James Torrez
Anchor and Reporter at KTVU-TV (Oakland, CA)
Award Winning Anchor/Reporter @KTVU | fmr @cbs12, @newschannelnine, @wuftnews | Spanish spkr | @ufjschool | Florida born & raised | trivia host | ⚽️ / 🏐 coach
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4 days ago |
ktvu.com | James Torrez
A deadly motorcycle crash and subsequent big rig fire shut down eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore early Tuesday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. CHP Officer Alex Bryant said the motorcycle driver lost control about 2:40 a.m. on I-580 near the Isabel Avenue offramp for unknown reasons. The motorcyclist fell off his bike onto the freeway. Drivers of two cars hit the driver's body and another car and a big rig hit the motorcycle, Bryant said.
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4 days ago |
ktvu.com | James Torrez
Eric Hernandez-Garcia, 18, talks to his attorney, Roseann Torres in court. He was charged in the death of a Castlemont math teacher. June 2, 2025. The attorney of an 18-year-old charged with felony vehicular manslaughter after the CHP pursued him and which led to the death of an innocent Castlemont math teacher in Oakland, told KTVU a completely different version of events ahead of his Monday court hearing.
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1 week ago |
ktvu.com | James Torrez
The 18-year-old charged with the death of a Castlemont High School teacher during a pursuit through Oakland streets made his first court appearance on Friday in Alameda County Superior Court. Eric Scott Hernandez-Garcia did not enter a plea to felony charges of vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run and evading police. His case was continued until Monday. He is being held in Santa Rita Jail with no bail.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | James Torrez
The BriefEric Hernandez-Garcia, 18, was charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of Castlemont teacher Marvin Boomer. He did not enter a plea and asked to find his own attorney. Boomer was killed when the stolen car Hernandez-Garcia was driving struck him and a fire hydrant. OAKLAND, Calif. - The 18-year-old charged with the death of a Castlemont High School teacher during a pursuit through Oakland streets made his first court appearance on Friday in Alameda County Superior Court.
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1 week ago |
ktvu.com | James Torrez
Castlemont High School is holding its graduation on Friday, less than two days after a math teacher was killed as an innocent bystander caught up in a California Highway Patrol pursuit of an 18-year-suspect in Oakland.
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