Thieves Christen Walnut Creek’s New Apple Store
As our Flash subscribers first learned Saturday night, a crew of thieves entered and robbed the recently opened Apple store on South Main Street – making off with thousands of dollars worth of electronics before making a clean getaway. The theft was reported shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday and followed another reported grab-and-run robbery from…
DNA, Victim’s Perseverance Leads To Guilty Verdict In 2007 Attempted Rape Case
From the Office of the District Attorney/Contra Costa County: San Pablo Resident Found Guilty of Kidnapping & Attempted Rape; Cold Case DNA Match Helps Solve Case Martinez, Calif. – Daniel Betancourt Jr. of San Pablo, California was found guilty by a Contra Costa County jury for the kidnapping for rape of Jane Doe. Betancourt Jr. was…
The Sunday Punc – Uh, Monday PunchUp
Best intentions to sit before the Great Glowing Box and crank out a weekend-ending column Sunday gave way to what we can only call “the pressures of life” as time with readers, past pals and family held sway. Some of you may have caught our titular softball toss of a reference to The Punch, a…
Eight Year Old Hit, Severely Injured Across From Foothill Middle School In Walnut Creek Wednesday
We Flashed our Walnut Creek subscribers Wednesday evening after we learned of a vehicle versus child collision at Cedro Lane and Cafeto in Walnut Creek and have learned that the child was severely injured in that crash. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman Robert Marshall confirmed our version of the account Thursday, saying the…
So, How’s YOUR 24/680 Commute Going This Morning?
The good news is everyone made it out of this one in good order. The bad news is that traffic on the southbound I680 connector to westbound Highway 24 is looking a little sticky as the Highway Patrol and others clear the wreckage and reopen lanes. Apparently this car tangled with another and “turtled,” blocking…
Walnut Creek Police Say These Two Shoppers Have Been Identified. Warrants To Follow.
UPDATE: Well, that was quick. WCPD reports these two subjects have been identified. Warrants are forthcoming and once arrested, more information to follow. ORIGINAL POST: Area police have been busy trying to corral organized groups and talented freelances of thieves striking businesses in the 24/680, and these two folks have apparently attracted the attention of…
Orchard Supply Hardware To Close Moraga Store, And All Others, By February
Internet news of the impending closure of all Orchard Supply Hardware stores began to trickle out Tuesday – was confirmed as store employees got the news Tuesday night – and has begun to dawn this morning, Wednesday. Some patrons contacted outside the store Wednesday morning said they had not heard the news and appeared puzzled…
The News: As Usual, It All Depends On What You’re Hearing
As news days go, Tuesday was pretty heavy. And while not exactly local in origin, we feel it safe to say that yesterday’s developments reached all of us in one way or another, some more intensely than others depending on your position and focus on the current, slow-moving national calamity. While much of the country…
DeAngelo Charged With Felonies From Alleged Attacks In Contra Costa County
Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office announced today that Joseph DeAngelo, the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer, is charged with four felonies from the alleged attacks in Contra Costa County from 1978 to 1979. DeAngelo could face four life sentences plus ten years for his alleged crimes of kidnapping during the course of…
Moraga PD, Other Jurisdictions Track, Arrest Juvenile Purse Snatch Suspect
Moraga police, spearheaded by the investigative work of Det. Kevin Mooney, joined other jurisdictions in tracking and arresting a serial robbery suspect after a July 30 purse snatching in Moraga – an investigation that eventually led to the arrest of a 17-year-old San Leandro teen, police said Monday. Lt. Brian South said Mooney identified the…