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DANVILLE — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has joined the investigation into a pipe bomb explosion that damaged two cars here over Memorial Day weekend, an agency spokeswoman confirmed.

“The Danville Police Department requested our assistance and we are currently working with them on this investigation,” ATF public information officer Alexandria Corneiro said in an email to this newspaper.

Danville police Chief Allan Shields advised the public Thursday to be on the lookout for a man who may have witnessed the explosion. He is described as a white male, approximately 5-foot-10 to 6-foot tall, and around 240 to 250 pounds. He was driving a white sedan, which police say could be a Jaguar.

Police have not yet released a cause of the explosion or named any suspects. No injuries have been reported.

The blast was reported 7:10 p.m. Sunday, near the Smart & Final at 460 Diablo Road in Danville. Two vehicles had minor damage.

Police say anyone with information on the incident can contact Danville police Det. Sgt. Ron Hoekwater at 925-314-3703 or rhoekwater@danville.ca.gov.

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SAN JOSE — Frances Valdez has spent nearly her entire 72 years worshiping and celebrating the milestones of her life at the historic Holy Cross Church, a place that’s become like a second home. It’s where she received her First Holy Communion and the Sacrament of Confirmation, and where her children were baptized.

On Friday, she’ll witness the church’s remarkable rebirth.Frances Valdez, 72, had her First Holy Communion back in the mid-50’s at Holy Cross Church in San Jose, Calif. She reminisced Tuesday, May 25, 2018, about the old church destroyed by fire four years ago and reopening later this week after a rebuild. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Like many parishioners, Valdez watched in horror one November morning as the century-old church — a cultural and religious icon east of Japantown — was ravaged by a mysterious four-alarm fire in 2014.

“It broke everybody’s heart,” said Valdez. “It was part of the family.”

But Valdez was certain she’d see the church rise again. That affirmation will come Friday when the freshly-rebuilt Holy Cross church on N. 12th and Jackson Streets is inaugurated, ready to welcome the city’s faithful Catholics for generations to come.




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