Thursday Morning What’s Up: Standoff With UPS Truck Thief Ends Peacefully

  • Police in Fremont arrested a man early Thursday who was suspected of stealing a UPS truck, following an hourslong standoff. The truck was stolen around 1:30 am and the suspect barricaded himself inside following a brief pursuit, and after the truck became disabled; the standoff ended peacefully at 5:45 am. [KPIX]
  • California is creating three new state parks and expanding several others thanks to a new initiative. One of the new parks will be along the Feather River in Yuba County, and another will “commemorate California’s Dust Bowl history at a former labor camp outside Bakersfield.” [Chronicle]
  • Santa Clara County has put 10 social workers on leave pending the investigation into the foster-care death of toddler Jaxon Juarez. [Bay Area News Group]
  • Google is using AI to help airlines reduce contrails, which are heat-trapping vapor trails that turn to ice crystals and contribute to climate change. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The Oakland Police Department has been violating an order from a class action…

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