Photos: Snow Falls On Our Landmark Mountain Overnight
A light dusting of snow powdered the flanks of our landmark mountain overnight – sending locals running for their cameras and some for their skis!
County Coroner: Moraga’s Armstrong Brothers Died Of Influenza
Brothers Gary and Richard Armstrong, found deceased inside a trailer on a secluded property not far from Moraga’s bustling shopping center January 15, died of influenza, deputies with the Coroner’s Division of the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The two men were discovered together in a camper on the Moraga Ranch property behind School…
Woman Behind The Wheel Of Stolen Van Spikestripped Down To The Rims In San Ramon Monday
This site’s Flash Subscribers were notified of the latest in what has become a steady stream of circuitous police pursuits to blaze through – and then be brought to an end – along the 24/680 Corridor. Monday’s exercise got underway at around 10:30 p.m. as a green Econoline van reported stolen in San Jose was…
Quake Flurry Continues To Rock And Roll In Alamo-Danville, Diablo
We have joked with friends who live there that it may be time to turn down their stereo systems after the earth continues to shake in the latest of a recent flurry of smallish temblors to rumble through the San Ramon Valley. A cluster of four minor shakers were recorded in the wee hours this…
Pistol, Ballistic Armor, Narcotics, Bogus Money Recovered By San Ramon Police Thursday
We know many of you are opposed to depictions of weapons on our pages and we realize we’ve just back-to-backed images of a non-lethal Airsoft pistol recovered from a local school with a loaded .45 caliber recovered Thursday in San Ramon but we’re committed to reporting these things as they happen. And they are happening.…
Chow, Baby – Lafayette Hotspot Loses Its Safe To Burglars
Lafayette police have had a pretty good run of luck of late, recently citing sharp declines in residential burglaries and other crime stats that normally turn a police officer’s hair prematurely grey. But during the lull it seems the inmates were quietly digging. It wasn’t a “tunnel job,” the thieves excavating a shaft to their…
Wells Fargo Branch On Camino Tassajara Robbed Tuesday
Danville Police are looking for a suspect in connection with the Tuesday afternoon robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, in the 3000 block of Camino Tassajara. Police Chief Allan Shields said that at approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 13, 2018, a suspect entered the bank, presented the teller a note demanding money, and then fled…
Nude Thunder-Runner Lights Up The 24/680 Sunday – Social Media Blazing
A man, apparently wanted by Oakland police for a carjacking in their city and apparently driving without benefit of clothing, led a convoy of police on a bizarre chase through the 24/680 and on into Antioch Sunday. The unidentified subject was eventually cornered on a residential street in Antioch, surrounded by police and slowly, we…
San Ramon PD Chases Down Suspected Car Thief Saturday
Neighbors on Davona Drive wanted to know why a man was running through their yards – with police close on his heels – early Saturday morning, and we gave them what news we could at that hour despite the fluidity of the situation. Turns out police locked onto a car stolen from the Hyatt House at…
Sporty Burglars Raid Deerpark Drive Garage In Walnut Creek Thursday
Burglars entered the garage of a Deerpark Drive home sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to residents in the neighborhood, entering through an unlocked side door and making off with bicycles and other sporting equipment. The theft is among a large number of other petty (but not so petty if you’re a victim)…