Walnut Creek Police Arrest Newark Man For Attempted Kidnapping With An Intent To Rape; Stun Gun Used
On March 26, 2019 at approximately 7:20 AM, Walnut Creek Police received a 911 call from a female victim regarding an assault that had just occurred. The victim reported that while she was walking from her residence to her vehicle, she was approached and assaulted with a stun gun by an unknown male suspect. The…
Lafayette Metallurgist Charged In Berkeley Cadmium Poisoning Plot
A Lafayette man and Berkeley engineer has been charged with trying to kill a colleague by putting toxic cadmium into her food and water since 2017, according to court papers filed in support of his arrest. Berkeley police arrested David Xu, 34, of Lafayette on Thursday. He has been charged with premeditated attempted murder resulting…
“There Are Eight Million Stories In The 24/680…”
We’re not sure how many of you will remember this old television show. It was East Coast-centric but the central theme still holds: there are millions of people living in our Naked Cities (and suburban towns), almost all of them with a story to tell. We come into contact with a lot of them, naturally,…
Noise Issues Cropping Up In Danville, San Ramon, Mora… Well, Just About Everywhere In The 24/680. Citizens Unhappy.
Veteran readers know we have a thing about unnecessary noise. We try not to give voice to it much anymore because, well, things are quiet around the News Bunker and people don’t like a Squeaky Wheel squeaking about the same thing over and over again. We’ve just said local noise pollution is a problem, it…
The Sunday Subsidence
Nothing really changes, right? We stomp and flail and make loud sounds about conditions that concern/bother/scare us and demand that “something be done” and we pin our hopes on that elusive Hollywood ending that all things will be made right – only to have those hopes dashed on the rocks like a wayward fishing boat.…
Paltry Half A Million Dollars Needed To Finalize Painted Rock Acquisition – Organizers Making Final Push
From the folks at John Muir Land Trust: Thanks to you and other JMLT supporters and to a very successful Plan a Park Public Meeting, we are almost there! With just 63 days before the deadline, JMLT is approaching the $2 million needed to save Painted Rock. Goal: $2 million needed by May 31, 2019 Raised to…
Old Glory, Topping Tree Hoisted Aloft Tuesday As County Celebrates “Topping Out” Of Its New Administration Building
(Martinez, CA) – On March 26, 2019, Contra Costa County’s Board of Supervisors, Chief Administrative Officer, staff and building partners celebrated the “Topping Out” of its new administrative building in Martinez. The ceremony on the new site marks the placement of the last piece of structural steel on the construction, a significant milestone for the…
Information Scarce On Apparent Street Robbery, Shooting In Walnut Creek Sunday
Little is known about what callers say was a violent street crime in downtown Walnut Creek Sunday night, a victim shot after two men demanded his watch near Union Bank on Mt. Diablo Boulevard. Walnut Creek Police Lt. Tracy Reese said investigators are currently working through the crime, which occurred at around 9:50 p.m. Sunday…
Temporary Martinez Junior High School Faculty Member Arrested For Misdemeanor Battery Friday
Martinez police officers responded to the Martinez Junior High School for a report of a battery that occurred on campus around 11 a.m. Friday and, after an initial investigation, arrested a temporary faculty member at the school. Alex Aono, whose age was not given, was arrested for misdemeanor battery, according to police. A description of…
Car Burglar Strikes Outside Rheem Valley Starbucks Wednesday
Little Moraga (we can call it that because our founders live there) has escaped much of the now almost daily scourge of car burglars striking in parking lots up and down the 24/680 lately. Although some pilfered change and other items have been taken during drunken scavenger hunts in Moraga, the town’s positioning well away…