Posts Tagged ‘Lamorinda’
Black 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 MoreNude Thunder-Runner Lights Up The 24/680 Sunday – Social Media Blazing
A man, apparently wanted by Oakland police for a carjacking in their city and apparently driving without benefit of clothing, led a convoy of police on a bizarre chase through the 24/680 and on into Antioch Sunday. The unidentified subject was eventually cornered on a residential street in Antioch, surrounded by police and slowly, we…
Read MoreThunder Runs, Bad Boys And Blackouts – It’s Thursday In The 24/680!
If that “No Rest for the Wicked” adage holds true we must be really, really bad because our candlestick phones are jangling and that newfangled email system we have from the InterWeb has been burning red hot! No sleep for us here in the news bunker. Experience has shown us that news comes in bursts…
Read MoreBurglary Trio Makes Off With Safe From Danville Home Thursday
Danville police are attempting to locate a car and three men suspected of breaking into a home on Claypool Court in their city at around 1:10 p.m. this afternoon, Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing three black males, at least one wearing a full ski mask, leaving a residence on Claypool at that time and getting into…
Read MoreLamorinda Police Detain Four After Strong Arm Robbery In Alamo Saturday
An apparent “electronics grab” in Alamo prompted a coordinated response from San Ramon Valley and Lamorinda police Saturday and ended with a carload of people detained at gunpoint along Highway 24 at Fish Ranch Road. Witnesses contacting this site said three young men entered the Alamo Starbucks, 3225 Danville Blvd., at around 2:30 p.m. Saturday…
Read More“Mule,” The Man With Three Mules, Is Back In The 24/680
He does wear a serape sometimes, but no, he’s not Clint Eastwood. He does roam the West with a broad message for governments trying to fence him – and others weary of unfettered development and growth – in. We know his given name but when we’ve met in the past he just says to call…
Read MoreFriday Morning Police Pursuit Through Lamorinda Ends In Orinda Crash; Two Arrested
Two people were arrested after a morning police pursuit ended in a crash on westbound Highway 24 approaching the Wilder exit, startled residents contacting this site as the latest incident to rock the 24/680 unfolded. Police fell in behind a black Lexus with paper plates cruising the area of Mt. Diablo at Dewing in Lafayette,…
Read MoreRogue Contractor Extradited Back To California; Alleged Victims Await Court Appearance
A renegade contractor-landscaper who allegedly bilked victims from Lamorinda to San Jose out of tens of thousands of dollars has been returned to California after his arrest in Medford, Oregon last month. Authorities in Medford said Adan Contreras-Rivas was engaged in a fraudulent landscaping enterprise when he was arrested in their city last month. Allegations that…
Read MoreLamorinda Police Arrest Three Concord Residents In Connection With Recent Cat Burglaries
Lamorinda police have arrested three Concord residents in connection with a string of recent “cat burglaries” which set Lamorinda residents on edge. Investigators released details of the arrests early Saturday. Officers investigated a series of burglaries and prowling incidents the morning of March 1, with most of the incidents concentrated along the Lafayette/Moraga border. Officers…
Read MoreMonday Musings From 4,000… 3,600 Feet: Dump Trucks And A Window Popping?
Good morrrrrrniiinggg, Ground Huggers! It’s me, Trixie, behind the stick of the famous NEWS24/680 Sopwith and in the air again where I belong! I know it has been a long time. Directly over the junction of our two freeways and on the lookout for traffic jams and Thunder Runners dodging those newfangled license plate reading…
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