San Leandro High Graduates, Bicyclist Killed and More in Past Week's Coverage

Here's a recap of our top news stories of the week.

Monday

The tradition of crowning state champions in Greco-Roman wrestling continued for the Pirates Wrestling Club when San Leandro High School junior Abel Robles at the USA Wrestling Greco-Roman State Championships on June 4.

Tuesday

A pretrial hearing in the drug case against San Leandro Police narcotics detective Jason Fredriksson was . The department says it still has not determined the source of the marijuana Fredriksson allegedly gave to a confidential informant in March.

On Tuesday afternoon the East Bay Municipal Utility District board of directors by 6 percent in fiscal year 2012 and 6 percent in fiscal year 2013.

Darrell Bradford, 26, from unincorporated San Leandro, was Tuesday night in Ashland.

Wednesday

details a Home Depot robbery, wild car chase and and the arrest of a 16-year-old, who was charged as an adult for his role in string of bank robberies in San Leandro and Oakland.

Percussionist Sheila E and her manager, Lynn Mabry—co-founders of the Elevate Hope Foundation— to music programs in the San Leandro Unified School District.

San Leandro High School seniors in scholarship money this spring. 

Thursday

Timothy Bucher, 56, of San Leandro was while he was bicycling on Fairmont Drive, which borders San Leandro and Castro Valley. The collison occurred Wednesday morning.

San Leandro High’s class of 2011 received their diplomas at a graduation ceremony heldat CSU East Bay. Patch published a and a to mark the big day. 

, San Leandro Unified's alternative school for secondary education, prove that sometimes all it takes is a different program.

The State of California says it’s in sales and income tax, enough to eliminate the state budget deficit.

This year the Alameda County Fair promises deep-fried fun and a 600-pound hamburger. It at the fairgrounds in Pleasanton.

Friday

East Bay unemployment for the second straight month, a tenth of a percentage point from 10.3 percent in April to 10.2 percent in May.

Police in connection with a string of bank heists two weeks ago, including another 16-year-old male. Five banks in San Leandro and two banks in Oakland were involved in the robbery spree.