More Charges Expected Against Former Danville Officer
Feds announce they will seek more charges against former Danville Officer Stephen Tanabe
Police & Fire
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Poll: Should Norm Wielsch Appear on Dr. Phil?
Judge ruled out LA trip to Dr. Phil McGraw's television show for police corruption defendant.
Contra Costa's most famous criminal defendant wanted to go on the Dr. Phil show in Los Angeles and get some therapy. One federal judge granted the permission for Norm Wielsch. A second one Monday said not so fast. Wielsch is the former czar of a Contra Costa drug enforcement squad, who is free on $100,000 bail. The judges can't decide. Maybe it's up to the Patch readers to deliver a verdict. Hence this poll. Snafu update: The original poll posted with this story was misleading in implying that Wielsch was to receive an appearance fee for appearing on the Dr. Phil Show; he was not, according to Wielsch's lawyer. The poll answers have been revised to reflect that. Patch apologizes to those who wasted their votes on the original poll!
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Police Log: Getting Loud, Stolen Vehicles and Burglarized Homes
Here is a summary of incidents that Danville police responded to last week.
Sunday, Jan. 29 A loud party was reported at 12:07 a.m. at Barcelona Place and Barcelona Court. Someone threw an object at a vehicle at Crown Canyon Road and Tassajara Ranch Drive at 2 a.m. A fight was reported at the 800 block of Camino Ramon at 3:40 a.m. At 4:22 a.m., on the same block, a battery report was placed. There was a promiscuous shooting on the 3100 block of Stone Valley Road at 8:07 a.m. A petty theft from a vehicle was repotted on the 3000 block of Fostoria Circle at 5:21 p.m. There was a burglary from an automobile reported at 6 p.m. at Camino Ramon Place and Camino Ramon. Monday, Jan. 30 A hit and run was reported on the 400 block of El Capitan Drive at 4:41 a.m. Someone was drunk in public on the 400 block of Railroad …
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SRV Fire District Welcomes 13 New Firefighters
The new firefighters began serving the first week of February.
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District has 13 new faces in its midst. It welcomed 13 new firefighter/paramedics to the force after the men completed a 17-week fire academy training session. They were sworn in on Jan. 31, at a badge pinning ceremony. Each new hire in the SRV fire district is both a trained firefighter and paramedic. The 13 news faces began serving the first week of February and will be stationed throughout the 155-square-mile jurisdiction. The new firefighter/paramedics are:
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Friday, February 3, 2012
UPDATE: Coast Guard Search for San Ramon Fisherman Suspended
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for Shau Tsu Wong, a 64-year-old San Ramon man, with no plans to restart it.
Updated Saturday, 1 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for Shau Tsu Wong, 64, the missing San Ramon crab fisherman, whose boat capsized near Pigeon Point south of Half Moon Bay. The search was suspended at 8:45 p.m. Friday night, Coast Guard officer Liezl Nicholas said. There are no plans to restart the search. Wong's boat was found around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. Wong was first reported missing when the Coast Guard received a call at 11:56 p.m. Thursday from Wong's son. It's believed Wong departed from Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, Coast Guard officer Pamela Boehland said. Wong's son said that his father did not usually take night trips on his boat, a white 18-foot vessel with a red stripe on it and…
Dan Perez
1:19 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Poor guy. I wonder how much sea-faring experience he had. Going out into the open ocean at night in a 19 foot boat is very risky and dangerous. I went on a commercial fishing trip once in that same area. It was nice and sunny on shore, but when we got a mile out, the waves were about 10' tall, and everyone got sea sick. more ›
CNET Defendant Heads For Dr. Phil Show
Judge gives permission for appearance on television talk show.
