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Cannabis Delivery Goes Badly In Danville Sunday

Unofficial word on the street is that a marijuana delivery in the parking lot of Greenbrook Elementary School, 1475 Harlan Drive in Danville, went badly for the delivery driver Sunday after he was confronted by three men who relieved him of his wares after one allegedly struck him in the face. Police declined to discuss…

The Monday Fumble – Stuff We Know, And Things We Don’t

Our title today alludes to the resumption of football season and associated interest in all things football – which is America’s sport after all, isn’t it? Or is it? We don’t watch much anymore and had to be informed that the San Franci… Santa Clara Forty Niners (we can’t keep up) had clawed their way…

Two Dead, Three Seriously Injured In Walnut Creek DUI Crash Sunday

Two teens were killed and three others seriously injured in an early-morning crash in Walnut Creek Sunday – an incident California Highway Patrol investigators said was caused when an intoxicated teen driver lost control of her car. The driver, 18-year-old Ramya Ramey of Antioch, was seriously injured in the crash, according to police. She was transported…

Alamo Car Burglars Trigger A Home Surveillance Camera; Image Captured For Posterity

If you read us regularly you know that car burglaries are especially prevalent right now, with roving groups of thieves picking off computers and musical instruments and a whole bunch more as people sleep. A reader in Alamo sent us this photo of a crew at work, telling us three guys in a sedan were…

Palo Alto Shooting Suspect Arrested In Danville Wednesday

A 37-year-old man police say was being sought for a shooting incident outside a Palo Alto Safeway store was arrested by police in Danville Wednesday evening. The suspect, a Henderson, Nevada man whose name was not immediately given, was spotted driving a black pickup truck in the 500 block of Danville Boulevard at about 6:22…

Bay Area Pacific Union Realtors Killed In Santa Ana Plane Crash Sunday

Five people killed in a plane crash Sunday afternoon in Santa Ana were Bay Area realtors and consultants headed to a conference in Southern California when their Cessna lost power and crashed into a Santa Ana parking lot. Associates and friends have identified all five victims as Pacific Union agents bound for a Tom Ferry…

The Sunday Rumble

It has only been a few days since we heard of the public caning of gay men in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and – while we believe we have enough issues to remedy right here at home – we also could not help but note that the very region mentioned was rocked by a thunderous 7.0…

Short Police Pursuit Of Suspected Package Thieves Ends In Moraga Way Crash; Search In Canyon

Police believed to be on the trail of suspected package thieves fell in behind a car on Moraga Way Friday, the driver of that car speeding off, nicking cars on Moraga Way and balancing an apparently freshly stolen push stroller on its roof as stunned motorists looked on. Lamorinda police swarmed into downtown Moraga and…

Pleasanton Police Investigating In-Custody Death

On Wednesday, August 1, at approximately 2:42 p.m., Pleasanton Police patrol officers were dispatched to 5420 Sunol Blvd. regarding a disturbance inside the Raley’s grocery store. Police said a manager from the store called police after observing a white male adult in his thirties acting irrationally, picking up a shopping cart and slamming it to…

Alameda County Fire, Moraga-Orinda Crew Render Honors In Whiskeytown

Ed: This post and series of photos comes to us from Alameda County Fire. If you recognize any of the locals, let us know. The Flag still carries a lot of meaning for many of us – even when it’s flying in the pitch black and over charred and smoking ground: Tonight at the Carr…