Explore abc7news.com Stories

Recent "lafayette" Stories, Video and Galleries

  • A Brentwood woman driving the wrong way on westbound state Highway 24 in Lafayette early Friday morning collided head-on with another vehicle, killing the other driver, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Tags:
highway 24, crash, lafayette, DUI, east bay news
  • Special education student-athletes from all over the Bay Area were running as part of the 2013 Bay Area Games track-and-field competition
  • Hundreds of special education students participated in the 2013 Bay Area Games track-and-field competition on Tuesday.
Tags:
lafayette, competition, local news
  • Cancer survivor and former Rep. Ellen Tauscher speaking at a meeting
  • Cancer survivor and former Rep. Ellen Tauscher inspired hundreds of participants in a 5K run to raise awareness about the disease in Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, cancer, east bay news
  •  Suspect taken to hospital after police shooting in Lafayette
  • A man was transported to a hospital where he underwent surgery after he was shot by a police officer in Lafayette this morning.
Tags:
lafayette, crime, shooting, news
  • 
Suspect taken to hospital after police shooting in Lafayette
  • A man was transported to a hospital where he underwent surgery after he was shot by a police officer in Lafayette this morning.
Tags:
lafayette, crime, shooting, east bay news
  • Lafayette School District ramps up security plans
  • One East Bay school district is making a wholesale change in the type of locks currently used to keep its classrooms secure.
Tags:
lafayette, school lockdown, school shooting, school violence, children, crime, news
  • Lafayette School District ramps up security plans
  • One East Bay school district is making a wholesale change in the type of locks currently used to keep its classrooms secure.
Tags:
lafayette, school lockdown, school shooting, school violence, children, crime, east bay news, laura anthony
  • KFC the arrow cat
  • An East Bay cat went home Tuesday after surviving an arrow through the chest and the owner wants the culprit held responsible.
Tags:
animal, animals in peril, lafayette, crime, animal rights, east bay news, laura anthony
  • KFC the arrow cat
  • An East Bay cat went home Tuesday after surviving an arrow through the chest and the owner wants the culprit held responsible.
Tags:
animal, animals in peril, lafayette, crime, animal rights, news
  • Storm repairs underway at Lafayette sinkhole
  • Lafayette city leaders expect a massive sinkhole caused by heavy rain earlier this month to be repaired by Christmas Day.
Tags:
storm, rain, lafayette, accuweather
  • Storm repairs underway at Lafayette sinkhole
  • With the rain subsiding, repair crews will have a chance to start cleaning up and repairing a massive sinkhole in Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, storm, accuweather
  • In Lafayette, work continued to fix a 15-foot sinkhole that opened up after the weekends heavy rains.
  • In Lafayette, work continued to fix a 15-foot sinkhole that opened up after the weekend's heavy rains.
Tags:
storm, rain, wind, lafayette, oakland, accuweather
  • Contra Costa County Fire logo
  • People in a number of communities in the East Bay are worried about their safety as four fire stations are at risk of closing.
Tags:
contra costa county, budget cuts, fire, fire safety, clayton, lafayette, martinez, walnut creek, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Contra Costa County Fire logo
  • People in a number of communities in the East Bay are worried about their safety as four fire stations are at risk of closing.
Tags:
contra costa county, budget cuts, fire, fire safety, clayton, lafayette, martinez, walnut creek, news
  • Fast-running creek washes road away in Lafayette
  • A fast-running creek in Lafayette did some major damage, washing away about a 20-foot stretch of Mountain View Drive.
Tags:
rain, storm, wind, flooding, crash, power outage, PG&E, lafayette, accuweather
  • Police arrested a 22-year-old high school volleyball coach in Lafayette on Friday following allegations of unlawful sexual conduct with a student.
Tags:
lafayette, sex crimes, east bay news
  • Tuesday night nearly 1,000 people turned out to celebrate the life of a young man who is believed to have drowned on the Sacramento River.
  • Tuesday night nearly 1,000 people turned out to celebrate the life of a young man who is believed to have drowned on the Sacramento River.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, east bay news, alan wang
  • Tuesday night nearly 1,000 people turned out to celebrate the life of a young man who is believed to have drowned on the Sacramento River.
  • Nearly 1,000 people turned out to celebrate the life of a young man who is believed to have drowned.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, news
  • Brett Olson
  • Brett Olson's body was found in the Sacramento River, downstream from an area known as "Beer Can Beach."
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, california news
  • Missing college student Brett Olson
  • A body found in the Sacramento River has been positively identified as a missing college student from Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, news
  • Missing college student Brett Olson
  • A body found in the Sacramento River has been positively identified as a missing college student from Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, california news
  • Missing college student Brett Olson
  • Search crews are out looking for a college student from Lafayette who went missing during a tubing trip last weekend.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, california news
  • Brett Olson
  • Family and friends of a missing college student are using a massive Facebook campaign to help search for the young Lafayette man.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, news
  • Brett Olson
  • Family and friends of a missing college student are using a massive Facebook campaign to help search for the young Lafayette man.
