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Tesla violations reach breaking point for air quality management district, remedy sought
FREMONT, Calif. - The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has accused Tesla's Fremont plant of potentially emitting thousands of tons of illegal air pollutants in recent years and is seeking an order to force the company to take measures to stop. The company has racked up 112 notices of...
FCI Dublin cleared out; no women left in prison
DUBLIN, Calif. - The Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin was emptied out as of Wednesday afternoon. "No women are remaining at FCI Dublin," BOP spokesman Scott Taylor said. The Bureau of Prisons moved 605 women out of the facility in 16 days, following Director Colette Peters' surprise announcement on April...
Local Cowgirl Named 2024 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen
Castro Valley native Phoebe Bruns attended her first Rowell Ranch Rodeo before she could walk. This month—18 years later—she will be celebrated as the 2024 Miss Rowell Ranch Rodeo Queen. “I’ve come full circle,” Bruns told the Forum. “I used to attend the Queen’s ball with my friends...
Man suspected of killing girlfriend in 2019 extradited back to U.S. from Mexico
A man who fled to Mexico after allegedly killing his girlfriend in Tracy in 2019 was extradited this month, police said. Antonio Flores-Cuellar was suspected of killing his partner, Andrea Cervantes, after police found her dead on June 22, 2019. At 10:52 p.m. that day, officers responded to a 911...
Is this East Bay refinery-turned-housing-development a model for reclaiming contaminated sites?
HERCULES — On the surface, Victoria by the Bay is a charming neighborhood of 926 homes only a short walk from the shores of San Pablo Bay. But the ground beneath the roughly 200-acre development was once home to the former Pacific Refinery Co., a facility built in 1966 that produced 55,000 barrels of oil daily and stored other hazardous substances in the northernmost corner of Hercules, adjacent to Rodeo. Amid a bleak economic outlook for the fossil fuel industry at the time, the facility was decommissioned in the summer of 1995, and demolished not long after.
Driver airlifted to hospital after multi-vehicle Brentwood crash
(KRON) — A driver was airlifted to a local hospital after being involved in a three car crash on Tuesday, the Brentwood Police Department said. Brentwood PD said they received calls about a traffic collision on westbound Balfour Road at McViking Way at approximately 9:30 p.m. Preliminary investigations revealed that Zachary Rau, 26, was reportedly […]
Union City Police Urge Public to Aid Search for Missing "At Risk" Teen Annaliese Gonzalez
The Union City Police Department has issued an urgent appeal to the public for assistance in the search for Annaliese Gonzalez, a 15-year-old girl reported missing and considered "at risk." Gonzalez was last seen at around 11 a.m. on May 1 at James Logan High School in Union City, as detailed on the department's Facebook page.
News Digest: Pleasanton Wine Stroll | Sheriff interviews with TV30 | ‘Creating Pollinator Corridors’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Pleasanton Downtown Association is holding its annual this Saturday (May 4) from 5-8 p.m. “Spend a beautiful evening in downtown Pleasanton sampling wine and strolling while musicians perform live music throughout Main Street,” PDA reps said. Tickets to the event, which are...
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