PG&E Training Helicopter Down In Livermore
Crews are responding to 7205 National Dr. in Livermore after a PG&E training chopper goes down with a pilot and linesman aboard. Unknown cause of crash, if controlled or not. Early, unconfirmed reports of two people on their way to local hospitals with unspecified injuries turned out to be the rotorcraft’s pilot and a linesman…
Sheriff Increasing Patrols And Services In Underserved Parts Of The County
From the Office of the Sheriff: The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors this afternoon approved 34 positions that will be added to the Office of the Sheriff budget. The positions cover 29 deputy sheriffs and five sergeants. The Sheriff’s Office requested the positions to increase police services in under-resourced county communities. “These positions will…
The Tuesday Trimmings
Swinging into a Mellencamp Morning here in the News Bunker after caffeinating early and getting out for a look around. Passing on breakfast out of sympathy with those with nothing to eat this morning. We do odd things sometimes – but we also believe it’s good to go hungry every so often. Calibrating our radar…
Body Found Dumped In Tilden Park Sunday
Investigators are sealing off an area of hillside off Grizzly Peak Road in Tilden Park Sunday after passersby reported seeing someone roll a body wrapped in plastic off the side of the road. Oakland police said in a statement Monday that officers located a wounded man just after 7:15 p.m. on Grizzly Peak Boulevard about…
Shots Fired Outside Sun Valley Mall Saturday
Witnesses reported hearing several shots fired, apparently from a passing car, in the parking lot of the Sun Valley Mall in Concord Saturday night. No one was believed to have been hit though arriving officers reportedly found bullet casings, live rounds and at least two cars with bullet damage in the parking lot. Witnesses reported…
Police Activity In Danville Friday
Readers in Danville lit us up around 2 p.m. Friday after a caravan of police cars raced to a home Creekview Place in answer to what we suspect was an interrupted residential burglary in the area. We’re withholding specific addresses as the situation is currently tactical with a number of police taking up positions around…
Countdown To June 7 Primary: Ballots On The Way
From the County Elections Division: Contra Costa County — Debi Cooper, County Clerk-Recorder & Registrar of Voters, announced today that all registered voters in Contra Costa County should have received their County Voter Information Guides and will soon receive their Official Ballots for the upcoming June 7, 2022 California Primary Election. Ballots will be mailed…
Concord Teacher Arrested On Suspicion Of Child Molestation Charges
Letter from Adam Clark, Superintendent of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District: May 5, 2022 Dear MDUSD Parents and Staff: I am writing to inform you that Mt. Diablo Unified School District Administration was informed today (Thursday) by Concord Police that (name withheld due to early stages of investigation), a teacher who has previously taught…
Person In Crisis Stacks Commute Traffic At 24/680 Split Wednesday
A distraught individual perched on a freeway stanchion at the critical 24/680 Junction for several hours Wednesday, prompting police to seal off the area and creating a massive traffic jam that stretched along the freeway for miles. Officers negotiated with the individual from a distance, starting from about 2 p.m. on until the unidentified man…
Lafayette Burglary – Moraga Pursuit Tuesday
Two apparently separate incidents kept Lamorinda police busy and affected residents on edge Tuesday, with burglars intent on plying their trade and residents intent on stopping them. The first incident kicked off shortly after 1 p.m. when a suspected car burglar sped away from officers and out Moraga Way, hitting at least one car in…