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| Jan.7 |
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Oil spill at Boat Marina The spill appears to have resulted from an oil leak at the Shell Oil Products U.S. Martinez Refinery
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| Jan.20 |
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Attorney Horowitz Pulled From Polk Case| Daniel Horowitz was removed from the case of a woman charged with murdering her husband | |
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| Jan.21 |
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2 found dead in house fire Wayne Grams, 66, and Linda Grams, 60, died from 'inhalation of product of combustion'
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| Feb.14 |
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Preliminary Hearing Begins In Dyleski Case A prosecutor began laying out the physical evidence that he said proves teenager should be tried for murdering
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| Feb.15 |
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Refinery Fined More Than $1 Million
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Dyleski Handwrote Detailed To-Do List
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| Feb.16 |
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Dyleski mother sobs at court
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| Feb.17 |
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Judge: Dyleski To Stand Trial For Murder| A judge ruled that prosecutors have enough evidence to put 17-year-old on trial for murdering the wife of attorney | |
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| Mar.9 |
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Polk Cross-Examines Son Susan Polk, 48, is representing herself on charges she murdered her husband
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| Mar.13 |
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Sons Take Center Stage At Polk Trial Susan Polk returned to the courtroom, to continue cross-examination of her 19-year-old son Gabriel
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| Mar.24 |
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 Fire At Refinery Under Control A fire broke out inside a furnace at the Tesoro refinery before 4 p.m. A diesel-like material was burning
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| Apr.6 |
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Motorist Found Dead South Of Bridge
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| Apr.25 |
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Relatives, Experts Testify in Polk Defense Murder suspect resumed defending herself at trial and urged jurors to keep an open mind
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| May.9 |
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Hostile Witness Declared In Polk Trial Susan Polk had her youngest son's foster mother Marjorie Briner declared a hostile witness
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| May.10 |
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Police Chase Ends In Deadly Shooting The man who police officers killed was armed with a plastic replica handgun that fires pellets
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| Jun.12 |
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Closing Arguments In Susan Polk Trial A prosecutor urged jurors to convict housewife of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her husband
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| Jun.16 |
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Susan Polk Guilty Of 2nd Degree Murder Polk stabbed to death her millionaire therapist husband, whom she had met as a 14-year-old
girl in treatment
| The Orinda housewife served as her own attorney in the nearly 14-week trial in which 2 of her sons testified against her and she discussed her psychic powers
The county jury evenly split with 6 women and 6 men
Prosecutors had sought a first-degree, arguing the 48-year old Polk had plotted to kill
70-year-old Felix Polk
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| Jun.19 |
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Fire Could Take Days to Extinguish
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| Jun.27 |
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Contra Costa County Employees Walk Out Thousands of public employees walked off the job in a strike that crippled medical centers, social services
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| Jul.27 |
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Prosecutor, Defense Spar In Dyleski Trial In a 2-hour opening statement, the prosecutor described the gruesome murder of the wife of attorney Daniel Horowitz
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| Jul.31 |
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Trial: Neighbor Heard Horowitz's Screams 2 neighbors of the lawyer described what sounded like the cries of a wounded animal the night he found his wife's body
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| Aug.1 |
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Horowitz Takes Stand In Murder Trial 'She was strong in a kind way,' prominent defense attorney said of his wife, Pamela Vitale
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| Aug.4 |
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Blaze caused major damage to house
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| Aug.7 |
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Dyleski Talked Of Bludgeoning Hours after Pamela Vitale was slain, Scott Dyleski told friends it would take 3 dozen blows to bludgeon someone
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| Aug.9 |
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Dyleski's Mother Testifies In Murder Trial Esther Fielding within a month of her son's arrest found in his trashcan a drawing he had done of a heart
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| Aug.20 |
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Motorcyclist died after police chase
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| Aug.22 |
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Closing arguments conclude in Dyleski trial A prosecutor showed a re-creation of the horror-filled last moments of Pamela Vitale's life
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| Aug.24 |
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Jury: 'Trailside Killer' To Be Executed
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| Aug.25 |
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Dyleski Jurors Ask To Review Evidence Jurors began their third day of deliberations in county Superior Court
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| Aug.28 |
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Dyleski Convicted Of Murder, Faces Life A jury found a 17-year-old Scott Dyleski guilty of murder in the bludgeoning death of a defense attorney's wife
| County jurors deliberated 4 days before convicting 17-year-old Lafayette boy of first-degree murder with special circumstances. Dyleski was tried as an adult
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| Sep.26 |
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Dyleski Gets Life Without Parole| A teen convicted of murdering the wife of defense attorney and TV analyst Daniel Horowitz, Pamela Vitale | |
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| Nov.1 |
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Woman Killed In Early Morning Car Crash
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