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Harry Harris
Harry Harris is a Pulitzer Prize winning breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. He began his Oakland Tribune career in September 1965 as a 17-year-old copyboy. He became a reporter in 1972 and is considered one of the best crime and breaking news reporters in the country. He has covered tens of thousands of murders and other crimes in the East Bay. He has also mentored dozens of young reporters, some of whom continue to work in journalism today.
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![Police said the man operating the dirt bike and the vehicle itself were picked up by a still-unidentified person, who left the woman in the roadway. Police said the man operating the dirt bike and the vehicle itself were picked up by a still-unidentified person, who left the woman in the roadway.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/generic-body-found-police-crime-scene-03-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-6.jpg?w=140)
Collision with car in Oakland leaves two dirt bike riders in critical condition
Police said the man operating the dirt bike and the vehicle itself were picked up by a still-unidentified person, who left the woman in the roadway.
![Police did not identify any suspects. Police did not identify any suspects.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/20160511_100655_crimescene_tape_generic-3224-1.jpg?w=128)
Another arson blaze reported on UC Berkeley campus
Police did not identify any suspects.
![A motive was not immediately released in the shooting of a woman and a man Monday morning in Oakland. A motive was not immediately released in the shooting of a woman and a man Monday morning in Oakland.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/crime-scene-tape-generic-1-1-4-1-1-1.jpg?w=127)
Woman, man shot in Oakland early Monday
A motive was not immediately released in the shooting of a woman and a man Monday morning in Oakland.
![A suspect is being sought in the fatal shooting Friday night of a woman in Oakland's Uptown district. A suspect is being sought in the fatal shooting Friday night of a woman in Oakland's Uptown district.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/crime-scene-tape-generic-1-1-2-1-1-1-4-1-2.jpg?w=127)
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Woman fatally shot in Oakland’s Uptown district
A suspect is being sought in the fatal shooting Friday night of a woman in Oakland's Uptown district.
![No arrests have been announced in the fatal stabbing Thursday of a woman at a Richmond apartment complex. No arrests have been announced in the fatal stabbing Thursday of a woman at a Richmond apartment complex.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/richmond-police-department-sign-1-1-2-1-1-1-1.jpg?w=101)
Woman fatally stabbed in Richmond
No arrests have been announced in the fatal stabbing Thursday of a woman at a Richmond apartment complex.
![No motive or suspect information has been released by police yet in the fatal shooting Wednesday night of a man in South Berkeley. No motive or suspect information has been released by police yet in the fatal shooting Wednesday night of a man in South Berkeley.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-BSTABBING-0923-14.jpg?w=132)
Man fatally shot in Berkeley
No motive or suspect information has been released by police yet in the fatal shooting Wednesday night of a man in South Berkeley.
![A man charged in the alleged rape of an incapacitated woman in the backseat of his car in Fremont is free on bail. A man charged in the alleged rape of an incapacitated woman in the backseat of his car in Fremont is free on bail.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FREMONTRAPE-e1720201568534.jpg?w=91)
Fremont man charged in rape of incapacitated woman in backseat of his car
A man charged in the alleged rape of an incapacitated woman in the backseat of his car in Fremont is free on bail.
![The 18-year-old suffered critical injuries and on Wednesday was taken off life support, according to Hayward police. The 18-year-old suffered critical injuries and on Wednesday was taken off life support, according to Hayward police.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/generic-body-found-police-crime-scene-03-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-3.jpg?w=140)
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Hayward homicide: Pleasanton teen dies a week after shooting
The 18-year-old suffered critical injuries and on Wednesday was taken off life support, according to Hayward police.
![What caused a vehicle to crash into an Oakland freeway overpass support pillar Wednesday is under investigation by police. What caused a vehicle to crash into an Oakland freeway overpass support pillar Wednesday is under investigation by police.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-OAKFATAL-0704-1-1.jpg?w=129)
One killed, one critically injured in Oakland car crash
What caused a vehicle to crash into an Oakland freeway overpass support pillar Wednesday is under investigation by police.
![Oakland police are alerting the public to recent home robberies where the suspects have claimed to be police officers. Oakland police are alerting the public to recent home robberies where the suspects have claimed to be police officers.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/crime-scene-tape-generic-1-1-2-1-1-1-4-3-1.jpg?w=127)
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They’ve yelled ‘OPD’ and ‘police’ when breaking into Oakland homes. But they are not cops, police say
Oakland police are alerting the public to recent home robberies where the suspects have claimed to be police officers.