Thanks to SFist Jackson for holding down the Blotter fort in our absence!

The Meleia Willis-Starbuck investigation continues to develop, as the Alameda County DA's office confirms reports that Willis-Starbuck was heard on a cell phone telling the murder suspect, her close friend Christopher Hollis, to come help her break up an argument and to "bring the heat." Hollis came over immediately, with possibly up to three other people in the car. The driver, Chris Wilson, is out on bail, which his best friend's family posted on his behalf. One other man in the car has been reported to have fled to Panama, and the other passenger, a woman, reportedly panicked at the sight of a gun and got out of the car before anything happened. Hollis is still in hiding, though friends and family have begged him to turn himself in. Several local attorneys report having gotten frightened phone calls from him but don't know where he is.

In other Berkeley news, a man who was reportedly mentally disturbed rammed his SUV through the window of the Starbucks on Solano and Colusa on Tuesday. Numerous witnesses had gotten down all his information but it turned out it wasn't really necessary because, what with all the ramming, his entire front bumper fell off, complete with license plate. A store employee interviewed after the crash told a reporter, "I cannot talk to you. I am loyal to my company." See, it totally pays to give health insurance to your part-time employees!

And back across the bay -- remember the doctor who was found killed in Diamond Heights with cherry pits around his body, but the DA's office refused to charge the leading suspect with murder until the DNA results came back from the cherry pits, even though they found the suspect driving the doctor's missing car? Well, the DNA results are back, and the cherry pits did indeed have the suspect's DNA on them, so the DA will now charge.