East Bay Times

1 day ago | eastbaytimes.com | Evan Webeck

1 day ago | eastbaytimes.com | Paul Kilduff

For most, a trip to Antarctica would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience - for Jenny Hartigan, a science teacher at Alameda's Lincoln Middle School, it was also a chance to bring back firsthand knowledge of how seemingly unspoiled areas are being affected by things we may not even notice here, such as the impact single-use plastics can have on a region at the other end of the Earth.

2 days ago | eastbaytimes.com | Jason Green

SAN JOSE - The head of a San Jose-based tech staffing firm was sentenced Monday to one year and two months in federal prison for visa fraud, prosecutors said. Kishore Dattapuram, 55, of Santa Clara, was indicted in February 2019 on one count of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and 10 counts of substantive visa fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Dattapuram pleaded guilty to all counts in November.

2 days ago | eastbaytimes.com | Jason Green

LIVERMORE - Two drivers died in a crash Monday morning in Livermore, police said. Around 5:55 a.m., a Ram pickup truck and a Honda collided on Isabel Avenue just north of Kalthoff Common, the Livermore Police Department said in a news release. Medical personnel pronounced both drivers dead at the scene. Police identified the Ram driver as a 43-year-old Tracy man and the Honda driver as a 23-year-old Manteca man.

2 days ago | eastbaytimes.com | Jason Green

SAN JOSE - Concord police officers shot and injured an armed bank robbery suspect Monday morning in San Jose following a multi-county pursuit, police said. The incident kicked off shortly before 10 a.m., when a pair of armed suspects robbed a credit union in Concord, the Concord Police Department said in a news release. Officers found the suspect vehicle and started a pursuit when it drove away, police said.