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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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CHP boosts DUI patrols through Walnut Creek
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Cal Fire launches free AwareCA wildfire alert app
Cal Fire launched AwareCA, a free app giving California residents, including those in Walnut Creek, real-time wildfire maps, evacuation alerts and push notifications from verified emergency agencies.
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Walnut Creek faces triple-digit heat Saturday
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Cal Fire launches free AwareCA wildfire alert app
Cal Fire launched AwareCA, a free app giving California residents, including those in Walnut Creek, real-time wildfire maps, evacuation alerts and push notifications from verified emergency agencies.
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CHP boosts DUI patrols through Walnut Creek
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Walnut Creek faces triple-digit heat Saturday
Public Safety
Cal Fire launches free AwareCA wildfire alert app
Cal Fire launched AwareCA, a free app giving California residents, including those in Walnut Creek, real-time wildfire maps, evacuation alerts and push notifications from verified emergency agencies.
Public Safety
CHP boosts DUI patrols through Walnut Creek
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Walnut Creek faces triple-digit heat Saturday
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Zone 0 wildfire rules coming to some Walnut Creek homes
California's Board of Forestry approved first-in-the-nation Zone 0 defensible space rules on Thursday, Aug. 20, requiring homeowners in high-risk fire zones to clear combustible materials within five feet of their homes on a phased timeline — directly affecting Walnut Creek's hillside neighborhoods.
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Contra Costa reports eight West Nile cases amid statewide surge
Contra Costa County accounts for 8 of California's 30 confirmed West Nile virus cases in 2026 as the state reaches its highest activity level in five years, with three deaths statewide and peak transmission season underway.
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Three arrested after police chase through Walnut Creek
A retail theft at Marshalls in Pleasant Hill's Crossroads Shopping Center on Aug. 20 triggered a multi-agency police chase through Walnut Creek that ended in Concord with three arrests after the suspects' stolen getaway truck crashed on Ygnacio Valley Road.
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Building owner vows to rebuild after Lettuce restaurant fire
Property owner Dave Bowie vows to rebuild Lettuce restaurant in downtown Walnut Creek after a Wednesday morning fire burned through the roof, drawing eight ConFire engines and more than 30 firefighters to Civic Drive and Locust Street.
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Contra Costa sheriff promotes 20-year veteran to command post
Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston promoted Captain Charlene Jacquez to assistant sheriff on Aug. 18, putting the East Contra Costa native in charge of the Administrative Services Bureau that oversees personnel, finance, professional standards, recruiting and training for the county's largest law enforcement agency.
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Coroner identifies woman killed in crash near Rossmoor
The Contra Costa County coroner has identified Rachel Doron Arganek, 32, as the Walnut Creek woman killed in a single-vehicle crash near Rossmoor Parkway and Stanley Dollar Drive on Aug. 13; the cause remains under investigation.
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Explosion, fire hit Walnut Creek's Lettuce restaurant
A fire broke out at Lettuce Restaurant on Locust Street in downtown Walnut Creek on Wednesday morning after workers reported an explosion, with no injuries and the cause under investigation.
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Walnut Creek's school district rattled by Lafayette swatting hoax
Lafayette police locked down Acalanes High School and Stanley Intermediate School on Monday, Aug. 17, after anonymous automated calls that investigators believe were swatting hoaxes, disrupting the second week of school for students in the Acalanes Union High School District that also serves Las Lomas and Northgate in Walnut Creek.
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Martinez man arrested in Walnut Creek after Lafayette burglaries
A 34-year-old Martinez man suspected of three Lafayette residential burglaries was arrested in Walnut Creek on Thursday, Aug. 13, by Lafayette detectives and the Contra Costa Sheriff's J-Team while driving a stolen vehicle; he faces eight charges and is held on $220,000 bail.
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3.8 earthquake shakes Walnut Creek, slows BART trains
A 3.8 magnitude earthquake centered near San Leandro rattled Walnut Creek on Thursday morning, triggering ShakeAlert and forcing BART to slow trains systemwide for safety inspections, causing up to 20-minute delays for commuters.
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Woman, 32, dies in solo crash near Rossmoor entrance
A 32-year-old woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash at Rossmoor Parkway and Stanley Dollar Drive early Thursday morning; Walnut Creek police's Major Accident Investigation Team is determining the cause.
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Timber Fire smoke keeps Walnut Creek under advisory again
The Bay Area Air District's smoke advisory for Walnut Creek remains active through Thursday, Aug. 13, as the Timber Fire in Monterey County grows to 3,150 acres with only 5% containment.
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