Eyewitness backs up San Jose cop In 2009 case involving a police officer shooting a man in the nose and stun-gunning his wife. (The San Jose Mercury News)
Cab or cop car? A party-goer mistakes the two and is busted for a bindle of cocaine. (Inside Bay Area)
Organization that searched for Hasanni Campbell trying to start camp The group calls of vigils and fundraisers for now, and will focus on summer camp. (Inside Bay Area)
Sea lion shooter gets 30 days and $51,000 fine The fisherman claimed the animal was eating his fish. Meanwhile the sea lion, named Sgt. Nevis, is recuperating in a backstage pond at Six Flags. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Coast Guard seizes ton of pot in waters off Mexico After intercepting ship, authorities see crew throwing bales of weed into water. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Qantas jet returns to SFO after engine failure About 45 minutes into a flight to Sydney, an engine exploded and the pilot dumped fuel before returning to the airport. There were no injuries. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Feds might close Marin Headlands fire station A cost-saving measure. (Marin Independent Journal)
Berkeley police searching for person who sent wallet to crime victim The victim, a 23-year-old man, was stabbed more than 25 times and robbed four years ago in North Berkeley. (Inside Bay Area)
Psst! Hey, isn’t that potential juror Meg Whitman? Yes, yes it is. The gubernatorial hopeful has yet to be dismissed from the juror pool. (Contra Costa Times)
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The Alameda County District Attorney announced charges against a woman whose boyfriend is accused of killing a Google job applicant from Virginia. The woman will face counts of second degree robbery and murder. . .
One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in Manteca yesterday. . .
A six-year-old boy drowned yesterday at a high school pool in the Castro Valley. Authorities believe it was an accident. . .
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It’s a slow start for East Bay commuters: a car fire is spewing black smoke on Highway 24 and backing up east-bound lanes near the I-680 connector. . .
Two suspects have been arrested in the apparent killing of a Virginia man who was staying in Oakland for an interview at Google. . .
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A five-year-old girl was kidnapped this morning, apparently accidentally, during a car theft. A man parked his Cadillac at a gas station, with his daughter in the back seat. When he went inside to pay for the gas, a white van pulled up beside the car and a person jumped into the Cadillac and took off. The girl was found a couple of blocks away unharmed; the Cadillac turned up abandoned later…
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Oakland hit its 48th homicide of the year early this morning as a man was shot in West Oakland on his way home from work around 1:50 a.m. The victim was a 53-year-old man who apparently lived by himself. No motive, no suspects have been identified. . .
A man has been arrested in the mauling death of a two-year-old Concord boy yesterday. The boy was killed by three of his family’s five pit bull terriers when he stepped into the garage where the dogs were kept. The boy’s step-grandfather was arrested yesterday on suspicion of child endangerment and owning a dangerous animal. It’s apparently illegal to have more than three dogs in any one house in the city. KTVU has a jailhouse interview with the step-grandfather. . .
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