Monday Monday: Achy Quaky Start And, You’ve Been Flashed!
So there we were, in our jam jams with our rear flap down and ready for bed when the Five-O (that’s the police to you newbies) rolls into an Orinda neighborhood and brings in the drones and the dogs and a buncha Big Dudes all to take in a local chap who – it turns…
Women Found Dead In Walnut Creek Home Friday; Male Resident Arrested
Two women were found dead in a home in the 100 block of Kelobra Court in Walnut Creek early Friday – minutes after police responded to a call reporting a crime at the residence and after the home’s owner said he opened fire on an intruder dressed in all black as the man was trying…
Caltrans Worker Killed In Martinez Construction Zone Wednesday
A Caltrans worker struck by a truck hauling asphalt in a construction closure on Highway 4 in Martinez Wednesday died later of injuries sustained in the collision. The worker was identified as Mahdi Khorram, 39, a Caltrans construction inspector, husband, and father a 3-year-old child. Khorram was struck at about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday at the…
Three Men Wounded In Tuesday Night Shooting At Downtown Concord Parking Garage; Arrests Made
Authorities were notified of an apparent shooting at the New Muni parking garage in downtown Concord Tuesday after three men walked into a local hospital with gunshot wounds of varying severity. Victims, one with a wound to his lower extremities and another with an apparent grazing wound, walked into John Muir Concord health center at…
San Ramon Police Chief Denton Carlson Announces Retirement
San Ramon Police Chief Denton Carlson has announced his retirement, ending a career in law enforcement that spans more than 27 years, including more than two decades of service to the City of San Ramon. Chief Carlson will retire in December 2025, having served as the City’s fifth Chief of Police since his appointment in…
DA Announces Settlement With C&H Sugar Company For Air Emission Violations
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, California – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Tuesday, Sept. 16) a settlement with C&H Sugar Company Inc. for odor violations in 2022. The emissions violations by C&H Sugar occurred on various dates between September 8th and October 14th, 2022, at a wastewater treatment…
The Rising Curmudgeon: Crime Seens; Paperless Shilling; Tip’Er More
Contrary to our perceived public-facing scowl we’ve been in a pretty good mood lately. The News Thing is humming along. So is the coffee maker. Our lines of communication are open and thrumming. People seem to like us. Life is good – except for the Alabama Debt Collectors, occasional Mental Midgetry, and General Fumb Duckery…
Teen Killed In Fall While Watching Crockett Sideshow
California Highway Patrol investigators say a 16-year-old boy died when he fell 75 feet from the Pomona Street on-ramp to I-80 westbound while maneuvering for a better view of an ongoing Crockett sideshow. Officers were called to that location at approximately 3:26a.m. on Saturday after receiving calls of a large sideshow involving more than 100…
Top Chef, Former Walnut Creek Restaurant Owner – Arrested After Three Same-Day Bank Robberies
A Bay Area chef known for his groundbreaking Italian cuisine and a much-publicized bank robbery arrest in Orinda in 2018 has been re-arrested in San Francisco after allegedly robbing three San Francisco banks in a single day. Valentino Luchin, 62, former executive chef at San Francisco’s Rose Pistola in North Beach and former owner of…
Sign Of The Times…
Helluva week around these parts and further abroad. Like many of you, we’re hanging on and waiting for the compass to re-align. This seemed to sum things up nicely.