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Two men died after the vehicle they were riding in slammed into a light pole in Dublin early Thursday morning, according to police.

Two men died after the vehicle they were riding in slammed into a light pole in Dublin early Thursday morning, according to police.

Over two days — hovering over the burned out grounds of Paradise, California, site of state’s most destructive fire, a legion of drones began recording images of the devastation below. By the time they were done, they had collected 70,000 images over 17,000 acres resulting in 1.4 trillion pixels of data.

Over two days — hovering over the burned out grounds of Paradise, California, site of state’s most destructive fire, a legion of drones began recording images of the devastation below. By the time they were done, they had collected 70,000 images over 17,000 acres resulting in 1.4 trillion pixels of data. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

A Hawaii-bound flight was delayed more than an hour Friday morning at Oakland International Airport when grisly crime-scene photos from a teenage passenger’s forensics science project were accidentally shared to the phones of other passengers, causing alarm, authorities said.

A Hawaii-bound flight was delayed more than an hour Friday morning at Oakland International Airport when grisly crime-scene photos from a teenage passenger’s forensics science project were accidentally shared to the phones of other passengers, causing alarm, authorities said. Roz Plater reports.

Dozens marched from Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail to the Dublin BART station Sunday evening in memory of a Berkeley woman who died of an apparent overdose just hours after she was released from the jail.

Dozens marched from Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail to the Dublin BART station Sunday evening in memory of a Berkeley woman who died of an apparent overdose just hours after she was released from the jail. Roz Plater reports.

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, plans to draft legislation to end late-night releases of county jail inmates statewide following the death of a young Berkeley woman after she left Santa Rita Jail in Dublin last month.

A sheriff’s deputy opened fire at a suspect who rammed into him and his motorcycle with a stolen vehicle during a traffic stop in Hayward Thursday morning, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities in Castro Valley opened a hate crime investigation after a school district truck was marred with racist graffiti and damaged, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.

Several juveniles were arrested Tuesday after multiple melees broke out at the Alameda County Fair before the annual Fourth of July fireworks show, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department. Pete Suratos reports.

An armed and suicidal man who barricaded himself in a Castro Valley home Monday morning surrendered to officers, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.

A proposal to open a second high school in Dublin that has drawn the ire of parents because of the site’s proximity to the Santa Rita Jail was rejected by school trustees late Tuesday night.

A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy following a crash on Interstate 680 in San Ramon back in September.

A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy following a crash on Interstate 680 in San Ramon back in September. Sergio Quintana reports.

Police in San Leandro on Tuesday are searching for a suspect believed to have killed a 41-year-old man Monday afternoon during a bloody confrontation.

Fallen Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Foley, who was struck last week by an inmate transport bus at the Santa Rita jail and later died, was laid to rest Friday.

Roughly one month after crashing into the swollen Alameda Creek, 18-year-old Jayda Jenkins has been found and positively identified, police said.

Deputies on Tuesday were trying to catch an escaped inmate who was last seen near Interstate 880 in Hayward, Alameda County Sheriff’s Department officials said.