VIDEO: CPD Body-Worn Camera Footage Of Officer-Involved Shooting April 3
WARNING: Video includes graphic language, violence Video of a rapidly escalating traffic stop in Concord the evening of April 3 captures the moment a fleeing suspect reaches for a concealed weapon and officers open fire on him. Images from the officer’s body cameras detail how events unfolded shortly after 10 p.m. that evening, when officers…
Latest Anti Tesla Protest In Walnut Creek Saturday – Crowd Swells
By our count and totally unofficial but more than 1,000 folks turned out under mild skies in downtown Walnut Creek Saturday to protest Elon Musk, DOGE and Tesla outside the car maker’s Broadway Plaza showroom. The latest in a series of now regularly scheduled protests was conducted without incident.
Mount Diablo Blue
Okay, so the national news has got us clenching our teeth and balling our fists, our blood pressure spiking and we’re looking into TRAIN transport to Washington DC to search for cyberpunks – and then we turned to our local landmark for a mental/visual chill pill:
Fire Burns Through Garage Of Martinez Home Friday
Video from scene of fire on Deerwood Court in Martinez tonight. Fire quickly knocked down and no injuries reported though heavy damage to the garage. Videographer: Craig Cannon
Wind-Driven Fire Pushes Toward Structure In Pacheco Sunday
A wildfire in Martinez believed to have gotten its start in a homeless encampment was almost extinguished before it jumped the lines and started a more intense second fire that burned right up to a county building on Arnold Drive on Sunday. Flames were higher than the three story roof. The blaze is currently being…
Video From Scene Of Thursday Morning Crash In Walnut Creek
An 18-year-old girl was declared dead at the scene while her male companion was seriously injured and taken to John Muir Hospital after an early morning rollover crash on Ygnacio Valley Road.
Point Fire Grows To 3-Alarms, Prompts Air Drops And Evacuation Warnings
Anxious moments along Evora Road between Concord and Bay Point Friday afternoon after fire broke out north of Evora near the Diablo Rod & Gun Club. The fire burned approx 150 acres, went to 3-alarms, and prompted an evacuation order for some Bay Point residents. There were no injuries.
Crash And Burn On Southbound I680 In Walnut Creek Sunday
This poor driver made contact with the center divide of southbound I680 at S. Main in Walnut Creek on Sunday, his KIA Sorrento bursting into flames and coming to rest on the righthand side of the freeway – where it continued to burn freely until firefighters arrived. The motorist was taken to a local hospital…
Video From Scene Of Double Shooting In Pleasant Hill Tuesday
Two men shot at a condominium complex on Twinbridge Circle, with one man believed to have died in a local hospital. Police sealed off the area and processed it for evidence.
Update: From The Scene Of Light Plane Crash In Concord Tuesday
Update from scene of today’s fatal light plane crash near Buchanan Field in Concord.