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Man in a wheelchair drowns after falling in marina
Authorities say a 61-year-old Emeryville man in a wheelchair drowned after he fell into the waters of the Emeryville Marina. Police say a witness saw the man, identified by officials as William Ferris, struggling with his wheelchair around 6 p.m. Tuesday before he disappeared in the water. The witness jumped ...
Alameda County fire chief leaving department at end of July
Alameda County's fire chief is leaving the department at the end of July, fire officials announced Wednesday. Sheldon Gilbert, who has been an emergency responder in Alameda County for a total of 29 years, was planning on leaving effective July 31 "to pursue other career objectives and interests," the fire ...
San Leandro woman fends off attacker in home Tuesday night
San Leandro police were searching for a man who broke into a home Tuesday night and attacked a woman who was at home watching TV, police said. Officers responded to the 15200 block of Shining Star Lane at about 8:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about an assault that ...
Meeting to discuss ban on 'dangerous objects' at protests disrupted
New efforts to try to control violence during demonstrations in Oakland met fierce resistance Tuesday night as activists were removed from a meeting to discuss the banning of certain items at protests that could be used as weapons. The Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee was considering a new law ...
State assemblyman pleads not guilty to DUI charge
A state assemblyman from Southern California has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence in connection with a March DUI arrest in Concord. Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Bobbi Spinola said Tuesday that Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor DUI counts on May ...
Charges against Occupy Oakland protesters dropped
Alameda County prosecutors have dropped robbery and hate crime charges against three Occupy Oakland protesters. Thirty-three-year-old Michael Davis, 23-year-old Nneka Crawford and 25-year-old Randolph Wilkins were facing trial on the charges before they were dropped on Monday. The three were accused of involvement in a confrontation with 42-year-old Kelly Stowers ...
Early morning SUV crash knocks out San Mateo Bridge lights
A man was killed and the power knocked out to a portion of the San Mateo Bridge early Tuesday when an SUV slammed into the central divide and careened into a utility building, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash forced the closure of two lanes in the eastbound ...
Hundreds mourn Alameda soldier killed in Afghanistan
Family and friends in Alameda are mourning an Army staff sergeant who was killed earlier this month in a bomb blast in Afghanistan. The San Francisco Chronicle reports 30-year-old Thomas Fogarty died while commanding a vehicle on May 6, when enemy forces attacked his unit. Fogarty deployed to Afghanistan in ...
Rumors of Warriors move to San Francisco gain momentum
As rumors continue to swirl about the future home of the Golden State Warriors, more evidence surfaced on Monday that the team could well be relocating across the Bay to San Francisco. News of a possible impending deal prompted the city's mayor, Ed Lee, to choose his words carefully Monday ...
Camera-equipped street sweepers could capture parking violators
There is one sound that sends thousands of Bay Area drivers running to their cars: street sweepers. Every day, parking control officers in Oakland ticket drivers who've waited too long to move their cars for street cleaning. In Oakland, street sweeping citations brought in almost $10 million last year and ...
Feds probe of Oakland school district police force
Oakland Unified School District's police force is being investigated by a federal grand jury after two highly publicized incidents. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that district officials say the FBI is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting and alleged racist remarks by the force's former chief. District spokesman Troy Flint said ...
Northern Californians watch the ring of fire eclipse
Millions in Asia and the western United States including the Bay Area watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies early Sunday evening. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to ...
Two people injured in Saturday afternoon shooting
A shooting in Oakland Saturday afternoon left two people with non-life-threatening injuries, police Sunday this morning. The shooting was reported at 3:25 p.m. Saturday in the 4500 block of Market Street, Officer Kevin McDonald said. Police said two people were struck by the gunfire and taken to a nearby hospital ...
Drugs and alcohol not a factor in fatal cement truck, big-rig crash
Drugs and alcohol do not appear to have been a factor in a fatal crash that killed a cement truck driver Friday morning, according to Fremont police. The cement truck driver, a 39-year-old man whose identity has not yet been released by the Alameda County Coroner's Office, was traveling north ...
Police search for suspect who was shot by officer after fleeing traffic stop
Oakland police are asking for help locating a suspect who allegedly fled a traffic stop, threatened officers and escaped an overnight search earlier this month, police said. Police identified the wanted suspect as Eid Luqman Hasan, 24, a black man who is 5 feet 11 inches tall and 185 pounds ...
Three-alarm blaze destroys Oakland Auto Row warehouse, uncovers pot grow
Firefighters battling an early morning three-alarm fire that lit up the predawn skies over Oakland’s Auto Row Saturday have discovered evidence of an illegal indoor pot growing operation, authorities said. Oakland fire officials said they were called to a warehouse at 3050 Broadway at 4:05 a.m. and found the 100-year-old ...
Decision to moves A’s to San Jose still unclear
The Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants faced each other for the first time this season Friday, but a stalemate over territorial rights to San Jose has some wondering if the chances of keeping the A's in Oakland are improving. This week, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said there's no ...
All lanes reopen following fatal motorcycle crash on I-880
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland late Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The solo-vehicle crash was reported at about 11:45 a.m. on northbound Highway 880 south of Washington Street, CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett said. The motorcyclist apparently crashed into ...
Police step up patrols after homicides in north, central Richmond
Law enforcement officers in Richmond are beefing up patrols throughout the city in the wake of two fatal shootings there over the past week, a police lieutenant said Friday. The increased patrols come after a drive-by shooting in unincorporated North Richmond Monday that killed 22-year-old Orlando Yancy and a shooting ...
Cement truck driver killed in Fremont collision with big-rig
A cement truck driver was killed in a collision with a big-rig in Fremont Friday morning, a police spokesman said. The crash was reported at about 8:30 a.m. near the intersection of Kato Road and Benicia Street, Fremont police Detective Bill Veteran said. The cement truck driver, whose name is ...
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