The DA's office identified the suspect as 35-year-old David Swank Prince.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing, police said.
Executives from five Contra Costa County cities face sentences amounting to more than a quarter century in a solar fraud scheme.
Police pursued two suspects in a bank robbery, and an attempted second one, across Alamo and Danville, and finally Lafayette.
Police arrested two suspects in Lafayette following an attempted bank robbery on Tuesday and have linked them to another robbery in Alamo.
A foot search in the area led officers to the two suspects near East Street and Brook Street.
Lafayette police shut down the area round two schools today during a search for two people suspected in a bank robbery.
Police responding to the report of a crash found a vehicle lodged in a vacant building.
Teens face serious charges, including suspected attempted homicide, kidnapping, and carjacking, after a spree ending in Orinda.
A customer at a Lafayette consignment shop was arrested after returning twice with goods the shop owner suspected were stolen.
Three arrested after Lafayette traffic stops lead to suspected guns, drugs, and stolen mail.
A judge dismissed a case alleging an assault at a celebrity party in Orinda by Sean 'Diddy' Combs, an NFL player, and a comedian.
Police find assault suspect and cite 120+ cell phone, stop sign, speeding scofflaws in Lafayette school zones, neighborhoods, and downtown.
Orinda police arrested a man suspected of stealing packages from a home's porch in Orinda.
A woman suspected of targeting a Lafayette resident with identity theft will face felony charges in Contra Costa County.
Burglars smash their way into Lamorinda, Walnut businesses, taking safes and tills and frustrating owners and customers.
The Lafayette Police Department is investigating two recent commercial burglaries. Money taken, no clues left.
The incident comes on the heels of efforts in cities around Contra Costa to tighten rules of the road for electric vehicles.
Lafeyette Police and Crime Stoppers are looking for a man connected to a recent car break-in captured on video: watch.
The shooting happened about 3:45 p.m. on the eastbound direction of the freeway, west of Old Tunnel Road.
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The driver and two Lafayette officers were treated and released at a local hospital, police said.
If you see or smell smoke, don't panic.
Detectives were investigating multiple vehicle burglaries out of Lafayette, which resulted in the arrests in Stockton, police said.
“Residents in the area should consider closing exterior doors and windows to prevent smoke from entering their homes."
"This is something that in this neighborhood we dealt with personally, not only myself but other people," Evan Dreyer said.
Police and sheriff investigators from 5 departments served multiple search warrants in the case.
Eastbound lanes on Highway 24 at the Caldecott Tunnel were blocked for part of the Wednesday evening commute after a vehicle fire.
It is the second such robbery reported this month in the Lamorinda area.
"His conviction sends a strong message that violent crimes of this nature will not be tolerated in Contra Costa County."
An incident that initially involved a reckless driver shut down Happy Valley Road in Lafayette.
Police are seeking three to five masked suspects who drove a stolen car through the front doors of the business.
Several male suspects stole multiple items in a smash-and-grab after pepper-spraying people at the business, police said.
Unidentified callers speaking Mandarin are phoning Chinese and Chinese-Americans and identifying themselves as "Chinese police."
The California Highway Patrol was working to identify the suspects and a potential motive in the shooting that shut down westbound SR-24.
Fire crews burned several dozen piles of hazardous vegetation Tuesday near the community of Canyon.
The Contra Costa County sheriff's office is investigating the grand theft.
An incident between two men on St. Stephens Drive left one of them dead.
The Moraga-Orinda Fire District plans to burn piles four days this week as long as the air quality if favorable.