CRIME & SAFETY
Shooter accepts plea deal for killing Pleasanton Home Depot worker
An Oakland woman has accepted a plea deal in the fatal shooting death of a Home Depot worker in Pleasanton in 2023, court records show. Benicia Knapps, 32, will get 19 years to life in prison after pleading no contest to second degree murder for shooting and killing 26-year-old Blake Mohs. Mohs attempted to stop Knapps and her boyfriend, David Guillory, also of Oakland, from robbing the Home Depot store of an electrical item.
FCI Dublin prison closure: Women describe horrific journey across U.S.
DUBLIN, Calif. - Dozens of women have shared horrific-sounding bus rides to prisons across the country as the Bureau of Prisons abruptly shut down FCI Dublin last week. Most report that they are getting blamed for the closure because they used their voice to complain about sexual abuse at the East Bay facility.
Coroner IDs motorcyclist killed on I-580 in Livermore last week
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau on Sunday confirmed the identity of the motorcyclist who died after crashing and subsequently being struck by a big-rig on Interstate 580 in Livermore last week. The decedent was Christopher Joseph Corrado, 38, of Discovery Bay, according to...
Two Found Dead in Car from Gunshot Wounds in Hayward, Murder-Suicide Suspected
In a grim discovery, Hayward police located two gunshot victims in a parked car on the 3000 block of W. Winton Avenue yesterday evening. A 31-year-old woman was found dead at the scene, and a 36-year-old man died after being rushed to the hospital, marking the city's third homicide of the year.
VIDEO: Dirt bikes participate in illegal sideshow in Oakland resulting in crash
(KRON) – Around 50 ATVs/dirt bikes participated in illegal sideshows in Oakland on Sunday, according to the Oakland Police Department. OPD was notified of dozens of dirt bikes in the area of Bellevue and Grand Avenues just after 1:15 p.m. on Sunday. Police said a short time after OPD received another call of 50 dirt […]
Roasted and Raw in Oakland broken into for 4th time in 3 years
(KRON) — An Oakland restaurant that recently suffered its third break-in in three years was broken into a fourth time this week. Roasted and Raw, a restaurant on 14th Street that began as a pandemic-era pop-up, posted on Instagram that it would be closed Monday due to a break-in. “Roasted and Raw will be closed […]
Hayward car collision leaves 56-year-old man dead
A car collision left a 56-year-old pedestrian dead in Hayward Friday night, police said. The crash, which someone reported at around 10:23 p.m., happened near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Lustig Court. Officers arrived to find both the pedestrian, who had died, as well as the driver still at the site of the collision.
Former Oakland police officer injured in on-duty collision has died
OAKLAND, Calif. - A 29-year-old former Oakland police officer who was critically hurt on duty in a 2018 vehicle collision died of his injuries on Saturday, the police department said. Jordan Wingate was injured on Aug. 13, 2018, when his patrol car collided with a civilian car and then a...
Hoax threats at 2 Bay Area schools lead to campus lockdowns, police responses
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Two Bay Area schools dealt with threats that ended up being hoaxes on Monday. In both instances there was a heavy police response nonetheless. A shelter-in-place at Gunn High School in Palo Alto was lifted Monday afternoon after police searched the area and found no sign of a threat. Police initially called this an unconfirmed threat towards the school.
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