Dr. Ethan Sellers Dead At 29
Dr. Ethan Ross Sellers passed away on July 4 at the age of 29. Dr. Sellers was a 2016 graduate of Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine. He then attended the Family Medicine Residency program at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center-Vallejo and graduated in June. He was to continue his education with a Palliative…
Three-Alarm Blaze Damages Two Homes In Pleasant Hill Sunday
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters answered calls for assistance from neighbors in the area of 21 Old Rodgers Ranch Court in Pleasant Hill Sunday, ultimately finding a blaze which caused heavy damage to two homes and grew to 3-alarms before it could be brought under control. There was no immediate word as to…
Fire Truck Thunder Run Through The 24/680 Ends With A Bang In Vacaville Saturday
Lunchtime patrons dining at a Vacaville bistro got a bit of a show Saturday as police and CHP closed in on a speeding fire truck pilfered from the Oakland Fire Department. Vacaville police were notified of the chase, covered via this site’s Flash and Social Media interfaces, at 11:31 a.m. after the truck was reported…
Flurry Of Coffeeshop Snatch-And-Grab Thefts In Lafayette, Walnut Creek Friday
Neighbors savoring a little down-time in their local coffee shop ended up chasing after thieves who made off with a purse and a laptop in separate thefts in Walnut Creek and Lafayette Friday. Police were looking for a Honda, possibly an Accord, with tinted windows and custom rims, in connection with the thefts. A young…
San Ramon Police Arrest Pair Of Suspected Car Burglars Friday
We noted a pretty brazen car burglary in the parking lot near 2276 Camino Ramon this morning and gave our Flash Subscribers in the area a heads up. It turns out a hawk-eyed San Ramon police officer spotted the suspect vehicle, a silver Mercedes SUV, in a neighboring parking lot and stopped the driver for…
Person Fatally Stabbed Near Paddock Bowl In Pacheco Friday; Suspect Arrested
UPDATE: From the Office of the Sheriff: On Friday, July 5, 2019, at about 8:35 pm BART police contacted suspect Aaron Goode at the Concord BART station. He was detained without incident. Later Detectives and Deputies from the Office of the Sheriff took custody of Goode, a 41-year-old from Pacheco. Goode was then booked into…
Two Men Killed – One From Walnut Creek, One From Dublin – In Fiery Dublin Crash Thursday
Two local men died in a fiery crash on Fallon Road in Dublin early Thursday when their Mazda Miata suddenly veered off the roadway and onto the center median – where it impacted with a light pole at 1:45 a.m. Officers arriving on the scene found the wreckage of the car on the median, engulfed…
Swiping Left, Swiping Right Can Get Your Stuff Swiped, All Night; Male Carjacker Posed As Woman On Dating Aps
From the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office: Martinez, Calif. – Earlier this week, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged Hakeem Doeparker of Antioch, California with multiple felonies including a series of carjackings, attempted extortion, second degree robbery and criminal threats. The criminal complaint filed against Doeparker also alleges multiple enhancements for the defendant’s…
The Faces Behind That 24/680 “Mystery Accident”
Veteran readers know we covered – and were concerned about – Saturday’s crash on our namesake 24/680 in which three men attempting to repair a flat tire on a truck on the side of the freeway were hit and seriously injured. Initially stymied in our effort to gather additional details, we find that a Go…
Personal Fireworks Banned In Contra Costa County
The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff would like to remind all county residents about the use of fireworks during the 4th of July holiday. Contra Costa County is a ‘fireworks-free zone’; the sale, possession or use of fireworks of all types and sizes (including Safe & Sane fireworks) are banned in the county…