It’s 2020 – Locals Ring In The New Year With Restraint
The arrival of Double Twenty was greeted with a sort of quiet restraint, as far as we can tell, though there were one or two ragers out there with some dedicated partying. It’s quiet out there for the most part, we’ve been roaming around, “You Belong To The City” running on our own personal soundtrack…
Six House Burglaries In San Ramon Saturday – Police Looking For “Organized, Selective” Crew Of Thieves
We first wrote of an apparent “burglary flurry” in San Ramon on Saturday night as residents and neighbors began to realize a dedicated crew of thieves was in town and busy. San Ramon PD Sgt. Bob Ransom on Monday confirmed that a total of six homes were broken into and a variety of items taken…
Pleasanton-Dublin Reels After Christmas Day Crash Leaves Three Teens Dead, Two Injured
Three teenagers – two twin brothers among them – died Christmas night after a Hyundai with five youths aboard crashed near the Castlewood Country Club outside of Pleasanton. A family member said twins Mark and Michael Urista, 16, both died in the crash, reported just before 10 p.m. Wednesday on northbound Foothill Road north of…
Burglars Bedevil The 24/680 – Four Break-ins In Orinda Thursday
No city or town seems exempt from a recent spate of local burglaries and some areas are getting especially hard hit on an apparently rotating basis. Thursday was Orinda’s turn in the crosshairs, apparently, with Chief of Police David Cook confirming his officers dealt with four residential burglaries over the course of their day. “The…
Pleasant Hill Man Arrested For Child Pornography Related Crimes
Martinez, Calif. – On Tuesday December 10, 2019, 29-year-old Pleasant Hill resident Daniel Joseph Feliciano was arrested for possession and production of child pornography. On December 11, 2019, acting on a tip from an electronic communication service provider, investigators executed a search warrant in the 100 block of Burns Court in Pleasant Hill and seized numerous…
Don’t Hit The Big, Red Truck! San Ramon Valley Fire Apparatus Rammed Monday Night
A San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District ladder truck – one of the big ones you see with lights and a ladder on it – was rammed by an unfortunate motorist outside its station Monday night. The lone occupant of the civilian vehicle got the worst of the encounter, but the fire apparatus is going…
Concord Pair Arrested For Package Thefts In Danville, Walnut Creek
On December 9, 2019, at 2:48 p.m., Danville Officers received a call from a resident on the 200 block of Promenade Lane regarding a subject stealing packages from the resident’s front porch. The resident was not at home, and was witnessing the theft via their doorbell camera. The resident provided the police with a description…
Three Killed In Orinda Crash Saturday
Three men were killed when the car they were in veered off SR24 and ran into a tree just east of Camino Pablo early Saturday morning. The 3:07 a.m. crash remains under investigation, though officers determined that a 31-year-old Oakland man and a 22-year-old from Hayward – both passengers in the 2009 Nissan Versa –…
Two More Arrests In Lafayette Home Invasion Cases
The Lafayette Police Department announces that two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with home invasion robberies that occurred in Lafayette, Oakland and Benicia. In all, four suspects were booked into the Martinez Detention Facility (MDF): -22-year-old Joseph Wells of Fairfield. He was booked on charges that include burglary, kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, false…
Suspects Arrested In Lafayette Home Invasion Robberies
The Lafayette Police Department announces the arrests of suspects in two home invasion robberies that occurred in the city on October 31, 2019 and November 26, 2019. This morning, the Fairfield Police Department SWAT team and Lafayette Police Department served Ramey arrest warrants and search warrants at a residence on the 500 block of Pacific…