Serial Subway Robbers? One In Vallejo, One In Martinez Tuesday
On a busy night in the 24/680 with cars running at high speed and someone throwing shots around, police in Martinez responded to a Subway sandwich outlet on Arnold Drive after workers there reported an armed robbery at around 9 p.m. Details are still sketchy as various investigations are just getting underway, but it appears…
Wax Up! Another Six Inches And We’re Skiing In The 24/680!
A drippy front moved in and met a sympathetic cold spot and the next thing you knew it was hailing in San Ramon and environs Tuesday – the flatlands getting a nice little dusting before things moved along.
Scoop’s Musings: Ukraine Migraine; Nose Miners; Kill Crazy Dudes And Shooting Irons
We know people don’t like us to stray too far beyond the boundaries of the 24/680 but we’ll admit the potential of one nation invading another and the possible ripple effect of that action gives us pause. See, wars and invasions are inherently bad, with explosives and projectiles and stuff in use and proven to…
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…