I’m sure some opponents of Walnut Creek allowing a medical marijuana dispensary in town are frothing at this local news: How a shooting erupted in Concord Sunday… Read more “Marijuana Paranoia: Our perplexing attitudes about pot and crime, but what about crime and that other socially acceptable mind-altering substance?”
Category: Suburban Crime
Jaycee apparently says: Garrido didn’t molest my daughters
This is one key question many of us have wondered about but have probably thought too indelicate to ask, at least publicly. After all, we’re wondering about… Read more “Jaycee apparently says: Garrido didn’t molest my daughters”
The mystery of why Joe Loudon died deepens, and his family is not going to "let it pass."
The family of Joe Loudon, the 16-year-old Miramonte High sophomore who collapsed at an Orinda party on May 23 and died, received more heartbreak this week. It… Read more “The mystery of why Joe Loudon died deepens, and his family is not going to "let it pass."”
Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective
The City Council agreed at its meeting Tuesday night to allow 1515 Restaurant Bar and Lounge to extend its hours to 1 a.m. after hearing from Tony… Read more “Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective”
New information (?) emerges in Ilene Misheloff’s abduction as police search Garrido’s home in unsolved cases
In the official, public version of Ilene Misheloff’s disappearance, she was seen leaving her Dublin middle school on the afternoon of January 30, 1989. And then she… Read more “New information (?) emerges in Ilene Misheloff’s abduction as police search Garrido’s home in unsolved cases”
As police search Garrido’s home in other child abductions, more suspicious activity reported around Walnut Creek school kids
UPDATE: School officials warn of suspicious activity around Walnut Acres Elementary and Walnut Creek Intermediate and in the Parkmead Elementary area. Claycord.com reports that the principal of… Read more “As police search Garrido’s home in other child abductions, more suspicious activity reported around Walnut Creek school kids”
UPDATE: Missing Walnut Creek man, 77, found
UPDATE 9 a.m. Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department spokesman confirms what some readers had reported on Claycord.com–that George Estes had been found alive and well. Monday Night: The… Read more “UPDATE: Missing Walnut Creek man, 77, found”
Walnut Creek once again bucks the trend–by seeing a rise in crime in 2008 when crime falls most everywhere else
Nationally, statewide, and in Contra Costa County, unemployment, interest rates, and stress are on the rise. However, crime rates are not on the rise in most of… Read more “Walnut Creek once again bucks the trend–by seeing a rise in crime in 2008 when crime falls most everywhere else”
Suspicious pair, targeting kids, spotted around Walnut Creek middle school
School and police officials in Walnut Creek are warning parents in our town to be wary of a suspicious seen lurking around our schools, most recently around… Read more “Suspicious pair, targeting kids, spotted around Walnut Creek middle school”
English teacher to be arraigned on felony charges involving sex with 17-year-old former student
Got word a little while ago that Mark Christopher Litton, the 33-year-old English teacher at Orinda’s Miramonte High, will be arraigned Tuesday on felony charges. Litton, who… Read more “English teacher to be arraigned on felony charges involving sex with 17-year-old former student”
Crazy in Suburbia 