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California cops defend seizing video depicting fatal beating case
Authorities in Kern County, California are defending themselves against criticism for confiscating cell phone video of seven sheriff’s deputies’ fatal encounter with a 33-year-old man. “For us not to go get videos that are evidence, we wouldn’t be doing a very good investigation,” Sheriff Donny Youngblood told CNN. But witnesses…
Police: U.S. Navy Petty Officer arrested in California for pimping 17-year-old girl
A Navy Petty Officer stationed in Lemoore, California is charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl and forcing her to have sex with multiple men. According to the Fresno Bee, Charles Ray Benavidez, 32, was arrested April 17, but police are coming forward now to solicit help from the public…
California newlywed and 4 friends killed in freak limousine fire
A California newlywed and four of her friends died after the limousine they were riding to her bridal shower caught fire on the highway Saturday night. KNTV-TV reported on Sunday that the rear passenger side of the vehicle burst into flames while crossing the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in northern California.…
Hundreds flee as massive wildfire rages near Los Angeles
A massive wildfire raged in the rugged countryside outside Los Angeles on Thursday, forcing the closure of California’s scenic coastal highway as hundreds of residents were evacuated. Wind-driven flames ripped through tinder-dry brush and were soon racing towards the Pacific Ocean, incinerating more than 8,000 acres (32 square kilometers) and…
Huge blaze shuts down California coastal highway
A wildfire forced the closure of a section of California’s scenic coastal highway Thursday, as authorities ordered residents to evacuate from advancing flames and canceled classes. The blaze fanned by strong winds ravaged hillsides and canyons in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles, threatening homes around the towns of Newbury…
California to confiscate guns from 20,000 people who own them illegally
Governor signs law to allow agents to seize guns from 20,000 Californians who have been disqualified from owning them California plans to confiscate guns from 20,000 people who bought them legally but have since been disqualified because of criminal or psychiatric problems, boosting the state’s relatively tough approach to gun…
California under fire for race-based lockdowns that can last for years
In several men’s prisons across California, colored signs hang above cell doors: blue for black inmates, white for white, red, green or pink for Hispanic, yellow for everyone else. Though it’s not an official policy, at least five California state prisons have a color-coding system. On any given day, the…
Teen hikers found safe in California after four-day search
California emergency workers found a second missing hiker Thursday, a day after her companion was rescued and four days after they got lost while hiking on Easter Sunday. A massive ground and air search had been launched to find Nicholas Cendoya, 19, and 18-year-old Kyndall Jack in Trabuco Canyon, 55…
American wine maker whose chardonnay defeated France dies at 86
Jim Barrett, the American vintner whose chardonnay famously defeated the might of France in 1976 and helped put California’s Napa Valley on the map, has died at the age of 86. Barrett’s 1973 Chateau Montelana Chardonnay won the prestigious “Judgment of Paris,” a one-time blind tasting by nine French experts…
California lieutenant governor: ‘Do the damn right thing’ and legalize marijuana
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday called on politicians to be honest about legalizing marijuana, claiming many lawmakers and officials secretly opposed the drug’s outlaw status. “I am sick and tired of politicians saying one thing in private and saying another in public,” he said on HuffPost Live. “Love…
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