Conveyor belt theft nets beer from parked boxcar
Police say a human conveyor formed by as many as 29 people stole 192 cases of beer from a disabled boxcar behind Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs Iowa. About 170 cases were recovered, a 17-year-old was arrested on receiving stolen property charges, and investigators note possible involvement of seven adults and 150 to 200 other juveniles. The case involves an interstate shipment with beer loaded into a small van and two trucks, with cases handed off from the boxcar. Rails road agents and the FBI joined the probe.
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Rails Road
FBI
BART parking, bond plans fail and budget cuts loom
The meeting ended 4-3 as Fremont parking lot expansion failed while Daly City plans drew policy parallels. Directors approved issuing $8 million in revenue bonds backed by a half cent sales tax to cover operations shortfalls, with $1.2 million interest over 24 years. A UC Berkeley budget cut threatened maintenance detector development, potentially affecting safety. Coliseum walkway repairs were approved for $100k to $125k to address sway from World Series foot traffic.
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Pagel Clark
Glenn
Daly City
HART
Uc-Berkeley
Bianca
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
Bart
Lawrence Dahms
Teale Racal
Coliseum
Stadium
Fracus ends in knife injury in Niles street fight
David Scott Crosby is cut by a knife in a street fight with his brother Stephen Crosby in Niles. Stephen Crosby, 19, charged with a assault with a deadly weapon. The trio had been at the Iron Horse bar earlier, dispute over a debt, victim says the bar had closed.
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Fracus
Fremont
David Scott Crosby
Niles
Crosby
Stephen L. Crosby
Jay B. Adair
Atm
Iron Horse
Man arrested in attack on wife in Newark
Miroslav Krasovac age 33 was arrested after police say he assaulted his estranged wife with a knife at their Newark home following forcible transportation from a Fremont house. He allegedly threatened to burn the house and harm further, leading to her jumping from a moving vehicle and breaking her ankle. She was taken to Washington Hospital.
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Newark
Fremont
Miroslav Krasovac
Moores Ave
Sarah
Krasovac
Washington Hospital
Boy Detonates Tear Gas Bomb Found in Home
New residents at 34800 Darling Drive were painting a four unit home when a boy found an odd object in a cupboard. He took it outside, played with it, and it exploded filling the house with fear gas. Firefighters ventilated the space. no injuries reported. Source could not determine origin of the device.
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Union City
Darling Drive
California restores strict SO2 emission standards
The California Air Resources Board reversed last year’s relaxation, reimposing stringent sulfur dioxide limits citing health and visibility concerns. It plans to gather more data before finalizing policy and continues studying effects on crops and air quality.
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Sacramento
Fulsamtat
Trustee blasts board over mismanagement and misstatements
Trustee Benya sharply criticized the board for incompetence and delayed disclosure of a misused budget item. He urged stronger management, clearer staff rationale, and immediate improvements before July 1 as new leadership arrives. Brazil supported accountability and promised staff will present projections and programs.
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Brazil
Benya
Compromise reached on low interest home loans
Sacramento reporters note negotiators and Gov Brown reached a 950 million plan for low and middle income Californians to receive state financed housing loans. The measure would back 20,000 housing units and 18,000 construction jobs, with income limits varying by city. The plan bypassed a moral obligation provision seen as key by the Assembly and Brown, while the Senate opposed it.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Arjen Gregoria
D-San Mateo
Gregorio
Brown
Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Donald Rums
Business and Transportation
Burns
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Fresno
House Conference Committee
Witness says suspect started fatal fight in Union City
Witness Richard Bolivia testified Paramo started the deadly May 2 fight with Raymond Ortegon over a sale dispute. Paramo 21 faced a murder charge after Ortegon died from a knife stab.
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Union City
Raymond Ortegor
Frederick L. Paramo
The
Argus
Richard Bolivia
Ortegon
Paramo
Bolivia
Faramo
Heather
Reginaldo Ortegan
Bo Uviasald
Ortegan
al &H
E Stravis
Varamo
Voters decide board reorganization measure
The board debates expanding size from five to seven members arguing quality over quantity. Seth opposes ballot placement as democratic overreach. Camacho urges letting the people decide. The board approves sending the measure to voters, with Motta favoring seven members citing Fremont’s insight.
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Seth
Eivision
Vokers
Artes
Camacho
Ree
Cards Board
Howald J. Motta
Fremont
Motta
ACWD adopts budget and maintains tax rate in Fremont meeting
Alameda County Water District directors adopt a $9.5 million fiscal year budget with $5.4 million for water distribution $2.5 million for conservation and $1.07 million for major facilities. They keep the 7 cent tax rate for a fifth year and approve a temporary water line for adjoining property owners. They cancel a failed Carson Meter Sales bid and award to Rockwell International Manufacturing, noting a $350 bid delta.
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Fremont
Alameda County
Mator
Caron Meter Sales Co
Carson
Rockwell International Manufacturing Co
Coffeemaker Arouses Italian Petition to Judge
In Genoa Italy residents petitioned Judge Marie Almeright requesting action against a nearby coffee roasting plant. They claim air near the plant contains caffeinated emissions resembling 130 cups of coffee per person daily and that it causes headaches. The judge pledged to investigate.
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Genoa
Italy
UPI
Marie Almeright
Tha Citizera
Almerighi
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