Hope everyone has a safe and fun celebration! Will be back with regular postings beginning Tuesday. Thanks for reading these past few months. If anyone has suggestions on what kind of things Beyond the Creek should focus on in 2012 please let me know.
Brian Palma
Johnny Lopez
Vice Lounge, located at 1251 Arroyo Way in Walnut Creek was the site of another arrest last night. According to the Walnut Creek police:
On 12/31/11 at approximately 1:45 a.m., Firefighters from Station 1 came upon a beating victim near Arroyo Way and Civic Drive while on an unrelated call for service. The Firefighters began treating the victim and flagged down a passing patrol car. The victim advised he had been pistol whipped by a group of unknown subjects who ran off. Officers quickly set up a perimeter and located two suspects in a nearby stairwell. Security staff from VICE Lounge assisted officers in identifying the suspects.
During the course of the investigation probable cause was developed that linked the two suspects to the beating. The two were identified as Brian Palma and Johnny Lopez. Both Lopez and Palma were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. Officers did not locate a firearm but did find a bloodied metal object that appears to have been used in the assault.
The victim was transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life threatening head injuries. Both suspects were taken to Martinez County Jail where they are being held on $50,000 bail.
There were several people in the area during this incident. Walnut Creek PD encourages anyone with information to contact us at (925) 943-5844.
Titled Bronze Frog, this sculpture can be seen in front of the Broadway Plaza Concierge building next to Macy’s.
As noted previously, this is the giant menorah on display at Broadway Plaza until Dec. 27, the last day of Chanukah. I think that’s a dreidel design at the bottom.
I thought this was a cool sign on Mt. Diablo in Walnut Creek right off 24.
City of Walnut Creek
BLOOD DRIVE
Located in the Conference Room
1666 N. Main St. – Walnut Creek
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
*Free T-Shirt for all Presenting Donors*
Spotted at an empty storefront next to Main St. Rags and Papyrus in Walnut Creek, it says:
“Please, No ____ Beyond This Point”
Your captions in the comments, winner picked Friday. Winner gets accolades for being first caption contest winner on the BtCreek site.
Question of the day: Which restaurant is located in the building where this ridiculously awesome old sign is painted?
A previous Sculpture of the Day post featured the “Concrete Totem” right next to this, and according to a Smithsonian description of the sculptures, there are three of them, “One depicts an owl; another a fox; the third, a variety of animals”.
So which one is this?
