It’s A CAVU Day In The 24/680 – And Trixie Has The Sky To Herself
G’morning, GroundHuggers! How are you all this morning, making your way along our freeways on your way to work – so far, so good! This is the kind of morning us open cockpit types dream of: brisk, cloudless, and not another plane in the sky from Buchanan Field to San Ramon and, yes, I can…
Members Of Richmond Street Gang Charged With Attempted Murder Of Orinda Woman
Members of a Richmond street gang known as the “Swerve Team” have been charged with the attempted murder of Orinda school board member Carol Brown – accosted with her husband by gang members in a random robbery outside their Orinda home last September. Brown and her husband were unloading groceries outside their residence when they were…
Armed Men Rob Elderly Couple On Indian Wells In Moraga Wednesday
Lamorinda police, aided by a police helicopter, flooded the streets near the Moraga Country Club after an elderly couple reported being robbed at gunpoint outside their Indian Wells home Wednesday night. Officers were advised of the robbery at 10:27 p.m., responded to the scene and found that the victims, who are in their 70’s, had arrived home…
Woman Struck By Train In Martinez Tuesday
At about 10 a.m. Tuesday, Martinez Police Officers responded to the railroad tracks in the 400 block of Ferry St. for a report of a person that had been hit by a train Officers located an adult female laying on the ground with unknown injuries, next to a stopped Amtrak train. The woman had a dog with…
Horses Stall Traffic On Highway 680 Monday – Yeehaw!
A pair of local horses decided it was time to get out of the pasture and stretch their legs a little Monday, taking to I680 near the S. Main Exit and popping up into traffic – doing what the CHP, fines, and other traffic calming measures have so far failed to do: Slow things down!…
Antioch Man Killed On Northbound I680 In Pleasant Hill Saturday Morning
California Highway Patrol investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal accident on northbound I-680 at the Monument Blvd. offramp early Saturday. Officers were advised of a hit-and-run accident on the freeway at 4:40 a.m. south of Monument Boulevard. While investigating, officers found the body of a 20-year-old Antioch man in the fast lane of…
Repeat Robber Returns To Same San Ramon Bank – Robs It Again
From the San Ramon Police Department: On 03/21/2017, at approximately 1327 hours, the San Ramon Police Department was dispatched to a report of a bank robbery at the US Bank, located at 2821 Crow Canyon Road. During the subsequent investigation it was learned that the suspect entered the bank at approximately 1327 hours. The suspect…
Broadway Plaza Purse Snatching Takes Victim, Witnesses Off Guard Wednesday
Witnesses who saw the crime unfold say two people boxed in a woman about to cross the street at Broadway Plaza Wednesday morning, a youth in his teens approaching the unsuspecting woman from behind and violently wrenching her cell phone from her hand. “It happened very quickly,” said Josh Rose, who happened to be nearby when the…
US Bank In San Ramon Robbed Tuesday
In a busy afternoon for law enforcement in the 24/680, a lone gunman entered the US Bank branch at 2821 Crow Canyon Road in San Ramon Tuesday, relieving it of an undetermined amount of money before running off across the bank parking lot and apparently getting away. Officers flooded the area shortly after the robbery…
Suspect Arrested After Allegedly Kidnapping Lafayette Man; Forcing Him To Local Bank To Withdraw Funds
Lafayette police say the Pittsburg man who confronted a Sweet Drive resident at his front door, overpowered him, and led him through the home in a search for valuables Tuesday came to Lafayette with the intent of doing such a crime and had likely cased the neighborhood before. Police arrested 26-year-old Manuel Bustos as he was…