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Mar. 3, 2011

Jacob Blea III

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jacob Blea III may have taken some hits for a decision in a divorce case that was reversed and a brother's death by a drunk driver, but he remains true to his evenhanded ways.

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Superior Court Alameda County (Pleasanton)

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

PLEASANTON - Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jacob Blea III still plays an enthusiastic weekly game of basketball, despite an early mishap on the court that left him bloodied.

Years ago, Blea, 58, recalled in an interview in his chambers, an opponent spun and smacked him. "It was an elbow right to the chops. I've never seen so much blood," he said, recalling the agonizing moment when a doctor st... (continued)

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