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  • Bay Area county committee passes ICE response plan for future enforcement operations, bans agency from county property

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    Saying they were spurred by the shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, an Alameda County Board of Supervisors committee has passed two proposals to establish a Bay Area regional response in the event that federal immigration agents launch a new operation locally.

    “We have to move very quickly,” Alameda County District 5 Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas told Bay Area News Group before the Board of Supervisors meeting on Thursday before the Together For All Committee vote. “Since the Minneapolis killing – more than ever – it is incredibly dangerous for people to enter the immigration system.”

    During a surge of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Minneapolis resident Renee Good in the head while she was driving away. Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was posthumously labeled as a “domestic terrorist” by Vice President JD Vance and Department of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem, whose defense of Ross’ actions ignited furor among Minnesota residents who have taken to the streets in protest.

    The incident evoked memories of last October when Border Patrol agents launched an operation in the Bay Area that led to a protest at the entrance to Coast Guard Island. During the standoff, a U-Haul truck driven by Bella Thompson reversed and accelerated toward officers. Thompson was shot by federal officers before she could strike them and was charged with one count of assault of a federal officer. She was released on bail in November and remanded to her parents in Southern California while attending a mental health program pending trial.

    In the lead-up to the October incident, Bas said she had drafted a proposal to strengthen the county’s response to immigration enforcement operations. The first of these proposals calls for a coordinated regional response to federal immigration raids, following the example set by Santa Clara County, with public outreach plans and staff trainings on how to protect residents accessing the county’s social services, courts and health care facilities.

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  • San Leandro: One killed, another injured in weekend shooting

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    SAN LEANDRO – A shooting left one person dead and another injured over the weekend in San Leandro, authorities said.

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  • Multiple suspects arrested in CHP operation targeting Northern California organized retail theft ring

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    A California Highway Patrol task force this month arrested 13 people and recovered over $800,000 in stolen merchandise in connection with an organized retail theft ring that operated across Northern California. 

    The CHP Valley Division’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force, which includes investigators from the Sacramento Police Department and the Placer County District Attorney’s Office, was alerted in September to a pair of retail theft suspects operating in Placer County and at multiple other locations throughout the state, the agency said in a press release. 

    On October 1, the Rocklin Police Department located the suspects with help from the Valley Division ORCTF. The suspects identified others who were purchasing stolen merchandise from them and reselling it for profit at flea markets in Oakland, San Jose, Galt, Modesto and Stockton, the CHP said. 

    Investigators used information provided by the suspects to conduct surveillance operations and establish links among the theft suspects, the stolen merchandise buyers and resellers, and the flea-market locations, the CHP said. Search warrants were obtained for six homes, three storage lockers, and one storage lot.

    Evidence seized during the CHP’s “Operation Silent Night” targeting an organized retail theft ring.

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    On December 11, the CHP said multiple law enforcement agencies conducted Operation Silent Night, executing warrants in Oakland, Richmond, San Leandro, and Galt. The operation resulted in 13 arrests and the seizure of over 400 boxes and 200 bags of stolen merchandise, along with two firearms, more than $10,000 in cash, five vans, two passenger vehicles, and two trailers, the CHP said.

    The stolen merchandise included cosmetics, household goods, clothing, power tools, toys, alcohol, and diapers. The day after the raids, Cal Expo provided an exposition hall to help investigators process and catalog the recovered merchandise, which amounted to 44,140 stolen items valued in excess of $800,000. 

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    A Cal Expo warehouse with recovered evidence from an alleged organized retail theft ring.

