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State Officials Seek Federal Funds to Help NUMMI Workers

State employment officials are seeking a $33 million grant from  the federal government to help thousands of workers who will likely lose  their jobs when the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant in Fremont  closes next month. The state Employment Development Department is anticipating that  more than 4,700 auto workers employed at the NUMMI plant will lose their  jobs, as well as perhaps 24,000 others employed by direct and indirect  suppliers of the company.

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Probe of PG&E Smart Meters to Begin Soon

California energy regulators say they will soon begin investigating new Pacific Gas and Electric Co. meters that some customers have blamed for higher energy bills. The California Public Utilities Commission said Monday it expects to name a consultant later this week to probe the accuracy of the meters. The digital SmartMeters send information about a household's gas and electric use to the company through wireless signals.

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Striking Alameda County Jail Healthcare Workers Could Face Lockout

Replacement workers are providing health care services to inmates at Alameda County jails while 140 workers have walked off the job to demand a new contract. The members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers say they will be off the job for just one day but it's unclear if they'll be welcome back on Wednesday.

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Four Arrested in Connection With Murder of Martinez Teen

Contra Costa County sheriff's detectives arrested four people over  the weekend in connection with the December homicide of 18-year-old Martinez  resident Eric Bean, sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said Monday. A passerby found Bean's body on Dec. 21 along McEwen Road in a  remote area west of Martinez. He had been strangled and beaten on the head.

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Father Charged with Murder for Allegedly Shaking Four-Month Old Daughter

A four-month old girl remains on life support but her father already faces murder charges for allegedly shaking the child. 26-year old Jose Arevalo was arraigned Monday on murder charges in Hayward.  He remains in the Santa Rita jail without bail.

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Police Say Eight-Year Old Lied About Attempted Kidnapping

Oakland police say an eight-year old girl who claimed she was the victim of an attempted abduction made the whole thing up. The child told police she was standing in front of Eres Academy near Foothill Boulevard and 42nd Avenue when a man pulled up in a black van and tried to pull her into the vehicle.

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Accident Involving Power Pole Prompts Downtown Walnut Creek Gridlock

PG&E workers are hoping to have all of the lanes of Ygnacio Valley Road in Walnut Creek open by late afternoon after an early morning accident knocked down a power pole. Authorities say a woman driving a sedan hit the pole at about 2:00 a.m. Monday.  She wasn't hurt.  Investigators say it does not appear she was intoxicated on alcohol or other drugs.

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Nearly 50 Bay Area Schools Make "Lowest Performing" List

Nearly 50 Bay Area schools are on an incomplete list of poorly performing campuses in a new report from the California Department of Education. The list includes schools in the all nine Bay Area counties except Napa. The state is listing the schools as "persistently low-achieving."  That's defined using a complex formula.

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Piedmont Residents Complain About Sex Offender Near School

Piedmont residents are asking police why a convicted sex offender is being allowed to live near an elementary school in the wealthy East Bay suburb. Piedmont Acting Police Chief John Hunt says 71-year-old James Donnelly registered with police shortly after his Feb. 2 release from federal prison after serving time for possession of child pornography.

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Suspected Vallejo Killer Back in Bay Area

The suspect in a Vallejo homicide who was arrested in Pennsylvania on Friday has been extradited back to the Bay Area and will be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Solano County Superior Court. Ellis Gabriel Ross, 21, was booked into Solano County jail late Sunday. He is being held without bail for the murder of 36-year-old Marico Whitemon, of Vallejo, outside Parkway Liquors at 1601 Lewis Brown Road on Feb. 6.

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