My Scanners are always on. I have a Mobile one I wear on my person, And a Desktop one which gets more Activity than my Portable due to stronger Antenna. I also Listen to an Online Scanner for our County. All cover different Frequencies. Unfortunately, sometimes in certain situations, PD will switch to an Encrypted or "Secure Channel" and it's hard to maintain details.

They will still use the Unencrypted Channels but usually only relay bits and pieces failing to verbally Identify anything of Importance. I suppose I should have headed that way personally, but there's been recent "Shootings" in Newark that didn't get any type of big response.

I guess that's what I get for "Assuming" instead of confirming. lol. Newark will have many more Major Incidents as the year is still Young, of this I am confident.

Currently,

Alameda County Police, Fire and others share the same Control Channels, you will have to know Local I.D numbers of Officers in Newark, and listen for familiar streets to know what's happening where. Sometimes Dispatch will outright verbally tell where something is happening, other times they send it to the Unit MDT (Computers)

System = Motorola Type II Smartnet (Analog)
Primary Control Channels for our County are:

852.41250, 853.11250, 853.91250

Secondary is 852.91250.

If you know how to Program your Scanner you can input these following Talkgroups for Newark.

Dec.46416, Hex b55 Mode A Newark PD 1 *Dispatch*
Dec.46448, Hex b57 Mode A Newark PD 2
Dec.46480, Hex b59 Mode A Newark PD 3
Dec.46544 ,Hex b5d Mode A Newark PD 4

Or the new Richmond.

Same area?

No Problem. :P

is it true the agent does not live there but was there to serve a high risk warrent?
..or is this just more rumors going around

According to KTVU the Agent lived there. It was his Property. And Agents typically don't serve warrants on their own especially high risk ones. In fact I don't believe any LAW Enforcement would do such.

Ask your city leaders, Mayor Al Nagy and the City Council.

Newark city employees recently got their friday furlough days back....so money cna't be an excuse when Nagy and the rest of council speaks about this issue....oh yea, don't hold your breath, i forgot, it's the good ole' boys that do nothing.

A good reason not to have low income high density housing

I refuse to let these shitheads win. This is MY Community, I was raised in Newark and I am not going to let some thug drive me out. Of course Initially, I looked at it from a Different Perspective. I used o actively look for Incidents to Film and Document prior to Patch coming to town.

Back then I liked the fact that I never had to go far to catch some action. lol... But since I have become more involved with both my Community and neighborhood I feel more grounded as it's my roots.

Thank you James. I'll look into that.

Mona,

Try to get one that has Triple Trunking Capability and Signal Stalker. Signal Stalker is great, used to spend many days and nights outside NPD HQ and harping onto their signals. LOL

Being more active in the community, not just around election time. They are never seen or heard on media outlets. They bang on your doors during election time, well, bang on that neighborhoods door, assure them everything will be fine. To be honest, they're being selfish, did any of the council offer to pay for any of Robert Cheney's funeral etc., even meet with the family? I don't mean a random letter with letterhead on it. Now business is suffering, offer incentive for landowners to clean up their property, residential as well as business. Create incentives for businesses to come into town, rather than seeking better opportunities elsewhere. Buildings are run down, Newark is just becoming a thoroughfare during commute hours, up and down Thornton, Newark Blvd, and Cedar. To me it's about investment, the city has never wanted to invest in it's future, offer those incentives for businesses to come into town. It's like you got 2 left feet working for the city, you allow the demolition of Cattlemen's to build an auto part store and a starbucks, so you're just shifting business from a quarter mile radius into this location. You allow a Home Depot to come into town, now we have occupiers occupying the parking lot, while you have an OSH on the other side of town, pretty close to closing up. It's like the right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing.

Thanks again James for hints about scanners

Nick, I read some great ideas in your response. I can tell you though that city council members are out in neighborhoods other than election time. Ask one of them to appear at a neighborhood meeting to asnswer questions about city affairs. remember they all have jobs other than city meetings too, but they have been quick to respond to requests. I have never once sent a question, compliment or complaint to the city council, Mayor or individual council memebers without receiving a response. Not once.

