San Ramon’s Chief Stevens Bans Carotid Restraints, Requires Officer Intervention In Sweeping Revision Of Use-Of-Force Tactics
San Ramon Police Chief Craig Stevens issued a point-by-point response to an eight point initiative calling for the immediate revision of police use-of-force tactics in a community letter released Friday night: This past week, I have received many emails from members of our community. Some included words of support towards our police department, while others…
Grass Fire Burning Alongside Highway 24 Near Wilder Thursday
UPDATE: Firefighters gained the upper hand over the fire shortly before midnight, staying on-scene to guard against flare-ups. At its height smoke from the fire prompted several concerned calls about other fires in the area but nothing else was burning, we are happy to say. Firefighters have called for a full vegetation fire response to…
Suspect Arrested In El Sobrante Homicide
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020, at about 4:05 pm, Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriffs from Bay Station were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance at an apartment building on the 4800 block of Appian Way in El Sobrante. Deputies arrived at the location and discovered a body that was decomposed. The Homicide Unit of the Investigation…
Woman Arrested In Connection With Concord RV Arson
Suspect Arrested June 8 in Port Chicago Highway/Highway 4 Blaze CONCORD, CALIF., JUNE 11, 2020 – Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) announced today the arrest of a suspect in the recreational vehicle (RV) fire that burned under Highway 4 in Concord earlier this week. The fire in question took place June 8,…
BART Shutdown In Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill; Person Under Train
UPDATE: BART officials confirmed details of this incident and said it was fatal. Pleasant Hill Station has been reopened and service has been restored. A bus bridge has been established from the Walnut Creek BART station to Concord after a person was discovered under a train in Pleasant Hill. BART service has stopped between Walnut…
Scammers Impersonating Local Police To Secure “Fines” Over The Phone
Phone scammers intent on grabbing your hard-earned money and willing to do or say just about anything to do it are impersonating local police during phone sessions designed to separate us from our cash. We have documented the antics of – mostly international – phone scammers here in the past, even showing the inner workings…
And Now, A Word For Our Flashers…
We have this nifty little alert system set up and it has proven quite popular. Many of you know we call it The Flash – for those nerve jangling alerts we used to get on our newsroom wire machines way back when. We’ve always advised interested parties to sign up for this gizmo – which…
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Two On I680 In Danville Sunday; Faces DUI And Vehicular Manslaughter Charges
A 27-year-old Concord woman was arrested on suspicion of felony Driving While Intoxicated and Vehicular Manslaughter after the car she was allegedly driving the wrong way down I680 struck a northbound vehicle – killing the two people inside. Sunday’s crash in the northbound lanes of I680 near El Pintado killed Nettie Perkett, 46, and Taurean…
Fatal Crash On Northbound I680 In Danville Sunday
Two people were killed in a multiple car, multiple injury collision on northbound I680 south of El Cerro in Danville early Sunday. The crash was reported just before 4 a.m. with fire and California Highway Patrol officers locating several cars strewn along the stretch of road. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene. Reports…
Two-Alarm Grass Fire Brought To A Halt In Concord Saturday
A swift-moving grass fire consumed 136 acres of grassland and a building of unspecified type at Highway 4 and Willow Pass Road in Concord Saturday. The blaze, reported at 4:56 p.m. and reported out by 6:40 p.m. was elevated to two alarms with aerial tankers making drops to support crews on the ground. There were…