COVID-19 Proof Of Vaccination Or Test Required For Some Contra Costa Businesses
From County Public Health: Contra Costa County joined San Francisco, Berkeley and other communities across the U.S. today with a countywide health order that increases COVID-19 safety in restaurants, gyms and other indoor businesses where there is elevated risk of the virus spreading. The new order, effective September 22, requires patrons of these businesses to…
Protocol Report Finds Police Officers Acted Lawfully During Fatal 2019 Detainment
From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office concludes that Concord Police Department Officers and a Sheriff’s deputy, acted lawfully in the 2019 in-custody death of Steven Hankins. The DA’s Office released a public report about the fatal incident today. No charges will be filed against…
Police Investigating Shooting Along Highway 242 In Concord Sunday
Concord police and California Highway Patrol officers are attempting to determine the origin of gunfire that left one person wounded along Highway 242 early Sunday morning. Details remain thin, with police transferring a man with an unspecified gunshot wound located in the 1200 block of Franquette Avenue to a local hospital for treatment. A car…
Walnut Creek Man Presumed Dead After Fall On Oregon Coast
A 67-year-old Walnut Creek man is missing and presumed dead after he fell into the ocean while trying to jump across a narrow inlet known as Devils Churn on Thursday near Yachats, Oregon State Police reported. Police said Steve Allen of Walnut Creek fell back into the sea while trying to jump across Devils Churn,…
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…