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Police offer tips on how to keep people from jumping into your yard.

Nika Megino is the community manager for Patch communities throughout Alameda County and Contra Costa County.
Hometown: Newark, California
Police offer tips on how to keep people from jumping into your yard.

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The event is free and the general public is invited to attend.
Any not-for-profit organization in the Bay Area invited to pick up books while supplies last.
A man protested against how much city employees are getting paid outside the State of the City Address.
The former optician's pretrial for charges of attempted murder and assault with a firearm was delayed.
The former optician's pretrial for charges of attempted murder and assault with a firearm was delayed.
The former Redwood City optician's pretrial for charges of attempted murder and assault with a firearm was delayed.
CHP officials said accidents involving a big rig, CHP patrol car and fire truck delayed traffic in both directions.
Mayor Al Nagy delivers his first State of the City Address and talks about his plans to expand Newark's economic development.
Stage 1 hosts auditions this weekend for the children's show "The Wizard of Oz" and the group's last show of the season "Aida."
Authorities said the man they are looking for is not a person of interest or suspect.
Linda Avenue resident Dennis Bagwell has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a firearm after a Newark man was found critically injured in February.
Stage 1 hosts auditions this weekend for the children's show "The Wizard of Oz" and the group's last show of the season "Aida."
A Piedmont man has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a firearm after a Newark man was found critically injured in February.
Police are investigating an armed robbery out of the California Check Cashing Store that happened Tuesday morning.
Newark's Cinedome Theater personnel said the movie theater will remain open.
Several students will be awarded at the Southern Alameda County Alliance of African American Educators' 8th Annual Awards ceremony this Sunday.
More than 100 people attend the city's first Youth Fishing Day of 2012.