ICYMI, Pinole and Hercules! Headlines from Around East Bay You May Have Missed Last Week

Were you busy last week? We thought so. Catch up with few of the stories that made headlines around the East Bay last week.

• Police Investigating Fire at Rockridge Middle School as Arson
• Good Samaritan Helps Pull Woman Out of Car That Flipped onto its Side in Alameda
• Alameda Fire Crews Knock Down Fire in Townhouse Garage
• American Idol Contestant Brings Anti-Bullying Message to Tri-Valley Middle Schoolers
• Listeria Recall: Sprouts Recalled After Positive FDA Test
• Berkeley’s Beloved ‘Brushmobile’ Donated to Habitot Children’s Museum
• Kensington Police Chief Ousted Amid Controversy
• Missing Hayward Woman Found in Hospital Under Other Name
• Police: 21-Year-Old Shot, Killed in December was Victim of Mistaken Identity
• Police Arrest Fairfield Man Following 2 Richmond Home Invasions
• Lawrence Livermore National Lab Donates $40,000 to Schools in Dublin and Tri-Valley
• Trio of Suspect Robbers Arrested After Crash at UC Berkeley
• WATCH: Danville Police Release Video of 2 Men Suspected of Burglarizing Jamba Juice
• Search of Dublin Home Leads to Arrest of 4 Suspected of Manufacturing Methamphetamine
• Photo of the Week: 2 Livermore Beauties Caught on Camera
• How Germophobes are Killing San Francisco Bay
• Fire Crews Extinguish Morning House Fire in Pinole
• Seniors Sought as Volunteers by California Highway Patrol Contra Costa Area Office
• Pleasanton Police Welcomes New Officers
• San Pablo Teen Arrested on Suspicion of El Cerrito Burglary
• Unhappiest Scam On Earth: How To NOT Buy Fraudulent Disneyland Tickets on Craigslist
• $15,000 Reward Offered for Info About 2011 Disappearance of Castro Valley Man
• San Leandro Man Arrested in Connection With Berkeley Homicide of Wheelchair-Bound Man

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