Donald Drive Robbery Update: Suspects Came Looking For Marijuana
From the Moraga Police Department: MORAGA, CA – On Sunday November 3, 2019, approximately 9:26 p.m., Moraga Police received a call reporting a possible burglary and robbery at a residence in the 100 block of Donald Drive. The suspects were described as 3-4 males, wearing hooded sweatshirts and were armed with baseball bats and at…
Four Detained After Apparent Home Invasion-Style Attack In Moraga Sunday
Moraga police have stopped a vehicle with four men aboard at the Chevron station on Moraga Road at Moraga Way after reports of an attempted home-invasion-style robbery reached police from a residence on Donald Drive. The incident is still unfolding as Moraga police, supported by officers from adjacent agencies, cleared a car containing the men…
Airbnb CEO Announces Company-Wide Ban On Party Houses; Promises Strict Enforcement
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced in a succession of tweets Saturday that the company would ban “party houses” and said the company “must do better, and we will” in preventing pop-up party scenarios from occurring in future. Chesky, referring directly to the Halloween Night mass shooting at an Airbnb rental in Orinda which left five people dead,…
Fifth Person Dies Of Wounds From Orinda Halloween Night Shooting
A fifth person – 19-year-old Oshiana Tompkins of Vallejo/Hercules – has died of wounds received during the Halloween Night shooting at an Orinda house party. Tompkins died overnight at a local hospital.
Several People Shot, 4 Killed At Orinda Airbnb Halloween Party House
As many as ten persons appear to have been hit and seriously wounded after a suspect reportedly armed with a MAC10 machine pistol sprayed a home on Lucille Way in Orinda Thursday night. Four people are believed to have been killed. Police from all three Lamorinda agencies and beyond descended on the residence at around…
Lafayette Homeowner Loses Car, Hit On Head During Halloween Home Invasion Robbery
Lafayette police are searching for three armed men who reportedly came up behind a Martino Road resident, forced him into his home in a search for valuables and who fled in the homeowner’s BMW. The car was believed to have made it through the tunnel. Unconfirmed reports indicate the car may have been found abandoned…
All Clear – The 24/680 Dodges A Fast-Moving Bullet – And Takes A Hot Shower To Celebrate
At times, when we were cobbling together our Internet and trying to file a story from the front seat of the Newsmobile while sirens wailed and air tankers roared in to deploy a pretty pink swath of Phos-Chek – we were tempted to say in our best radio baritone: “This… is Lamorinda.” Edward R. might…
The New World Disorder: Survival In The Age Of Power Outages, Wildfires, Bad Information, And No Starbucks
Tens of thousands of good-hearted Californians, friends and neighbors, are getting a taste of what it’s like to be homeless, cut off and pushed around a little as another series of natural calamity descends upon us – compounded by some man-made calamity thrown in just to make things interesting. We spent our Friday talking to…
Fire Damages Martinez Home Thursday Morning
After a nervous night on the lookout for signs of active fire in the 24/680, local firefighters responded to a home on Santa Fe Avenue in Martinez early Thursday after fire was reported in the attic of the residence at 6:41 a.m. Occupants of the residence evacuated safely as calls for assistance began to come…
California High School Student Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexually Assaulting Other Students
Following weeks of speculation about an ongoing sexual assault investigation at California High School, San Ramon Valley school district officials confirmed that a student was arrested last month and jailed on suspicion of sexually assaulting three other students. District officials said they contacted the San Ramon Police Department as soon as they learned of the…