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Police seek suspect in double homicide at Livermore hotel
Police in Livermore asked for the public's help Thursday in finding a man suspected in a double homicide at a hotel last weekend.The incident happened Saturday at the La Quinta Inn on Southfront Road at about 6:45 a.m. Livermore police said officers responding to a shooting arrived to find a 26-year-old Oakland woman and a 21-year-old Hayward man shot to death inside a room.Investigators identified the suspect as 30-year-old Yonston Vazquez of Oakland.Police said Vazquez remained at large and was considered armed and dangerous. On Thursday, police released photos of Vazquez in the hope members of the public would recognize him. Anyone with information on Vazquez's whereabouts was urged to call Livermore Police Department's anonymous tip line at (925) 371-4790.The Alameda County Coroner's Bureau will release the victims' identities once all family members are notified.The deaths were Livermore's first and second homicides of the year.
Siccing K-9 for long duration constitutes excessive force, judge rules in Brentwood police bite case
BRENTWOOD, Calif. - Ordering a police dog to bite a person doesn't necessarily constitute excessive force, but siccing a K-9 on a person for a long time does, a federal judge in San Francisco has ruled. That was Monday's decision by U.S. District Court Judge Rita Lin in the case...
LARPD replacing playgrounds at three parks
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Livermore Area Recreation and Park District has launched the first phase of its playground replacement program by installing new playgrounds at Jack Williams, Bill Clark and Ida Holm parks. LARPD officials said in an announcement last week that work began on April 22...
Three San Joaquin County residents arrested after two armed robberies, police say
(FOX40.COM) — Three people were arrested on Thursday after San Joaquin County police learned they were responsible for two armed robberies in the area. According to the Tracy Police Department, the suspects, aged between 20 and 24, completed the first armed robbery in April at the Valley Shopping Center in Tracy before completing the next […]
2 Displaced Due To House Fire Thursday Night
Two people were displaced following a house fire Thursday night in San Leandro, according to the Alameda County Fire Department. At approximately 10:11 p.m., Alameda County firefighters were alerted to a two-story house burning in the 1600 block of 167th Avenue in San Leandro. The blaze was contained within 45...
Dublin students, parents and staff excited for opening of brand new Emerald High School
An East Bay city struggling to keep up with its ever growing population is getting a brand new high school. The number of residents in Dublin has been increasing so fast that you could call it a boomtown. Statistics show that between 2010 and 2020, Dublin was the fastest growing city not just in the Bay Area, but the entire state.New numbers from the state's finance department released this week show its population was still growing last year. That growth has translated into the population of kids in Dublin's schools, which now serve nearly 13,000 students.Dublin Unified is on the verge...
46-year-old Newark man arrested for soliciting 14-year-old girl
(KRON) — A 46-year-old man was arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor on Monday, the Redwood City Police Department said. The incident occurred around 1:45 p.m. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, was walking home from school when a man in a white car started talking to her. The man, police said, asked the girl how […]
Bay Area Air Quality Board Moves to Enforce Abatement at Tesla's Fremont Factory Amid 112 Violations
After repeated air quality infractions, the Bay Area is cracking down on Tesla's Fremont factory. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District seeks to enforce an abatement order to halt what they describe as "frequent and ongoing violations" related to the car manufacturer's paint shop operations. According to a report released today, the Air District has cited Tesla for at least 112 violations since 2019, each capable of pumping out upwards of 750 pounds of illegal pollution.
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