Train track trespassing: Livermore resident Laura Rensink was fined $6000 for citation she received after illegally crossing the train tracks in Livermore.
Collision on Highway 580: Three people were injured during a collision on eastbound Highway 580 near Hacienda Drive on Tuesday. The collision happened after a piece of a crane loaded onto a big rig swung out and hit a nearby SUV. Two of the occupants, a 7-year-old boy and an adult, jumped out of the truck cab and jumped over a freeway wall, dropping about 20 feet into the ditch on the south side of the freeway near the BART station to escape the fire. The two were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The collision snarled trafic for several hours as emergency crews worked to clear the freeway lanes.
BART death investigation: BART police are still investigating the death of a . A preliminary review from the Alameda County coroner's bureau found . Investigators are reviewing video and interviewing witnesses.
Drug Disposal Law approved by Alameda County Supervisors: The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved unanimously today to pass the nation's first ordinance requiring drug makers to pay for programs to dispose of expired and unused drugs. What do you think about the controversial new law? Tell us in the comments section of the article.
Comedian Eddie Griffin threatens lawsuit: Eddie Griffin is threatening to sue the media outlet, TMZ, after their reporting of a water throwing inicident that occurred at Pleasanton's Tommy T's Comedy Club on July 13.
Hayashi running for Lockyer's Board of Supervisor's seat: Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi hopes to shrug off her involvement in a shoplifting epispode and run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisor's seat vacated by Nadia Lockyer, who .
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