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A suspect who was armed with a gun robbed a man of his backpack in downtown Berkeley early Saturday morning, police said.
The victim, a man in his 30s, was walking in the area of Channing Way and Fulton Street just south of the University of California at Berkeley campus at about 12:15 a.m. on Saturday when the armed suspect approached him, ... » Read More
A 31-year-old Hayward man who died in a triple shooting in East Palo Alto on Saturday night has been identified by the San Mateo County coroner's office as Mychael Edward Tillman.
The shooting, which killed Tillman and injured two women, was reported just before midnight in the 1400 block of Kavanaugh Drive, police said. Read More
Bryman College today closed BioHealth College in San Jose and its other for-profit colleges in Hayward, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose, according to the California Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education.
Staff members of the bureau, which regulates private colleges in the state, were made available this morning to assist students of the... » Read More
The San Jose Police Department's bomb squad disposed of an explosive device found at a recycling facility in the northern part of the city this afternoon, a police spokesman said.
The device was reported at about 2 p.m. at a facility in the 1000 block of Timothy Drive, San Jose police spokesman Officer Albert Morales said.
A major injury collision is blocking Paseo Padre Parkway in both directions between Grimmer Boulevard and Mission View Drive in Fremont this evening, police said.
A car collided into a 15-year-old boy on Paseo Padre Parkway near Lake Elizabeth around 4:50 p.m., according to police.
The boy suffered major injuries and was transported to a trauma center for... » Read More
An elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease who went missing from his El Cerrito home early this morning has been found safe.
Louis Falcon, 81, was reported missing after he was last seen at his home on Sonoma Avenue around 2:45 a.m. A neighbor's surveillance camera later recorded him walking on Sonoma Avenue toward Barrett Avenue, police ... » Read More
Three people were shot in two incidents in Oakland today, according to police.
A male and female victim were both shot near the corner of 67th and Bancroft avenues just before 3 p.m., police spokeswoman Officer Johnna Watson said.
Watson did not disclose their condition or any information about possible suspects.
About 100 PG&E customers remain without power this evening after an equipment failure knocked out electricity to about 1,400 PG&E customers in San Carlos this afternoon, a utility spokesman said.
Shortly before 4 p.m. today, just under 1,400 PG&E customers lost power due to an equipment failure in an aboveground vault, PG&E spokesman Jason King said.
A man suspected of murdering another man in a Budget Inn in Hayward last month has been arrested in Las Vegas, police said today.
Pedro Cruz, 34, has been charged in the murder of Carlos Cetina, 24, who was found dead in a motel room at the Budget Inn at 21598 Foothill Blvd. in Hayward on June 5 at about 11:50 a.m., according to Hayward police. Read More
A 71-year-old Oakland woman was killed and four other people were injured in a two-car crash on southbound Interstate Highway 880 in Hayward on Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported at 9:08 a.m. on the highway near Marina Boulevard, according to CHP Officer Leonel Tirona.
A 36-year-old carpenter pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting of a tattoo artist in Oakland four years ago.
Michael R. Smith Jr. is charged in connection with the death of 45-year-old Montago Bey Joshua, of Hayward, who was shot in the 1000 block of MacArthur Boulevard at about 11:30 a.m. on July 30, 2010, and... » Read More
A man who was electrocuted while allegedly trying to strip copper wiring from an abandoned warehouse in West Oakland last Wednesday night has been identified as 40-year-old Aaron Madacsi.
An Alameda County Coroner's spokesman said Madacsi didn't have a permanent address.
He died at about 8:30 p.m. last Wednesday while he was apparently... » Read More
A suspected shoplifter stabbed a security guard who chased him out of a grocery store in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood this morning, a police spokesman said.
A man believed to be carrying stolen merchandise walked out of the store in the 600 block of Stanyan Street at about 8:20 a.m., police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said. A... » Read More
The driver of a vehicle involved in a crash that killed him and two other family members on state Highway 1 in the Sea Ranch area of Sonoma County last month had alcohol in his system, California Highway Patrol officials said today.
Jhovani Gonzalez-Marquez, 18, of Gualala, was driving a 1996 Acura Integra too fast through a right curve... » Read More
The San Jose Police Department's bomb squad has responded this afternoon to a suspicious device found at a recycling facility in the northern part of the city, a police spokesman said.
