Week in Review: Man Shot by Sheriff's Sergeant Dies; County Administrator Earns How Much?

Here’s a brief look at the three most-read stories on Castro Valley Patch this week:

Man Shot By Sergeant Dies

The man they shot in a strange incident Friday night in Castro Valley died Sunday. Sheriff's officials say Terrence Barry, 50, died in Eden Hospital Sunday after being struck by two of three bullets fired by a sergeant. That sergeant was part of a team that surrounded a house on the 3400 block of Lake Chabot Road after authorities received a call at around 7 p.m. Friday from residents of a house in which Barry lived said he was threatening them.

More details were revealed Monday: Authorities say Barry phoned the Sheriff's Department and told them that he knew the deputies were coming, that he was armed with a machine gun and that he was ready to "rock and roll." Deputies responded in an armored vehicle and saw Barry hiding in the bushes in the front of his house, shouldering what appeared to be an assault weapon, which he pointed at deputies. The statement said a sergeant fired three times.

A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly duping a Hayward woman into paying $5,900 for Super Bowl tickets she never received, the Alameda County Sheriff's Department reported Wednesday. The arrest of Robert Pham culminates a two-month investigation by the Sheriff's Department's property crimes unit. Pham has been arrested for felony theft by false pretences under a warrant issued by Alameda County and served by police in Coral Springs, a city near Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The victim of the scam was Hayward resident Sharon Osgood, a 49er faithful who responded to a craigslist ad in January from someone purporting to be a Baltimore Ravens fan with four tickets to the Super Bowl. The scammer convinced Osgood that he was a Florida tax attorney who couldn’t make the game due to his wife’s pregnancy. Osgood wired the agreed upon $5,900, but instead of getting four tickets she got a promotional flyer for the game with a note reading, “Go Ravens! LOL!”

Here's a story that's caused a bit of a stir: Alameda County Administrator Susan Muranishi reportedly makes $423,664 a year. "Is anyone still buying the idea that government workers are 'public servants'," Sacramento-based group CalWatch asked rhetorically. The Chronicle reported that Muranishi, who is 63, will retire at more than $400,000 a year -- an assertion picked up by Alameda County Republican Party Chairwoman Sue Caro. Caro told ABC7News that the life expectancy of healthy woman of Muranishi's age could be 22 years, meaning that "Alameda County taxpayers are going to be paying her well over nine million dollars in her retirement."

What do you think? Has Muranishi earned her keep or have the Supervisors -- and taxpayers -- been overpaying?