Girl killed near campus was pregnant
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
Filed under Metro
Sixteen-year-old Elena Mondragon of Antioch was two months pregnant when she was shot and killed on March 14 near the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus. According to her mother, Michelle Mondragon, an autopsy confirmed the teen was carrying a child in her first trimester when she died. The driver of ...
Shooting death closes Hayward campus
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2017
Filed under Metro
The Cal State East Bay Hayward campus was briefly closed on Tuesday evening following an officer involved shooting near the City View Apartments on Carlos Bee Boulevard. According to the Fremont Police Department, around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday detectives attempted to pull over a stolen vehicle that was as...
Hayward Police Department releases new information in 2016 murder
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2017
Filed under Metro
Earlier this month, the Hayward Police Department released new information from investigative leads in a 2016 murder. On Aug. 6, 2016 around 7:30 p.m. a 17-year-old male was shot and killed on Muir Street, just down the street from the Cal State East Bay’s Hayward campus. HPD never released the v...
Cops Corner
Sheryl Boykins,
CSUEB Police Chief
February 22, 2017
Filed under Campus
Dear Campus Community, Warmer, drier weather is coming, I promise. The question of the day is: What is SUSPICIOUS (Activity, Behavior, Items)? Much like profanity, it is difficult to define, but you know it when you are faced with it. Recently a “Suspicious Person” was seen i...
Berkeley shootings spark concern
Degen Gleason-Hyman,
Contributor
February 8, 2017
Filed under Metro
Berkeley residents gathered on Jan. 29 at the Frances M. Albrier Community Center for a meeting to address shootings that occurred in the city on Jan. 25. At the meeting, which was organized by councilwoman for West Berkeley, Cheryl Davila, police officials said they received several calls on Jan. 25 rep...
Hayward High School junior killed
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2017
Filed under Metro
Sixteen-year-old Hayward High School junior Lamar Murphy was shot and killed on Princeton Street and Smalley Avenue on Monday evening, shortly after 6:30 p.m. according to press statements from Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened in an unincorporated area of North Hayward that falls ...
Oakland hires new police chief
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 11, 2017
Filed under Metro, Showcase
The Oakland Police Department has a new leader, finally. A seven-month-long search came to an end on Jan. 5, when Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced at a press conference that former Spokane, Washington Police Chief Ann Kirkpatrick would assume the same role in Oakland. Kirkpatrick will be the first fem...
Former Oakland Police Department captain charged in sex scandal
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2016
Filed under Metro
On Nov. 13, the Contra Costa County prosecutor's office charged 81-year-old Al Perrodin, a retired Oakland Police Department captain, with a misdemeanor for his alleged role in the Bay Area’s sexual exploitation scandal involving a teenage former prostitute. Perrodin was charged with soliciting prostit...
No “creepy clowns” at campus costume contest
Tishauna Carrell,
Staff Writer
October 26, 2016
Filed under Campus, Showcase
On Halloween, Associated Students Inc. will host the campus’s very first Halloween Costume Contest. The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Agora Stage at the Cal State East Bay Hayward campus. The Bay Area’s own DJ Slay, will spin hip-hop music and campus food service Aramark will ...
Daughter gets justice in father’s shooting
Sean McCarthy,
Staff Writer
October 19, 2016
Filed under Metro
On March 15, eleven-year old Sarah Avalos and her family traveled to Hayward to purchase a new vehicle from an online seller. The family decided to meet the seller at Ochoa Middle School since they were new to the area. Sarah would soon learn that the seller was a “career criminal” who wanted to rob ...
“Creepy clown” craze hits Bay Area
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
October 19, 2016
Filed under Metro, Showcase
Straight from the silver screen to the streets, clowns are scaring people nationwide, causing police departments and school districts in the Bay Area and nationwide to take action. Several reports surfaced in August that people dressed in clown costumes were lingering by the woods in several cities ...
Richmond Police Department receives disciplinary recommendations
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2016
Filed under Metro, Showcase
On Tuesday, the lawyer for Jasmine Abuslin, a 19-year-old former prostitute, known by the alias Celeste Guap, filed a $30 million lawsuit against the Richmond Police Department and a $6 million lawsuit against the Livermore Police Department. She had previously filed a $66 million lawsuit against th...
