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• Monterey County students win Merit Scholarships

  23-05-2018 08:59
  Carmel High School senior Quincy Hendricks was one of two students in Monterey County to receive a 2018 National Merit Scholarship for scoring high on the PSAT. The final results are in for the 2018 National Merit Scholars and this year a pair of Monterey County high school students were awarded with a reward for scoring high on their PSAT exam.
  
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• Pittsburg man charged in Fremont chain-snatch robbery

  23-05-2018 04:20
  The Alameda County district attorney's office has charged a Pittsburg man with robbery in connection with one of a recent series of chain-snatch robberies . In one robbery about 4:35 p.m. May 6, an unidentified suspect approached a woman pumping gas in the 39900 block of Fremont Boulevard.
  
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• Tesla Model 3 rebuffed by Consumer Reports on slow braking

  22-05-2018 04:38
  This photo provided by Tesla shows a 2017 Tesla Model 3, a vehicle that has a semiautonomous driving system called Autopilot. Tesla can update the Autopilot software over the air, not necessitating a trip to a service center.
  
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• Suspect in Fremont burglary pulled K-9 into house, police say

  22-05-2018 04:38
  A San Leandro man was in custody Monday after being arrested in connection with an attempted residential burglary where he managed to pull a K-9 inside a house, authorities said. Just before 1:45 p.m., dispatchers took a call from a landscaper working in the 4400 block of Faulkner Drive in the Glenmoor neighborhood.
  
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• Elon Musk said Tesla employees haven't unionized because they don't want to

  22-05-2018 02:19
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk said employees at the company's production plant haven't unionized because "they just don't want to" on Sunday. "They can form a union whenever they want & there's nothing I can do to stop them," he wrote .
  
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• Fremont picks first female, gay police chief

  21-05-2018 21:40
  In a statement Monday morning, City Manager Fred Diaz announced he appointed Kimberly Petersen, a captain with the Fremont Police Department, as the next top cop. Her appointment will become effective July 26, following the retirement of Police Chief Richard Lucero.
  
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• At $78,000, Tesla Moves Mass-Market Model 3 Beyond the Masses

  21-05-2018 02:11
  Model 3 , once touted as Tesla's $35,000 car for the masses, can now set a buyer back almost $80,000. Musk unveiled specifications for a faster and more powerful version of the Model 3 in a series of tweets over the weekend.
  
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• Antioch: Armed carjacking suspect arrested Friday night after brief pursuit

  19-05-2018 19:36
  Crime scene tape is seen forming part of a large perimeter around a crime scene where Fremont police fatally shot a man they say pulled a gun on officers on Thursday, April 5, 2018. A 19 year old suspect was arrested and booked for armed carjacking and other charges in Antioch on Friday night after a brief pursuit from the police, according to the Antioch Police Department.
  
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• Fatal Fremont crash suspect could be released; officials seek more time to file charges

  19-05-2018 04:15
  The 21-year-old man accused of killing three people in a deadly Fremont crash earlier this week has not yet been charged until further investigation, the district attorney's office said. San Jose resident Dang Nguyen Hai Tran, the driver of a Toyota Camry involved in the crash, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana, the CHP said.
  
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• Lawsuit: Tesla Fired Employee After He Complained About Manager Stealing Auto Parts

  19-05-2018 00:04
  A former Tesla employee has sued the automaker, claiming it fired him last fall in retaliation for telling supervisors about a colleague that was stealing company-owned auto parts and because of his race and ethnicity. It's at least the fifth lawsuit filed against the company over discrimination allegations dating back to last year.
  
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• Fremont police seek chain-snatch robbery suspects, hope images can help case

  18-05-2018 06:49
  Police distributed images Thursday from one of a half-dozen recent chain-snatch robberies in hopes the public can help identify suspects. Concern over some of the robberies involving violence that injured victims was a factor in the decision, and authorities hope residents and visitors will raise their situational awareness.
  
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• Report: Tesla moves to set up operations in China

  18-05-2018 04:53
  Following a report last year that Tesla has received approval to build a factory in Shanghai, the company is setting up independent operations in China. According to a Wall Street Journal report on Monday , Tesla is the first automaker to take advantage of new Chinese laws that will allow foreign green automakers to open for business in the country without local ownership starting in 2022.
  
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• Apple CEO, Nyle DiMarco Visit Deaf Students in Fremont

  18-05-2018 00:42
  Actor, model and activist for the Deaf community Nyle DiMarco along with Apple's CEO Tim Cook suprised deaf students in Fremont Thursday morning to talk about technology and how it can help kids with disabilities. Students at California School For The Deaf's 91-acre Fremont campus were taught how to program a drone to fly using Apple's coding programming language, Swift.
  
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• Immerse in local history, the record industry and World War I at Bay Area museums

  17-05-2018 20:21
  The weather has been beckoning us to leave the house and get away for a destination ride. I have a list of three museums you'll enjoy, plus a few extra goodies.
  
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• Roundtable Recap: May 16 - 400th Roundtable Full of Wisdom from...

  17-05-2018 13:40
  During this week's roundtable, we celebrated our milestone 400th episode with four entrepreneurs 'teaching' their lessons from the trenches. Of these, three are 1Mby1M entrepreneurs, and one is a 1Mby1M case-study.
  
