Alameda
February 23, 2010
Alameda County Judge to issue furlough judgments soon?
The Alameda Superior Court judge who ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in three union-backed furlough lawsuits said this morning that he will issue final decisions in those cases within one week.
Judge Frank Roesch made that commitment in his Oakland court room to attorneys representing Schwarzenegger, SEIU Local 1000, the Union of American Physicians and Dentists and California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment. The group convened to debate how to apply the judge's December decisions that some aspects of Schwarzenegger's furlough order violate the law. (Click here for more about those decisions.)
A fourth furlough case that Roesch ruled on involving members of California Correctional Peace Officers' Association, was not part of today's proceedings...
LINK - SacBee.com
March 10, 2009
Parolee convicted of killing friend in Alameda
A man on parole for burglary was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for fatally shooting a friend in Alameda last year.
Michael James Edgar, 20, faces 50 years to life in prison for killing Troy Lancaster, 19, on Aug. 4. Edgar accused Lancaster of taking a third man's side in a fight, said Jim Meehan, an Alameda County senior deputy district attorney.
LINK - SFGate.com
March 11, 2008
Parolee convicted of killing mom walking child
A parolee was convicted of first-degree murder Monday for shooting and killing a woman on a Fremont street as she walked to a school holding her young daughter's hand. Manuel Urango, 30, appeared surprised when Alameda County jurors returned with a guilty verdict at the Hayward Hall of Justice after deliberating for about a day and a half. He rocked back and forth in his chair as attorneys discussed the next steps in the case.
Urango could face at least 25 years to life in prison for killing Alia Ansari, 37, on Oct. 19, 2006. He was also convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and gross negligent discharge of a firearm for firing a gun into the air from his car the day before Ansari's slaying in the same area where she was killed.
LINK - SFGate.com (San Francisco Gate)
