Robert Salonga
East Bay Times
Oakland, CA, United States
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San Mateo County sued again over jail mail digitization system
The paper mail conversion practice draws lawsuit from high-profile legal coalition led by Columbia University institute, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Social Justice Legal Foundation. → Read More
Saratoga: West Valley College on lockdown after report of campus gun sighting
West Valley College in Saratoga was on lockdown as of 11:35 a.m. Monday after an armed intruder was seen on campus, according to the community college's Twitter account. → Read More
Authorities: Man bombed PG&E transformers in South San Jose
A man whose home has been the site of a days-long police search by bomb squad technicians, hazmat teams and federal agents is now charged with a series of felonies alleging he bombed two PG&E electrical transformers in South San Jose at the turn of the new year. → Read More
Preliminary hearing underway for man charged with molesting child of Cain Velasquez
Child directly implicates Harry Goularte in court by marking a drawing; authorities say the charges prompted Velasquez to shoot at Goularte and his family during a frenzied chase last year. → Read More
Preliminary hearing underway for man charged with molesting child of Cain Velasquez
Child directly implicates Harry Goularte in court by marking a drawing; authorities say the charges prompted Velasquez to shoot at Goularte and his family during a frenzied chase last year. → Read More
San Jose: Victim dies after Tuesday shooting
Afternoon gunfire was reported on Rancho Drive, and marks the city’s fourth homicide of 2023. → Read More
Santa Clara DA sued over disputed reinstatement of ousted prosecutor
A Santa Clara County prosecutor once fired by the district attorney's office is suing his employer again on the contention that he has been been put in professional "limbo" after he got his job back in arbitration. → Read More
Santa Clara DA sued over disputed reinstatement of ousted prosecutor
A Santa Clara County prosecutor once fired by the district attorney's office is suing his employer again on the contention that he has been been put in professional "limbo" after he got his job back in arbitration. → Read More
Oakland: Kids hurt after SUV crashes into home and sparks gas main fire
Three children were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the SUV they were riding in careened out of control and crashed into a home, damaging a gas main and sparking a fire, according to the Oakland Fire Department. → Read More
Walnut Creek: Tesla driver dies after crashing into Contra Costa fire truck
A driver died after crashing a Tesla sedan into the side of a fire truck that was part of a response to an earlier crash near an Interstate 680 offramp early Saturday, authorities said. → Read More
Santa Clara County sheriff’s office deletes Valentine’s Day tweet after backlash
An attempt at Twitter humor by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office linking Valentine's Day to putting people in jail was met with social-media backlash. → Read More
Santa Clara County sheriff’s office deletes Valentine’s Day tweet after backlash
An attempt at Twitter humor by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office linking Valentine's Day to putting people in jail was met with social-media backlash. → Read More
Karaoke arrest charge fuels claim that Santa Clara DA reneged on reform pledge
A public defender alleges the standalone resisting count violates a promise to curb the discriminatory arrests, while prosecutors say the case fit its exception carveout. → Read More
Karaoke arrest charge fuels claim that Santa Clara DA reneged on reform pledge
A public defender alleges the standalone resisting count violates a promise to curb the discriminatory arrests, while prosecutors say the case fit its exception carveout. → Read More
San Jose: Driver arrested in hit-and-run crash that killed pedestrian
Police say they used surveillance images of the Friday morning crash to identify an involved car, then spotted it in a nearby neighborhood. → Read More
San Jose: Murder charged in death of man linked to Oakridge Mall holiday shooting
A murder charge has been filed in the weekend shooting death of a man being prosecuted in connection with a 2021 Christmastime confrontation that ended in gunfire inside a crowded Oakridge Mall, authorities said. → Read More
San Jose: Man charged with attempted murder of police officers
Luis Alberto Cantu, aka Noe Orlando Mendoza, is accused of shooting at officers during a Friday night traffic stop then later wounding another officer before his arrest. → Read More
San Jose: Man arrested in car crash, casino robberies
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of San Jose robberies that included two attacks in casino parking lots and two instances where he allegedly rear-ended drivers to get them to stop so he could rob them. → Read More
San Jose police: Man who wounded officer, shot at others had been following cops
Suspect may have been seen at police headquarters then at airport substation before he fired at officers during traffic stop, then later wounded officer after home confrontation, authorities say. → Read More
San Jose police: Man who wounded officer, shot at others had been following cops
Suspect may have been seen at police headquarters then at airport substation before he fired at officers during traffic stop, then later wounded officer after home confrontation, authorities say. → Read More