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Oakland man arrested on suspicion of DUI following injury crash
![The collision happened Saturday night at Salinas and Elkhorn roads near Watsonville. The collision happened Saturday night at Salinas and Elkhorn roads near Watsonville.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ocr-l-deputy-0910-01-1.jpg?w=526)
The collision happened Saturday night at Salinas and Elkhorn roads near Watsonville.
Crime and Public Safety
![The evacuation order was expanded again on Monday evening and now covers more than 100 square miles. The evacuation order was expanded again on Monday evening and now covers more than 100 square miles.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lakefire-0708.png?w=583)
Map: Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County grows to biggest of the wildfire season
The evacuation order was expanded again on Monday evening and now covers more than 100 square miles.
East Bay Crime
![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=508)
Another arson blaze reported on UC Berkeley campus
Police did not identify any suspects.
Police Accountability
![Civil rights, social justice groups assert that the sheriff's office watchdog is yielding to authority, but supervisors say the firm is doing exactly what they envisioned. Civil rights, social justice groups assert that the sheriff's office watchdog is yielding to authority, but supervisors say the firm is doing exactly what they envisioned.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/LDN-L-TASERS-0915.jpg?w=525)
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Who is police oversight serving? Taser issue fuels ideological rift in Santa Clara County
Civil rights, social justice groups assert that the sheriff's office watchdog is yielding to authority, but supervisors say the firm is doing exactly what they envisioned.
Homicide
![The 39-year-old suspect's case made it past a preliminary hearing, but Alameda County prosecutors dismissed the charges soon after that. The 39-year-old suspect's case made it past a preliminary hearing, but Alameda County prosecutors dismissed the charges soon after that.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/EBT-L-OAKCOURT-05XX-2.jpg?w=525)
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He left their Oakland hotel room covered in blood, but claimed woman had died of suicide inside. The DA has dismissed the case
The 39-year-old suspect's case made it past a preliminary hearing, but Alameda County prosecutors dismissed...
South Bay Crime
![The suspect reportedly called in a bomb threat July 3 to Ridder Park Drive; police say they found an inert but "viable" improvised explosive device. The suspect reportedly called in a bomb threat July 3 to Ridder Park Drive; police say they found an inert but "viable" improvised explosive device.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1421.jpg?w=584)
Man arrested after bomb scare in North San Jose
The suspect reportedly called in a bomb threat July 3 to Ridder Park Drive; police...
Peninsula Crime
![The initial altercation was reported around 9:15 a.m. on board a SamTrans bus on the 1100 block of Huntington Avenue. The initial altercation was reported around 9:15 a.m. on board a SamTrans bus on the 1100 block of Huntington Avenue.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/generic-body-found-police-crime-scene-03-1-1-1-3-4-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-4.jpg?w=620)
Suspect arrested in suspicion of stabbing a bus passenger in San Bruno
The initial altercation was reported around 9:15 a.m. on board a SamTrans bus on the...
Guns
![The shooting appears to be the largest mass shooting in the city's history. The shooting appears to be the largest mass shooting in the city's history.](https://www.eastbaytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/generic-arrest-crime-scene-08-1.jpg?w=526)
Oakland man charged in mass shooting at Lake Merritt sideshow that followed Juneteenth celebration
The shooting appears to be the largest mass shooting in the city's history.