Lafayette School Locks Down During Search For Robbery Suspects Tuesday

Police from multiple jurisdictions descended on downtown Lafayette Tuesday following an attempted robbery in town and an earlier crime in Alamo. Lafayette Elementary School was placed on lockdown as parents scurried to pickup children and dozens of police searched for two suspects they believed responsible for the crimes. At about 1:01 PM, Contra Costa Sheriff’s…

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Police Activity In Walnut Creek/Alamo Thursday; One Detained

Sheriff’s deputies assess one half of a suspected burglary team who ran from them earlier this afternoon. This man was eventually cornered in a church parking lot in Walnut Creek and was taken to a local hospital for observation. His alleged partner was reportedly spotted in Alamo and police are following up leads there.

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Pleasant Hill Woman Nabbed In Alamo Following Overnight Police Search

UPDATED information from Danville Police Chief Allan Shields: On November 25, 2019, at approximately 1900, an undercover Danville Officer was working burglary suppression in the Black Bear Diner and Rose Garden Center parking lots located at Camino Ramon and Sycamore Valley Road.  The officer saw a person, later identified as Elena Wilson, 30, Pleasant Hill,…

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CHP Seeking Witnesses After Motorcycle Officer Clipped On I680 Wednesday

Investigators for the Contra Costa County division of the California Highway Patrol are seeking information about an injury accident involving one of their officers on southbound I680 in Alamo Wednesday. Investigators said one of their motorcycle officers was making a traffic stop on a black Jaguar sedan on Livorna Road at about 8:02 am Wednesday…

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Police Pursuit Ends When Stolen Car Crashes In Alamo Tuesday

A high-speed pursuit of a suspected stolen car turned into a wild ride down Highways 242 and 680 Tuesday, the driver of a stolen Honda eventually crashing into a county-operated speed trailer and coming to rest in the parking lot of a business on Orchard Court in Alamo. Bystanders reported seeing the chase reaching speeds…

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Lamorinda Police Detain Four After Strong Arm Robbery In Alamo Saturday

An apparent “electronics grab” in Alamo prompted a coordinated response from San Ramon Valley and Lamorinda police Saturday and ended with a carload of people detained at gunpoint along Highway 24 at Fish Ranch Road. Witnesses contacting this site said three young men entered the Alamo Starbucks, 3225 Danville Blvd., at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday…

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Mothers Day Crash On Green Valley Road Ends In DUI Arrest; Severe Injuries

As first reported on our Facebook Page at the time, two Alamo-area residents were involved in an early-morning Mothers Day crash on Green Valley Road Sunday, a female passenger sustaining serious injuries to her legs when the car overturned. The car’s driver was later arrested and charged with felony Driving Under the Influence. Officer Brandon Correia…

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It’s Official: No County Commute Is Easy – But I-680 Is The Worst

Anyone making a commute to home or office in the Bay Area has their horror story – but anecdotal accounts of molasses-slow traffic and short-tempered motorists on Interstate 680 from San Ramon to Pleasant Hill led us to believe something special was happening out there – and now it’s official. The afternoon northbound creep on…

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