PORT COSTA — The entire town of Port Costa has been placed under an evacuation warning Thursday afternoon, due to a growing brush fire in the hills above the Carquinez Strait. The Crockett fire department issued a warning for the entire town of roughly 250 residents to be ready to leave if need be. The…
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OAKLAND — In a surprising end to the criminal case over the 1981 rape and stabbing death of a 16-year-old honor student, the suspect has pleaded no contest to a single rape charge in exchange for an eight-year prison term. Jewel Collins, 60, once faced the possibility of death or life without parole in the…
OAKLAND — In an effort to generate leads, police Thursday released video surveillance images of a vehicle that fled after causing fatal injuries June 16 to a 42-year-old father bicycling near City Hall with his 6 and 8-year-old sons. Dmitry Putilov, of Oakland, was killed in the collision. His sons, who were riding separate bicycles, were…
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A San Francisco man was charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run collision earlier in June that happened while he was fleeing from a police officer and driving under the influence, according to the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office. Matthew Todd Fredricksen, 34, was charged June 22 in the June 19 crash, which killed Mikhail…
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SAN FRANCISCO — In the conclusion to the Bay Area’s biggest federal prosecution in recent memory, three Hells Angels have been convicted of murdering one of their own in a plot that centered on a charter of the notorious biker gang located in California’s wine country. Jonathan “Jon Jon” Nelson, Brian Wendt, and Russell “Rusty”…
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OAKLAND — A Bay Area man was sentenced last week to two years and six months in federal prison for taking part in the burglary of a Hayward gun store during the wave of protests and riots following the police murder of George Floyd, court records show. Anthony Craft Jr., 28, was sentenced by U.S….
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ANTIOCH — Once again, federal prosecutors have dropped a felony conviction involving an Antioch police officer, as several within the department continue to be investigated for drugs and other crimes, court records show. Antioch resident Richard Jobe, 37, pleaded guilty to possessing two guns, in Antioch and Pinole, within a three-month period. Last December, a…
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OAKLAND — A Walnut Creek man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for sending videos depicting child sexual abuse to undercover agents who infiltrated an online pornography chatroom, court records show. Jeffrey Phillips, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar. The sentence was handed down in April but hasn’t been previously…
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OAKLAND — An Antioch man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing a loaded pistol while he had an active warrant for violating his parole, court records show. Johnny Madden, 27, was sentenced in late May by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to…
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Vowing that “we aren’t going anywhere,” the performer King Art Babe forged ahead Tuesday evening with the Alameda County Library’s first Drag Queen Story Hour event since a group of apparent Proud Boys members disrupted another reading earlier this month in San Lorenzo. No disruptions were reported Tuesday as the performer — bedazzled in heels,…
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