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    The following suspects were taken to the Placer County Jail for booking. They were identified as:

    • Isaid Garcia Chapas, 41, Oakland
    • Irene Cruz Barragan, 35, Oakland
    • Daniela Cruz Barragan, 33, Oakland
    • Robert Lorenzo Luna-Varela, 34, Oakland
    • Jefferson Isaed Garcia-Rivera, 22, Oakland
    • Jennifer Garcia Cruz, 19, Oakland
    • Elan Rosales Montes, 35, Oakland
    • Claudia Ivet Cruz Barragan, 42, Oakland
    • Yolanda Carrillo Martinez, 45, Oakland
    • Ivan Miranda Espinoza, 33, Oakland
    • Bach Ngoc Thi Bui, 53, El Sobrante
    • Yuridia Sandoval Ramirez, 35, Oakland
    • Eryn Wilfred Corea Guevara, 29, Oakland 

    “Organized retail theft is not a victimless crime. It impacts businesses, workers, and communities across California,” said CHP Valley Division Chief Tyler Eccles in a prepared statement. “This investigation highlights the strength of collaboration between law enforcement and our retail partners, and our commitment to holding organized theft networks accountable.”

    Governor Gavin Newsom established the CHP’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force in 2019 to target sophisticated theft rings, beginning in Southern California before expanding to the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of the state. In 2021, Newsom signed Assembly Bill 331, which permanently extended the task force and gave the CHP more authority to coordinate regional property crime efforts.

    According to the CHP, since the ORCTF’s inception in 2019, the agency has been involved in over 4,200 investigations, with over 4,700 suspects arrested and the recovery of nearly 1.5 million stolen goods valued at over $68.7 million statewide as of November 30. 

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  • Alameda DA to dismiss case against former San Leandro cop in killing of Steven Taylor

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    OAKLAND — Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s office formally asked a judge this week to dismiss the manslaughter case against the former San Leandro police officer accused of fatally shooting Steven Taylor during an April 2020 shoplifting call.

    The request by Jones Dickson’s administration  — which is expected to be argued at a hearing Friday morning — marks yet another twist in the case against Jason Fletcher, who was charged with manslaughter months after the killing but has yet to face trial amid a rotating cast of district attorneys. His case has since become a rallying cry by advocates pushing for greater accountability among law enforcement officers who use deadly force.

    If granted, the dismissal would represent an abrupt end to the first police officer charged in an on-duty killing in Alameda County since BART Officer Johannes Mehserle was tried — and convicted — in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant more than 15 years ago. Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in July 2010, by a Los Angeles County jury after the case was moved south.

    In a motion filed Tuesday, the district attorney’s office argued that Fletcher’s case “cannot be proved beyond a reasonable doubt,” nor that it’s entirely clear that Fletcher didn’t act out of self defense or the right to defend others inside the San Leandro Walmart where the shooting happened.

    Taylor was fatally shot on April 18, 2020, while allegedly trying to steal an aluminum baseball bat and a tent from the Walmart. Only about 40 seconds passed between the time Fletcher encountered Taylor, 33, and when the fatal shot was fired, according to a lawsuit against the city of San Leandro by the slain man’s family.

    Alameda County prosecutors had previously argued that Fletcher did not try to de-escalate the confrontation before fatally shooting Taylor once in the chest after using a Taser on him multiple times. A judge later called the case “a battle of the experts,” given the vast amount of testimony at an evidentiary hearing from police use-of-force experts.

    Those experts became the subject of a recent bid by Fletcher’s attorneys — largely backed by the work of Jones Dickson’s own team — to dismiss the case on the grounds of “outrageous government conduct.” The officer’s attorneys argued that previous prosecutors in the case — each overseen by former District Attorney Pamela Price — acted unethically while seeking experts to testify on the prosecution’s behalf.

    In ruling from the bench last month, Alameda County Judge Thomas Reardon said he found no evidence that those former prosecutors tainted the case by allegedly hiding evidence from defense attorneys.

    The district attorney’s dismissal motion this week again took direct aim at Price’s administration, claiming that her strategy was nothing more than “a desperate de-evolution into violations of both ethics and the law around these experts.”

    “The effort made to conceal expert opinions from the defense in violation of Supreme Court case law that requires transparency of this type of evidence only created more hurdles to the prosecution of Fletcher,” the motion added.