I agree, Christen. I think the city government needs a date with reality. While the town is circling the drain, the city planners want high density low income housing - about 8,000 inhabitants worth. People make excuses for them, talk about "concern" for the poor, etc. while ignoring the needs of those of us who are trying to get by and not lose the value of our homes. When we leave, our house will probably become a by the room rental because no family would want to live here, and no one but a slumlord would probably purchase it and then for a very low price.

I have lived all over the American West, and the poverty pit towns on the reservation were better run than this. While the city falls apart, our elected leaders are pushing for a new library and a fancy new city hall instead of spending the money where it is needed, cleaning up Dodge.

People give me entire racks of garbage because allegedly all I do is complain which supposedly makes me "lose credibility." Well, maybe it is because I have experienced other places and know that things can be better; Newark had incredible potential which our city leadership flushed down the toilet with such brilliant ideas as accepting the low income housing offsets required for affluent developments in other communities.

Thanks for sharing, hope things get better for you and the family.

The police department here is top notch. Very responsive, professional, my sentiments were again proven during the SWAT team mission last Thursday. They went about their business, keeping everyone safe, while getting the criminals.

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Sorry about the bad experiences. You are absolutely correct in saying our City Council and police are doing a good job. They are very unappreciated by some commenters and that's sad. When my young grandso lived in fremont he parked his bike on the front porch long enough to go in th house and get a jacket to wear. He came out to see h is bike being riden down the street. This kid had worked hard to build his own bike with money he earned. The police didn't find it till a couple months later, but they were happy to return it to my grandson. In pieces, but all the pieces there. Most Police everywhere do care! We are on a safe street,- but several petty thefts happened on this street too. Neighborhood Watch is a great help preventing things like this from happening!

I think our Police Department is awesome and I also want to know who's setting off the M-1000's. I was also in the USMC and when someone threw the M-1000 in front of my house about a year ago, it freaked me out and pissed me off.

I typically shoot my M-1000's (Home-made) into the Air via Model Rockets during Fourth of July. I haven't lit any on the ground in a very long time, learned my Lesson when I attached 7 M-1000's together. Each one that Exploded, sent the rest flying towards peoples yards. It was crazy, never Lit one on the ground since. LOL

Ended up having to pay for my Neighbors White Picket Fence and Re-planting his Wife's Garden. I could tell he wanted to strangle me to death, but he didn't call the Cops. I did a lot of Volunteer work for him as most of my Asinine Home Made Experiments tended to go awry.

My wife and got burglarized back in '07, and I just got the sense that the cops really didn't care that much. They went through the motions but didn't pursue the case any further. None of the suspects were ever caught, there were three of them, and none of our property was ever recovered. Especially the 3-kt heirloom diamond ring from my wife's grandma. We lost about 20K in jewelery because we didn't have the special insurance "rider" you needed to itemize and value all the pieces. So I'm not all that convinced that our NPD is as thorough as we're led to believe, sorry.

I live in the same area in which this morning shooting took place, (since 87) and I cannot believe how much this neighborhood has changed. In the 80s you used to see kids playing in front of their houses, or riding their bikes down the street. However, look outside your window at 1am, and your likely to see someone standing on the sidewalk in front of your house, who is obviously up to no good, and is under the influence of drugs. (someone was arrested very near this same area for public intoxication just a few days ago, and a few months back someone was arrested for firing a revolver into the air near the corner of Mayhews and Hazelnut.)

I generally feel that the police do a good job, but I think that they are overwhelmed by the influx of new arrivals, who simply are not interested in following the rules of society.

The Police have a tough job and they are doing all they can.

We moved here in 2004, near Mirabeau park and it wasn't too bad at that time. Since then, it's become a total craphole to live in. Since we've lived here, we've had three attempted home invasions in our immediate neighbor's homes (next door, across the street, and down a few doors), our cars broken into 4 times (we keep nothing in them), a bike stolen, two large gang fights at Mirabeau park, one of which was while I was strapping my infant into his carseat to go pick up my older son at school (I felt incredibly comfortable having to be outside a mere 30 feet from it with my back turned!), a couple of peeping toms on roofs that we could see from our yard, LOTS of drug sales in Mirabeau park, TONS of drug baggies and paraphenalia littering the park, numerous calls to the cops because of people screwing in cars in front of the park at night, and that's all within the last few years right in front of our house.

