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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
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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
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Concord man gets 18 years for violent extortion, arson
A federal judge sentenced Concord resident Joel Dowen, 46, to 18 years in prison on Friday, Aug. 7, for a violent extortion scheme, shooting at DEA agents during his arrest, drug manufacturing and bank fraud.
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Contra Costa ordinance would force Sheriff to report ICE contact
A coalition of immigrant rights groups held a press conference Tuesday in Martinez pushing for a countywide ICE non-cooperation ordinance that would require the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department to report all contact with federal immigration agencies, directly affecting policing in unincorporated areas including parts of Walnut Creek.
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Scientists warn of historic El Niño threat this winter
Climate scientists warned at a state-hosted virtual town hall that record Pacific Ocean temperatures could produce a historic "super El Niño" bringing severe flooding and wildfire risk to the Bay Area this winter, with specific implications for Walnut Creek's flood-prone downtown creek corridors.
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Heat wave amplifies West Nile virus risk in Walnut Creek
Contra Costa County's West Nile virus detections hit their 2026 peak with seven positive birds and one mosquito group, coinciding with a heat advisory pushing Walnut Creek temperatures past 100 degrees; the mosquito district offers free inspections and urges residents to dump standing water weekly.
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Alameda man charged with murder in Orinda fentanyl death
Ulzii Orshikh Batsukh, 26, of Alameda was arrested Aug. 6 and charged with murder by the Contra Costa County DA's Office for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced drugs that killed a 20-year-old Orinda resident in September 2024.
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Person hospitalized in Walnut Creek fire wasn't a resident
The person hospitalized after the Aug. 4 two-alarm house fire on Woodwind Place in Walnut Creek was not a resident of the home, officials confirmed, while the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District has formally opened an investigation into the fire's cause with no timeline for results.
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Walnut Creek smoke advisory extended through Friday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District extended its wildfire smoke advisory through Friday, Aug. 7, one day longer than originally announced, as unpredictable smoke from uncontained Oregon and Washington wildfires continues to drift into the Walnut Creek area.
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Thieves steal Concord nonprofit's only delivery truck
Monument Crisis Center's only delivery truck was stolen from its Concord facility on Aug. 2, threatening food deliveries to more than 150 families across Contra Costa County, including Walnut Creek; residents can call the Concord Police tip line or donate to help.
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Bay Area air quality advisory hits Walnut Creek
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a two-day advisory warning Walnut Creek residents that wildfire smoke from Pacific Northwest fires could push AQI readings into the "unhealthy for sensitive groups" range through Wednesday, Aug. 5, with guidance to stay indoors and close windows.
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Two-alarm fire hits Walnut Creek home, kills two dogs
A two-alarm fire damaged a single-family home in the 700 block of Woodwind Place in Walnut Creek on Tuesday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital with smoke inhalation and killing two dogs.
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East Bay wildfire risk rises through weekend
The National Weather Service is forecasting offshore winds combining with high temperatures to elevate wildfire risk across the East Bay hills through the weekend, a concern for Walnut Creek residents just weeks after the 51-acre Morgan Fire near Mount Diablo and a string of Tri-Valley blazes.
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Charges filed against 5 in Walnut Creek child sex sting
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office filed felony charges Thursday against all five men arrested in a Walnut Creek child predator sting, and police clarified that two suspects remain in custody despite earlier jail records showing all five released.
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