Posts Tagged ‘NEWS24/680’
Freeway Shooting Incident Runs From 24/680 To Pittsburg; Suspect Apprehended
From the California Highway Patrol: On Saturday October 28, 2017, at approximately 11:23 PM, CHP – Contra Costa Area officers were notified by dispatch that a concerned citizen had reported seeing a white Nissan pickup truck (license plate 97614H2) with a white male passenger with a handgun firing gunshots out of the vehicle, near I-680…
Read MoreRecent Fires In Lafayette, Pleasant Hill Caused By Cigarettes, Investigators Say
Despite the nearly constant presence of smoke from raging wildfires to our North and constant messages of caution from local fire professionals it appears the cause of two recent fires has been attributed to “improperly discarded smoking material.” News that a Sunday night blaze at the Lafayette Reservoir and a $1.1 million blaze at the…
Read MoreOne Dead, Five Injured In Highway 4 Crash In Pittsburg Wednesday
One person was killed and five others injured in a sprawling chain-reaction crash on Highway 4 in Pittsburg Wednesday morning. CHP Officer Brandon Correia said the crash was reported at 8:01 a.m. on Highway 4 just west of Railroad Avenue. First responders arriving on the scene found evidence of two separate crashes with seven cars…
Read MoreBogus “Nurse” Wanted For Thefts From Assisted Living Homes In Moraga And Orinda Arrested Tuesday
A woman wanted for posing as a nurse to enter assisted living facilities in Moraga and Orinda was arrested by a US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force unit Tuesday in Antioch, Moraga Police Chief Jon King said Thursday. Antoinique Bryant, 29, was taken into custody and booked into the county jail in Martinez on an…
Read MoreOwner Of Lafayette’s Cross Hill Offers A Chunk Of The Local Landmark To The City – As A Park
A sizable portion of the landmark hill bearing homemade crosses and the names of service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan could become Lafayette’s newest parkland if a deal proposed by the landowner comes to pass. Owner Charles Clark wrote the city council Sept. 7 and proposed that 2.6 acres of his family’s 5-acre parcel…
Read MoreInvestigators Find Car Taken During Armed Robbery/Carjacking In Unincorporated Pleasant Hill
UPDATE to an earlier NEWS24/680 Flash Alert: On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at about 7:35 p.m., Deputy Sheriffs responded to a report of an armed robbery in the 200 block of Tono Lane in unincorporated Pleasant Hill. The victim, a 67-year-old man, told deputies a suspect forced his way into his apartment, robbed him, and…
Read MoreDeputy Opens Fire On Suspect In Pacheco Saturday; Two Injured In Ensuing Chase
Two people were treated for minor injuries suffered after a wrong-way chase ended in a head-on crash on the flyover from northbound I680 to Pacheco Boulevard at around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. In a statement released Sunday, a sheriff’s spokesman reported that deputies were dispatched to a suspicious circumstance/possible burglary call in the area of Actriz…
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 MoreWalnut Creek City Worker Saves Tree-Topping Kitty Cat!
There was a bit of aerial derring-do on N. Main Street in Walnut Creek Tuesday as kind-hearted onlookers discussed the best ways to bring down a mewling scaredy cat who had sought refuge in the top of a tree. Fire Department passed. The Old Tuna Can at the bottom of the Tree, Leave Cat Alone…
Read MoreLocals Buzzing About Rossmoor Bank Robbery Monday
Witnesses contacting this site said three men – who announced to customers and bank employees that they were armed – robbed the Wells Fargo bank branch at Rossmoor Monday, ordering customers to the floor and escaping with a “small” but unspecified amount of money. Information obtained by NEWS24/680 is that the three, who witnesses said…
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