Alleged Pleasant Hill Garage Burglar Arrested Sunday
Early this morning Pleasant Hill residents confronted a man in their back yard in the Gregory Gardens area. Pleasant Hill police officers determined a burglary had occurred and this man had allegedly entered different garages in the neighborhood. The man was located, positively identified, arrested and booked into county jail for various offenses. His name…
Barn-Burner Of A Night For Fires In Contra Costa County
As those of you signed up for our Flash Alerts know by now, July 3 arrived with a bang – and then several blazes – as fires, three of them caused by fireworks, claimed a barn, cars, and fence lines Friday night and on into Saturday morning. UPDATE: Neighbors have let us know that the…
Fire At Concord Construction Project Grows To 2-Alarms Thursday
Fire investigators are picking through the debris of a fire which burned through much of a 3-story apartment building Thursday – the structure at Esperanza Drive and Willow Pass Road under construction at the time. Units from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District were notified of the blaze shortly before midnight Thursday, arriving to…
Seven-Year-Old Suffers Major Injuries In Martinez Hit-And-Run
As reported here this afternoon, a 7-year-old boy riding his scooter on Vine Avenue between Leslie and Merle avenues in Martinez was struck and seriously injured by a passing white van. Police determined that the incident occurred between 3:48 and 3:56 p.m., with area surveillance cameras capturing a fleeting image of the vehicle as it…
Car Plunges Onto 18th Hole At Tilden Golf Course; Occupants Flee Scene
Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firefighters were called to the 18th hole at the Tilden Park Golf Course Thursday after a car rolled off the adjacent roadway and fell onto the course. The incident was reported at 2:21 p.m. as witnesses reported a car crashing off Golf Course Drive and onto the golf course, three occupants…
Lafayette’s Terraces Project Moves Ahead On 5-2 Vote By Planning Commission; Appeals Anticipated
A bitterly contested, 315-unit apartment complex earmarked for a chunk of gravelly land at the nexus of Pleasant Hill Road and Deer Hill Road inched toward fruition Wednesday with a 5-2 vote of approval from the Lafayette Planning Commission. The Terraces of Lafayette, a 22-acre project described in its initial phases as “train wreck architecture”…
Fires Along Iron Horse Trail Trigger Hunt For Arsonist Monday
A series of brush fires sparked within minutes of each other along the Iron Horse Trail in Concord and Pleasant Hill Monday has been confirmed by fire officials as the work of an arsonist. A person detained at the scene of the fires was subsequently determined not to have been responsible, according to a spokesman…
Contra Costa To Postpone COVID-19 Reopening Timeline
Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) will delay the opening of businesses and activities previously planned for July 1 until the COVID-19 outbreak in Contra Costa is better contained. The county is closely monitoring recent data showing COVID-19 activity increasing in the community, as it is statewide and throughout the country.On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended…
Racist Fliers Turn Up In Martinez; PD Investigating
Martinez police are investigating the origin of racist fliers bearing the symbol of a purported White Supremacist group and threatening supporters of Black Lives Matter. The leaflets were discovered Saturday at about 9:45 p.m. on a sidewalk near downtown. Police called the fliers, riddled with spelling errors, “Deplorable, filled with hate, and have no place…
Chicken Coop Heater Suspected Cause Of Moraga House Fire Sunday
Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection district firefighters battled fire at a home in the 200 block of Deerfield Drive in Moraga Sunday – believed sparked by a short-circuiting chicken coop heater. The blaze, which appeared to have started in the area of the adjacent coop, spread to the roof and attic of a home at 275 Deerfield,…