The device was reported at 2:04 p.m. at a facility in the 1000 block of Timothy Drive, San Jose police spokesman Officer Albert Morales said.
Police in Richmond are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who earlier this month robbed an 87-year-old woman and pushed her to the ground, leaving her with a broken hip.
The robbery happened around 6:45 p.m. on July 5 when the victim was withdrawing money at an ATM at the Mechanics Bank at 4 W. Richmond Ave. in the Point... » Read More
Illegal fireworks sparked a blaze that burned about half an acre of vegetation near the Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek over the weekend, a fire official said today.
Crews were dispatched to the fire around 11:50 p.m. Saturday on Valley Vista Road near the golf course, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall of the Contra Costa County Fire... » Read More
A man tried to hold up a South San Francisco bank on Saturday but, aside from some complimentary coffee and cookies, all he got was a stay in jail, police said today.
The suspect, later identified as Bryan Jensen, 42, walked into the Wells Fargo at 333 Linden Ave. at about 10 a.m. Saturday and had free coffee and cookies before walking... » Read More
A fire broke out early this morning at a vacant home in North Richmond that was apparently being used by homeless people and was damaged in at least one prior blaze, fire officials said today.
Crews responded around 3 a.m. to the home in the 400 block of Market Avenue and found smoke coming from the boarded-up building, according to... » Read More
The father of an infant boy who died in the back seat of the man's SUV in April "made a terrible mistake" but will not face criminal charges, Santa Clara County prosecutors said today.
The boy's father, identified only as "Mr. Hernandez," was by witness accounts an attentive father, had no history of child abuse or neglect and the April 16... » Read More
The city of Oakland, the East Bay Municipal Utility District and six other East Bay cities have reached an agreement with federal environmental regulators to prevent sewage overflows and spills into the San Francisco Bay, officials said today.
The clean water agreement, which calls for updating aging sewer infrastructure, is in the form... » Read More
A police officer shot and injured a man who resisted being detained in Antioch this morning, according to police.
The shooting was reported at 8:51 a.m. at a home in the 4100 block of Folsom Drive, said Fire Marshal Robert Marshall of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
San Bruno officials called on Gov. Jerry Brown today to remove California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey from office, alleging that recently disclosed emails show "illegal and illicit" private communications with PG&E.
The commission is conducting three proceedings investigating PG&E's role in a 2010 natural-gas pipeline explosion that killed eight... » Read More
San Bruno officials called on Gov. Jerry Brown today to remove California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey from office, alleging that recently disclosed emails show "illegal and illicit" private communications with PG&E.
The commission is conducting three proceedings investigating PG&E's role in a 2010 natural-gas pipeline... » Read More
A man who died early Thursday in a car crash on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in Santa Clara has been identified as 42-year-old James Ruddy, of Connecticut, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.
Ruddy, a resident of Bantam, Connecticut, was a passenger in a black 2010 BMW 355i driving north on Highway 101 near Great... » Read More
Several residents were displaced after a fire damaged their Antioch home early this morning, a fire captain said.
The one-alarm fire was reported at 2:38 a.m. at a house on Randolph Court, where arriving crews found residents outside, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Capt. George Laing.
A man accused of torturing a puppy to death in front of his 4-year-old daughter pleaded no contest to child endangerment charges in Redwood City on Friday in exchange for no more than three years in prison, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
Alan Velete, 32, also pleaded no contest to violating his probation for... » Read More
The California Highway Patrol arrested a Pacifica woman Sunday evening on suspicion of DUI and child endangerment after she fled officers at 90 mph on U.S. Highway 101 in Marin County, a CHP officer said.
Ana Soledad Lopez, 32, was driving on southbound Highway 101 near the Marinwood Avenue off-ramp around 5:30 p.m., CHP Officer Andrew... » Read More
One person was wounded in a police shooting in Antioch this morning, according to police and fire officials.
The shooting was reported at 8:51 a.m. at a home in the 4100 block of Folsom Drive, said Fire Marshal Robert Marshall of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
One person was taken to John Muir Medical Center with injuries.
A pedestrian killed late Friday on Interstate Highway 680 in San Jose was 74-year-old Pablo Zaavedra-Perez, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.
