Motorcyclist Struck, Injured In Canyon – Air Ambulance Landing At Joaquin Moraga School
Police and fire personnel mobilized to rescue a motorcyclist believed struck by a car in Canyon at 3:28 p.m. Friday. A Contra Costa County Fire Protection District air ambulance landed at Joaquin Moraga School to pick up the unidentified patient. Lanes of traffic in Canyon are being closed to make way for rescue vehicles. No…
Walnut Creek PD Adding Downtown Foot Patrols On Fridays, Saturdays After Weekend Incidents
Recent incidents at two downtown Walnut Creek bar/restaurants have spurred Walnut Creek police to increase their presence downtown on Friday and Saturday nights. According to a news release posted to the department’s Facebook page, uniformed officers will patrol the downtown district on foot on those traditionally busy nights. The release cited two recent incidents, one…
Lafayette Crossing Guard Dies Saving Children From Oncoming Car Wednesday
A volunteer crossing guard pushed children out of the path of an approaching car in front of Stanley Middle School in Lafayette Wednesday – taking the impact of the collision himself. His family identified the crossing guard as 45-year-old Ashley Dias, a Lafayette resident and product of both Stanley Middle and Acalanes High School who…
Mel’s Makes Way For Hotboys Chicken In Walnut Creek
North Main Walnut Creek mainstay Mel’s Original Diner has called it quits and renovations are underway for the area’s latest occupant – Oakland’s World Famous HotBoys Chicken, a Nashville-based spiced-up chicken operation with, it turns out, a Lafayette connection. Owner-operator-chef Victor Ghaben hopes to bring the Tennessee-style chicken — fried and lathered in a cayenne…
Shots Fired In Downtown Walnut Creek Sunday
A couple challenged for failing to pay their bill at a downtown restaurant Sunday were ejected and left but not before firing three shots before speeding away, according to witnesses. Witnesses said two people, described as a heavy-set white female and heavy-set black male, had tried to leave the Modern China Cafe on N. Main…
Suspected DUI Driver Tours The I680 Corridor – Wakes Up A Lot Of Locals In The Process
A circuitous police chase kept several police jurisdictions on the run and the locals awake as a suspected drunk driver fled from a traffic stop north of Benicia, visited Alamo and ended up on bare rims in Pleasant Hill in the wee hours Thursday. Things kicked off around 1 a.m. – as many things have…
Woman Struck, Killed While Walking On Livermore Freeway Thursday
In the second incident of its kind this week a woman died after inexplicably walking onto westbound I580 in Livermore early Thursday morning. The latest incident follows another, similar fatality on southbound I680 in San Ramon early Monday morning in which a woman with ties to Concord and Danville was hit while crossing from the right…
ScreenShots: “The Station Agent”
Longtime ScreenShotters will know what type of movies we’re drawn to, and the elements that make us sit up and say: “Yeah, this is going to be worth an hour or so of my time…” Sharp writing. Well drawn characters. Different than the usual fare available today. In essence, something without Marvel or a number…
Fatal Crash In Orinda Tuesday
A 61-year-old Berkeley nurse was killed in a fiery crash at Bear Creek and Happy Valley roads Tuesday. Witnesses reported a 2007 Toyota Prius had gone off the road, down an embankment and into a tree at that location at approximately 3:20 p.m. Both witnesses and rescuers reported that the car, which had lodged against…
Woman Killed Crossing I-680 In San Ramon Early Monday
A woman apparently attempting to cross southbound I-680 at the Bollinger Canyon East onramp was struck and killed by a motorist early Monday. The deceased was identified Wednesday as Judy Airaksinen, 56, of Concord – believed to be living in Danville. Airaksinen was reportedly attempting to cross from the right hand side of the freeway…