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School Bomb Threat; China Spy: Pinole, Hercules, E Bay Police Log

School hit-and-run, burglar in the house, cyclist killed, abducted infant, jewelry scam and other stories from police precincts in East Bay.

EAST BAY, CA — A look at this week's police and emergency reports from the communities of the East Bay.

Bomb Threat Closes Thornton Jr. High In Fremont

  • Students were evacuated Friday morning, police said, adding no suspicious device was located on the campus.

Suspect No. 4 Nabbed In Coffee-Shop Robbery In San Leandro

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  • Suspects crashed their car while trying to flee the scene when witnesses intervened, police said.

Hayward Man Charged With Spying For China: FBI

  • Justice Department officials charged Xuehua Peng, 56, of Hayward, with delivering classified U.S. national security information to China.

Bicyclist, 24, Killed on Fruitvale Avenue

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  • The Oakland man hit a car's open door, then was thrown into traffic and struck by a pickup, police said.

Shooting Prompts Change In High School Football Schedule

  • After shooting at regional game, Contra Costa officials are re-doing when football games will be played at area schools.

Woman Killed, Child Injured In Hit-And-Run Crash Outside Oakland Elementary School

  • The woman was dead at the scene and the four-year-old girl was injured.

Resident Reports Burglary Suspect Inside Her Walnut Creek Home

  • The man was arrested on numerous charges, officials said

Abducted Emeryville 4-Month-Old Found Safe On Oakland Street

  • A distraught mother called 911 and told police someone had just stolen her car with her infant child still inside, strapped into a car seat.

Fatal Hwy Collision In Walnut Creek: DUI Suspected

  • A 38-year-old man died at the scene of a possible DUI collision involving a dump truck early Friday on I-680 in Walnut Creek, the CHP says.

Prosecutors Will Retry Ghost Ship Fire Defendant Derick Almena

  • The Ghost Ship master tenant will be retried on 36 involuntary manslaughter charges.

Fremont Police Warn Of Roadside Jewelry Theft Scam

  • Since January, Fremont Police have taken 9 reports involving a roadside scam where suspects used a jewelry ruse to steal from victims.

More Details Released On Shooting That Killed 2, Injured 1

  • Police were called Thursday afternoon where the three were shot on a street in Richmond.

Name Released Of Oakland Woman Killed In Suspected Hit-And-Run

  • The Alameda County coroner's bureau has released the name of a woman who was killed a vehicle collision Tuesday morning in Oakland.

Niles Canyon Reopens After Solo-Car Crash

  • The wreck was reported west of Palomares Road.

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