Newark has become a total ghetto, and as soon as we can we're moving out. We moved here so that we could afford to have me stay home with the kids. It's totally not worth making them live in a gang infested, tweaker town where nobody gives a rat's butt about anyone but would rather live like they're trying to survive a prison recreation yard.

Take a look around, there's garbage everywhere, homeless people literally crapping by the side of Newark Blvd. (had to explain that one to my kids!), people getting shot, and nobody cares a bit.

Yea, maybe I'm asking for too much, especially since a quality place like Sinodino's was also the victim of a robbery. No matter the business you are targets. I mean prior to the Home Depot, were their people hanging around the property? I don't remember it being this bad now. Would a Toys R Us, Wal Mart have attracted Occupiers at this level? Like I said we have an OSH in town, why HD? Still didn't make sense to me.

Nevertheless, clean up, paint jobs, fixing up businesses is a huge issue here in town. Economics don't help any and that's understandable, but damaged unkept property attracts crime, it just doesn't hurt market value, but bringing in crime is worst of all evils. You can live with bad market value, but when your neighbor is trashing the house, you got the bad element casing the neighborhood for their next prey. Its unfortunate, one house, is a rental, the house next door is a young family, everything is interrelated and somehow you have to go back to the fundamentals of society, money, do you invest that money to spend time to go back to the basics of keeping up property. For years, a neighbor kept everything imaginable without cleaning up, pizza boxes, just piles and piles of junk, he finally moved out and "cleaned up" but those years of pileup attracted rodents, now they had no where to go but venturing into other houses for food, this is similar to the crime element. "I'll be back for that one later."

It works the same in Newark. first someone has to complain. Then a notice is delivered to the house. No response, they are cited. Then comes the slow LEGAL process, no matter what city you live in. I know it sometimes involves a hearing to which neighbors are invited. Of course none show up as a general rule.
You heard the city makes it hard for businesses to come to Newark. In what way? We have several new businesses in Newark. They didn't seem to have any difficulty coming here. I would like some sort of reasonable incentive offered to encourage them to come here and also to stay

No, Mona, it doesn't. We have a house on our street that at night you can watch the rats swarm over the fence from the junk piles in the backyard. The city allegedly can't do squat. They couldn't do squat about the drug house down the street, and we have what appears to be a place that sells lots of diapers out the garage door that they allegedly know about - or so they have told us for at least seven years. And it is still there although things have tamed down a bit. I get very nervous when one September the garage was full of bicycles they sold; and every few months they seem to be selling something else. I have always wondered if those were the bicycles stolen from a charity that year. It was so blatant that the woman who has been one of my best friends for about 38 years, who had come down from Seattle to visit us, finally asked me if I was aware that there appeared to be a fence living in that house. She had only seen stuff like that on TV before coming here. Since then she has happily visited us at our Nevada place although she declines every chance to visit us here.

They do make it difficult. The city only approves the sort of business that the Council would like to see, mainly sales tax generating retail. They have been attempting to shutdown the auto businesses and small repair shops by the freeway for years so they can replace them with high density and moderate density housing. They have worked very hard at driving out manufacturing as well and replacing those living wage jobs with low wage retail and service positions. Ana Apodaca even proclaimed that one of her goals was to provide a service job for every worker in Newark because she had been told by a state agency that Newark's future lay in service jobs. The poor dear didn't understand that these predictions are based on things like the education level of local residents and the quality of schools - if you go to school in surrounding towns, well, the future is in technical, health care, or manufacturing because you graduate and can read, write, and calculate. If you go to school in Newark, your future is cleaning hotel rooms or waiting tables.

Mona, would you read what I write instead of reacting defensively? There is nothing wrong with doing service work - except the rotten pay scale. Our schools here do not prepare kids for trade school or college as a rule. I have never thought that college made anyone brighter or in anyway better than anyone else - and in fact I think more people should consider trade school instead of that meaningless degree in sociology or ethnic studies which leaves on in debt and still without a useful job skill.

