These are the local news from April 15 to 21 that you need to know to stay up to date.
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The San Mateo Police Department (SMPD) is investigating a shooting in the city of San Mateo that occurred during the early morning hours of Friday, April 14.
At approximately 12:58 p.m., SMPD patrol officers responded to a call in the unit block of 37th Avenue for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a 26-year-old male victim who had a minor graze on his ankle after being grazed by a gunshot.
SMPD launched an investigation and quickly learned that this was an isolated and specific incident, and is now working to bring all those responsible to justice.
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The San Mateo Police Department is investigating a robbery at a local business on Friday, April 14.
That day, at approximately 9:19 a.m., San Mateo Police officers responded to the 1900 block of S. El Camino Real for a reported robbery. Upon arrival, officers learned that two unknown subjects wearing ski masks robbed a male victim at gunpoint.
The victim was uninjured. Officers quickly determined that the suspects fled the scene prior to their arrival.
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Elementary teacher in San Bruno is accused of sexually assaulting two elementary schools, he was arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting at least three of his students.
Jeremy Yeh is charged with one felony count of lewd acts with multiple students between 2016 and 2019, according to San Bruno police.
Three victims have been identified and interviewed by detectives and police believe there may be additional victims.
Yeh has been a teacher at Allen Elementary School and El Crystal Elementary School since 2016. El Crystal Elementary School closed in 2018 due to budget issues.
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San Jose police broke up an alleged illegal street race Sunday night and arrested several people.
The spectator event, also known as a sideshow, took place at Almaden Road and Curtner Avenue, according to police.
Air support was used to help coordinate a response by patrol officers, who swarmed the area around 11:20 p.m.
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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who displayed a firearm in the parking lot of a Safeway supermarket in Millbrae to intimidate a person in his vehicle.
And it is that, on Friday, April 14, at approximately 11:00 p.m., agents from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office were sent to the Safeway convenience store, located at 525 El Camino Real, under a report of a man with a gun.
According to authorities, the caller reported that he was parked in the Safeway parking lot when an unknown suspect stepped in front of his car, lifted his shirt, exposing his waistband, and a black handgun was visible.
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This Saturday, April 15, the largest and oldest farmers market on the Peninsula, Kiwanis, began its 2023 season, bringing together local producers and artisans who offer a wide variety of high-quality products.
On this occasion, the market created in 1979 by four members of the community, has extended its hours to be open every Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the 500 block of Argüello Street.
The farmers market offers a great opportunity to support local farmers and artisans.
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This Tuesday, at 5:12 a.m., the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM) and local authorities gathered at the historic Lotta Fountain in the center of the city to commemorate the 117th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake, an event that marked the beginning of a series of activities to prepare society for disasters of this nature.
Thus, starting today and until April 22, there will be a series of activities that include preparation workshops, culminating in a fair that will feature an earthquake simulator, gifts, and a lunch for the first 350 participants.
The commemoration of the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 at Lotta's Fountain, which is where many San Franciscans gathered 117 years ago for support after the devastating earthquake, began at 5:12 a.m., the exact time the earthquake struck back then.
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A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for raping 3 different women in San Mateo County in 2020, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Alejandro Guevara was convicted in December on multiple counts of forcible rape and other charges for sexual assaults that took place in June, July and August 2020, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.
Guevara was arrested at his mother's home in Redwood City following an August 2020 case in which a woman in her 60s was found raped and beaten unconscious along El Camino Real in San Mateo.
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San Mateo County officials on Tuesday cut the ceremonial ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Navigation Center, which will provide 240 safe, temporary housing spaces for homeless individuals and couples.
Located in Redwood City, the Navigation Center is designed to serve up to 260 homeless San Mateo County residents who may be reluctant to go to traditional shelters.
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San Mateo Police Department (SMPD) officers arrested a man for vehicle theft and possession of a firearm after initiating a pursuit of the 26-year-old suspect, a resident of Oakland.
On April 17, at approximately 8:42 p.m., SMPD officers learned of a stolen vehicle traveling westbound on Peninsula Avenue, which they later located parked on Woodside near Studio Circle, where officers attempted to contact the driver, but the driver fled.
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The Oakland Police Department has alerted residents and visitors to a wave of armed robberies and carjackings that has been occurring throughout the city and is urging them to take precautions.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) has been receiving an increased number of reports of these two crimes, so they issued a security notice to inform about this alarming change.
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San Francisco Police Department officers from the Tenderloin station arrested Joseph Benjamin, a man involved in hate crimes on the city's public transportation system, better known as Muni.
Officers then arrested Joseph Benjamin, 44, who was booked into San Francisco County Jail on two counts of assault against a transportation worker or passenger and two counts of hate crimes.
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The director of a math tutoring center in south San Jose has been arrested for alleged possession of child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of children, police said Thursday.
Deoel Credo Noveno, 30, was arrested April 11 after an investigation by the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force determined he possessed and distributed the abusive materials using various social media applications, San Jose police said.
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The state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has officially approved Redwood City’s recently adopted Housing Element, leading Governor Gavin Newsom to grant the city a Pro-Housing Designation.
“Under the strong leadership of the City Council and the diligent work of staff, I am pleased to share that Redwood City is the first city in San Mateo County to officially have an approved housing element,” said Melissa Stevenson Diaz, City Manager of Redwood City.
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Millbrae police officers arrested a Taylor Middle School sixth-grade teacher on Thursday on multiple charges of sexually assaulting minors who are or were students at the school.
On Thursday, April 20, Sheriff's detectives arrested Matthew Garrett, 54, at his home in San Francisco, and he was booked into the Maguire Correctional Center on the above charges, with bail set at $5 million.
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