Rick Hurd
Daily Freeman
Pittsburg, CA, United States
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Six bodies, 154 cremated remains were stored in Northern California factory
The cremated remains are of people who died between 2013 and 2021. → Read More
Pajaro River flooding: Here’s how to help the victims
A second atmospheric river passed through the region on Tuesday morning. → Read More
Police rescue San Mateo County teen suspected of being being sex trafficked in Pinole
Investigators rescued a 16-year-old San Mateo County girl who they said was being sex trafficked in the Bay Area and was to be moved out of state, police said. → Read More
Brentwood police shoot man suspected of holding woman hostage at apartment
Police took a loaded handgun and expended shell casings from the scene. → Read More
‘Complete panic:’ Pajaro residents seek shelter as the next atmospheric river is on its way – The Mercury News
From a dead sleep at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Pajaro residents Lucia Mendoza and her husband Francisco Curiel were jolted awake by wailing police sirens and voices over loudspeakers warning of a comi… → Read More
One dead in shooting at homeless camp near Oakland Coliseum
Police were called to the 8100 block of Baldwin Street about 9 a.m. → Read More
One dead in shooting at homeless camp near Oakland Coliseum
Police were called to the 8100 block of Baldwin Street about 9 a.m. → Read More
Flooding puts part of Interstate 880 in Hayward under water
A Sig-Alert for severe traffic conditions was in effect. → Read More
Shelters continue to fill near flooded Pajaro River in Monterey County. More danger is looming
Evacuation shelters continued to fill early Sunday morning in areas near the Pajaro River, where a breached levee has forced thousands of people, many of them farmworkers, to flee from flood waters. And in the distance, another second atmospheric river continued with Jaws-like relentlessness to push toward the California coast. → Read More
Alameda County firefighter indicted on charge of possessing child porn
Authorities acted on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. → Read More
Employee with Diocese of Oakland removed after arrest on suspicion of child porn possession
Walnut Creek police Lt. Holley Connors said police are still reviewing evidence. → Read More
Employee with Diocese of Oakland removed after arrest on suspicion of child porn possession
Walnut Creek police Lt. Holley Connors said police are still reviewing evidence before presenting their findings to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office. → Read More
Man who was aflame walking on UC Berkeley campus dies from injuries
Authorities have not released information about a person who was hospitalized after attempting to help the man on fire. → Read More
After a three-day break, the Bay Area is expected to see more rain
Another wet-weather system is expected to snail-pace its way through the region beginning sometime Saturday, the latest in an off-shoot of unstable air that has sent storm after storm through the region over the past month. → Read More
Federal jury finds Bay Area man tried to rob four East Bay banks and succeeded twice
A federal jury convicted a Rohnert Park man Thursday on two counts of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery following a bank robbery spree in the East Bay in January 2021, authorities said. → Read More
Two hospitalized after man seen walking while on fire at UC Berkeley
Two people were hospitalized Wednesday after one person tried to help another who was walking near a major intersection at UC Berkeley while on fire, police said. → Read More
Antioch police seek help to ID woman who allegedly fired gun inside store, swiped liquor
The robbery happened Feb. 23 at a Smart and Final on Somersville Road. → Read More
One dead, another wounded in Oakland shooting
Police were investigating and did not say what the motive may have been. → Read More
One injured after gunfire erupts in Richmond
Officers rushed to the 2400 block of Aberdeen Way about 8:45 p.m. → Read More
Oakley police investigate shooting outside Raley’s
Raley’s is located in the 2000 block of Main Street in Oakley. → Read More