My brother went to trade school - he is a registered nurse. One of my cousins became a respiratory therapist. Two of my cousins are machinists; one of them went to college as well and has been voted the most outstanding high school vocational education teacher in Washington state on more than one occasion for his outstanding teaching in auto repair and auto body. One of my two nephews went to a community college and studied carpentry and construction management in Michigan. One rose through the ranks at a retail chain and became a major manager before his untimely death. The point is that to make a living wage one needs a marketable skill.

I cleaned toilets, waited tables, and picked crops to pay for my education. I also know that those jobs don't pay much and that people who do them have a hard life because of the impact of poverty. And call up Ana and ask her about her view on this - she sure had a lot to say at the Council meetings about it.

Throw in the fact that the victim is a Federal Agent. NPD maybe labeling it random now from what they got from the victim.

I hesitate to speculate on the why, but for this Suspect to randomly Target a Law Enforcement Official regardless of Employment Agency, is astronomically high. I know it has happened in other Jurisdictions but Newark?

Nadja, you know that legally the police can't enter someone's gated back yard without permission or a warrant issued by the court no matter what town across this country you live in. The trash has to be visible from the street. I realise that sometimes that law works against us, but I would hate to live in a world where the police can barge onto your property anytime they want to. Even the landlord can't go into a rental property without the permission of the people living there. We had a junk problem on our street for years, and YES the police and Vector Control and Health department did respond and did try to solve the problem. They could and did force a cleanup of the front yard, over and over again. At one point, cleaning up meant many pieces of junk got piled into an old car parked in the garage.No one can force you to open your garage door to prove that you are using it for it's original use. How many people do you know who park their cars in the garage? Ordinance requires one covered space (garage or car port) and one open space (driveway) for cars.

Nadja, why don't you print a link to that statement Ana supposedly made about a SERVICE job for everyone in Newark? That's ridiculous! I know many people who grew up in Newark who went on to lucrative careers in medicine, research, teaching, music and much more. By the way, when I was younger I made my living in retail business Where I was salesperson and bookeeper (perpetual sales and inventory) and window dresser and waiting tables in New York state where I was raised. I did not graduate from High School until I moved to Newark and enrolled in adult education. Before that I sucessfully tutored many children with learning disabilities (volunteer). and then went on to work in a special Ed class here in Newark for severalyears. Nadja, many people with educations frown down on the poor, many of whom have handicaps that prevent them from holding down jobs. Those of you who do that miss out on knowing some mighty fine, life long friends. My best friend and I have been through a lot together, from third grade on into these senior years. Being a waitress or cleaning person in motels is NOT something to be ashamed of. Feeling you are too big and important to take on those jobs IS something to be ashamed of.

I did read what you wrote Nadja. When we moved to Newark all the housing was very low income.There was no Lake or Rosemont housing. New homes were available along Newark Blvd and vicinity. We poor people were mighty proud of the fact that our crime rate was almost non existent, and when across the nation and particularly of interest to us insurance rates were raising sky high for schools because of vandalism. Not here. We poor folks had the lowest vandalism rate in the state. Yes, a lot of the housing here was occupied by folks on welfare and section 8. These people were mostly those who were handicapped and unable to work, and many single moms who had been abandoned by good for nothing dead beat fathers. In more recent years authorities make greater effort to ensure that non custodial parents contribute to their children's needs, but it still leaves them in more dire straights than they otherwise would be. We have had in Newark for years now High Rise Senior Citizen housing that is well managed and maintained. There is no reason why we can't increase low income housing for others without creating slums. There is a big difference between low income poor and those without the common sense to use garbage cans instead of tossing their trash outdoors. Yes we do need laws that make it easier to force these people to clean up or move out. At the same time citizens want less government control, not more. we can't have it both ways.

Very true Melissa. Unfortunatly the poor get blamed for everything. Nothing new about that! People can't figure out for themselves that the poor don't have money to buy guns, drugs, fast getaway cars, etc. I had a dear friend who died recently who was in section 8 housing. She lived in a situation with a great landlord who kept his property in great repair and clean. He didn't keep tenants who couldn't find a trash can to throw their garbage in. But I also know that there are places right here in Newark as well as ALL the nearby cities where landlords will rent a small dwelling to a family and close his/her eyes to the fact that family moved in several other people. These landlords should lose their property.

