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Redwood City police arrest man for allegedly threatening ex-girlfriend via texts
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 47-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sending threatening text messages to his ex-girlfriend, including a photo of himself holding a gun, Redwood City police said Thursday. On May 4, detectives started investigating an East Palo Alto resident after he allegedly sent threatening texts...
Celebrating Hawaiian heritage with a May Day festival in Hayward
The Kuma Hula Association of Northern California will be celebrating its island heritage with the “Hawaiian May Day Festival” in Hayward on Saturday. The free festival — running from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. downtown— will offer plenty of music and dance, along with vendors selling food and other wares.
Starving brown pelicans overwhelm bird rescue facility in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD -- A wildlife crisis is playing out in the Bay Area and along the California coast. Thousands of brown pelicans are starving to death and scientists don't seem to know why. Now, one local rescue center is desperately appealing to the public for help. On Saturday, a public open house at the International Bird Rescue Center in Fairfield almost didn't happen but they decided to go through with it anyway because they thought it was important for the public to understand the crisis they're dealing with. The rescue center is accustomed to dealing with injured or sick birds but what...
Bounty hunter charged with murder after shooting fugitive: Newark police
(KRON) — A bounty hunter has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting that happened on March 19, the Newark Police Department said Thursday. The victim was a man who did not appear in court. Newark police said Bail Fugitive Recovery Agent Charles Price, 49, of Foresthill, and a bail bonds […]
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The family of a woman and child killed in what their attorneys describe as a "reckless and unreasonable" police pursuit in Rodeo last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week naming the driver, the city of Hercules and Contra Costa County as defendants. Ryniqueka Dowell, 31, was driving at...
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