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
All Stories
East Bay highway reopens following overnight closure caused by crash
The wreck happened about 10:25 p.m.
‘Unorganized’ rain and strong winds move toward Bay Area
While the rainy weather was predicted to be "unorganized" on Wednesday, most of the Bay Area was expected to be hit with widespread rain and wind by the evening, according...
Oakland man guilty of 2018 mother-daughter double murder in Antioch
The verdict came in last week.
Suspect in Walnut Creek robberies arrested in Fairfield
Police said the robberies involved a customer in a Burger King parking lot and a car wash.
Driver dies from injuries suffered in shooting on Richmond Parkway
Police have not made any arrests or identified the suspect vehicle.
Bay Area forecasts trending drier than previously predicted, but wet Wednesday anticipated
About a half-inch of rain at the most is expected during the next system Wednesday, forecasters said.
One-car crash in Pittsburg is latest fatal wreck on Highway 4
The crash happened about 3 a.m.
Driver on Richmond Parkway wounded in shooting
The victim crashed after being hit at least one time by gunfire, police said.
Suspected DUI crash in East Bay seriously injures two high school students
Police said they arrested the 18-year-old driver about 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning after he fled the scene of the wreck on Pine Street.
Authorities identify suspect in fatal Pittsburg shooting
Police said the victim, 41-year-old Peter Polasek, knew his shooter.