Posts Tagged ‘Lafayette’
Coffee Shop Thieves Snatch Purse From Lafayette Starbucks Customer Wednesday
Lafayette police are investigating the latest in a current string of thefts from area coffee shops – this time after a purse was taken from its owner at a Starbucks location in the 3300 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the coffee shop at 2:29 p.m., learning that a thief…
Read MoreArmchair Detective Work: Lafayette PD Hoping To ID Car From Surveillance Photos
The boys and girls down in the crime lab at Lafayette PD are looking for a little consensus on nomenclature – Year/Make/Model – for this car, sought in connection with an auto burglary in their town on Nov. 20. To be clear, this is for police use. They have had some luck identifying cars used…
Read MoreRecent Fires In Lafayette, Pleasant Hill Caused By Cigarettes, Investigators Say
Despite the nearly constant presence of smoke from raging wildfires to our North and constant messages of caution from local fire professionals it appears the cause of two recent fires has been attributed to “improperly discarded smoking material.” News that a Sunday night blaze at the Lafayette Reservoir and a $1.1 million blaze at the…
Read MoreOwner Of Lafayette’s Cross Hill Offers A Chunk Of The Local Landmark To The City – As A Park
A sizable portion of the landmark hill bearing homemade crosses and the names of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan could become Lafayette’s newest parkland if a deal proposed by the landowner comes to pass. Owner Charles Clark wrote the city council Sept. 7 and proposed that 2.6 acres of his family’s 5-acre parcel…
Read MoreSmoky Whirlpool Of Hot Air Settles Over 24/680; Some Schools Keeping Kids Inside
Persistent reports of “Smoke and Haze” in the 24/680 – the result of a contrary high-pressure ridge and drift smoke from northern fires – continued to flood our Tip Lines Thursday as temperatures mounted along with fears over the health effects of our inherited air. Some local schools were keeping their student body indoors, with…
Read MoreHellooo, Mr. Rattler! Leaving Lafayette Soon?
Some neighbors in Lafayette are keeping a close eye on a very healthy, apparently well-fed rattlesnake chowing down on the Vole population near their home. We’re not giving the precise location to protect both the animal and the homeowners but we would like to say they are to be praised for their level-headed approach to…
Read MoreFatal Auto Vs. Pedestrian Collision On Moraga Road In Lafayette Monday
A pedestrian struck by a passing truck in the area of Moraga Road at Moraga Boulevard Monday died from injuries suffered in that collision. The victim, identified as Sui Yuen, 60, of Lafayette, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek immediately after the collision occurred at 1:31 p.m., but was later pronounced…
Read MoreOne Dead, Two Injured In Pleasant Hill Crash Saturday
One man died and another was seriously injured in a rollover crash reported at Taylor Boulevard and Withers Avenue – near Dinosaur Hill – in the city of Pleasant Hill Saturday. Taylor Boulevard remains closed as this is written (12:28 p.m.) as officers investigate the cause of the crash. Pleasant Hill police and the California…
Read MoreSkeletal Remains Found In Moraga Traced To Missing Lafayette Man
Skeletal remains discovered by a hiker and recovered by Moraga police and county evidence technicians in a remote region on the Moraga/Lafayette border have been identified as those of a Lafayette man reported by his family as missing in 1998. Moraga Police Chief Jon King said the skeletal remains, found in the open space east…
Read MoreCounty Fire Investigators Make Arrest In Serial Arson Case
Contra Costa Fire announced Saturday morning that they have arrested of a Pittsburg man in connection with a string of arson fires that have hit multiple cities throughout Contra Costa County. Here’s an announcement from Contra Costa Fire: Just before 1:00 am this morning, Contra Costa County Fire Investigators in cooperation with a Deputy District…
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