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Two-alarm fire severely damages Ashland house

ASHLAND -- Firefighters have contained a two-alarm structure fire in Ashland in unincorporated Alameda County, according to Alameda County Fire.The fire started shortly after 9 p. »

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California Justice Department won't charge Nadia Lockyer's ex-lover

The ex-lover whom former Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer had accused of attacking her Feb. 3 in a Newark hotel room won't face criminal charges, the state Justice Department announced Friday. »

Alameda County sheriff's SWAT team travels to Jordan

The $13,000 tab for airfare to get to the U.S.-funded King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is being picked up by a private Castro Valley consultant, Cytel Group Inc. Founded by a former Alameda County assistant sheriff, James L. Baker, t... »

Two men charged with downtown Oakland robberies

OAKLAND -- The Alameda County District Attorney's Office has charged two men with robbery and assault and police are investigating the possibility that the duo are linked to other downtown thefts. »

Alameda County prosecutors drop remaining molestation charges against two men

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office this week dismissed the remaining sexual molestation charges against two men who previously had been acquitted of most of the charges against them. »

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Alameda police continue to investigate shooting

Gunshots damage walls, windows, but no one is injured »

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Mary Hayashi inquired about Nadia Lockyer's seat

Embattled lawmaker wanted to gauge Alameda County supervisors' interest in appointing her »

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Alameda apartment peppered with bullets Tuesday evening

ALAMEDA -- A second-floor apartment on the 700 block of Buena Vista Avenue was shot at more than a dozen times by occupants of a vehicle that drove by sometime around 5 p. »

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Former Livermore judo coach pleads no contest to sex crime

He was convicted of a similar crime in New York in 2009, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's office. »

Oakland prescription drug disposal day is Saturday

OAKLAND -- People can dispose of expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday in collection bins at the Alameda County Family Justice Center. »

Man who went swimming in Lake Del Valle near Livermore is missing

A man who went swimming during an excursion at a lake in Alameda County is missing, and East Bay Regional Park police are requesting additional units to look for him, a dispatcher confirmed late Saturday. »

State Court of Appeals issues stay of attorney's sentence

A Bay Area attorney will not have to turn himself in to Alameda County Jail on Friday after the state Court of Appeals issued a stay of his sentence related to a judge's contempt of court finding. »

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Congressman Pete Stark apologizes for accusing challenger of taking bribes

Rep. Pete Stark apologized Wednesday for publicly accusing his Democratic challenger, Dublin City Councilman and Alameda County prosecutor Eric Swalwell, of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes" from developers. »

Santa Clara man lives on with donated heart from Hayward man, meets his family

Organ-donor recipients, donor families meet for the first time Saturday at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. »

Police: Armed suspect at Oakland hotel disguised himself as a woman

OAKLAND -- For about four hours Friday, police surrounded Jack London Square seeking a man and a woman who were holed up in a hotel there and wanted for beating and kidnapping an Alameda man and stealing his car. »

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