Posts Tagged ‘Concord’
Concord’s Stretch Of The Iron Horse Trail To Get A Trim Dec. 9-10
December 2, 2019, Concord, CA – Contra Costa County Public Works will perform tree trimming operations along the Iron Horse Trail between Concord Avenue and Diamond Boulevard, just east of John Glenn Drive, in Concord. The work is scheduled for Monday, December 9 and Tuesday, December 10 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Trail users may experience…
Read MoreWhat’d I See? Carjacking Caper Ends On Solano Way In Concord Wednesday
Readers in the area of Solano Way near Hillside Drive noted a considerable police presence in the area Wednesday, and we Flashed what we could safely say about operations at the time but, as usual, there was more to the story: The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a carjacking with a threat of…
Read MoreConcord Man Gets 70 Years To Life For Molesting Child
Martinez, Calif. – Last Friday, Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Lewis Davis sentenced defendant John Benny Gomez of Concord to 70 years to life in state prison. Last year, a jury found defendant Gomez guilty of nine felonies, including the molestation of a female victim, Jane Doe, under the age of 10. The criminal conduct…
Read MoreDriver Dies In Fiery DUI Crash On Highway 24 Sunday Morning; Concord Man Arrested
One person was killed and another injured in a fiery crash on eastbound SR24 just west of Interstate 680 Sunday morning, according to the Contra Costa CHP. Officers responding to reports of a collision at that location found two cars at about 1:21 a.m., according to the CHP, with a 2003 Nissan sedan fully engulfed…
Read MoreOne In Custody After Police Pursuit Of Stolen Car In Concord Saturday
UPDATE: Pleasant Hill police officers located and arrested the male half of this chase in the 900 block of Trent Street and are having him checked out after he was bitten by a police dog. ORIGINAL STORY: Police from Concord and Pleasant Hill are searching for two suspects – a man and woman – who…
Read MoreConcord Apartment Building Destroyed In 3-Alarm Fire Tuesday Morning
A Concord apartment building under construction at Galindo and Concord Boulevard caught fire, quickly grew to 3-alarms, and was later declared a total loss after burning for much of Tuesday morning. The fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. with bystanders stunned by its magnitude and the intensity of its heat. Firefighters ultimately declared the…
Read MoreBlack Clouds, Hail, Thunder, Lightning, Crashes, Spills, Crooked Deeds And A Fight For Life In Walnut Creek
Just your usual morning in the 24/680, with heavy winds and hail making things slick for drivers; people waking up to find things they thought were theirs are gone and now belong to someone else; and fire and police fighting to save a young life from the grip of a Fentanyl OD. Neighbors…
Read MoreCar Burglaries Continue To Plague 24/680 Residents – And They’re Not Happy
Nothing turns people off like redundancy of information and we’ve been writing about this issue for a long, long time but the tide does not seem to be turning in favor of the law abiding. So we post this cautionary message. Timothy sent in the attached picture of a friend’s Prius, breached and rummaged through…
Read MoreWrong-Way Driver Eludes Police After Walnut Creek Bank Robbery Friday
A suspected bank robber led Walnut Creek and Concord police officers on a brief chase through those two cities Friday, officers terminating their pursuit out of concern for public safety when the suspect began driving the wrong way on Treat Boulevard from Walnut Creek into Concord. Police confirmed that the chase followed an armed robbery at…
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