Crime & Safety
ICYMI, Pinole and Hercules! Headlines from Around East Bay You May Have Missed
Bizarre Halloween costume arson; quake cluster; fire in school bathroom, bomb threat at Home Depot; music teacher sentenced for lewd acts

Miss a day, miss a lot. Catch up with the stories that made headlines around the East Bay last week.
- Bomb Threat Prompts Evacuation of Pleasanton Home Depot
- When Does Daylight Saving Time 2015 End?
- Bicyclist Killed in Train Collision Identified
- Demographic Data on Police Stops in Berkeley Now Available Online
- Bicyclist Struck by Bus on Market Street Identified as Berkeley Man
- Hit-And-Run Suspect Who Left Injured Daughter in Car Turns Self In
- Oakland Man Arrested on Suspicion of Lewd Conduct in a Public Park
- Arsonist Sets Halloween Costumes at Wal-Mart Ablaze
- Police Report on Earlier Lockdown at Area High School
- Police Activity Prompts Brief Lockdown at Alameda Schools
- 3.4 Earthquake Largest in Series of Small East Bay Temblors
- Morning Earthquake Jolts East Bay
- Fire at Fremont High School Prompts Evacuation
- Police Identify Man Suspected of Torching Halloween Costumes at Wal-Mart
- Commuter Alert: High Street Bridge Closure Planned for Repairs
- Woman Arrested in Connection with East Bay Crime Spree
- Human Trafficking Operation Results in 8 Arrests in Bay Area
- Piano Teacher Sentenced for Lewd Acts on Student at Bay Area Music School
- Police Seek Suspects Who Invaded Family’s Home at Gunpoint
- Man Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder for 2011 Alameda Slaying
- Hercules Police Arrest Defiant Man Who Allegedly Hit Construction Worker with Car
- Richmond Man Dies After Being Struck in the Face
- Woman, 23, Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Brother
- 4-Acre Grass Fire Knocked Down in Livermore
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