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Week in Review: Supreme Court Petition, Big League World Series, Lunch Notes and More

Here's a recap of the week's top stories on San Leandro Patch.

Here's a look back at the week's top stories on Patch. 

Monday

Jason Fredrikkson, the San Leandro Police officer accused of giving his girlfriend marijuana to sell, quit the force. Read the update .

Find out what's happening in San Leandrowith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Traffic was shut down on the 1400 block of 150th Avenue on Monday morning while police arrested a man who pulled a gun on his neighbor during a fight. Read that story .

Biz Talk columnist Rowena Peñalba discusses the potential benefits of opening a franchise rather than starting your business from scratch. Read her column .

Find out what's happening in San Leandrowith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Tuesday

San Leandro joined cities across California, under the League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment Association, to sue the state for passing laws that force cities to either pay millions to continue redevelopment, or fold the their redevelopment agencies. Read that story .

Meet Mick Myers, who strums and sings for passers-by at the Bayfair BART station. Watch a video of a song he performed with a frequent visitor .

Wednesday

The District 45 Big League All Stars, made up of the top players from local teams, at the World Series this week — and they succeeded! The team won against Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Southern California to claim the Western States Championships. Now the team heads to the Big League World Series in South Carolina.

What do BART readers really want in a new seat? Apparently, narrower, plastic ones. Find out the results of BART’s seat lab .

Thursday

The City of San Leandro took its legal dispute with Faith Fellowship Foursquare Church to the Supreme Court on Thursday. Read about the certiorari petition filed by the city .

Castro Valley’s first ever Gay Pride festival ran into a slight glitch, then quickly got back on track. Read about the event .

San Ramon’s Little League All Star team beat out San Leandro to win the section title. Read highlights from the game .

Real estate columnist Wayne Gregori tells us about the state’s new carbon monoxide law . And, as always, you can check out movement in the local real estate market at Patch’s feature.

Read a sampling of the week’s police reports in our .

Read about San Vicente’s excellent Salvadoran fare in .

Friday

On the eve of Castro Valley's first-ever gay pride rally, residents talk about what it's like to be gay in that town .

Read about a great little near Bayfair Center in Lunch Notes.

Saturday

Employment data released Friday by the state shows there were a thousand new unemployed residents in the East Bay last month. Read the story .

Patch’s resident expert in all things second-hand, Barbara Wilcox, waxes poetic about Cal State East Bay’s new Sunday flea market .

Sunday

The Art Gallery of Michael Grow, in business for three and a half decades, is looking for a new owner for its Pelton Plaza locale. Read the story here.   

You can find all the week's news on San Leandro Patch under the "news" tab. 

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