Posts Tagged ‘Walnut Creek California’
Fuego Tequila Bar Slapped With Liquor License Suspension
The bar scene at Fuego Tequila Grill will be curtailed indefinitely since the business was served a liquor license suspension for violating the Beverage Control Act on March 5. Notices of the suspension went up just recently with no word from the owner as to next steps. When a business’s liquor license is suspended, it…
Read More“And He’s Dowwwn…” – WCPD Officers Wrap Subject Carefully After BART Scrum
Walnut Creek Police apply restrictive wrap, spit guard, and protective helmet to a combative in-custody suspect at the Walnut Creek Bart Station, Walnut Creek, Calif. on October 8th, 2023. Sunday’s football game was wrapping up when WCPD officers were called to the station to deal with a feisty subject who apparently didn’t appreciate their presence…
Read MoreRetail Juggernauts Nordstrom And Apple Pay For Policing By Walnut Creek PD Officers
Faithful readers know we have been semi-documenting the blitz-style retail thefts impacting local businesses for some time, with brazen thievery triggering angry responses from store owners and private citizens for whom the experience has become so commonplace. Well-heeled local businesses are taking steps to make themselves less attractive targets – with the Walnut Creek City…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD Search For Suspect After Attempted Homicide In Civic Park Monday
Walnut Creek police are investigating an early-morning assault that took place in Civic Park Monday. In a press release, police said they received a 911 call at 5:36 a.m. from someone reporting that a man appeared to be injured, locating the victim in the gazebo at Civic Park. Officers arrived on scene and found the…
Read MoreEight Candidates Running For Three Walnut Creek Council Seats
At the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, the City of Walnut Creek will have three City Council seats up for election, those currently held by Mayor Loella Haskew (completing her 2nd term), Mayor Pro Tem Kevin Wilk (completing his 1st term) and Councilmember Justin Wedel (completing his 2nd term). Mayors in Walnut Creek are…
Read MoreWalnut Creek PD Nabs Suspected Purse Pickers
Residents of our little suburban slice of heaven reacted with anger and emotion after the September 9 theft of a wallet from an elderly woman shopping in a Walnut Creek Safeway store. Footage from store video cameras detailed how two women brazenly identified, stalked, and then victimized an older woman as she shopped – totally…
Read MoreEight Year Old Hit, Severely Injured Across From Foothill Middle School In Walnut Creek Wednesday
We Flashed our Walnut Creek subscribers Wednesday evening after we learned of a vehicle versus child collision at Cedro Lane and Cafeto in Walnut Creek and have learned that the child was severely injured in that crash. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman Robert Marshall confirmed our version of the account Thursday, saying the…
Read MoreHot Town, Summer In The City Back Of My Neck Getting Dirty And Gritty…
Things are heating up in the 24/680, as this reader-submitted photo from Dorene Kirsten will attest. “Small” fire brewed up in the center median of Olympic Boulevard at Alpine Road in Walnut Creek a little after 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, and it took some guys with a really big red truck to put it out.
Read MorePost-Chase Wrapup: CHP Puts A Period On Wednesday’s Pursuit, Capture In Walnut Creek
Our Flash subscribers and Facebook followers got most of this as it was happening last night but CHP Contra Costa has updated last night’s pursuit and eventual capture in Walnut Creek: From CHP Contra Costa Last night at about 8:25pm, a Contra Costa CHP unit observed a Silver 2005 Toyota Corolla at a high rate…
Read MoreTrio Assaults OC Watch Company In Walnut Creek, Maces Employee
Two men, wearing construction vests and hard hats, stormed the OC Watch Company at 1507 Cypress Thursday afternoon, maced an employee and brandished a baseball bat at others. A third suspect, who was also in construction gear, waited outside the store. Upon entering the store, one of the suspects handed the store owner a clipboard…
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