Police Seek Public Assistance Identifying “Looney Tunes” Bandit
From the Antioch Police Department: On February 23, 2023, at approximately 1:46 pm, the Antioch Police Department Communications Center began receiving calls regarding an armed robbery at Smart and Final located at 2638 Somersville Road. We are asking for the public’s assistance in helping us identify the suspect and a vehicle involved in the robbery.…
Sorry, Ray, Nighttime Isn’t Always The Right Time…
Drummers, Zoomers, Gunners and Thunder Runners were all out and about Tuesday evening – despite temperatures dipping into the Twenties in places. Not to mention those Jimmy Stewart (Rear Window) Burglars and Cat Converter thieves, who seem impervious to weather of any kind, and who appear willing to work at any hour. Unsure if it’s…
San Ramon Theft Attempt Ends With Arrests In Walnut Creek Saturday
A carload of suspected shoplifters who allegedly stole perfume and other items from a San Ramon Ulta store were on their way out of the area when police in Walnut Creek intercepted the vehicle and took most of the crew into custody. The incident was reported at approximately 5 p.m., with three suspects running from…
Fire Damages Moraga Home Thursday
A Tharp Drive home was damaged after fire broke out at the residence shortly after noon Thursday. Neighbors reported flames coming from the residence in the 400 block of Tharp at approximately 12:14 p.m. Several Moraga-Orinda Fire Protecting District apparatus and crews responded, quickly bringing the blaze under control. The elderly resident of the home…
San Ramon’s Cal High Locked Down After Phone Threat Wednesday
Administrators at California High School in San Ramon invoked lockdown protocols for the campus Wednesday after a phone threat from an individual believed to have called on a disguised or “spoofed” phone line. As in another recent incident at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Wednesday’s threat coincided with others received at other schools…
Wait. We’re Talking About Banning Books? Again?
We’ll state flatly that we weren’t at last night San Ramon Valley Unified School District board meeting. We just couldn’t bring ourselves to go. It’s not that we’re afraid of the “Angry Parents,” the description most often used to describe people upset over, well, just about anything these days, all looking for an opportunity to…
Pursuits End In Arrests, Damage To Structures And Cars Tuesday
Unrelated attempts to outrun the Long Arm of the Law resulted in widespread damage to private property, arrests and possibly a case of pneumonia as one desperate individual plunged into a Pleasant Hill Creek in his effort to avoid arrest. Things got off to a raucous start in Martinez as detectives attempting to detain a…
Lifeless Eyes; Bald-Faced Lies; And The Voyage Of Discovery
Discovery motions underway in a widely watched (by some, at least) court action against a propaganda peddler masquerading as a news outlet have turned up some interesting tidbits. Turns out the purveyors of disinformation swallowed whole by a large part of the nation knew they were pushing the political leanings of their corporate master, knew…
Shooting In San Ramon Saturday, One Wounded
A woman was shot and seriously wounded by a masked gunman who fired several shots before leaving her outside the Mill Creek apartments in the 900 block of Waterstone Place in San Ramon Saturday. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire at approximately 11 p.m. and responding officers quickly located the wounded person. She was transferred to a…
Tesla Impacts Firetruck In Walnut Creek; Driver Killed, Passenger Injured
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District’s Truck 1 was struck by a passenger vehicle while blocking I-680 lanes from a previous accident in Walnut Creek at 3:54 a.m. this morning. A Tesla Model S approaching the scene south of Treat Boulevard crashed into the rear of the fire engine at that time. Crews pronounced the…