Crime & Safety

School Bomb Threat; China Spy: Fremont, East Bay Police Log

School hit-and-run, burglar in the house, cyclist killed, abducted infant, jewelry scam and other stories from police precincts in East Bay.

Police stories this week from the East Bay region.
Police stories this week from the East Bay region. (Shutterstock)

EAST BAY, CA — A look at this week's police and emergency reports from the communities of the East Bay.

Bomb Threat Closes Thornton Jr. High In Fremont

  • Students were evacuated Friday morning, police said, adding no suspicious device was located on the campus.

Suspect No. 4 Nabbed In Coffee-Shop Robbery In San Leandro

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  • Suspects crashed their car while trying to flee the scene when witnesses intervened, police said.

Hayward Man Charged With Spying For China: FBI

  • Justice Department officials charged Xuehua Peng, 56, of Hayward, with delivering classified U.S. national security information to China.

Bicyclist, 24, Killed on Fruitvale Avenue

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  • The Oakland man hit a car's open door, then was thrown into traffic and struck by a pickup, police said.

Shooting Prompts Change In High School Football Schedule

  • After shooting at regional game, Contra Costa officials are re-doing when football games will be played at area schools.

Woman Killed, Child Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash Outside Oakland Elementary School

  • The woman was dead at the scene and the four-year-old girl was injured.

Resident Reports Burglary Suspect Inside Her Walnut Creek Home

  • The man was arrested on numerous charges, officials said

Abducted Emeryville 4-Month-Old Found Safe On Oakland Street

  • A distraught mother called 911 and told police someone had just stolen her car with her infant child still inside, strapped into a car seat.

Fatal Hwy Collision In Walnut Creek: DUI Suspected

  • A 38-year-old man died at the scene of a possible DUI collision involving a dump truck early Friday on I-680 in Walnut Creek, the CHP says.

Prosecutors Will Retry Ghost Ship Fire Defendant Derick Almena

  • The Ghost Ship master tenant will be retried on 36 involuntary manslaughter charges.

Fremont Police Warn Of Roadside Jewelry Theft Scam

  • Since January, Fremont Police have taken 9 reports involving a roadside scam where suspects used a jewelry ruse to steal from victims.

More Details Released On Shooting That Killed 2, Injured 1

  • Police were called Thursday afternoon where the three were shot on a street in Richmond.

Name Released Of Oakland Woman Killed In Suspected Hit-And-Run

  • The Alameda County coroner's bureau has released the name of a woman who was killed a vehicle collision Tuesday morning in Oakland.

Niles Canyon Reopens After Solo-Car Crash

  • The wreck was reported west of Palomares Road.


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