ICYMI, Piedmont! Headlines from Around East Bay You May Have Missed

Miss a day, miss a lot. Catch up with the stories that made headlines around the East Bay last week.

• 3-Year-Old Wounded in Drive-By Shooting in Oakland
• Statewide Employment Makes Gains in July
• Police Arrest Robbery Suspect Following Foot Chase Through BART Tunnels
• Motor Home Fire Damages Church, Spreads to Neighboring Yard
• Former Hayward Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Grand Theft
• Female Pedestrian Dead Following Suspected DUI Crash
• Danville Exec Pleads Guilty To Role In $200 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• El Nino Intensifies: What It Means For Winter in Northern California
• SFPD Chase Shooting Suspect Over Bay Bridge to Emeryville
• Board Votes to Boost SF Bay Ferry Service to Meet Growing Demand
• Two Men Plead No Contest for Their Roles in 2003 Murder of Richmond Teen
• Danville Couple, Oakley Man Arrested in Sex Trafficking Ring
• Dead Whale Found Floating in Oakland Estuary
• Whale Found Dead in Oakland Estuary Killed by Ship Strike
• Photographic Evidence, Witness Interviews Place Pier 14 Homicide Suspect at Crime Scene
• Expert Witnesses Say Bullet Likely Ricocheted Off Pier 14 Before Fatally Striking Woman
• Parents of Teen Killed During Altercation with Pleasanton Police File Wrongful Death Claim
• Fremont Transient Killed in Suspected DUI Collision Identified
• Slain Suspect Struck Officer Immediately When She Approached
• UC Berkeley Police Report Suspected Sexual Battery of Girls at Pool on Campus
• Sentenced to Jail: DUI Driver Who Drove onto SoCal Beach on Fourth of July
• Woman Gets 15 Years to Life for Murder of Teen in Newark
• Motorcyclist Killed in Big-Rig Hit-And-Run Collision
• California’s Long-Term Water Problem to Get Worse, Scientists Warn
• Donations for Burned Dog; ATV Rider Killed in Collision With Horse; National Dog Day; Whale in Estuary: All in Calif.

Need a break from bad news? Here are a few of our favorite uplifting headlines and photos from Northern California Patch sites.

• Saturday Smiles: Race Cars Drive Across GG Bridge; Woman in Need of Double Lung Transplant Meets Taylor Swift; Dogs Rescued

Photos courtesy Livermore Pleasanton Fire BC from Motor Home Fire Damages Church, Spreads to Neighboring Yard