Piedmont News

Police have arrested a Piedmont man in connection to a Feb. 7 morning shooting in Newark that injured an off-duty federal agent, police said.

Joseph Naso, the Reno man and former Piedmont resident accused of killing four women in Northern California between 1977 and 1994, Friday morning adamantly asserted his right to represent himself at his trial.

Editor's note: This report was updated at 11 a.m. Friday. The supervisor of an optical school instructor accused of shooting a federal agent said his employee was a "good shot" who had a lot of empathy for people.

June Park of Piedmont, from left, Madeline Olson of Ripon and Michelle Zhang of Alameda are the three winners in the 2012 YPSO Concerto Competition who will be featured druing the concert Saturday at First Congregational Church of Berkeley.

A Linda Avenue man was charged Thursday with premeditated attempted murder for allegedly shooting an off-duty federal agent in Newark on Tuesday, a crime that may have stemmed from an attraction to the man's wife.

Piedmont police deal with a fair volume of false alarms from residential security systems each week.

Race cars wait for the start of a heat race at the Girl Scout Pinewood Derby in Piedmont, Calif., on Saturday, Feb.

The following are highlights from the Piedmont police blotter. For more information, including about other cases, visit the police department at 403 Highland Ave.

Measure A on the ballot asked whether residents would support a 50 percent hike in their sewer taxes to cover the additional costs of new Environmental Protection Agency mandates.

"Apparently, my street has a leaf blower gang who tag team all day, so the sounds of the leaf blower are forever blowing from dawn to dusk." - Bob Saget on Twitter, November 29 th , 2011 It's 8:30 a.m. on Thursday and a loud droning suddenly fills the still morning air.

The suspected assailant, Dennis Bagwell, an optician who lives in Piedmont, was held without bail at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin while prosecutors decide what charges to file against him.

Incumbent Margaret Fujioka and Bob McBain were leading in the race for two open City Council seats in Tuesday's municipal election, while Andrea Swenson, Rick Raushenbush and Sarah Pearson were in front for the three available seats on the school board, according to early results.

Editor's Note: This report was updated at 4:35 p.m. Newark - Police have arrested a Piedmont man in connection to a Tuesday morning shooting in Newark that injured an off-duty federal agent, police said.

If legendary bass player Charles Mingus was the epitome of cool musically, he wasn't always cool-tempered on stage.

If all goes smoothly, Dave Macdonald hopes to be home in bed by 10:30 tonight. Macdonald is the Alameda County Registrar of Voters , the person who oversees every detail of every election within the county, from handing out nomination papers to certifying the final results.

The #1 question for Piedmont voters the last couple of days isn't what candidates to vote for - it's "Where do I vote?" That's especially true for voters who are used to casting their ballots at the Beach Elementary School polling place.

Check Piedmont Patch tomorrow for live returns from the Piedmont Municipal election beginning at 8 p.m., when the polls close.

At its regular meeting this Thursday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority elected a new Chairman to replace Tom Umberg , who resigned his Chairmanship last month.

Piedmont police have been able to lift latent fingerprints from the scenes of several recent burglaries, PPD Detective George Phifer said Tuesday.

Belatedly, a growing number of embarrassed Occupy Oakland protesters are starting to vent against the violence and vandalism of the thugs who've hitchhiked on to their cause and have come near to dominating it.