Basketball: Bishop O’Dowd edges San Leandro
OAKLAND — Iniko McNeil showed no hesitation. The Bishop O’Dowd High School senior guard took a pass at the left of the top of the key and drove with speed and conviction to the hoop. His layup with...
View ArticleLetter: Is past discrimination being forgotten in wall debate?
Is past discrimination beingforgotten in wall debate? Is it just a weird coincidence that Cathy Ledbetter wrote a letter supporting a wall that discriminates (“Trump’s No. 1 job is protecting...
View ArticleTown Crier: Many Montclarions leave holiday lights on well past Jan. 1
January is a tough month. Let’s face it — the holidays are over and tax season is on the horizon. It’s easy to slip into a funk, But here’s a way to spread joy without lifting a finger. Leave your...
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Berkeley, a Look Back: Fire kills at least eight in January 1944
Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 10, 1944, at least eight people died in a fire that engulfed shipyard worker housing in Richmond. The two-story building was almost completely destroyed. “Berkeley...
View ArticlePiedmont memorial dedicated to slain Oakland Officer Hege
PIEDMONT — More than 100 people turned out in the pouring rain on Jan. 6 to honor slain Piedmont native and Oakland police Officer John Hege, for whom the backstop at Hampton Field was being dedicated....
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Snapp Shots: Vaya con Dios, Mario, you will be missed
The phrase “pillar of the community” is such an overused one, but Mario Tejada, who died Dec. 28, was the real thing. Mario’s La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant stood at the corner of Haste Street and...
View ArticlePiedmont officials to decide on school resource officer
PIEDMONT — The City Council at its Monday meeting received a comprehensive report from police Chief Jeremy Bowers on the duties of a possible school resource officer (SRO), but no decision will be made...
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Spenger’s auction to include ‘missing’ century-old Japanese Meiji era vase
For more than a century, an 8-foot Japanese Meiji-era vase sat as the huge centerpiece of the dining room at Spenger’s Fish Grotto in Berkeley. Likely unknown to most diners, the vase is considered one...
View ArticleNick Young, suddenly and unaccountably camera shy, allegedly boots would-be...
Who says Nick Young can’t play defense? Young, aka Swaggy P, is best known for his work as a 3-point bombardier during a 12-year NBA career. He won a ring with the Warriors last season, and most...
View ArticleFremont seeking residents’ ideas for planned Centerville park
Fremont is asking residents to tell it what kind of features should be included at a planned four-acre park in the Centerville district. The city will hold four meetings beginning Saturday through...
View Article‘I’mma kill him’ murder defendant accused of killing uncle says in video
OAKLAND — Murder defendant Trevaughn Soriano had his uncle in a chokehold, looking back at the two women who were pulling at each other’s hair. ‘I’mma kill him, I’mma kill him,” he repeated, in the...
View ArticleBill O’Malley, former Contra Costa judge and DA, dead at 94
LAFAYETTE — Bill O’Malley, a longtime judge, district attorney, and defense lawyer who became the patriarch of one of the best-known families in the Bay Area’s legal community, died peacefully at his...
View ArticleRestaurant owners ordered to pay more than $1 million in back pay to workers
More than $1 million in owed wages will be paid back to 56 Bay Area restaurant workers after owners of Mango Garden restaurants in Fremont, San Jose and San Mateo were sentenced for fraud and...
View ArticleLivermore PAC may be fined thousands for campaign violations
LIVERMORE — A political action committee that has spent hundreds of thousands on local elections is expected to be fined for campaign violations, mostly from the 2016 city council race. The state’s...
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Local raids net suspected firearms, narcotics traffickers
OAKLAND — Suspected firearms and narcotics traffickers were arrested Thursday in a series of law enforcement raids throughout the area, authorities said. Besides the arrests, some guns and other...
View ArticleMan shot in apparent Hayward road-rage
HAYWARD — A 31-year-old man was shot Thursday afternoon in an apparent road-rage, police said. The man got his own transportation to a hospital and was in stable condition with a non-life threatening...
View ArticleMan shot in Fremont bowling alley parking lot, police investigating
Fremont police are investigating a shooting near a local bowling alley that left one man injured Thursday afternoon. At 3:40 p.m., police received a report of shots fired in the parking lot of...
View ArticleNone hurt, four arrested after Union City shooting
UNION CITY — Investigators are processing the scene of an afternoon non-injury shooting after which several juvenile suspects were arrested in another city, authorities said. Around 2:38 p.m. Thursday,...
View ArticleMan gets 10 years for exchanging nude pictures with Contra Costa teen
OAKLAND — A Rhode Island man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for sexual online chats with a 13-year-old girl from Contra Costa, which included exchanges of nude photos. A shocking fact was...
View ArticleLetter: Firsthand experience with Oakland crime
Firsthand experiencewith Oakland crime Re: “Letter: Oakland street crime is up and Mayor Libby Schaaf is doing little” (Eastbaytimes.com, Jan. 2): I recently read your letter on Oakland street crime...
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