Posts Tagged ‘Starbucks’
The Monday Memo: Coffeeshop Withdrawals; Samurai Slasher; And Our Covid Winter
Powering through our communal Covid Winter and about to fire up The News Bunker’s Breville Java dispenser for a much-needed morning bump, listening to our messages and getting a sense of how things are going. If we had to sum up the prevailing mood, we’d go with: Worried and Cautiously Waiting. We know those who…
Read MoreRegistered Sex Offender Arrested At Walnut Creek Starbucks Monday; Investigators Seeking Info
Walnut Creek Police officers contacted and arrested a registered sex offender, recently paroled from State Prison, at Starbucks, 1340 N. Main St., at around 3:30 p.m. Monday and they’re asking the public for help in locating any potential victims. The unidentified subject was seen contacting juvenile females at the location, asking for their personal information,…
Read MoreSuspected Coffeehouse Laptop Thieves Arrested In Dublin; Charged Monday
On Saturday, May 30, 2018, a victim had a laptop computer forcefully stolen while he sat inside the Starbucks located in the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center at 4930 Dublin Boulevard. A similar theft occurred again on June 6 and June 8, 2018 at Starbucks locations in Hacienda Crossings and the Persimmon Place Shopping Center at…
Read MoreCoffee Shop Thieves Snatch Purse From Lafayette Starbucks Customer Wednesday
Lafayette police are investigating the latest in a current string of thefts from area coffee shops – this time after a purse was taken from its owner at a Starbucks location in the 3300 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the coffee shop at 2:29 p.m., learning that a thief…
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…
Read MoreHeroin Overdose In Orinda Starbucks Sunday Spotlights Recent Influx Of Young Users
NEWS24/680 readers who were present at the time expressed their shock and concern Sunday after a 17-year-old teen was discovered in the bathroom at the Theater Square Starbucks – unconscious and with a heroin needle still in his arm. Orinda Police Chief Mark Nagel confirmed an account of the incident posted on our Facebook page…
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