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Antioch school supervisor placed on leave after NBC Bay Area worker bullying report
Antioch Unified School District Director of Maintenance, Operations and Facilities Kenneth (Ken) Turnage has been placed on administrative leave following an NBC Bay Area investigation into employee bullying claims. According to an AUSD board member, the district’s five board trustees received a message from their human resources director saying Turnage...
Brentwood: Officer Whose Police Dog Scalped Shoplifting Suspect Cannot Claim Qualified Immunity In Resulting Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit, District Court Rules
BRENTWOOD: OFFICER WHOSE POLICE DOG SCALPED SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT CANNOT CLAIM QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IN RESULTING FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT, DISTRICT COURT RULES
Man speaks out, woman arrested after hit-and-run in Pittsburg
A 65-year-old man is speaking out after surviving a hit-and-run in Pittsburg. Rene Cisneros described the terrifying moment he saw a car driving straight at him. Cisneros had just left his lawnmower repair shop on Buchanan Road in Pittsburg. "She was on the phone or she was with her hand...
Four tow trucks burned in Concord, Bay Point
Four tow trucks were burned in the East Bay early Saturday morning. At least two of those fires are being investigated as arson. A local towing company said that all four of those trucks belong to their fleet. On Summerfield Drive in Bay Point, one homeowner's Ring camera captured a...
Father stabs son in Oakley after son fires shotgun: police
(KRON) — An Oakley man was hospitalized on Thursday morning after he was stabbed by his father, the City of Oakley said. The father stabbed his son several times in an attempt to subdue him after the son shot at him, per police. The city’s Facebook account said Oakley officers responded to a home on […]
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...
Oakley man, 31, died in high-speed crash, police say
(KRON) — A 31-year-old Oakley man died after his car veered out of control, flipped, and struck a light pole on Monday. The Oakley Police Department said the driver was speeding, was not wearing a seatbelt, and had been drinking alcohol. The driver was identified as Victor Alfonso, and his family was notified of his […]
Traffic stop led to gun charges in Livermore
(KRON) – A Stockton resident was arrested on numerous gun charges after a traffic stop, according to the Livermore Police Department. Livermore police officers conducted a traffic stop on a Ford Ranger that was speeding on Patterson Pass Road around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Police learned that the driver had an active warrant for a […]
Pittsburg retail theft suspect arrested
Officer Towner from the Pittsburg PD, who leads the commercial/retail enforcement unit, spearheaded a thorough investigation spanning several weeks into retail and shoplifting incidents at a local Bath & Body Works store in the Century Plaza at 4225 Century Blvd., resulting in a loss exceeding $5,100. During her investigation,. Officer...
Witnesses describe seeing Bay Point teen days before her body was found in SF
While her family had no contact with Pelligrini for days, people around the Bay Area say they did, and it's those reports that are now putting together the pieces of a puzzle still largely unsolved.
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