Zaavedra-Perez, of San Jose, was walking in a lane of northbound Highway 680 near Capitol Expressway when a car struck him at about 11:05 p.m., according to the California... » Read More
Police are asking for the public's help in finding an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease who went missing from his El Cerrito home early this morning.
Louis Falcon, 81, was last seen at his home on Sonoma Avenue around 2:45 a.m. and a neighbor's surveillance camera later recorded him walking on Sonoma Avenue toward Barrett Avenue... » Read More
The Sonoma County coroner's office has identified a kayaker who drowned in the Russian River in west Sonoma County on Saturday afternoon as 23-year-old Edgar Mejia of Santa Rosa.
Witnesses called 911 around 4 p.m. after the kayak capsized west of the Casini Ranch Family Campground at 22855 Moscow Road in Duncans Mills. The caller said... » Read More
Antioch City Councilman Gary Agopian died early this morning at the age of 57 after a nearly yearlong battle with cancer, according to family members and colleagues.
"Gary, my husband, best friend, and father to Heather, Corey and Jason took his last breath," the councilman's wife, Robin Lane Agopian, wrote today on the Pray for Gary Agopian... » Read More
All lanes of westbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore have reopened this morning after a big-rig carrying about 45,000 pounds of bananas and other fruit overturned earlier today, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
The crash was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on westbound Highway 580 near Greenville Road involving a truck carrying... » Read More
Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo (RTR4C) - a nonprofit organization devoted to transforming chemotherapy rooms into a renewal of health, hope and life has announced its Inaugural Gala to be held Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, California. All proceeds will go towards supporting the mission of RTR4C. » Read More
Danville, CA -- Results Realty Group, East Bay, a premium full service Real Estate service for the discerning client, and Claire Sheperdson, a Real Estate professional who has a keen understanding of the unique needs of affluent buyers and sellers, announced a long-term strategic partnership to... » Read More
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Danville, CA -- Results Realty Group, East Bay, a premium full service Real Estate service for the discerning client, and Claire Sheperdson, a Real Estate professional who has a keen understanding of the unique needs of affluent buyers and sellers, announced a long-term strategic partnership to... » Read More
Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo (RTR4C) - a nonprofit organization devoted to transforming chemotherapy rooms into a renewal of health, hope and life has announced its Inaugural Gala to be held Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco, California. All proceeds will go towards supporting the mission of RTR4C. » Read More
Many interesting, important, and influential people have lived in Danville. From a famous American playwright, to an astronaut, numerous athletes, and even heroes, these folks were either born here or drawn to Danville’s beauty and small town atmosphere.
Larry Allen – A former American football guard who played in the NFL for fourteen seasons. He played for the Dallas... » Read More
For some cars are just a way to get from Point A to Point B, but at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, they are “rolling sculptures”. The combination of beautiful classic car displays and educational enrichment make the museum the must-see destination for any automobile enthusiast, or anyone with a love of art, technology, culture and history.
In addition to the... » Read More
What once carried massive locomotives transporting people and produce, the Iron Horse Regional Trail is now the most popular way to bike, walk, run and rollerblade in and around downtown, or on to other East Bay destinations.
Danville townspeople use the 20-foot wide, paved trail daily as a way to exercise, walk their dogs, relax, and visit downtown shops and cafes. On weekends... » Read More
The decaying Danville Hotel Wild West buildings are facing the wrecking ball sometime in October 2013, to be replaced with 35,000 square feet of new retail, office, and residential spaces, according to city officials. Two important downtown historical buildings—the hotel itself and the adjoining McCauley House on Hartz Avenue—will be renovated as part of the plan.
The rest... » Read More
Danville, CA has a rich history stretching back to the pioneer and Gold Rush days of California’s infancy. Thanks to an ongoing civic pride in their community and the dedication of many history-minded residents, Danville now boasts an impressive and educational Historic Walking Tour in the downtown area that commemorates its past and the characters and institutions that have helped... » Read More
Nestled in the western hills above Danville is one of its more unique and distinguished landmarks, the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site. The great American playwright Eugene O’Neill, winner of four Pulitzer Prizes and the Nobel Prize, and his wife, Carlotta, lived in their beloved Tao House on that site from 1937 to 1944.
