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 the stories that made headlines around the East Bay last week.

• Photo of the Week: Little Guy, Big Fan
• Man Suffers Serious Injuries After Falling 40 Ft. into San Lorenzo Creek
• St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail: How to Make a Jameson Julep
• CA Unemployment Rate Drops to 6.9 Percent in January
• Fremont Police: Driver Injured in Car Crash at Center Divider, Shears 2 Trees
• You’ve Never Heard “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Like This
• Newark Officer to Raise Money in Honor of Fallen BART Police Sergeant
• Tiny Pest Poses $12 Million Threat to Livermore Area Economy
• Upcoming Blood Drives in Alameda County
• Upcoming Blood Drives in Contra Costa County
• 5 in Custody After High-Speed Chase Ends in Pleasanton
• Did You Feel It? 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes San Leandro
• Tennyson High Student Tests Positive for Tuberculosis
• Does the IRS Owe You Money? More Than $1 Billion in Limbo
• Albany Woman Killed in Shooting Identified as UCSF Dental Student
• Why a Surprise Vacation Donated to Terminally Ill Costco Employee Was So Priceless
• AAA: Gas Prices Rose by 75 Cents in Last Month
• San Ramon Valley Unified Announces Teachers of the Year
• Bat Found at Tri-City Community Center Tests Positive for Rabies
• Bomb Squad Detonates Grenade Found in Richmond Motel Room of Man Wanted for Stalking
• Walnut Creek Woman Arrested in Connection to Pleasanton Home Depot Robbery
• Golden Apple Learning Store in Pleasanton Closing
• Terrifying New Prediction for Killer Earthquake
• California Reevaluates Role of School Standardized Test Results
• ‘Jeopardy!’ Features Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [Video]
• Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Photos

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Photo courtesy Arlie Smith from “Why a Surprise Vacation Donated to Terminally Ill Costco Employee Was So Priceless”

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