    The motion appears to have been authored by Darby Williams, a relative newcomer to Jones Dickson’s staff who previously spent time as a prosecutor in San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, as well as a public defender in Los Angeles, according to her LinkedIn account. The site shows her having joined the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in July.

    The request by Jones Dickson’s team continues a trend by the former Alameda County prosecutor and judge, who has worked to unwind the legacy of Price, who voters recalled last year. That includes dismissing numerous cases filed by Price’s administration, including several against law enforcement officers related to the deaths of inmates at Santa Rita Jail.

    Price has since announced a campaign to once again seek election as the county’s district attorney, roughly a year after voters removed her from office by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. So far, Price and Jones Dickson are the only people known to be vying for the post.

    The wave of dismissals had led to fears by Taylor’s family that Fletcher’s case could be next.

    Reached Wednesday morning, Taylor’s grandmother, Addie Kitchen, slammed the decision.

    “I’m shocked,” said Kitchen, noting how the request to end the case came not from Fletcher’s attorneys, but from Jones Dickson’s office. “How do you think it feels? Five and a half years — the biggest slap in the face by the district attorney.”

    Check back for updates to this developing story.

    Jakob Rodgers is a senior breaking news reporter. Call, text or send him an encrypted message via Signal at 510-390-2351, or email him at jrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com.

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  • AG Rob Bonta spent nearly $500K on lawyers while trying to be ‘helpful’ amid East Bay corruption probe, adviser says

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    SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta spent $468,000 of his campaign cash on lawyers while reportedly being interviewed by federal authorities investigating Oakland’s former mayor and others in a sprawling federal bribery and corruption inquiry.

    The longtime East Bay politician’s senior adviser, Dan Newman, told this news organization Wednesday that Bonta’s legal bills were for the sole purpose of “providing information that could be helpful to the investigation of those implicated” in the ongoing criminal probe.

    Bonta — who lives in Alameda and has worked his way from city councilman to the state’s top prosecutor — was never a target of the investigation, Newman said.

    “The AG’s involvement is over,” Newman added. “But this is an ongoing legal proceeding that we don’t want to hinder — with no relation to or involvement of the AG — so unable to provide further information.” He said the work required of those attorneys ended in 2024, the adviser said.

    Newman initially told the KCRA this week that the attorney general used the campaign funds “to help his law enforcement partners pursue justice” in the East Bay corruption probe. The Sacramento station was the first to report Bonta’s legal spending.

    Newman later changed that stance, claiming in a subsequent interview with KCRA that Bonta spent the money on attorneys for himself while being questioned by federal investigators. The adviser stressed Bonta was never a target of the investigation, and the funds were needed “because of the nature of the charges against the people implicated,” the station reported.

    The size of Bonta’s legal bills appear historically large, and they reflect the fact that Bonta retained one of the premier law firms in Silicon Valley — Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati — which routinely charges four figures an hour for its work, said David McCuan, a Sonoma State University political science professor. That also highlights the stakes Bonta faces as a politically ambitious state attorney general, particularly one who has taken a leading stand against the current White House administration by filing dozens of lawsuits against it, the professor said.

    “His problems are the appearance of impropriety when he is the poster child against Donald Trump and the administration,” McCuan said. “So if he has an image problem that is created by this expenditure, then that is a problem for him.”

    McCuan added that California campaign finance law is considered “murky” when it comes to when candidates can use campaign cash for legal help.

    In general, campaign funding can only be used “if the litigation is directly related to activities of the committee that are consistent with its primary objectives,” said Shery Yang, a spokesperson for the Fair Political Practices Commission, in an email. While she said she couldn’t speak specifically to this case, instances where that money can be used include defending against claims that a candidate violated election laws, or ensuring compliance with state campaign disclosure reports.

    The five payments to Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati were made two days before Bonta announced he would not run for governor and seek reelection as attorney general in February, the records show.

    It all casts a fresh spotlight on Bonta’s ties to many of the main players charged in the ongoing bribery and pay-to-play probe that has roiled the East Bay’s political scene, including former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Andy Duong, who helps run a recycling company contracted by the city of Oakland.

