Crime & Safety

Coyote Bites Jogger; Arson: El Cerrito, East Bay Police Log

$50,000 reward to solve killing; shootings in multiple cities; stolen catalytic converters arrest; an armed carjacking in a parking garage.

A look at East Bay police and fire logs.
A look at East Bay police and fire logs. (Fremont Police Department; Walnut Creek Police Department; El Cerrito Police Department; Berkeley Police Department; Patch collage)

EAST BAY — Here are some of the police and fire stories making news over the past few weeks —

North Richmond Fire Death Ruled A Homicide

  • No arrests have been announced.

1 Dead, 3 Injured In Hayward Weekend Shooting

  • Police say the shooting happened on Eldridge Avenue.

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Man Shot To Death In Richmond

  • Police say an argument at an apartment complex led to the shooting.

3rd Suspect Arrested In 2019 Murder Of 2 Boys In Union City School Parking Lot

  • A third suspect has been arrested in the murder of two boys in a Union City elementary school parking lot last year.

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Coyote Bites Jogger At Moraga Track Friday

  • The jogger was stretching for an early-morning run when the coyote attacked.

$50,000 Reward Offered To Solve Alameda Cold Case

  • Darin Vinall was found shot to death in his home in 2009.

Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian

  • No one aboard the train was injured.

Armed Carjacking At U.C. Berkeley Garage

  • There were 4 suspects, including 2 with guns.

Newark Police Investigate Weekend Shooting

  • A man was found with a gunshot wound in the area of Thornton Avenue and Cedar Boulevard.

Man Shot In Union City Wednesday Night

  • The shooting happened on Fourth Street.

9 Charged In Walnut Creek Rampage

  • Downtown businesses suffered between $3 million and $4 million in property damages and stolen merchandise during the mass looting.

Fremont Police Arrest Felon Following Smash-And-Grab

  • Two men implicated in the crime are both from out of town.

4 Catalytic Converters Recovered, 2 Suspect Arrested

  • El Cerrito Police arrested 2 men from Oakland.

Berkeley Police Arrest Man With Loaded Gun, Drugs

  • Police said they found seven or more grams of powder cocaine and five or more grams of rock cocaine.

Berkeley Man Arrested With Drugs, Cash: Police

  • Police seized Xanax pills, cocaine, and Percocet pills.

Serial Arsonist: Fremont Police Make Arrest

  • Police used home security cameras to identify a suspect vehicle. Officers followed the car and, they say, watched a man set a fire.

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