Disability I understand. Why haven't these single mothers gone to court to demand child support? The county will even help them do that.

We have our fair share of Section 8; and the problem with the notion that we shouldn't look hard at Section 8 housing residents is that way too many of them are criminals. The reality is that the sons of single mothers are far more likely to commit serious crimes than the children in two parent or in single father houses.

Criminals steal cars, firearms, etc. Young men raised without a responsible male role model are far more likely to become criminals than those who aren't. No amount of rhetoric changes that fact.

Landlords need more supervision - and they also need more power to evict or refuse trashy tenants.

Lets not forget the road rage killing in Livermore last year, that is making it's way through the courts. I lived in Livermore 15 yrs. ago and although it is a good place to live there was crime and meth heads and all the other problems of suburbia.

So they are taking jobs away from licensed documented citizens when there are no jobs out there. Go figure the American way has allowed this to happen. So one of these day laborers ventured up the street to this Border Patrol Homeland Security Agent and shot him. And the City has allowed this to happen ever since HD was opened?

Just FYI, a lot of the people hanging out in the parking lot at Home Depot are not recent immigrants, and a lot of them are actually felons . Just keep that in mind next time you don't feel like going through the proper channels to get some work done.

Richard, thanks that's actually some great information about them being Felons out there. Hopefully the community realizes that before they start picking up anyone for a cheap fix.

Some of the guys hanging out at Home Depot are actually long time Newark residents, (many have drug problems) and since they dress and act like they just crossed the border, people assume that it's safe to pick them up. One of those guys actually went to Newark Memorial with my son back in the 1990s.

I note that day laborers do not hang around Lowe's, Dale, or OSH. Perhaps the reason that day laborers hang out at Home Depot is that the management there could care less about the negative effects of their business on the community?

Umm... hiring people off the street, some of whom show obvious signs of intoxication, does not strike me as the way to get quality work done. In fact, it strikes me as being potentially dangerous since the anonymity in such a contact would provide great cover for a criminal to scope out a place for a future rape, robbery, or home invasion.

Thanks for the great info!!

All I know is that the couple of times I've been to HD I was approached by people who are not hispanic who asked for money or handyman jobs, etc. I won't go there anymore because I don't feel safe.

Mona,

Please see Richard's post above(@2:48pm) regarding who is HD's parking lot along with the illegals.

HD sells a lot of second and lower grade materials. This is why one of the first things you learn in a design management class is to be very leery of contractors who buy a lot of things at the Home Depot. Southern Lumber and the other jobbers who sell to contractors have good prices for far better materials. We use Golden State a lot for our repair and remodeling needs.

I have to agree with you, Tim. There are other costs associated with hiring unlicensed contractors and anonymous workers - you have no legal recourse if they mess up the job. One of our neighbors decided to go "cheap" on a fence and hire a guy who was planning on someday getting his contracting license. Money out, and the fence looks horrible. He asked our contractor to bid on a job - but it wasn't possible because he insisted he didn't want any building permits pulled - so no reputable contractor will touch him.

Some of that Foot Traffic goes over to a House on Brandywine, while the rest head to Spruce. There's quite a few Sketchy Residences on Spruce, if you know what I mean.

Yep, suspicion abounds. Just realized those occupiers in front of Home Depot are illegals, so if you put 1+1 together, dude drove down Thornton and wanted to get rid of his enemy, a Border Protection guy. I just shake my head at things that can be prevented and is not. There should not be occupiers in front of Home Depot no matter the time, you have no business there, get out. Now this guy gets shot.

My best guess as to why the police termed it random is the info they got from the victim before he went to the hospital.

@James, I do know exactly what you mean, and Spruce seems to infected with some sort of blight that is gradually working its way north from the other side of Thornton.
@Nick, I'm always suspicious whenever the news media is only willing to give vague descriptions as "the suspect was seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt, and walking with a limp." The folks in the news media may think that they are doing everyone a favor by not reporting a suspects ethnicity, (unless he is Caucasian - then it's reported gleefully) in such cases, but all this does is help the suspect escape detection, and it doesn't really promote harmony and good-will among different groups, like those in the media apparently believe that it does. I suspect that this incident is possibly related to the victim's line of work, but we will never know it for certain, because such a story will never make it into print.

