Shortly after a Lake Tahoe woman was reported missing, her boyfriend was said to have left Reno in the car of a man who had been shot to death. Now the woman’s body has been found off a mountain highway, and investigators in California and Nevada are trying to piece together the events. The case … Read more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials are looking into why two robbery suspects were in possession of a gun registered to rogue ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2013, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. One of the suspects, Jesus Eduardo Padron Rojas, a 19-year-old Venezuelan citizen, told police he … Read more
A jogger who was chased by a bear on a Tuolumne County road escaped with minor injuries, though he lost a shoe during his panicked sprint and ended up on the roof of a stranger’s SUV. The attack happened around 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, in the community of Long Barn, along Highway 108. The … Read more
A wildfire burning above the Klamath River has prompted evacuation orders in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. The Boise Fire started on Friday, Aug. 9, in Six Rivers National Forest above the community of Orleans, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. The first evacuation orders were called in Humboldt County that evening. On … Read more
Overheating has been blamed for the fatal collapse of a Death Valley tourist who tried to drive away from a trailhead while disoriented. Peter Robino, 57, of the Los Angeles County city of Duarte, died on Aug. 1 at the parking lot for the Natural Bridge Trail, a press release from the national park said. … Read more
Barely a month after a controversial Utah law took effect, the state’s school board has released its first list of books that will be banned from all public schools. The law requires the removal of any book that at least three of the state’s 41 school boards contend has pornographic or indecent material. Thirteen titles … Read more
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday. Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe … Read more
A former employee is suing after losing his job in the San Francisco district attorney’s office because of a salacious “reply-all” email. Jovan Thomas on Friday, July 19, filed a complaint in Superior Court against the city of San Francisco, DA Brooke Jenkins, her office and other employees; his allegations include invasion of privacy, defamation … Read more
Actors Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi — the son of musician Jon Bon Jovi — are married, the groom’s father has confirmed. Bon Jovi was asked about the wedding rumors during an appearance on the BBC’s “The One Show” on Tuesday. “It was a very small family wedding, and the bride looked gorgeous, and … Read more
By The Associated Press Palestinian residents of the southern Gaza city of Rafah have reported an escalation of fighting Tuesday as Israeli forces pressed their assault on the border town once seen as the territory’s last refuge. Israel says it is carrying out limited operations in eastern Rafah along the Gaza-Egypt border, as the United … Read more