Fire Damages Sierra Drive Home In Walnut Creek Thursday
Fire tore through the attic of a home in the 200 block of Sierra Drive in Walnut Creek on Thursday, causing considerable damage and briefly going to 2-alarms before crews were able to bring it under control. Neighbors reported seeing smoke coming from the home at approximately 2:16 p.m. and arriving firefighters reportedly found smoke…
Shot Fired At Walnut Creek Walgreen Wednesday
A man, believed to have been intending self-harm, drove his pickup truck to the Walgreens store at 2900 N. Main Wednesday night, announced an intention to kill himself and fired at least once into the air in the parking lot at that location. A police search for the individual, described as a white male, about…
Poking Our Heads Above The Parapet
One of the many hard-earned lessons we’ve learned in this business is that people are perfectly happy urging someone else (us) to leave the safety of the trench and tackle a difficult subject they won’t. This dovetails neatly into another hard-learned lesson: that the person who leaves said trench (us) is usually the first trooper…
“When The (Drift) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes…”
Notice of a controlled/proscribed burn at Painted Rock in Moraga was fairly broadly disseminated prior to the action but it appears quite a number of locals and neighbors to our east where caught completely unaware Friday. Phone calls and emails flooded this site’s contact apparatus after Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District personnel touched off the grassy…
Mt. Diablo High Student Robbed At Gunpoint Thursday
Police are currently investigating the armed robbery of a student at Concord’s Mt. Diablo High School Thursday morning. Calls from readers indicate that police have stopped a group of possible suspects but it is unknown if they are connected to the incident, reported at about 10:55 a.m. Readers are reporting a sizable police presence in…
“Good Morning, Glory! Now Slow The @$% Down!”
As cautionary messaging goes this one is nicer than most, combining a little natural splendor with some sage advice. This flowery invitation to slow down and smell the ros… flowers stands in the 24/680 and caught the eye of one of our local lensmen, shell-shocked after a busy couple of days in the ‘hoods. Know…
Police Investigating Murder Suicide In Danville Wednesday
A father and his two daughters were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide currently under investigation in Danville Wednesday evening. Homicide and crime scene investigators are at a home on Larkwood Circle where the bodies were discovered, some if not all believed killed by gunshot. A Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office release confirmed the occurrence…
Dragnet In Walnut Creek For Suspected Carjacker, Burglar Wednesday
Various police agencies combined resources in a widespread search across Walnut Creek Wednesday after a man allegedly burglarized at least one residence, carjacked one car and allegedly stole another – managing to elude police air and ground units for at least an hour before he was caught. Police later said 23-year-old Sean White of Pittsburg…
Fatal Crash On Coggins Drive in Pleasant Hill Tuesday
A motorist was killed after his BMW crashed into a pole at Coggins and Las Juntas drive in Pleasant Hill on Tuesday. The crash was reported at 2:03 pm. The black BMW sedan was traveling eastbound on Coggins Drive when it left the roadway and collided with a raised concrete curb and two steel poles,…
Moraga Way Closed By Serious Injury Crash Tuesday
Life-saving measures were undertaken for the occupant of a car which rolled over and crashed on Moraga Way at Hardie in Moraga Tuesday morning. The 2-car collision was reported at 8:59 a.m. Good Samaritans and officers arriving at the scene rendered aid for the motorist of once car, immobilized and apparently seriously injured. Moraga Way…