    In charges unsealed in January, federal prosecutors accused former Thao of accepting bribes from Andy Duong and his father, David, in the form of political favors and a $95,000 no-show job for Thao’s romantic partner, Andre Jones. In return, prosecutors claimed Thao promised to secure lucrative city contracts for a fledgling housing company co-founded by David Duong, as well as for Duongs recycling business, California Waste Solutions.

    Thao, Jones and David and Andy Duong have all pleaded not guilty and could face trial by next year.

    Bonta has known Andy Duong for years, even becoming a frequent presence on his Instagram page before federal agents raided the businessman’s house in June 2024.

    In an August 2021 social media post, Bonta was seen standing alongside Andy Duong and the famed Filipino boxer and retired politician Manny Pacquiao, each of them giving a “thumbs up” to the camera. In another, Bonta appeared to be sitting in a limousine, smiling at the camera with one arm around Andy Duong and another around his wife, California Assemblymember Mia Bonta.

    “Cannot wait to see what else the future has to offer to you,” wrote Andy Duong, calling the state’s top prosecutor a “brother” while recounting his rise from “Vice Mayor to State Assembly and now CA Attorney General.” The post included no less than nine other photos of the two together over the years, often at campaign events or, in one instance, together at a Golden State Warriors game.

    Rob Bonta has since sought to distance himself from the Duongs. Shortly after the FBI and other federal authorities raided the family’s Oakland hills houses on June 20, 2024, Bonta said he planned to give back $155,000 in political contributions that he had previously received from the Duong family.

    The political fortunes of Thao and Mia Bonta also nearly collided several years ago. Before running for mayor, Thao briefly considered campaigning for the state assembly seat once held by Rob Bonta before he became the state’s attorney general. Instead, Thao opted to run for the mayor of Oakland, while Mia Bonta ran and filled her husband’s post in Sacramento.

    Bonta ties to people investigated in the corruption probe extend to an unnamed co-conspirator widely believed to be longtime Oakland political operative Mario Juarez. Bonta and Juarez enjoyed “close financial and political ties,” such as when Bonta helped secure a $3.4 million grant in 2017 from the California Energy Commission for a company that Juarez co-owned, according to a filing late last year by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.

    “They have publicly endorsed each other and have used the same office for their business dealings,” said the filing, adding that Juarez and the Bontas’ “extensive intertwined political and business dealings are widely known.”

    Jakob Rodgers is a senior breaking news reporter. Call, text or send him an encrypted message via Signal at 510-390-2351, or email him at jrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com.

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  • Delays hamper BART riders after maintenance and police activity

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    OAKLAND — BART passengers were experiencing delays Sunday due to maintenance operations and police activity that hampered trips on sections of the Bay Area transit system.

    In one occurrence, a 10-minute delay had occurred Sunday morning at the Coliseum station in Oakland in the direction of Daly City due to police activity. It wasn’t disclosed which law enforcement agency was involved. By 9:30 a.m., that delay had ended.

    BART also reported Sunday morning that a 10-minute delay was underway on the San Francisco line in the direction of Berryessa in San Jose, Antioch, and Millbrae due to overnight track maintenance. By 10 a.m., that advisory had ended.

    In recent months, BART passengers have suffered through mammoth delays and systemwide shutdowns that snarled the regional transit system.

    In May, a fire near the San Leandro station disrupted service on the lines to the Berryessa (San Jose), Dublin and Lake Merritt (Oakland) stations.

    In September, the entire BART system shut down due to a computer failure that halted service through the Transbay Tube for several hours.

    In October, an equipment problem on the track in the Transbay Tube snarled trips through the underwater connection between Oakland and San Francisco for three hours during the morning commute.

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  • San Leandro councilmember charged in federal corruption case

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    San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo was charged Tuesday by federal prosecutors over allegations he was wrapped up in a bribery and kickback scheme involving an Oakland-based housing developer.

