Posts Tagged ‘Lafayette Cal.’
Parking, Finance Issues Pull The Pin On Lafayette’s Park Theater Proposal
Hopes that a locally generated effort to purchase and rejuvenate Lafayette’s landmark movie house have evaporated like film in a hot projector after the trio of locals behind the drive let the city know they are pulling out. The rub appears to be the lack of available outside financing – any hint of which dried…
Read MoreRock Works Best For Lafayette Burglar Wednesday
Edgy neighbors have been telling us of suspicious cars and people in our various neighborhoods in recent days, doing a little Christmas shopping in our homes, front porches, and unlocked cars. There have been too many of these incidents to list effectively, and a case in Lafayette Wednesday demonstrated to what lengths thieves are willing to…
Read MoreMovies, Al Fresco Dining Part Of Grand Vision For Saving Lafayette’s Park Theater
Three locals with sufficient financial heft and a vision for what they say it will take to revive the city’s favorite – and fading – downtown movie house are asking the city council and the public for support of their plan. The trio, couple Fred and Cathy Abbott together with family friend and physician Alex McDonald, say they have…
Read MoreLafayette Police Investigating Daylight Burglary On Leland Drive Tuesday
A Lafayette resident who left her Leland Drive residence for a short time Tuesday returned to find that the home had been burglarized while she was gone. Police were summoned to the 1000 block of Leland at 12:41 p.m. The resident reported they had arrived home approximately five minutes earlier and found the glass from…
Read MoreCar, Suspects In Mid-Week Burglary Attempt In Lafayette Located
Lafayette police said Friday that their investigation of a frightening daylight burglary attempt earlier in the week has resulted in several leads, recovery of a car believed used during the attempt, and identification of several suspects. Chief Eric Christensen said officers were able to obtain a photo of the car used in an attempted theft…
Read MoreBetty Lane Fire Was Intentionally Set, Police Say, Lafayette Woman Arrested
A Lafayette woman is in custody on arson and attempted murder charges Monday after allegedly setting fire to a boarding residence she lived in with others on Betty Lane. Lisa Stevens, 53, was arrested on suspicion of arson of an inhabited dwelling and attempted first-degree murder, investigators said. She is being held in lieu of $750,000…
Read MoreCalling All Armchair Detectives/Car Experts: What Year And Model Is This Honda?
Chief Eric Christensen and the folks at Lafayette PD are running hard and working several cases so far this month, and the chief reached out to NEWS24/680 readers for a little help ID’ing a car used in a crime recently. The chief said a white male and a black male entered the Lafayette 7-Eleven store…
Read MoreBurglars Find Two Homes In Lafayette’s Hidden Valley
Lafayette police are seeking any information the public may have on two separate but seemingly related burglaries in the Hidden Valley neighborhood July 6 and July 15. Police said a thief or thieves entered residences in the 4100 block of Hidden Valley Road and the 100 block of White Oak Dr. on those dates while the…
Read MoreFirst Moraga, Then Orinda… Tonight They’re Digging In Lafayette
Lamorindans are getting used to the sound of jackhammers in the night of late – and tonight was apparently no exception as NEWS24/680 reader Pamela Dunn caught this crew in action on Stanley Boulevard off Pleasant Hill Road Wednesday. We shushed readers who suggested that Lafayette may be next for a late-night fix after a…
Read MoreKnife-Wielding Robbers Take $700 Cash From Victim At Lafayette BART Station Saturday
A pair of robbers, one of them wielding a 6″-long knife, accosted a person at the Lafayette BART station at 4:21 p.m. Saturday – relieving their victims of $700 in cash. A BART police spokesman was reluctant to give too many details of the incident due to the fact that it was still fresh and…
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