Car Crashes Into Cow; BART Station Parking Lot Car Burglaries; Dog Bites Off Finger: Piedmont, East Bay Police Log

EAST BAY, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the East Bay this week.

Armed With Kitchen Knife, Robber Hits Up 7-Eleven, Shell Gas Station: Pleasanton Police

• This is the second time the 7-Eleven has been robbed in recent months.

Rash Of Costco Robberies, Burglaries: Bay Area Investigators Piece Together Leads

• The most recent in the rash of Costco jewelry robberies and burglaries took place in Novato. This one was caught on camera.

Major Injury Crash Blocked Busy Pleasanton Intersection

• Drivers were asked to avoid the area.

Berkeley Hills Wildfire Burns 20 Acres

• Firefighters will remain at the scene throughout the night.

Residents Displaced As Car Crashes Into Castro Valley Home

• The home's gas line was severed, causing a gas-fueled fire.

Fire At Newark Gas Station

• A car crashed into one of the gas pumps.

Sex Tape Suspect: Disturbing New Details Released

• Police say Maninder Adama has "confessed in full" to recording the couple without their consent, taunting them by email, demanding money.

Vicious Dog Bites Off Woman's Finger

• Fremont Police shot the dog to stop it from attacking two women, who were covered in blood. Both were taken to the hospital.

Family Living In RV Displaced By San Leandro Fire

• One adult, 2 kids, 2 dogs and 4 guinea pigs had to leave their RV.

Attempted Burglary Suspects, Getaway Car Photos Released

• Do you recognize these suspects or their car? Call Lafayette Police immediately.

Motorcycle Thief Arrested Following Pursuit: Moraga Police

• The motorcycle's owner heard it start in the middle of the night and called police.

Bus Stop Armed Robbery Reported Near UC Berkeley

• The victim was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night around 10 p.m., according to police.

Burglary and Chase Suspects Identified By Fremont Police

• None of the three men arrested are from Fremont.

Police Chase Ends With Crash Into Home On Fremont Cul-De-Sac

• Police arrested three suspects and may have broken up a burglary ring.

1 Injured In Shooting At Berkeley Marina

• Police also found a vehicle in the water near the Berkeley Pier.

Car Crashes Into Cow On Orinda Road

• Three people were injured while the cow was killed on Highway 24.

Major Newark Intersection Closed For Hours

• It's not expected to reopen until this afternoon.

Man Found Murdered In East Bay Hotel Room

• The body was found at a Motel 6 just off Interstate Highway 880, the Nimitz Freeway.

Machete-Wielding Man Shot Dead By Police

• Vallejo officers killed the man in Richmond following a police chase. He was a suspect in an El Cerrito robbery.

20 Years To Life Prison Sentence For Oakland Killer

• A Sacramento man was the victim of the New Year's Day shooting in 2015.

2 Oakland Shootings Send Victims To Hospital

• The crimes happened in a 14 hour time period from Wednesday into Thursday.

5 Vehicles Burglarized At Oakland BART Stations

• Items from backpacks to laptop computers were stolen.

Photo courtesy Alameda County Fire from Residents Displaced As Car Crashes Into Castro Valley Home