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Pick-N-Pull Auto Dismantlers To Pay $2.5 Million For Environmental Violations

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton announced today (Friday, March 11) that the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office, together with 13 other California District Attorneys have agreed to a $2.5 million dollar settlement with Pick-N-Pull over the company’s illegal disposal of hazardous waste…

Cop Tech: “This Is Car 54 – Preparing To Launch The Probe…”

We’re old enough to remember the times when police and press were at least in sympathy with each others’ needs and the press tip toed around advancements in police technology so they’d at least have a sporting chance against a criminal element determined to outwit them. Public Safety was the over-arching interest, after all. Those…

WCPD Stop Uncovers Tools Of The Cat Converter Theft Trade; Crew Arrested

So many victims of the recent rash of catalytic converter thefts in the 24/680 said they were first tipped that their vehicle was under attack when they heard the sound of a reciprocating saw at work under their vehicle. By the time most folks rub the sleep out of their eyes and get a robe…

Officer-Involved Shooting Public Report: Richmond Police Officers Lawfully Shot Man In 2019

From the Office of the District Attorney: Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office concludes Richmond Police Department officers lawfully shot and killed Luc Ciel in 2019. The DA’s Office released a public report about the shooting today. No charges will be filed against the officers and the Office’s criminal investigation has…

Pleasanton PD Investigate Deaths Of Pair Found In Car Saturday

Pleasanton police investigators are attempting to determine how two people found dead in a car near the I-580 sound wall Saturday met their end. Officers responding to the area of Pimlico Drive near the sound wall at 9:45 a.m. Saturday expected to find one person a caller had said appeared to have been deceased inside.…

Shaking Off The Beat – And Listening To People We Meet

Back in the bad old days, the boys and girls with ink in their bloodstreams would depart the newsroom for a night walk around town, currying favor with doormen, nightclub owners, cab drivers, cops and semi-respectable ladies of the evening who knew where the “bodies were buried.” Some referred to them as “buzzer nights” –…