa deputy sheriffs arrested 54-year-old Kent Hickey of Martinez for having…
Hellooo Wednesday!
And we’re off and running with an overnight shooting in Rodeo (leg wound), a suspicious death in San Ramon, a working fire in Danville (about out now, 10 a.m.) and a fresh pursuit in Lafayette. We’ll have to wait and see what the rest of the day has in store for us.
Two-Alarm Fire Burning At Danville Home Wednesday
San Ramon Valley firefighters are currently (8:27 a.m.) attacking a two-alarm blaze burning through the attic and roof of a home in the 400 block of Enterprise Drive Wednesday. The blaze, reported at 7:46 a.m., appeared to have initially been confined to the attic of the residence, burning through to the roof as firefighters mounted…
High-Speed Pursuit From Moraga, Through Orinda Monday
Locals may have noticed another high-speed pursuit from Moraga out Moraga Way through Orinda Monday afternoon, Moraga PD on the tail of individuals in a car spotted at the Moraga Service Center. The incident, reported at approximately 1:22 p.m., kicked off when officers spotted a black Ford Taurus with a mismatched license plate. The car…
One Injured In Rollover Crash In Clayton Sunday
One of our Flashers sent word of an overturned vehicle in the creek bed not far from the 4800 block of Leon Drive in Clayton on Sunday. The crash, reported a little after 1 p.m., startled nearby residents who reported a person trapped in the wreckage of a small truck. Although there was water in…