Two arrested after report of shots fired at Hayward park
HAYWARD — Two suspects were arrested on suspicion of gun-related charges after police responded to a report of shots fired at Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer regional park, authorities said Monday. Officers...
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New Oakland traffic signals aimed at pedestrian safety
OAKLAND — Parents of students at East Oakland’s Markham Elementary School breathed easier Monday sending their children off to school knowing there was a new traffic signal aimed at making the...
View ArticleBay Bridge sideshow shutdown part of escalating trend, authorities say
An audacious car-spinning sideshow that brought Bay Bridge traffic to a standstill Sunday was the latest instance of a craze longtime observers say is now fueled by the desire for viral video...
View ArticleAlameda County Sheriff’s Office accused of secretly recording juvenile crime...
OAKLAND — The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office secretly recorded a privileged conversation between a juvenile crime suspect and his attorney, according to the public defender’s office, and it may have...
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Khris Davis hits emotional homer wearing jersey signed by Make-A-Wish kid
OAKLAND — Khris Davis is used to hitting home runs. No slugger in baseball has hit more than his 122 homers over the past three seasons, so the the feeling rounding the bases is nothing new for him....
View ArticleTownhouses planned near Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro
SAN LEANDRO — A proposal for six townhouses on Marina Boulevard across the street from the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Leandro has won approval from the Planning Commission. “This impresses me as a...
View ArticleOfficials believe body of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts found
By RYAN FOLEY | The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Investigators believe they have found the body of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who has been missing for more than a month. The...
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Renting in Berkeley: What will $1,900 get you?
How far does your rental dollar go in Berkeley? We’ve rounded up the latest rental listings via rental site Zumper to get see what you can find with a budget of $1,900 per month. (Note: prices and...
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Oakland: Old friends of Mollie Tibbetts, whose body was found in Iowa, grieve...
(CLICK HERE, if you are unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.) OAKLAND — On the first day of school Tuesday at Corpus Christi Elementary, where Mollie Tibbetts was a student years...
View ArticleJon Gruden justifies his Raiders salary by trolling what movie star?
If you feel the need to deny you’re overpaid, you may be overpaid. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden recently issued such a denial to NBC Sports’ Peter King. Not that being overpaid is a mortal sin. In...
View ArticleMike Marshall returns to SF Bay Area with (really) special guest
It’s been about a decade since string wizard Mike Marshall left the East Bay for Germany, but you can still hear traces of him everywhere. If you listen to public radio, you probably know his mandolin...
View ArticleTwo arrested at Garin Regional Park after shots fired into air
HAYWARD — Two men were arrested after an argument led to gunfire at a regional park Monday, police said. The shots were aimed into the air and did injure anyone, but they resulted in the arrest of...
View ArticleEast Bay men arrested in violent San Mateo robbery
SAN MATEO — Two East Bay men have been arrested in the violent robbery of a 7-Eleven store Saturday that left a clerk hospitalized with serious injuries, police said Tuesday. The suspects were...
View ArticleWoman who gave birth alone in Alameda County jail, screaming for hours, sues...
DUBLIN — A woman gave birth in Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, screaming for hours, alone, with nothing to wrap her baby girl in but the jail jumpsuit on her back. The woman, Candace Steel, has now...
View ArticleDonation fund set up for Oakland officer critically injured in collision
OAKLAND — Police announced Tuesday that a donation fund has been set up on behalf of an officer critically injured in a multi-vehicle collision last week. The fund was set up in response to community...
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From Heartland to Oakland, worst fears realized with discovery of Mollie...
The agonizing month-long search for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts ended Tuesday with everyone’s worst fears: that she had been abducted while jogging, killed and hidden in an Iowa cornfield not far from...
View ArticleIn brief: Hornet to host Smithsonian’s traveling ‘Mail Call’ exhibit
ALAMEDA The grand opening of the Smithsonian Institution’s “Mail Call” exhibit will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday with free admission until noon, live music by the Air Force Band, food trucks on the...
View ArticleIn brief: Sen. Nancy Skinner’s bill to help low-wage workers escape abuse OK’d
BERKELEY The California Legislature on Monday passed SB 926 from state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, the “Workplace Protection Act,” which would protect participants in CalWORKs and CalFresh programs...
View ArticleBerkeley, a Look Back: Officials object to plan for new war housing
Seventy-five years ago in mid-August 1943 the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported that the federal government was going ahead with plans to construct “Berkeley’s first public war housing project, designed...
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Town Crier: Beware of business with social media scammers
A friend got free mulch the other day. Her sister scored a climbing vine and trellis. And a third person got ripped off. Such is the state of social media, where folks barter and trade — and sometimes...
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