    Azevedo is facing one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and lying to federal investigators. He has not been arrested and didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday afternoon.

    Prosecutors believe Azevedo accepted a $2,000 cash bribe from an unnamed owner of the housing company that had business interests with the city, according to documents filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland.

    During the fall of 2023 and spring of 2024, Azevedo took steps to benefit the company, including advocating for an emergency shelter ordinance with San Leandro government officials, taking city officials on a tour of the company’s model units and advocating for the purchase of units by the city of San Leandro, according to court documents.

    Then, in June of 2024, prosecutors say Azevedo allegedly voted “in furtherance of an emergency ordinance that would have benefitted” the company.

    During an investigation into the scheme, Azevedo allegedly lied about it to FBI and IRS agents, according to prosecutors.

    Court documents show that prosecutors believe Azevedo worked on the alleged scheme with two unnamed “coconspirators,” owners of the unnamed affordable housing company, for about a year starting in August of 2023.

    The company was building and selling prefabricated modular homes made from shipping containers.

    If convicted, Azevedo could face up to 25 years in prison and fines of up to $500,000.

    The case is being prosecuted by Abraham Fine, the assistant U.S. attorney who is also prosecuting former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and her partner Andre Jones on several federal corruption and bribery charges.

    Also facing charges in that case are David Duong and his son Andy, who own a recycling company, California Waste Solutions, that does business with Oakland.

    The Duongs also ran a company that was trying to build and sell modular homes made from shipping containers to help with local homelessness issues.

    Azevedo is a fourth-generation San Leandro resident, graduated from San Leandro High School in 1995 and works as a sheet metal foreman, according to his biography on the city website.

    He was first elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024. His current term expires in December of 2028.

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  • Letters: Left-wing billionaires are pushing Proposition 50

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    Left-wing billionaires
    are funding Prop. 50

    Re: “Hedge fund billionaire Steyer gives $12M to back Proposition 50 redistricting vote” (Page B6, Oct. 12).

    If you are wondering how to vote on Proposition 50 gerrymandering, look no further than who is funding the “yes” campaign. Billionaires Tom Steyer and George Soros are pouring millions of dollars into it. These are far-left-wing elites.

    They are not interested in the people or what is good for the state of California. They are only interested in increasing their stranglehold over voters. They are the power-hungry force behind all the terrible policies that are destroying California.

    Gov. Gavin Newsom conjured up this gerrymandering scheme. He has created this costly special election, hoping that turnout will be low and that people won’t care.

    We do care. We need to say no. Vote no on Proposition 50.

    Jay Todesco
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    Citizens can flex
    their economic might

    Re: “Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco” (Oct. 11).

    My first reaction to this news was, “Who the hell cares what this guy thinks?” Do only billionaires’ voices matter? If Donald Trump rigs future elections, is peaceful protesting the only power we have? Not by a long shot.

    Even as Trump tries to sabotage the power of the vote, we have the power of the purse. It worked on Disney during the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco. It will work on any company that sells to consumers. Www.goodsuniteus.com tracks corporate political donations. When, collectively, people stop shopping and subscribing to the brands that do not share their values, companies notice in a hurry. Trump may not listen to us, but he does listen to his billionaire buddies.

    It may be time to start keeping corporate leaders up at night, watching their market shares tank. It may be time to remind billionaires that the money that drives this country comes from us.

    Janice Bleyaert
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    Cal must do more
    to support students

    UC Berkeley is regarded as the No. 1 public university. However, the students who make Berkeley great are facing hunger at an unacceptable rate. The 2022 UC Basic Needs Report shows that 47% of UC students have faced food insecurity.

    I’m grateful for the opportunities this university has presented to me. However, a reason I and many other students hesitated in committing to Berkeley is due to the city’s basic cost of living. Attending Berkeley for most will be their greatest investment, so it should be on the university to support students contributing to the legacy of such an institution.

    Currently, students can only visit Berkeley’s Basic Needs Center once a week, which is not enough for the students who rely on this resource the most. Working to expand on this resource could make a significant difference in the lives of thousands of the great minds we have at Berkeley.

