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• A very majorly toxic fire has been burning this afternoon at a recycling plant in Newark, sending black smoke over the East Bay. [Chron]
• Activists allege that police tampered with evidence in the case of the shooting death of Amilcar Perez Lopez. [Mission Local]
• The Caltrain board has voted unanimously to dedicate $1.25 billion towards electrifying Caltrain. [Streetsblog]
• Some bike advocates are advocating for the removal of 17th Street Muni tracks following crashes. [Hoodline]
• Ahead of more protests tonight, Oakland business owners are concerned and CHP is warning drivers to avoid the area — and the 880 freeway — if they can. [CBS SF]
• Two Newark men were sentenced today in the 2012 vehicular killing of a 69-year-old Pleasanton man while they were escaping at high speed from a burglary they’d just been caught committing. [East Bay Times]
• Berkeley police have arrested and charged 24-year-old Johnny Dunbar in a series of serial rapes in 2008, committed when he was 16. [East Bay Times]
• Duboce Triangle’s Little Free Library, a kiosk in front of a home on Noe Street, is closing for good after repeated vandalism, thefts, and arson. Sad. [Curbed]