Better idea - make that part of the Bay Trail and turn it into a long park area with public restrooms near the intersections with streets, and picnic facilities and play equipment. Hold a Farmer's Market in there every weekend. Make it a fun family place and the bad guys tend to find a more hidden hole to hide in.

Rich, attached in this link is a picture of the alleged shooter, Dennis Bagwell. At 5 in the morning, it isn't always possible to see the race of a person with a hood. Don't always read too much into conspiracies where there are none. The races of the the suspects in strings of muggings down near Newpark Mall environs have all been prominently disclosed.

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@Samson, I don't believe that I ever speculated on Mr. Bagwell's race, and I never stated that there was a conspiracy afoot. Rather, during the past two decades, (in the wake of Rodney King) many news outlets have adopted a policy of withholding a suspect's race, unless it is felt that the suspect's race is necessary to the story. However, this policy is not uniformly adhered to, and there appears to be a great deal of hypocrisy on this issue.

Example: A woman is assaulted by a group of three to four men, while standing on the platform at the Coliseum Bart Stations. Although the entire incident was caught by security cameras, and there where multiple eyewitnesses, the suspects are only described as three to four young men.

Example: During the Duke Lacrosses incident, it was repeatedly emphasized by the media that the suspects came from well-to-do white families, while the alleged victim was a low-income African-American woman. How was the race of the suspects relevant in this case, and was the media simply trying to drum up sensational attention to attract eyeballs? Sure they were.

Example: When Oscar Grant was fatally shot and killed by Bart Police, the news medial beat us over the head with the fact that Oscar Grant was African-American, while the officer who shot him white. However, the media appears to have forgotten all about race in a similar shooting regarding a victim by the name of Charles Hill, who was also shot by Bart Police, Mr. HIll was white.

Nadja, why turn the unopened section of Cedar Blvd int another park or family recreation area, when we are unable to maintain the parks we already have? Why parks when druggies and homeless are taking over the parks we already have? It indeed would be great to do something like that or put in community gardens if we had ordinances that didn't conflict with state and federal laws protecting the "rights" of those types. But no matter what, there would have to be barriers like brick walls on each side of the RR tracks. The chain link fencing on Haley is ineffective in keeping out people, many of whom use that for a walking trail already. When you come to the tracks, there is a deep ditch like dip down to the tracks. That is where the barrier should be, on both sides of the tracks for safety's sake. The street also crosses Bettencourt so it would take a lot of planning and foresight to do anything with that area.

Come on over any day of the week, and you'll probably see all kinds of disturbing stuff going on at Mirabeau. The summer heats up, and you'll see one of the punks that lives on Cabernet slinging drugs on the corner. I've seen used condoms in front of the park for the better part of a couple of years. A few times a week, I find blunt wrap papers and Swisher Sweet papers on my lawn. Most evenings, and during the day I see people parked on Cabernet in front of the park. Lots of small groups smoking weed (hopefully) just standing around in the park. I call the cops all the time, but they rarely if ever come around. Or, if they do the people are gone. It's just frustrating. We have never allowed our kids to play on the front lawn, or at the park since living here because it's just scummy. I loved the feeling of living in a smaller town when we moved here 7 1/2 years ago. It was nice seeing people I knew at the store, and feeling like there was a sense of community. Now...not so much. I dread the summers, and look forward to kids going back to school so our neighborhood is peaceful once again.

Christen,

I believe you about Mirabeau Park, I used to live off Toulouse and would always encounter less than Legit Citizen's hanging out at the Park. Believe it or not there was a time when Newark was a lot Closer and Neighbors actually cared about each other. Unfortunately a lot of them have moved because of the current Situation.

Does the Girls Softball League still play at Snow? I used to ride my Bicycle over there to watch them play and of course get Snacks from the Snack Booth. Hey it beat going out and wasting my life away on Alcohol and Drugs like my former friends did.

