Car Thief Grabs A Car In Lafayette; Races For The Caldecott Thursday
A brazen thief stole a Ford Taurus from a home in the 3300 block of McGraw Lane in Lafayette Thursday morning, sprinting toward the Caldecott with Lamorinda police in pursuit. At this hour (8:12 a.m.) we believe the thief may have been successful in his bid to make it though the tunnel despite police efforts…
Dublin Unified Trustee Catherine Kuo Killed In Traffic Mishap Wednesday
Dublin Unified School District Trustee Catherine Kuo was killed Wednesday after she was struck from behind and pinned between two cars while standing outside Fallon Middle School. Police report that the accident occurred at approximately 11:45 a.m., as Kuo was standing behind a car outside the school at 3601 Kohnen Way, when she was struck…
County Passes Ordinance Extending Protections For Commercial Tenants
Protections Extended to Commercial Tenants through June 30, 2021 (Martinez, CA) – At a Board meeting on March 23, 2021, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Urgency Ordinance No. 2021-11 to continue the temporary prohibition on evictions of certain small-business commercial tenants financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This protection now continues through…
Transient Arrested On Suspicion Of Setting Revenge Fires At Martinez Business
From Contra Costa County Fire Protection District: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) today announced the arrest of an accused arsonist in connection with several fires set at a business in Martinez the evening of March 10, 2021. Fabian Vera, 36, a transient, was arrested in Bay Point on March 16 following an…
Man In Fedora Robs Martinez Chase Bank Monday
On March 22, 2021 at 1310 hours, officers from the Martinez Police Department responded to Chase Bank, located at 4201 Alhambra Ave, on a report of a robbery in progress. The suspect handed the teller a note demanding money. Bank personnel complied with the demand note. The suspect took the money and fled out of…
“I’m Still Here” – Our MIAs Re-Surface After Months In Lockdown
This COVID pandemic has been tough on all of us, no doubt. We’ve lost some good people, had others drop off the map while they Battled the Bug or just hunkered down, and we can’t help but feel that all our lives have been changed forever. We’re lucky to have an engaged community of readers…
Pursuit Threads Through Lafayette, Ends In Orinda Friday
At about 7:51 a.m. Friday, a sharp-eyed Lafayette police officer spotted a car allegedly stolen and involved in a felony evading incident yesterday as the car was running east on Highway 24. The officer trailed the car into Lafayette, where the driver reversed course at Pleasant Hill Road and began running at high speed westbound…
Attorney Burris Investigating Danville Shooting Case; Alludes To Disputing Witness
Civil rights attorney John Burris said he has been contacted by the family of a man shot and killed by a Danville police officer to look into events leading to the shooting – alluding that an eyewitness has disputed police accounts of the fatal contact between Officer Andrew Hall and Tyrell Wilson on March 11.…
Man Shot By Danville Police Officer Dies In Hospital
Tyrell Wilson, the 32-year-old man wounded by a Danville police officer in last Thursday’s shooting at Sycamore Valley Road and Camino Ramon, has died of that wound in a local hospital. Wilson, a transient police said frequented the park-n-ride lot in Danville prior to his fatal confrontation with Officer Andrew Hall on March 11, died…
First Cases Of U.K. COVID Variant Detected In Contra Costa
From County Health Services: Laboratory results have revealed the first two known cases of the highly infectious U.K. variant (B.1.117) in Contra Costa County. The B.1.117 variant, dubbed the U.K. variant because it is believed to have originated in the United Kingdom, is more contagious than others and possibly more deadly. “This is a reminder…