    Kennedy Jones
    Berkeley

    Medical community must
    loudly denounce RFK Jr.

    After eight months of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. doing his best to unravel decades of advances in medicine and the development and use of tested and proven vaccines and medications that have saved millions of lives, saved millions of people from years of suffering, and prevented epidemics of many deadly and debilitating diseases — culminating in Donald Trump’s unhinged and unsubstantiated medical advice to America’s pregnant mothers not to take Tylenol because it causes autism in their children — I have one question: Where the hell has the medical community been?

    The medical community in this nation has to stand up loudly to condemn and stop this devastation of what has allowed us all to live longer and healthier lives.

    Michael Thomas
    Richmond

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  • East Bay highway chase leaves suspects dead, CHP officers injured

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    Two suspects died in a crash early Saturday in San Leandro after reportedly leading California Highway Patrol officers in a highway chase that began in Castro Valley, officials said.

    According to the CHP, a pair of officers also suffered major injuries when both their vehicle and the white Mercedes they were pursuing crashed into a noise barrier on a tight, winding exit road from I-238 that leads to East 14th Street.

    The two officers were taken to a hospital with major injuries, though they were not life-threatening, the CHP said Saturday. A passenger in the Mercedes was also hospitalized with major injuries.

    The pursuit on Saturday began at about 3:41 a.m. when CHP officers attempted a traffic stop of the Mercedes sedan on Interstate 580, near Eden Canyon Road in Castro Valley, authorities said.

    The driver did not pull over, the CHP said, and the ensuing vehicle chase extended for several miles along I-580 and I-238. It ended when the Mercedes crashed off the highway exit, just before it could reach San Leandro’s city streets.

    Authorities said the CHP vehicle similarly ran into the barrier as a result of the first crash, though the two vehicles did not collide.

    Responders from the Alameda County Fire Department and county sheriff’s office arrived to the scene soon afterward. The case is under investigation, the CHP said. No identifying details of the deceased suspects had been released as of press time Saturday.

    Saturday’s incident was the latest high-speed law enforcement chase in the East Bay to result in a deadly crash — a trend that has led to fierce public debates in nearby Oakland about when police should engage in pursuits.

    A similar CHP chase in Oakland in May led the suspect driver to crash, causing the death of a popular local teacher.

    Last month, a civilian body that oversees the Oakland police approved new policies that relaxed previous restrictions on when the city’s officers can initiate a high-speed chase.

    The CHP is not bound by any local policies limiting pursuit speeds. The agency has regularly been deployed to the East Bay, a crime-reduction strategy championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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  • 4 suspects in Fremont robbery arrested in San Leandro when police chase ends in crash

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    Four suspects in a robbery in Fremont were arrested when a police chase ended in a crash in San Leandro, police said. 

    Around 12:30 p.m. Friday, police said a person was robbed outside a bank on Mission Boulevard in Fremont. The victim provided a description to the police of the suspects. 

    Officers said they were able to track down the suspect’s car using automatic license plate readers. When they attempted to pull over the vehicle, the driver took off, starting a police chase on northbound Interstate 880.

    The chase continued into San Leandro, where police said the car came to a stop and the four suspects tried to run away. They were quickly taken into custody and items belonging to the victim were located in the vehicle, police said.

    Police said additional information later determined the suspects were involved in a similar robbery in a nearby city earlier Friday. 

    Police said the suspect vehicle was involved in a crash during the pursuit on the highway and two crashes on the streets of San Leandro. No injuries were reported. 

    The suspects have not been identified.

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  • Authorities in East Bay search for 12-year-old girl missing since Sunday

    Authorities in East Bay search for 12-year-old girl missing since Sunday

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    The California Highway Patrol issued an alert early Monday morning for a missing 12-year-old last seen Sunday in San Leandro.

    E’Mari Hay was last seen around 8 p.m. Sunday in the area of 163rd Avenue and Helo Drive in San Leandro, the CHP said on social media. She was wearing a black shirt, red and white pajama pants, and pink Crocs.