James, I'd ask you what a Hummer is, but I'm afraid you would answer and then we both would be in trouble with Patch. lol

Mona,

I'm sure you can guess, although the difference is the Vibration which increases Stimulation. I normally wouldn't have any Qualms about answering such a Question but Kari Hulac has been known to pop out of nowhere and confront me about Patch Policies. LOL

Maybe that's because these evil white and black people presumably speak ENGLISH and know how to apply and interview for a job. These people (for the most part) at Home Depot as honorable as it is that they want to work DO NOT speak English. Contractors that hire them have to demonstrate and point to show them what to do.

And let me educate you. AUTOMATIC weapons are already ILLEGAL under federal law for civilians to own. The NRA is not and has not advocated for allowing citizens to own AUTOMATIC weapons. The solution to criminals using firearms (whether black market purchase or stolen) in committing felonies is to KEEP THEM LOCKED UP. It's bleeding heart liberals like you that always argue that they're rehabilitated and "no longer a threat". You're the problem, not the NRA.

Summer, of course the people who approached me did so with the hope of victimizing me. They watch for vulnerable people like me walking thru the parking lot. I bet they rarely approach a group of three or more. Whatever, Home Depot is a place I will avoid like the plague. There is no way the managers are not aware of what's going on.
The last time I was approached I was just getting out of my car. I hurried back in and locked my door when I saw this guy approaching. I was mugged and injured once years ago and since that time I look all around me to try and prevent being caught off guard again.

"you never see white or black people who desperately want to earn an honest dollar"...I guess that depends on what you consider to be an honest dollar. Me personally, I don't consider working under the table for an employer who doesn't pay state payroll taxes, worker's comp insurance, or SSI to be an honest dollar, but that's just me. Oh yeah, the rest of your diatribe is off base as well, and it sounds to me like you're in denial, (how dare we blame those who are actually causing problems) and trying to cover up your own guilty conscience.

I know someone who goes grocery shopping with an old baby stroller because it holds several bags side by side. What works, works! The woman I'm talking about was a stranger on our street. No stores or day care centers nearby. Only 19 houses on our little court. I still think speaking to her so she would know someone saw her was a wise thing for me to do. Perfectly innocent looking people have spotted homes where the occupants are off working and relay the info to thugs who break and enter.

My opinion is that the city council is completely dysfunctional, and if you were to bring up something like this, they would try to deflect from the issue by telling you how wonderfully diverse Newark is. Newark is probably to far around the bend at this point, and nothing can really be done as the entire southern Alameda county region rapidly evolves into one large homogenous urban metropolitan area, without any real identity of its own. Hey maybe we can shoehorn in few more shopping centers here and there, maybe close a few schools while were at it as well.

Agreed with all. I'm a nice person who moved here from East Palo Alto and have to agree that they need to get the same law enforcement that cleaned up the streets of EPA and Oakland to get a handle here. Some people came to Newark to get away, but since rent cost about the same here as it does in EPA and Oakland, this is the next and only option for most. As each day passes, my run-ins with old EPA friends are more frequent. One gal told me that her 14 year old son is on house arrest. They came to Newark so her son wouldn't be tempted to run the streets in EPA, BUT, and I quote "but all his homies are welcomed to come to our house here in Newark until he is off probation, all they do is just chill, smoke weed, you know like sh*t we used to do" she continued on and on with pride, and said her 14 year old son can not smoke until he is off probation. HELLO, he isn't even old enough to smoke a cigarette, and what about his lungs? Poor kid. It was sickening to listen to and this came from a 43 year old woman. This is a way of life for some folks, and when it is, they live the gang life where ever they go. The cycle is only broken by luck of a kid to break it, or serious intervention by a mentor, program, etc. Facebook just opened down the street, rents in EPA are going up...be prepared Newark. This town is worth saving, I hope most of you don't give up, but if you have to for your safety, go before you "get got" as they put it. It is scary out there, and oh so sad.

I'm positive some of them do read every comment. Better yet,- some of you who are still able to do so should start a petition to send to the Council to tell them the things we most want done. Like strongly enforcing clean ups in yards, patrolling our parks very frequently to make them safer for children, insisting the police answer every call from citizens and explain WHY they can do so little to rid parks of druggies, etc.

Ya James, I know it's pure speculation on my part , but this seems personal.

