Armed robber hits San Bruno convenience store

Police are searching for a man who robbed a 7-Eleven store clerk at gunpoint in San Bruno late Wednesday night.

The suspect entered the 7-Eleven at 2100 Crestmoor Drive around 11:30 p.m. and demanded money from the register while pointing a handgun at the clerk, according to officials.

After obtaining cash, [...]

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San Mateo burglar poses as water department employee

A man posing as a water department employee burglarized two homes Tuesday after convincing the residents to let him inside, police said. The suspect claimed the state Water Department was doing repairs in the area and said he needed to check the water to make sure it wasn’t muddy.

Once inside, he apparently [...]

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Oakland Post editor gunned down

Friends expressed shock at news that Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down this morning in downtown Oakland.

Witnesses told police a masked gunman shot a man, then fled on foot to a waiting van and drove off. Police have not released a name but sources said that Bailey, 57, was the [...]

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Mountain View woman bound and raped in her home

A 22-year-old woman was bound and sexually assaulted at knife-point inside her Mountain View residence this morning, according to police spokeswoman Liz Wylie.

The assault happened sometime before 7:45 a.m. in the 900 block of Terra Bella Avenue, near Shoreline Boulevard, Wylie said. The area is mostly commercial, with some residences mixed in, [...]

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Former San Bruno teacher sentenced for sex with student

A former San Bruno high school music teacher was sentenced to one year in county jail today in San Mateo County Superior Court for beginning a sexual relationship with one of his female students just weeks shy of her 18th birthday.

Adam Albrecht, 28, a former band teacher at Capuchino High School, was [...]

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Menlo Park antique store owner jailed for molesting girl

An 88-year-old Menlo Park antique shop owner was ordered to jail for four months today in San Mateo County Superior Court for molesting a young girl in his store last July.

With credit for jail time already served, Demeter Antiques Ltd. owner Bela Joseph Demeter now faces about two more months in county [...]

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Friends remember fallen CHP officer who was Pleasanton native

PLEASANTON - Great football player. Prankster. Loved his wife. Raised in Pleasanton and proud of it.

That is how the former classmates of Douglas “Scott” Russell remember their old friend, the California Highway Patrol officer who was killed near Placerville Tuesday evening when he was hit by a car driven by a man [...]

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Thieves make off with park sprinkler heads in Campbell

When the sprinklers come on in Campbell’s Jack Fischer Park around 9 p.m., a thief or group of thieves go to work.

According to the police log, over the past few months, thieves have regularly broken off the sprinkler heads and taken off.

The city, which has requested that police beef [...]

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San Jose man and brother indicted for providing support to terrorists

One brother slipped through jungle dragnets, battling army troops with spy planes circling overhead. The other lived quietly in San Jose, tapping away at a computer, Googling about faraway places and making a few visits to the bank.

One brother, Zulkifli Abdhir, 41, remains a wanted terrorist flush with aliases and a $5 [...]

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Dogs snatched on walk and from yard

Kellie Chau’s mother was enjoying an evening walk with Bebe in South San Jose, when a young man snatched the Yorkshire terrier’s leash and ran off with the dog. Bebe was decked out in her favorite red dress, pink collar with two bells and a pink heart-shaped ID tag.

Heikki, a 4-month-old Bernese [...]

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