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Contra Costa

Teen Driver Arrested After Suspected Car Race and Crash

An 18-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly caused a car to flip and crash in a Pleasant Hill parking lot just after 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. Police suspect that Paula Eddy Lazarov was racing

Alameda Contra Costa

Police Arrest Robbery Suspect in the “Button-Down Bandit” Case

The “button-down bandit” wanted in connection with at least eight bank robberies in the East Bay since March was arrested in West Oakland on Monday, according to the FBI. James Quindale Page,

Alameda

Father Arrested in Crash That Killed Wife and 3-Year-Old Son

A Milpitas man who drove his car into a tree killing his wife and 3-year-old son in Fremont Tuesday has been arrested on three felony counts, Fremont police reported Saturday. Gilbert Gil, 34,

Los Angeles

Good Samaritans Describe Helping Stabbed Man, Holding Suspect for Police

Witnesses Sunday told Patch about watching a fight at a Belmont Shore restaurant become a stabbing, and patrons rushing to aid the victim while other good Samaritans held the suspect for police. Long Beach Police Department

Los Angeles

Santa Monica PD Releases Photo of Shooting Suspect and List of Victims

Santa Monica Police Sgt. Richard Lewis released a photograph of the shooting suspect, John Zawahri, 23, and a list of four of Zawahri’s victims Sunday. They are: Samir Zawahri, 55, father of the

Orange

Fugitive Caught at Homeless Encampment Near Saddleback Church

A 57-year-old man wanted for trying to break into a Lake Forest home and getting into a scuffle with the residents was arrested today on charges of burglary and assault

San Diego

Man Arrested, Accused of Pointing Laser Beam at Sheriff’s Helicopter

Police arrested a La Mesa man early Saturday after they spotted him pointing a laser beam at a San Diego County Sheriffs Department helicopter. Two deputies were flying over the

Sonoma

Starbucks Stabbing Melodrama in Windsor

A woman stabbed at a Windsor Starbucks this morning in an incident that ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting was the mother of the suspect’s adult child, police said this

Sonoma

Man Arrested After Beating Woman With Cane

Police arrested a 52-year-old Rohnert Park man who allegedly beat a woman with a bamboo cane so hard that she was unresponsive when police arrived. Edward Rosario was arrested Saturday

Orange

Home Invasion Thwarted by Angry Husband, Daughter

A man accused of trying to break into a Lake Forest home and getting into a scuffle with the residents was charged today (Thursday) with burglary and assault with a