BERKELEY, Calif. - A 78-year-old Berkeley man, who was recently struck by a car on his way to the school where he's been a longtime volunteer, is expected to receive a thunderous reception when he returns to the school to be honored this week.

To the students at Emerson Elementary and their families, Robert Clear is simply and affectionately known as Mr. Bob.

The backstory:

On Sept. 16, he was on his bicycle on his way to the school in Berkeley's residential Claremont neighborhood, when a driver in a BMW jumped the sidewalk and struck Clear, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.

Clear was one of three people who police say were intentionally struck that morning by 26-year-old suspect Ivan Salvador Ochoa Munguia. The driver was arrested on charges including felony ass

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