Tags:
lafayette, facebook, missing person, holiday, labor day, california news
  • Fire crews have extinguished a one-alarm house fire in Lafayette Wednesday afternoon.
Tags:
lafayette, fire, east bay news
  • Lafayette police search
  • Lafayette police are investigating a resident's report of seeing a mountain lion.
Tags:
lafayette, mountain lion sighting, east bay news
  • Someone knocked over as many as 20 crosses at a controversial memorial in Lafayette that honors fallen soldiers.
  • Police are trying to find out who vandalized several crosses in Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, war, east bay news
  • Brent Robert Kastroff
  • Fire officials in Contra Costa County have arrested a known arsonist, who's suspected of setting 3 grass fires in Lafayette.
Tags:
lafayette, east bay news
  • BART ramp
  • A $2 million disabled access ramp at a BART station is missing one thing: access for the disabled.
Tags:
california watch, BART, lafayette, news
  • BART ramp
  • A $2 million disabled access ramp at a BART station is missing one thing: access for the disabled.
Tags:
california watch, BART, lafayette, california news
  • The woman who came up with the idea for the hillside peace memorial in Lafayette has died. Louise Clark died Sunday at the age of 86.
  • The woman who came up with the idea for the hillside peace memorial in Lafayette has died.
Tags:
lafayette, afghanistan war, iraq war, news
  • The woman who came up with the idea for the hillside peace memorial in Lafayette has died. Louise Clark died Sunday at the age of 86.
  • The woman who came up with the idea for the hillside peace memorial in Lafayette has died. Louise Clark was 86.
Tags:
lafayette, afghanistan war, iraq war, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Lafayettes controversial white crosses war memorial
  • The controversial memorial in Lafayette for service members who have died in the wars has run out of room.
Tags:
lafayette, afghanistan war, iraq war, news
  • Lafayettes controversial white crosses war memorial
  • The controversial memorial in Lafayette for service members who have died in the wars has run out of room.
Tags:
lafayette, afghanistan war, iraq war, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Long time East Bay bookseller Dave Simpson is closing the doors on the Bay Area Bookmobile.
Tags:
lafayette, east bay news
  • The water is back on for about 100 homes and businesses in downtown Lafayette after a water main break late last night.
Tags:
lafayette, water main break, east bay news
  • Controversy hits East Bay over used books
  • There is a controversy over the used books being donated in big blue bins at Safeway.
Tags:
safeway, lafayette, charities, news
  • Controversy hits East Bay over used books
  • There is a controversy over the used books being donated in big blue bins at Safeway meant to be donated to charity.
Tags:
lafayette, safeway, charities, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Whole Foods Lafayette
  • The opening of a new East Bay supermarket is a positive sign of an improving economy.
Tags:
lafayette, recession, economy, news
  • Whole Foods Lafayette
  • There was a big turnout Wednesday for the opening of a new East Bay supermarket -- a positive sign of an improving economy.
Tags:
lafayette, recession, economy, east bay news, laura anthony
  • Tuesday was the last day for residents in Union City and Lafayette to send in their ballots on 2 parcel taxes to help fund education.
Tags:
school cuts, taxes, union city, oakland, hayward, lafayette, news
  • Womens Cancer Resource Center celebrates 25 years
  • It is hard to imagine, but 25 years ago there were very few, if any, support groups for women fighting cancer in the East Bay.
Tags:
lafayette, union city, cancer, health care, east bay news, cecilia vega
  • Womens Cancer Resource Center celebrates 25 years
  • It is hard to imagine, but 25 years ago there were very few, if any, support groups for women fighting cancer in the East Bay.
Tags:
health care, union city, cancer, lafayette, news
  • man drinking coffee
  • First gas prices jumped up, then produce and food prices; now the price of coffee jumps to a 34-year high.
Tags:
lafayette, gas prices, food, economy, business
  • Two men who were robbing a jewelry store in Lafayette on Friday afternoon were shot at by the store's owner, a Contra Costa County sheriff's spokesman said today.
Tags:
crime, shooting, lafayette, east bay news
  • stolen urn
  • Sunday night, someone broke into a mausoleum and stole a brass urn containing the remains of Thomas Gonzales Jr.
Tags:
lafayette, east bay news
  • AT&T is offering a $10,000 reward for East Bay vandals who have cut phones and internet lines in Walnut Creek.
Tags:
AT&T, walnut creek, lafayette, orinda, east bay news
  • Lafayette police arrested a Pleasant Hill man last week in connection with a string of recent bank robberies.
Tags:
crime, lafayette, east bay news
  • A middle school teacher in Lafayette was arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child.
Tags:
lafayette, east bay news
  • Lafayette bookstore on wheels
  • A Lafayette bookstore owner reinvents his store by putting it on wheels with "Big Blue."
Tags:
lafayette, news