County Pays $4.5 Million Settlement For Hall-Wilson Shooting Case

County officials have agreed to pay $4.5 million to the family of a mentally ill homeless man shot and killed during a confrontation with a sheriff’s deputy in Danville in March, 2021. The settlement, reported Thursday by the Bay Area News Group, comes on the heels of Deputy Andrew Hall’s conviction for felony assault with…

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Pre-Dawn Blaze Guts Martinez Home Saturday; Resident Treated For Burns

Firefighters pounced on a pre-dawn fire at a home under renovation in Martinez early Saturday, forced to fight the fire from outside due to the possibility of collapse. The homeowner was transported to a local hospital with moderate burn injuries, according to a ConFire spokesman, as firefighters fought to save the home on Via de…

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Lafayette Police Arrest Two Juveniles After Downtown Collision Tuesday

Two young people were arrested Tuesday evening after running from the scene of an accident on Mt. Diablo Boulevard, their car ramming another driven by a retired lawman. Police were in the area looking for a car reported driving recklessly near Trader Joe’s around 7 p.m. when the car hit the second vehicle, a juvenile…

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Martinez Woman Killed In Head-On Crash Wednesday

A 27-year-old Martinez woman was killed in a two-car, head-on crash in the intersection of Pacheco Blvd. and Arthur Rd. in Martinez early Wednesday. Tandiwe Myambo was traveling eastbound on Pacheco Boulevard around 5:30 a.m. when her Honda unexpectedly swerved into oncoming westbound traffic, hitting a Dodge pick-up. Myambo, who attended Diablo Valley College, was…

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