UPDATE: East County Hall of Justice (Dublin) Reopens Today

Power Restored to Courthouse; Normal Operations Resume on Thursday.

Dublin, Calif. – February 27, 2025 – Contractors were able to repair a backup generator, and power was restored to the East County Hall of Justice in Dublin Wednesday afternoon allowing hearings and trials scheduled for today (Thursday, February 27, 2025) at the courthouse to resume as normal.

Anyone with a case scheduled today (Thursday, February 27, 2025) at the East County Hall of Justice or asked to report for jury duty should arrive at the courthouse at the time provided. The courthouse will be open.

Defendants who are out of custody with cases that were postponed today (Wednesday, February 26, 2025) should check the court’s criminal database to see when their case was rescheduled.

Status of cases can be checked on a public portal at a criminal clerk’s office or online through the Court’s Criminal Case Portal (https://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/online-services/criminal-case-portal). Defendants can find their next court date through the Court’s  Find My Next Court Date online search engine (https://www.alameda.courts.ca.gov/online-services/find-your-court-date).

In-custody felony and misdemeanor criminal cases scheduled to take place in the East County Hall of Justice on Wednesday were moved to the Court’s Rene C. Davidson Courthouse in Oakland after a power failure at the Dublin courthouse caused a closure of the building.

In-custody felony criminal cases moved to Department 11 and in-custody misdemeanor cases moved to Department 2. A total of 281 cases had to be relocated Wednesday.

The power failure at the East County Hall of Justice was due to ongoing maintenance and repairs of the main power source to the building. As the repairs were proceeding, the building was utilizing a backup generator as its sole power source. That generator failed this morning.

Contractors were able to make repairs to the generator and had it working Wednesday afternoon.

The Court apologizes for any inconvenience this power outage has caused.