Posts Tagged ‘NEWS24/680’
Mountain Lion Spotted On Woodside Drive In Lafayette Wednesday
Lafayette police advised residents of their city of a mountain lion sighted in the 3300 block of Woodside Drive near Hidden Valley Wednesday. Police advise residents not to panic, to secure access to outbuildings and to bring pets indoors. Contact police dispatch at 925.284.5010 if you are lucky enough to observe the cat, but don’t…
Read MoreLafayette Police Investigating Daylight Burglary On Leland Drive Tuesday
A Lafayette resident who left her Leland Drive residence for a short time Tuesday returned to find that the home had been burglarized while she was gone. Police were summoned to the 1000 block of Leland at 12:41 p.m. The resident reported they had arrived home approximately five minutes earlier and found the glass from…
Read MoreThe View From Here: Smoky Daze; Joy Riders; And Cougar Juice
Life in our chosen Suburban Jungle cruises on with people trying to hook up, Skywatchers trying to look up – and seeing a hovering haze – and youthful paramours doing what kids do today: borrowing Dad’s car and leading police on a white-knuckled tour of San Ramon. We get a lot of tips and inquiries…
Read MoreSaturday Morning Murder In Downtown Walnut Creek Stuns Residents
Walnut Creek police are looking for a gunman they say fired several shots into another man as he was leaving a local nightclub at Locust and Cypress streets at 1:28 a.m. Saturday – a virtually unprecedented act of gun violence in the very heart of the city. Investigators reported that their dispatch center received reports of several shots…
Read MoreSan Ramon Senior Care Technician Arrested, Booked For Stealing Patient’s Jewelry
Police in San Ramon have announced the arrest last week of a 61-year-old Mountain House resident in connection with the theft of $5,000 worth of jewelry from a 95-year-old resident under her care. Investigators said they received information earlier in the week that someone had made off with the patient’s belongings. Through the use of surveillance…
Read MoreBlackhawk Man Re-Arrested; Torture, Elder Abuse Charges Added
A Blackhawk resident arrested Monday for murdering his wife and released after making bail has been re-arrested – with new charges added – and is currently in custody on $2.1 million bail. John Tercheria, 69, was arrested the day after sheriff’s deputies found him in the Quail Run home he shared with his wife Linda Marie…
Read MoreSheriff Arrests Husband Of Woman Found Dead In Blackhawk Sunday
UPDATED Aug. 8, 11:45 a.m. with arrest, bail determination Sheriff’s investigators have arrested the husband of a 69-year-old woman found dead in her home on the 4300 block of Quail Run Lane in Blackhawk Sunday – and booked him on suspicion of her murder. Detectives arrested 69-year-old John Tercheria for the murder of his wife Linda Marie Tercheria, also 69. Tercheria is currently…
Read MoreCalling All Armchair Detectives/Car Experts: What Year And Model Is This Honda?
Chief Eric Christensen and the folks at Lafayette PD are running hard and working several cases so far this month, and the chief reached out to NEWS24/680 readers for a little help ID’ing a car used in a crime recently. The chief said a white male and a black male entered the Lafayette 7-Eleven store…
Read MoreMajor Injury Crash Briefly Closes Southbound I-680 Tuesday
One person was seriously injured in a high speed crash off southbound I-680 near Bollinger Canyon Road Tuesday, the crash closing the Interstate for about half an hour as a CalStar air ambulance was brought in to evacuate the injured driver. The incident was reported at about 1:50 p.m., with motorists reporting a white pickup…
Read MoreMorning Dispatches – “Turn, Jimmy, Turn!”
Just pecking out a few lines before things begin in earnest here in the 24/680, in the trenches armed with the morning latte and thinking about what newsgathering was like before the age of smart phones and Dick Tracy wrist radios. The NEWS24/680 Sopwith is in the hanger for repairs so we’re hugging the ground this…
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