Petroleum Companies ordered to pay $1.7 million for hazardous waste violations OAKLAND, CA — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, along with the Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Office and the District Attorney’s offices of Lake, Mendocino, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties, announce a $1.7 million settlement with owners and operators of Petroleum Storage facilities and gas stations for violations of environmental laws involving the storage of hazardous materials at retail gas stations.   The case was pending in Alameda County Superior Court and litigated by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Environmental Protection Division. Three of these gas stations operated by Defendants were located in Alameda County at 1107 5th Street and 421 23rd Avenue, in Oakland, and 1565 Industrial Parkway, in Hayward.  Defendants involved a total of 14 gas stations throughout the state are: Bay Area/Diablo Petroleum, Co. (dba Golden Gate Petroleum) Westgate Petroleum Co.,…

Defendant Aqweel Akbar Khan to be charged with additional hate crime OAKLAND, CA — Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Y. Price announces that the Alameda District Attorney’s office has moved to amend a complaint in the attempted murder case of defendant Aqweel Akbar Khan with an additional hate crime enhancement. “We are here to right a great wrong,” said DA Price, at today’s press conference, highlighting the failure of the previous administration to charge the defendant with an additional hate crime enhancement, given the heinous evidence of such a crime. Reporters were allowed to view the graphic video depicting the violent attack. On December 6, 2021, Fremont Police responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in a parking lot on Fremont Boulevard. Police learned that Defendant Khan had intentionally used his vehicle to ram and run over the victim, a 45-year-old…