Walnut Creek T-Mobile Store Held Up Sunday; PD Searching For Suspect

A lone gunman robbed the T-Mobile store in the 2300 block of Oak Grove Road Sunday, apparently making off with cash and a bag of electronics. Police are maneuvering in their search for the suspect. He is described as a white or Hispanic male wearing a black hoodie, black pants, sunglasses and mask. He was…

Read More

Area Flags Come Down To Half Staff As Shasta County Fire Claims Lives

Flags at local fire stations and civic building have been ordered flown at half staff Friday as wildfires burning in Northern California claimed the lives of two firefighters and are showing no sign of slowing down. The Carr Fire in Shasta County has so far burned 44,450 acres of timber and has blown through neighborhoods…

Read More

The Sunday Mumble

Here we are, our Merry Band, in the grip of Summer and a cresting news cycle. Saturday was a day of new records following a week of new records here at NEWS24/680 with record reader visitation (we thought everyone was out of town), a record number of News Flashes going out to record numbers of…

Read More

Man Shot To Death In El Sobrante Wednesday

UPDATE: Homicide Detectives from the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Investigation Division have arrested two suspects in connection with Wednesday’s murder in El Sobrante. The suspects were identified as 22-year-old Anthony Gaines of Richmond and 57-year old Judy Barkas of El Sobrante. Both have been booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on murder and…

Read More

Pup Commandeers Walnut Creek Police Car – Gives Officer A Tonguelashing

Walnut Creek police are trying to reunite a lovely and, apparently, highly affectionate pup with its rightful owner after the animal sought refuge in Officer Akers’ car in town yesterday and let him know in dog language that she was lost. No word if the department’s uniform policy covers excessive drooling but Officer Akers got…

Read More

Reader Questions Cause Of Fatal Tree Failure On I680

Editor: I write regarding your June 11th account of a fatal crash on Interstate 680 which left an apparently well-respected physician dead after a tree planted alongside the freeway crashed into her car as she was driving north. While this is indeed a tragic and unfortunate occurrence and our hearts go out to the victim…

Read More

Danville: 100 Mph Chase On Camino Tassajara Ends In Crash

A brief but high-speed chase on Camino Tassajara in Danville ended in a grinding collision at Glasgow Drive Saturday, police quickly shutting down the roadway to aid in debris removal and their further investigation. Danville Police Chief Allan Shields said the incident began at 2:58 p.m. when Automated License Plate Reader cameras sent out a…

Read More

Walnut Creek Man Killed In Martinez Freeway Crash Friday

A Walnut Creek man was killed Friday when his car veered off SR4 at the Alhambra Road off ramp and slid into a tree. California Highway Patrol investigators said their initial findings indicate that a 1994 Honda Civic traveling west with a single male driver aboard was approaching the off ramp at an undetermined speed…

Read More