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Burning House, Disc Dog, Violet Eyes

Also this week, Tri-Cities elected leaders serve lunch for Meals on Wheels and Newark's unemployment rate takes a dip.

This week, Newark elected leaders followed in the footsteps of Alameda County firefighters and Meals on Wheels volunteers.

Also this week, a Newark disc dog team entertained San Jose Earthquake fans and movie fans pay their final respects to actress .

On Friday, a new state reports showed Newark’s unemployment rate dipped from 10.1 percent to 9.9 percent last month. Also on Friday, utility officials said nearly 500 PG&E customers in Newark lost power due to a circuit breaker failure.

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Coming Up: Our Teen Tuesday columnist introduces us to the man behind the Newark Memorial wrestling team and we’ll show you highlights from the 22nd Annual Crab and Pasta Feed at Newark Pavilion.


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