San Ramon Police Detain Three Suspects After Uber Driver Robbed Of Cell Phone Friday
Three people are in custody after an alleged assault on an Uber driver on Greenwood Place Friday morning. The trio is currently being interviewed by police, who are looking for the driver’s cell phone, taken during the alleged assault. Neighbors reported one of the trio beating the driver around 10:20 a.m., with the driver suffering…
Bad Luck, Poor Decisions, Good Neighbors Lead To A.M. Arrests In Orinda Thursday
A confluence of bad luck, worse timing and the intervention of good neighbors ended with time in jail for two Alameda County residents Thursday. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel said things started innocently enough around 8 a.m. Thursday when a car rolling on westbound Highway 24 ran out of gas and came to a stop…
Painted Rock Lives To Be Painted Again; Lamorinda Celebrates Acquisition
John Muir Land Trust will acquire and permanently preserve Painted Rock, the prominent 84-acre hill near the boundary of Moraga and Lafayette. Thousands of local residents made generous donations to The Campaign To Save Painted Rock and are celebrating what will become their newest public open space. The campaign needed to raise $2 million by a deadline…
San Ramon Man Dies After I680 Crash In Walnut Creek Monday
A 63-year-old San Ramon man died at John Muir Hospital after he was injured in a grinding crash on northbound Interstate 680 in Walnut Creek Monday. Two cars, a vintage black 1974 Porsche and a Jeep SUV were involved in the crash with the Porsche operator sustaining, identified as Richard Adeokun of San Ramon suffering…
Robbery Crew Strikes At Rheem Arco – Rough Up And Rob Employee; Suspects Caught After Police Chase
A crew of armed robbers struck the Arco station in Rheem Valley shortly before 8 p.m. tonight, Sunday, roughing up an employee and robbing him at gunpoint before fleeing through Lafayette and onto northbound I680. We have learned the getaway vehicle used in the theft, a black or dark blue Nissan Sentra with paper plates,…
The Sunday Scribblings
It has been a quiet but also quixotic week in the NEWS24/680 News Bunker – our merry little band churning out news of baby mountain lion sightings, fires, Grim Ironies and the often hard-to-believe-or describe-incidents of the day as we glide into our summer while snow is falling in the Sierra. In the end we…
Anchors, Aweigh! Sheriff’s Marine Unit Advising Caution This Boating Season
Memorial Day holiday weekend traditionally marks the start of boating season on the Delta. Significant numbers of boaters are expected to be on the water this summer, especially on the weekends, to go fishing, boating or take part in other recreational activities, like water-skiing. The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Marine Services Unit…
Celebration Of Her Life, May 26, In San Francisco
A celebration noting the special life of Melissa Heather Milne Goulder will be held Sunday, May 26th at 1p.m. at the National AIDS Memorial Grove’s Dogwood Crescent, Circle of Friends, the Heart of the National AIDS Memorial in San Francisco California – Golden Gate Park. Melissa was born at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek…
Danville PD Looking For CoEd Car Burglary Crew
In something of a departure from the usual template of 24/680 Car Burglar, it turns out Danville police are searching for a well-dressed crew who struck at Hap Magee Ranch Park earlier this month – two men and two women Danville Police are looking for these four individuals in connection with vehicle burglaries earlier this…
Two Dead After Recent Flurry Of Shootings In Richmond; Six Murdered So Far This Year
A series of recent shootings in Richmond has residents on edge and the police looking for a cause. A 44-year-old Richmond man wounded in separate shootings Sunday died of his wounds, according to police, and two other men and a woman are recovering from wounds suffered in three separate incidents Sunday night. Residents responding to…