Breaking News Reporter
Rick Hurd
Rick Hurd has been a breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group since 2011. He covers crime, public safety and the biggest stories of the day for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He used to cover sports. Now a high school baseball coach. He graduated from Cal State Chico with a BA degree in Information and Communications Studies with a journalism emphasis.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Affiliation: Baseball Writers' Association of America
Award: 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting - Staff of the East Bay Times for coverage of the Ghost Ship fire
Expertise: Policing, public safety, weather, wild fires, mass shootings
Expertise: Sports
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A man suspected of stealing a woman’s Israeli flag and burning it during protests in the East Bay has been arrested
Protesters closed the intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Carlson Boulevard on Jan. 6.
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Pilot error led to 2022 San Jose plane crash near Reid-Hillview Airport
The crash happened July 22, 2022; only the pilot was injured
Gunfire in East Oakland results in man’s death
A 57-year-old man died early Thursday after gunfire rang out in East Oakland, police said.
Major storm remains on track to reach Bay Area with rain, wind
A cold front from the Alaskan Gulf is creating the stormy weather.
Prosecutors charge 19-year-old with murder following death of East Bay woman
Details of the shooting have not been made available.
Woman dead in what police say was domestic violence in East Bay is identified
Police were called to the residence on Feb. 16.
East Bay burglary suspect had grenade launcher in vehicle when police arrested him
The Oakland resident is suspected in a string of Antioch burglaries.
Armed man arrested after hours-long standoff in East Bay neighborhood
The alert came through the Community Warning System in Contra Costa County
Motorcyclist dead following crash east of Mount Hamilton
The wreck happened on San Antonio Valley Road.
San Jose State professor suspended after altercation during Gaza protest
University officials confirmed the professor was on leave but did not identify the person.