Community Corner
Week in Review: $100K Jewelry Burglars Follow Trend; Biletnikoff’s Killer Gets First-Degree Murder
A round-up of major news stories from the past week.
Monday, March 12
Serra High moved to within one win of an appearance in the NorCal Division II finals with a decisive 64-43 quarterfinal victory over Las Lomas of Walnut Creek on March 10, the San Jose Mercury reported.
But three days later, the Padres’ terrific season ended with a heartbreaking 48-46 loss to Newark Memorial in which their opponent scored the game-winning basket with 1.3 seconds left in regulation, the Mercury reported.
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Tuesday, March 13
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Jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing the daughter of an Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer more than 13 years ago.
On Thursday, they , convicting 36-year-old Mohammed Haroon Ali of first-degree murder in the 1999 killing of Tracey Biletnikoff, his then 20-year-old girlfriend.
Wednesday, March 14
Witnesses saw a pedestrian staggering in and out of traffice and making hand gestures just moments before being on the right shoulder of U.S. Highway101 south of Poplar Avenue, the California Highway Patrol said.
Josue Meneses was 22.
Thursday, March 15
College Park Elementary School held a “Plant Day” celebration featuring the school choir to commemorate inauguration of a .
Friday, March 16
A spate of residential burglaries in Foster City that included the theft of an estimated $100,000 in jewelry , police said.