    E’Mari is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall, around 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

    Authorities believe she is on foot.

    Anyone who has seen E’Mari should call 911.

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  • 2nd suspect in 2022 robbery, murder of armored car guard in San Leandro arrested

    2nd suspect in 2022 robbery, murder of armored car guard in San Leandro arrested

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    A man suspected of being the driver during a robbery and murder of an armored car security guard in San Leandro nearly two years ago has been arrested, police said Tuesday.

    On Sept. 7, 2022, the GardaWorld security guard was leaving the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center at about 11:42 a.m., carrying a bag with an undisclosed amount of cash, when he was shot in the back of the head, according to police.

    The suspect grabbed the bag and fled in a waiting getaway car, police said, and the hospital was placed on lockdown immediately after the shooting. The guard, 60-year-old John Mendez who had been with the company nearly 40 years, succumbed to his injuries a day later. 

    Scene of shooting, robbery of armored car guard outside Kaiser Medical Center in San Leandro, September 7, 2022.

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    The suspect in the shooting, 28-year-old Akbar Bey of Oakland, was arrested in October 2022, but the suspected driver of the getaway car– Artemio Torres, 28– was believed to have fled the state.

    On Memorial Day, an officer with the California Highway Patrol Ventura office made a traffic stop on a vehicle in the city of Oxnard. The driver, later identified as Torres, allegedly gave the CHP officer false information about his identity.

    Further investigation by the officer uncovered an outstanding arrest warrant for Torres and he was taken into custody. On Monday, Torres was extradited from Southern California to Alameda County, where he is facing felony robbery charges, San Leandro Police said.

    There are no other outstanding suspects in this case.  

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  • Police in San Leandro search for driver in fatal pedestrian hit and run

    Police in San Leandro search for driver in fatal pedestrian hit and run

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    A pedestrian died after he was hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run on Wednesday night in San Leandro, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    At 9:21 p.m., officers were alerted to a pedestrian struck on Lewelling Boulevard west of Embers Way. First responders found a male lying on the roadway.

    The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The CHP said no involved vehicles remained in the area.

    Authorities are searching for the hit-and-run suspect who is yet to be identified, the CHP said. Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information about it is asked to call the CHP Hayward-area office at (510) 489-1500.

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  • Alameda County sheriff’s dispatcher killed by alleged drunk driver

    Alameda County sheriff’s dispatcher killed by alleged drunk driver

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    A dispatcher with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office was killed Sunday in San Leandro by an alleged drunk driver, according to police.

    At about 11:15 p.m., San Leandro police responded to the intersection of East 14th Street and 150th Avenue on a report of a roll-over vehicle collision.

    Officers arrived and found an unconscious driver suffering from significant injuries. An investigation revealed that her car was broadsided and then it rolled over as she crossed through the intersection. She was taken to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

    The woman was identified as Antoinette Finau, an emergency services dispatcher with the Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the other vehicle was uninjured and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

    According to police, Finau was on her way to work when the collision occurred.

    “The San Leandro Police Department offers our condolences to the family of the victim as well as the men and women of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office,” said Lt. Jeffrey Walton in a release sent out Monday. “This is a tragic loss of life and a painful reminder of the dangers of driving while impaired.”

    The Sheriff’s Office posted about Finau on Facebook Monday.

    “Last night, we lost a dedicated, energetic, loving Alameda County Sheriff’s Office family member,” reads the post, which said she loved being a dispatcher and took “pride in her work because helping others gave her joy.”

    The Sheriff’s Office said its agency, along with California Highway Patrol, San Leandro police and members of Finau’s family escorted her body to the coroner’s bureau in the early hours of Monday.

    “Antoinette’s family said, ‘She was born a star, and you escorted her to this place like a star. We are grateful,’” said the Sheriff’s Office.

    Finau was a loving mother, sister, daughter and friend, the Sheriff’s Office said.

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