Tense Moments After Armed Man Reported At Lafayette BART Sunday

Passengers at Lafayette BART got a little more excitement than they had bargained for Sunday after a woman on an Antioch-bound train reported a man had threatened to shoot her. BART and Lafayette police responded to Platform 1 of the station at approximately 9:35 a.m., arriving to find the train in question stopped. A suspect,…

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Danville Proclaims Local Emergency Due To Storms

From the Town of Danville: Town is preparing for additional storms after flooding December 31. The Town of Danville has proclaimed a local emergency due to severe storms expected this week, following flooding and mudslides after the unprecedented storm on December 31. Acting in the capacity of Director of Emergency Services, Town Manager Joe Calabrigo…

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24/680 Locals Using Tuesday To Prep For Expected Storm

Residents in our service area are using a break between storms to shore up their hillsides, patch their roofs and fill sandbags in advance of a predicted and potentially destructive storm forecast to slam into us on Wednesday. Hit hard by a storm that arrived and lingered over the New Year’s weekend residents battled widespread…

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2023 Arrives In The 24/680 – With Bangs And Sirens

Our brand spanking New Year arrived, rain-washed and crystalline – but not completely untarnished as we humans set about doing what we do: screwing up, mightily. We broke tradition and did not party until our heads pounded, eschewing even our traditional birthday toast to our New Year’s Eve-born ancestor, and ended up working through it…

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Castro Valley Catalytic Converter Caper Ends In Pleasant Hill Wednesday

Four men suspected of firing on a Castro Valley homeowner who interrupted them as they were attempting to steal his catalytic converter fled to the 24/680 early Wednesday before managing to give local officers the slip. The unidentified homeowner was hit twice in the leg, according to information released by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.…

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Woman Flees From Police In Lafayette – Crashes At 24/680 Split

A car stopped by police on eastbound Highway 24 in Lafayette Wednesday abruptly sped away, crashing in the 24/680 interchange and briefly closing the freeway to traffic. The incident was reported shortly after noon after police stopped a gold sedan on eastbound Highway 24 at Pleasant Hill Road. Police gave chase after the car sped…

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Overnight Rescue In Canyon After Driver Rolls Off Road, Down Embankment

After an extended search, a woman was rescued from her car after it plunged off Pinehurst Road west of Canyon early Friday morning. The motorist reportedly notified first responders that she had crashed and was trapped in her car at approximately 2:15 a.m. Friday. Darkness, the remote location and angle of the car following the…

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Fatal Crash On N. Main Street In Walnut Creek Early Saturday; DUI Suspected

A 28-year-old Concord woman was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated following a grinding collision in the 2100 block of N. Main Street early Saturday, a crash that killed one woman and seriously injured a male companion. In a release issued late Saturday, Walnut Creek police said they’d arrested Briana Day of Concord for…

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Alamo Couple Recount Harrowing Details Of Walnut Creek Rolex Robbery

We’re not giving up their names or other identifying details for obvious reasons but we were able to hook up with and debrief an Alamo couple who found themselves staring down the barrel of a shotgun and pistol during a recent robbery in Walnut Creek. We sketched in broad terms an account of their experience…

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