Alameda's Week: Restaurant Wage Theft, Diner Employee Injured, Faction Brewing, Target Opening

These were among the week's top stories:

Alameda Restaurant Cited for Nearly $500,000 in Wage Theft Violations
Toomie's Thai Cuisine routinely required employees to work long hours, seven days a week, but failed to pay state-mandated overtime and split-shift differentials, according to an investigation by state agencies.

Law Student Accused of Striking Pedestrian with Car — Victim Works at Alameda Diner
James Roda, a server and fryer cook at The Original Red Onion on Park Street, is hospitalized in stable but unconscious condition after the incident near Lake Merritt in Oakland.

The Beermaker's Life: Inside Alameda's New Faction Brewing
Faction Brewing, which went into production late last month, will make a special pale ale — to be sold only in Alameda. Its other craft beers will be available on tap at taverns in the East Bay soon.

Police Log: Feuding, Spitting and a Wayward Couch
Plus an attack on a restaurant employee and plenty of thefts.

3.0 Earthquake Jolts East Bay

Watch: Ribbon Cutting at Target

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