Posts Tagged ‘Concord’
Perhaps It’s Just A Day For Bad Optics
UPDATE: Readers advise that the banner has been removed. Original Story: This sign has been draped around the Twin Towers tribute at Memory Gardens Cemetery next to Highway 4 in Concord. Curious visitors asked about it and were told the responsible group had recently acquired a piece of the cemetery and wanted to advertise their…
Read MoreConcord To Benicia Pursuit Shakes Up The Freeway Thursday
Spirited chase from Concord to Benicia drew a lot of police and some air support as the operator of a white pickup truck made a break for the border Thursday night – with police hot on his tail. White knuckle speeds, a spike-stripping, a foot bail and eventual arrest in Benicia – we think for…
Read MoreLocal Libraries Receive Funding From Carnegie Corporation
The Contra Costa County Library is pleased to announce that three of its historic branches—Antioch, Concord, and Walnut Creek—have been selected to receive $10,000 each from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. This gift, totaling $30,000 for the county, is part of a nationwide initiative commemorating the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the…
Read MoreOrinda-Concord BART Service Disruption Wednesday; No Mention Of Fire At Lafayette Substation
BART service stopped early Wednesday morning between Concord and Orinda because of what the agency described as a “trackside” power issue for about 90 minutes, forcing hundreds of commuters onto established bus bridges to bypass the affected stations. Around 5:10 a.m., the agency announced that service had been halted on the Yellow Line between the…
Read MoreTwo Dead, One Arrested After Apparent Family Disturbance In Concord Wednesday
Two people were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds following a call of a family disturbance at a home in the 3900 block of Walnut Avenue Wednesday. A third person in the residence at the time was subsequently arrested on unspecified charges. The identities of the deceased were not released, nor was the name of…
Read MoreBarricaded Suspect Found Dead In Concord Home Sunday
A suspect wanted for allegedly assaulting someone with a firearm barricaded himself in his home in the 2600 block of Ward Way in Concord Sunday, resisting police commands to exit the residence before ultimately taking his own life inside the residence. The unidentified individual first came to police attention at 10:44 a.m. Sunday, with someone…
Read MoreMan Expresses Anti-Police/Anti-Fire Department Sentiments In Concord – Runs Into Ellis Lake Thursday
A man apparently not fond of fire and police services used a rock to vandalize Concord police headquarters on Galindo Street Thursday, allegedly hurled a rock at a firetruck and then hurled himself into Ellis Lake after unsuccessfully attempting to scale a tree while running from officers. Police reportedly became aware of a man in…
Read MoreCarjacking In Concord Grocery Store Parking Lot Saturday
Concord police and associated agencies are looking for a white Toyota Sienna taken from its owner at gunpoint outside the Safeway store at 4309 Clayton Road in Concord Saturday. The incident was reported at 12:39 p.m. and is still fresh. Details so far are that the car’s owner was approached by a black male in…
Read MoreGuilty Verdict Announced In Concord Hate Crime
From the Office of the District Attorney: Contra Costa District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 1) that a jury has found Ross Farca of Concord, guilty of four felony charges and a misdemeanor hate crime relating to Farca’s June 4, 2019 possession of an assault weapon recovered after Facra posted anti-Semitic mass murder…
Read MoreNurse Latest Victim Of Highway 242 Rock Throwing Incidents
An East Bay nurse has become the latest person struck by a rock deliberately thrown onto Highway 242 in Concord, a bizarre but apparently fairly commonplace occurrence that has already cost another woman her life. Pam Burnett, a labor and delivery nurse at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, was on her way to work Dec.…
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