Weekend barbecue fire damages Oakley homes
East Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews battled a fire sparked by an unattended barbecue that quickly spread to other homes Saturday evening.
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Da Lin is an award-winning journalist at KPIX 5 News. He joined KPIX 5 in 2012, but has been reporting the news in the Bay Area since 2007. Da grew up in Oakland, and before his return to the Bay Area, he spent five years covering the news at three other television stations in Texas, Southern and Central California. He also spent five years reporting at KRON 4.
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