The O’Neill’s built the home on 158... » Read More
The keeper of all things historical in Danville is the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, located in the restored Southern Pacific Railroad depot at the corner of Railroad and Prospect avenues in downtown Danville.
Residents devoted to preserving the area’s history incorporated the museum as a nonprofit organization in 1985. The group lovingly restored the depot in the... » Read More
Historically the center of Danville life since 1873, the building that houses The Village Theatre at 233 Front St. continues to serve as the heart of the community through performing arts, visual arts, and special events. The structure has gone through numerous iterations, starting as a one-story farmers’ hall, transforming into a two-story community center, and serving as a movie... » Read More
Then Danville is for you and your pup—the town has a reputation for being super dog friendly. From businesses that cater to pooches and their human companions, to the popular Canine Corral dog park, to an entire evening devoted to dogs called Doggie Night, Danville is perfect for our four-legged friends.
Dogs and their owners are a common sight throughout the downtown area... » Read More
Standing gracefully in the middle of Diablo Road is the town’s most iconic and beloved landmark, the Danville Old Oak Tree. The town’s official symbol is 65-feet tall and estimated to be 350-years-old.
Probably the most cherished event all year is the Lighting of the Old Oak Tree, held every November the Friday evening after Thanksgiving by the Town of Danville and the... » Read More
The Blackhawk Museum located in Danville, CA is a true must-see sight when you are in the East Bay area located just outside of San Francisco and Oakland.The museum spans 70,000 square feet and features automobiles from many different eras. The aim of the museum is to showcase the art, culture, history and technology behind these amazing vehicles.The Blackhawk Museum considers these to be...
Mt. Diablo State Park is a true treasure in California, and its located just outside of Danville, CA.Truly this is a wondrous place boasting the peak of Mt. Diablo that is 3,849 feet high. There...
One of the most popular regular events in Danville, CA is the weekly Farmers Market. This amazing event takes place near Railroad and Prospect streets in Danville.It takes place on Saturdays...
Danville, CA is Community Focused Set just outside of San Francisco in the East Bay area, Danville, CA is a charming community with many great things to do. As part of the San Ramon Valley, Danville is a community-oriented place with excellent schools and many good things for families to do. Danville, CA is also a great place to enjoy the outdoors. It's a community made for walking and riding your bike. It even features a trail that goes through the center of town called the Iron Horse Regional Trail. Parents and their children will love the many parks and playgrounds here. The homes of Danville are extremely enviable with a continually desirable area just outside both San Francisco and Oakland. Nearby public transportation on the BART makes getting into the Bay Area accessible. Children are a big priority in the community of Danville, CA. There are many events and things to do that cater to the likes of active children in Danville, California.
Excellent Schools & Great Family Activities in Danville Children are a big priority in the community of Danville, CA. There are many events and things to do that cater to the likes of active children in Danville, California. The schools of Danville part of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District ' are some of the most highly rated in the state of California. In terms of private schooling, there are a number of very good private and parochial schools located in Danville and nearby areas that will also appeal to the desires of parents.
Enjoy the Outdoors in Danville, CA You'll find wonderful things to do in the great outdoors in and around Danville, CA. If you like to bike, hike, walk, jog, camp or just enjoy the wonders of the outdoors, this area is a perfect spot for you and your family. Danville is located near Mt. Diablo State Park. This wonderful California State Park is perfect for everything from day hikes to overnight camping. Mt. Diablo is about 3,900 feet high and majestically graces the San Ramon Valley. It's also great for horseback riding. You'll see wonderful fields of wildflowers here and enjoy unique rock formations. There are many other great ways to enjoy the outdoors in Danville with its varied parks in the city.
Downtown Danville Packed With Fun Maybe you're more of a city person or maybe you like both the outdoors and the delights of being in town. Downtown Danville has many great things to do - including shopping, award-winning restaurants and great streetscapes perfect for strolling. Downtown Danville is home to the weekly farmer's market, which is incredibly popular and for good reason. You'll find great local products here from fruit to cheese to bread. There's always something new and fun to check out. Danville's downtown area is also where you can catch Hot Summer Nights, which is a car event showcasing classic vehicles during the warmer months. It's just one of the many good annual events you will find in Danville to enjoy with your whole family.
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