Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Pleasanton Thursday
A domestic violence suspect was shot and killed by Pleasanton police after a lengthy standoff Thursday, mortally wounded by officers who opened fire when he was seen lunging at an officer with a knife. Police have yet to identify the man, who had barricaded himself inside a ground floor unit of The Galloway apartments for…
Sheriff’s Investigators Identify Victims Of Blackhawk Pool Incident
Contra Costa County sheriff’s investigators identified a mother and daughter found unresponsive in a backyard swimming pool in Blackhawk over the weekend, but have held off on pinpointing a cause of death for the pair. The deceased were identified as 31-year-old Llaneth Chavez of Hollister and her 4-year-old daughter. The pair were discovered at approximately…
Dublin, Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputies Mourn Loss Of One Of Their Own
Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies are mourning the loss of Deputy Sheriff Aubrey Phillips, who collapsed from onset of a sudden and acute medical event shortly after making an arrest early Saturday morning, Febr. 12. Worried colleagues who reached out to this site over the weekend had suspected an event triggered by a possible fentanyl contact,…
Hermes Never Had Days Like This
The fleet-footed Greek carried some messages in his day, but we’d wager yesterday would have taxed even his godly abilities. In our trade, honed over decades of labor in police stations and smoke-infused pool rooms, yesterday would go down as a “Code 3 Day” – Lights and Sirens all the way. The grim crop reaped…
Woman, Child Drown In Blackhawk Pool Saturday
This afternoon at about 2:56, Blackhawk Deputy Sheriffs responded to a home on East Ridge Court regarding a woman who was in a swimming pool and was not breathing. When the deputy arrived, he was told a child, who had also been in the pool, was already en route to San Ramon Regional Medical Center…
Armed Moraga Man Kills Himself After Assault, Neighborhood Standoff Saturday
Police responded to a home in the 300 block of Birchwood Drive Saturday after a confrontation between neighbors turned violent. One person was believed injured, beaten by a neighbor armed with a baseball bat, and a multi-agency police response flooded the normally sedate neighborhood in Moraga’s Rheem Valley Manor shortly after. The incident was reported…
Pleasant Hill Wells Fargo Robbed Friday
Two armed men robbed the Wells Fargo bank branch, 699 Contra Costa Boulevard, at approximately 2 p.m. Friday, getting away with an undetermined amount of money and escaping in a white Infiniti, license plate 7LAZ865 with tinted windows. The men, described as black males in their 20s, were both carrying weapons of undetermined type. No…
“Work Truck” Thieves Hitting Lamorinda Property Owners Hard
Neighbors in Lamorinda aren’t feeling too kindly toward two men believed to be driving a metallic green work truck – and casually picking off very expensive bicycles and other items from garages and yards as they go. An Orinda family had a very expensive bicycle taken from their garage just Thursday afternoon and others are…
Man Found Dead In Dublin Identified
A man found dead on a Dublin service station property was identified by Alameda County Coroner’s deputies Thursday as Torrey Cannon, 46, of Modesto. Cannon’s lifeless body was found on a Shell station property in the 11000 block of Dublin Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses contacting this site said Cannon was found near a pickup truck…
Concord Carjacker Strikes On Clayton Road Thursday
Police in Concord are working the theft of a KIA Soul taken at gunpoint by a carjacker on Clayton Road Thursday morning. The theft was reported at approximately 10:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of Clayton Road, an armed suspected described as a black male in his 20s confronting the victim and demanding the keys…