Geoff,

Glad to know I'm not the only one that finds the "facts" a little odd. Besides that, what is someone his age doing in that Neighborhood at such an Early time when he lives so far away. This screams of "Foul Play", I agree with you.

Who drives all the way from Piedmont to Newark, shoots someone at 5:50 AM, drives away and has zero criminal history. It sounds really personal...and completely targeted as opposed to random.

With the shooter still out there, it might have been tactical in finding the perp. Who knows, way too much suggests it was a personal issue, could have been a hit man, family doesn't want the vic's medical condition released.....lots of variables for the agencies to unravel.

And Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress have done exactly what in the past three years to fix the economy? Nothing. Their policies have tanked the economy further. Unemployment is worse now then when Obama was anointed. We were promised that the Obama stimulus would be the answer and they projected unemployment would be below 6% by now. So now we hear that Bush lied and it was worse then they thought. Give me a break. It's time for amateur hour in DC to end and for the grownups to take charge. There's an excellent book that is right now No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list that I'd recommend to help educate you ( http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-02-12/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html ) but it requires a 7th grade reading level to comprehend. http://www.amazon.com/Ameritopia-Unmaking-Mark-R-Levin/product-reviews/1439173249/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/180-2156399-4411318?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Sure Republicans policies have caused the population of California to nearly double during the past 30 years, (from approximately 20 million in 1980 to approximately 38 today). Of course, housing and energy costs also spiked right along with California's population growth, but people didn't mind as long as they could take out a second mortgage to finance their lifestyles (I guess we've overlooked consumer greed in all this). Similarly, When you continually add more workers, without creating more opportunities, the intrinsic value of each worker is diminished and wages do not grow. Modern corporations have been with us since at least the 1920s. If all of our current problems are due to "corporate greed" then why didn't this situation occur sooner? Why didn't we find ourselves in this situation sooner than today? Because California's over-population is what finally enabled "corporate greed" to the degree that we now have such an ever widening gap between the haves and the have nots. I've always wondered why the left abandoned the ZPG (zero population growth) movement? Just remember, that it was all given away by pretty politicians for the sake of cheap votes and ethnic politics. Meanwhile the people of California were too dull to see the writing on the wall.

You mean the same Rick Santorum that won two state-side elections in the blue-collar blue Democrat state of Pennsylvania? I know Obama think it's a state full of right-wingers that "cling to guns and religion" but the fact of the matter is that it's a heavily Democrat state, and one that Obama desperately needs. Santorum won it before, and can again. That said, I'm no social Conservative and prefer Romney and still think Romney wins. This "two-faced" millionaire won statewide in Massachusetts of all places. Your party lost two state houses (NJ and VA) in 2009, and got your ****es kicked in 2010 losing 65 Congressional seats and 680 state legislative seats in the biggest thumping a party has ever taken in US history. Yes, Obama has done much to help the Democrat party. Even if his one billion dollar campaign buys him another four years, the GOP will maintain the House and with 2/3 of the open US Senate seats that are up Democrats, I'd bet you any dollar amount you'd like that the GOP takes the Senate back as well. Obama can be the puppet that Bill Clinton was in his second term. I can live with that.

... and I forgot to add the embarrassment of losing Ted Kennedy's Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown. If the Democrats can lose in MA then (as I think of Sinatra's NY, NY) they can lose it anywhere!

What time?

I'm working on finding out more about this. Thanks for the tip!

My Sister said Something Also went down Yesterday in Fremont during the middle of the day. Undercover Sherrif, Gang task force & FPD, etc somewhere @Tananger Com, Off Enea Com & Fremont Blvd. Haven't been able to find what happened there.

Linda,

I was following the Tanager and Gadwall Incident in Fremont yesterday thinking it was perhaps related to the Shooting. Still unknown on my end, but there was a few Agencies involved in that one and it carried on for probably an hour. Then I didn't hear anything more about it.

Interesting, The House they were all @ was very near to where my Sister lives, So we really wanted to know what that was about! Thanks James for always keepin your ears open :)

Detective Sgt. Mike Carroll said it was not related. Report in The Argus said no details were provided by authorities regarding those raids.

Thank you for Checking. :)