Crews cleaned up Oakland’s historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.At a press conference on Sunday, Oakland police and city officials said they did not have a final tally of arrests. Earlier in the day, the city’s emergency operations office put the figure at around 400. The skirmishes injured three officers and at least one demonstrator.
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A man found hanged at the Port of Oakland on Saturday afternoon has been identified as a suspect in a Friday homicide in San Leandro.The body of Henry Leon, 19, of Oakland, was discovered hanging from a structure off of Maritime Street at about 4:20 p.m. Saturday, an Oakland police officer said.Police are investigating the death as a suicide.Leon was a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl in San Leandro on Friday evening.
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Emmett Berg
01/29/12 9:16 PM
OAKLAND — Crews cleaned up historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year.Oakland police and city officials said Sunday they still had no final number for arrests in the clashes. Earlier in the day, the city’s emergency operations office had put the figure at around 400.
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Four people were stabbed outside a wedding in Half Moon Bay on Saturday night, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.Deputies responded to reports of a stabbing on Main Street outside the I.D.E.S. Hall at about 11:20 p.m., according to the sheriff's office.Four men in their 20s were leaving a wedding reception at the hall when they were approached and stabbed by two suspects.The four victims were taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and all are expected to survive, according to the sheriff's office.
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A Sacramento woman was arrested for DUI after a crash that killed two men in Fairfield early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.Michelle Henry, 42, was driving a Buick Lucerne on westbound Interstate Highway 80 near Air Base Parkway at about 5:20 a.m., the CHP said.Henry was allegedly traveling at high speed when she struck the rear of a Ford Explorer, causing both vehicles to overturn, the CHP said.
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Oakland police discovered a dead body hanging from a structure at the Port of Oakland Saturday afternoon.The body had visible injuries when it was found near Maritime Street at 4:23 p.m., an Oakland police officer said.The cause of death was uncertain, but police are investigating the incident as a homicide.
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A woman with a small child in her car was arrested in San Leandro early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and child endangerment after an officer saw her throw a tequila bottle out her car window, police said. Shortly after 2 a.m., the officer saw the woman, later identified as Lynisha Jefferson, 30, of Escalon, Calif., trying to park her Nissan Altima in the parking lot of a Quik Stop at 1001 MacArthur Blvd., police said.
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The driver of a minivan was killed in an apparent road-rage crash on Interstate Highway 80 early this morning, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The crash was reported around 5:40 a.m. on westbound I-80 just west of Carlson Boulevard. CHP Officer Sam Morgan said two vehicles were involved, a 1989 Ford van and a 2000 GMC pickup truck with two occupants. “It appears that this may have been a road rage-type incident,” Morgan said.
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Know someone who has led breakthroughs in Bay Area transportation movements? Is there an organization that deserves to be recognized for its role in improving local transit programs?If so, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission wants your feedback on deserving individuals and organizations. The MTC, the region’s lead transportation agency, is receiving nominations again for its 35th “Excellence in Motion” awards program, which honors achievements in transportation innovation.
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Giselle Esteban pleaded not guilty today to a charge that she murdered nursing student Michelle Le, who disappeared in Hayward last May and whose body was found in September.Le, a 26-year-old San Mateo woman who was attending Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, disappeared from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Hayward on May 27. Her body was found in a remote area between Pleasanton and Sunol on Sept. 17.
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