Posts Tagged ‘Danville’
Danville Named Safest City In California
Danville has earned the top spot in the SafeWise “California’s Safest Cities of 2026” report. After being ranked No. 2 last year, a decline in both violent crime and property crime contributed to Danville returning to the No. 1 ranking. The independent safety research organization has been analyzing FBI-reported data and creating a list of…
Read MoreWindow-Smash Burglars Ransack Danville’s Lottie’s Creamery
Burglars struck Danville’s Lottie’s Creamery on Sunday. The business owner reports the loss of their cash register, weekend deposits, and “some equipment” essential to their business.
Read MoreCounty 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…
Read MoreDanville Executives Charged In Alleged Attempt To Defraud Tennessee Valley Authority
Prosecutors say the Danville company allegedly sought more than $300,000 in fraudulent incentive payments from TVA through software installation in Rutherford County Schools From the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee: NASHVILLE – A seven-count indictment unsealed Friday charged two Danville, California men with conspiracy to defraud the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)…
Read MoreRepeat DUI Driver Crashes In Danville Friday; Five Injured
A 53-year-old San Ramon man on probation for an earlier DUI and with multiple DUI convictions in his past was arrested after a destructive crash which left five people injured and debris strewn across Camino Tassajara near Tassajara Lane Friday night. Police and fire personnel responded to a report of a collision in the area…
Read MoreDublin Man Arrested After Brief Chase Through Downtown Danville Friday
A blip on an Automated License Plate Reader triggered a brief car chase, a slightly longer and more dramatic foot chase, and the eventual arrest of a local man on a burglary warrant Friday. Town spokesman Geoff Gillette said a prepositioned ALPR device recorded the passage of a stolen car downtown at 8:27 a.m., officers…
Read MoreKarl James Hildinger, May 30, 1931 – November 11, 2018
Karl James Hildinger was born in Danville, California in 1931. He passed away at home, surrounded by family, in South Lake Tahoe on November 11, 2018. Three weeks after he was born, he was carried into Angora Lakes Resort in a Washoe papoose basket. He was a staunch environmentalist and spent his lifetime protecting and…
Read MoreSuspect Shot, Killed By Danville Police Officer After Attempting To Run Him Down Saturday
Police provided fresh details of an officer involved shooting that took the life of a 33-year-old Newark man Saturday, identifying both the victim and the officer who opened fire out of “immediate fear” he was going to be struck by the suspect’s car as it veered toward him. A police spokesman identified the dead man…
Read MorePhotos: Snow Falls On Our Landmark Mountain Overnight
A light dusting of snow powdered the flanks of our landmark mountain overnight – sending locals running for their cameras and some for their skis!
Read MoreSheriff’s Investigators Say Danville Woman Killed By Gunshot In Byron Homicide
From the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff: Detectives continue to investigate a homicide in Byron but have made a key discovery in the murder of a local woman found dead at a home in Byron Friday. An autopsy performed Monday morning on the victim, 37-year-old Emily Courchesne of Danville, determined her death to…
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