First from the cops:

A clerk at SBC Liquors (Fremont and South Grimmer) tried to stop a shoplifter, but the shoplifter whacked him/her over the head with a bottle and fled in a black Dodge Charger.

A man drew a knife on an a person in the area of Ozark River and Mohawk River, and then fled with the victim’s iPod.

A residential burglary on Gage Court was thwarted by the occupant of the home. The burglars fled along the nearby railroad tracks and eluded police.

From the Web:

More on the robbers who broke the leg of a witness.

A story about former Fremont school administrator and incoming Pleasanton Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi.

Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico trails the Democratic field for Attorney General, according to a new poll.