Bay City News Service The former commander of a Contra Costa County drug squad won permission from a federal magistrate in Oakland Thursday to travel to Los Angeles for what his lawyer says is an appearance on the Dr. Phil daytime television talk show. Norman Wielsch, 50, of Antioch, is a former state drug enforcement agent who headed the Central Contra Costa County Narcotics Enforcement Team, known as CNET. He and former private investigator Christopher Butler of Concord face an array of drug and corruption charges in a federal grand jury indictment issued on Aug. 8. Wielsch, who is free on $100,000 bail, asked U.S. Magistrate Laurel Beeler in a court filing Thursday morning for permission to travel with defense attorney Michael Cardoza …
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ERICS GIRL
3:34 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
I really have no idea but lets face it, theres a motive of some kind. I sure would like to be at that show. more ›
Thursday, February 2, 2012
San Ramon Valley HeartSafe Members Teach CPR at the Capital
Community members visited the state capital to teach the proper use of CPR and AED on Thursday.
The San Ramon Valley HeartSafe Community Program taught 75 people the life saving skill of hands only CPR and proper use of an AED at the state capital on Thursday. The HeartSafe Community team included community members, fire district staff, and the emergency coordinators from San Ramon and Danville. It was part of the Go Red event at the capital, which was organizied by the Legislative Women's Caucus and the American Heart Association to raise awareness about the threat about the No. 1 killer in women, heart disease.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Friends of Skateboarder Want Memorial Park in His Memory
Tucker Hacking, 20, of Walnut Creek, died Sunday after he suffered a head injury on a Lafayette hill.
A Facebook-driven movement is underway to re-name the Walnut Creek Skate Park after a popular 20-year-old Walnut Creeker who died Sunday after a skateboard accident in Lafayette Friday. Tucker Hacking of Walnut Creek suffered a head injury Friday after falling on a steep stretch of Juanita Drive in Saranap on the border of Lafayette and Walnut Creek, just south of Highway 24. Hacking was taken to Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek, fell into a coma and then died on Sunday, the Contra Costa County coroner's office reported. Hacking was an independent spirit. "He paved his own road," said Marcela Riojas, a Walnut Creek friend. "He was not a follower." A Facebook Public Event, titled "Help Create — Tucker Hacking Memorial Skate Park," has drawn …
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MoragaBlog.com
7:18 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012
Another re-action-ary response to people enjoying themselves! These folks would have us all cocooned in bubblewrap, cowering in our attics for fear of the dangerous world. Society maybe has the responsibility to inform citizens of potential danger (road signs) but certainly not the job of eliminating them all. Where's the fun in that? more ›
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
San Ramon Valley Fire District Team to Teach California Assembly Members CPR
The visit by the fire department is part of the Go Red event at the capital, which aim is to raise awareness of the danger of heart disease in women.
A team from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District will head to the state capital on Thursday to teach members of the California State Assembly CPR. The team includes community members, fire district staff, and the emergency coordinators from the City of San Ramon and the Town of Danville. It will be joined by the San Ramon Valley Emergency Preparedness Citizen Corps Council’s HeartSafe Committee to teach "hands only" CPR and AED (automated external defibrillator) as part of the Go Red event at the capital. Go Red has been organizied by Legislative Women's Caucus and the American Heart Association to raise awareness about the threat of heart disease in women, which is the No. 1 killer of women, responsible for one in three deaths. “…
What Exactly Is A 'Promiscuous Shooting'?
It's been asked to us several times so we decided to shed some light on what exactly a "promiscuous shooting" is.
Each Monday the Danville Police Department sends Danville Patch an "incident summary report," which is a summary log of calls placed by residents or actions taken by officers throughout the week. You then read our summary on it that we call the police log. Each Monday, when pursuing this log, a phrase pops up that has left us scratching our heads and our readers asking us questions. That phrase is "promiscuous shooting." Both words -- "promiscuous" and "shooting" -- are fairly provocative that will absolutely perk someone's ears up. So to get a definition of what exactly a "promiscuous shooting" is, we sat down with the Danville Chief of Police Steve Simpkins. What we found out wasn't nearly as provocative as the two words may suggest. …
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Julie Mendelsohn
7:45 pm on Tuesday, February 7, 2012
I'm glad he didn't go. Just ridiculous!!! more ›