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• The Latest: Marijuana DUI suspected in crash that killed 3

  17-05-2018 09:07
  In this photo taken May 15, 2018, California Highway Patrol officers investigate the scene of a multi-car crash on Interstate 880 in Fremont, Calif. Several people were killed in a multi-car crash that closed several lanes of a major San Francisco Bay highway and officials say the driver suspected of causing it was under the influence of marijuana.
  
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• Two children, adult die in I-880 Fremont crash; San Jose man arrested

  17-05-2018 04:55
  A 21-year-old San Jose man was behind bars Wednesday after a five-vehicle Interstate 880 crash killed three people, including two children believed to be sisters, authorities said. The Alameda County Coroner's Office identified the victims as 9-year-old Brooke Limas and 14-year-old Christy Limas and 39-year-old Noelle Johnson, all of Manteca.
  
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• Fremont Lyft driver charged with sexually assaulting rider

  17-05-2018 02:41
  A working paper from the University of California-Davis compiled data on who is using ride-hailing services like Uber and lyft, how they're using them and what impact that use is having on transit and traffic. The data came from more than 4,000 surveys submitted between 2014 and 2016.
  
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• Hurricane Electric Announces Layer 2 Latency Network Tool

  17-05-2018 00:19
  The Layer 2 Latency Tool is especially helpful for multinational companies with locations scattered across the globe and financial services companis, where latency is of paramount importance. The tool ensures that businesses can connect to more places faster and with lower cost, which is now a priority with the increased cloud adoption across most sectors.
  
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• Lyft driver charged in sexual assault of passenger in Fremont

  16-05-2018 19:34
  A Lyft driver has been criminally charged in the sexual assault last month of a female passenger he had convinced to come to his home with him where she was given marijuana and raped, police said Wednesday. Jaswanthreddy Baireddy, 24, is charged with rape by means where the victim is unconscious, forced oral copulation where the victim is unconscious and forced digital penetration where the victim is prevented from resisting due to intoxicating substance.
  
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• A Bare-Knuckle Fight for Top Cop

  16-05-2018 14:36
  Incumbent district attorneys in Alameda County rarely face a challenge on Election Day. And for a time, it appeared that Alameda County DA Nancy O'Malley would not face one this year.
  
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• Fremont: Two dead in crash on Interstate 880

  16-05-2018 09:44
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• 2 Dead In Multi-Vehicle Collision On Hwy 880

  16-05-2018 09:44
  Two people have died in a multi-vehicle collision tonight on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in Fremont, officials with the California Highway Patrol said. The collision was reported by multiple people at about 9:30 p.m. on Highway 880 at Stevenson Boulevard, CHP Officer Damian Cistaro said.
  
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• Swiss police investigate fatal crash, fire involving Tesla

  16-05-2018 00:20
  Tesla said in a company release that it's saddened by the crash and is fully cooperating with authorities to find out the facts. "Tesla has not yet received any data from the car and thus does not know the facts of what occurred, although it appeared to be a high-speed collision," the statement said.
  
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• Authorities say man found dead in Fremont mudflats was suicide victim

  15-05-2018 21:57
  A man whose decomposed body was found Friday afternoon in a mudflat near the Dumbarton Bridge was identified Tuesday as a 65-year-old Union City resident who committed suicide, authorities said. A missing persons report for the man had been taken by the California Highway Patrol on April 27 after his car was found abandoned about 5:30 a.m. that day on the San Mateo Bridge, CHP Officer Art Montiel said.
  
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• Musk's medicine for ailing Tesla: a 'thorough reorganization'

  14-05-2018 22:17
  Following another top Tesla executive departure amid production turmoil, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Monday it's time for a "thorough reorganization" at the electric-car maker. In a memo to employees, Musk said he'll be "flattening the management structure."
  
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• Park It: Hayward hike to explore how Ohlone used plants

  13-05-2018 15:40
  Beverly Ortiz of the East Bay Regional Park District shows David Van Riper, then 3, of Oakland how to weave a basket during a previous Ohlone cultural event at Hayward's Garin Regional Park. Garin Regional will be the venue for a program May 20 about Native American plant uses in which an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist will lead a 3-mile hike while discussing how the Ohlone tribes used plants for food, medicine, shelter and tools.
  
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• Decomposing body found in marshlands near Dumbarton Bridge

  12-05-2018 18:47
  Coroners are working to identify a decomposing body that was found in marshlands in Fremont near the Dumbarton Bridge, police said Saturday. A resident who was hiking on a trail in the marshlands called Fremont police Friday afternoon to report the body.
  
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• Body Identified As Male Victim Following Discovery In...

  12-05-2018 18:47
  Officers got a call at 4 p.m. on Friday from a person walking on some trails in the marshlands near 1 Marshlands Road and near the Dumbarton Bridge, police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said. An airboat crew from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District was called in to assist the Alameda County coroner's bureau and Fremont firefighters with a respectful recovery of the victim.
  
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• Decomposing body found in Fremont marshlands

  12-05-2018 07:20
  For breaking news and more get our free mobile app from the Apple app store or the Google Play store . The Menlo Park Fire Protection District sent one of its specialized boats to help Alameda County Coroner's Office officials reach the body, which is in a remote area south of where Marshlands Road ends.
  
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