California

Teens Stranded During 10-Day Hike in the Middle of Dangerous Snowstorm

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Two teenagers are alive after a harrowing experience during a ten-day hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California. Riley Ramirez and Cole White got stranded in a snowstorm near the San Gorgonio Mountains, leaving them unable to contact help. They had been well-prepared with food, a tent, and snowshoes but were not ready for the massive amounts of snow that were dumped on California’s mountain communities. The boys were slightly hypothermic and were …

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Man Sets Himself on Fire at UC Berkeley Campus

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On Wednesday afternoon, a man set himself on fire while he was on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. The incident occurred at Sproul Plaza, the center of the campus. The University of California Police Department (UCPD) received a call at approximately 4:17 pm reporting a person on fire. The man is believed to be in his 20s, and he was suffering from a severe mental health episode at the time. He sustained …

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Tesla Driver Dies When Car Smashed Into Fire Truck Protecting Accident Scene

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A driver of a Tesla Model S was killed and a passenger was critically injured on Saturday when their car collided with a fire truck that was shielding first responders working another accident on Interstate 680 in northern California. The collision occurred at around 4 a.m. The fire truck was parked diagonally in northbound lanes of the freeway with its lights on to protect first responders working on an earlier accident that did not result …

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Fourth mass shooting hits California this week

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A tragedy occurred in Los Angeles this Saturday when a mass shooting hit the city in the middle of the night. This marks the fourth mass shooting in the state of California within the past week alone. At approximately 2:35 in the morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department rushed to a residential area in the northwest of downtown upon receiving a report of a shooting. In the Beverly Crest community, located just outside of Beverly …

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Eight people shot in gas station gun battle in California

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Monday evening, a shooting occurred at a gas station in Oakland, California, leaving one person dead and seven others injured, according to police. At around 6 p.m., Oakland Police Department’s Kim Armstead informed the public during a news conference that an incident had happened at a gas station located at the intersection of Seminary Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard. When police arrived at the scene in response to a ShotSpotter notification, they did not find any …

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California school administrator wants to silence ‘privileged White voices’

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Samia Shoman, a district administrator from California responsible for the implementation of curriculum, has suggested that “White voices of privilege” should no longer be taken into consideration when discussing a highly progressive ethnic studies curriculum. Shoman is responsible for managing the English Learners and Academic Support Programs in the San Mateo Union High School district. An email from March 2021, which was obtained through a public records request from Zachor Legal, confirms this. Back in …

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Mass shooting kills at least ten people at dance celebrating Lunar New Year

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At around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday night, after a Lunar New Year celebration, a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance club in Monterey Park, California. The incident resulted in the death of 10 people and injury of 10 more, with their conditions ranging from stable to critical. Captain Andrew Meyer of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said that when officers arrived they were met with people fleeing the scene and screaming. He added that …

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Dead body of murdered plumber discovered by hikers in California

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A resident of California has been taken into custody and accused of murder after hikers encountered the corpse of his potential murder victim. The remains of a plumber with multiple bullet wounds was discovered in October, four months after he had gone missing in July. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, headed by Erik Nasarenko, has announced that 37-year-old Rotherie Foster is suspected of murdering 35-year-old Jose Velasquez, a colleague of his. His alleged motive …

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Missing teen’s body found on the side of the highway

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It has been confirmed by Concord police that the body found on the side of Highway 4 Saturday afternoon belongs to missing teenager Damond Lazenby Jr. Several hours after last being seen New Year’s Day, 19-year-old Lazenby was declared missing. As they prepared for another day of searching and putting up flyers, family members received a tip about the teen’s whereabouts. A phone call made by a woman indicated the location of the missing person’s …

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Man Zip-Tied And Set On Fire In Carjacking

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Earlier this week, two men allegedly zip-tied and set on fire a California man who helped a seemingly stranded woman on the side of a road in Northern California, police said. On a road about 40 miles north of Sacramento, the two men stepped out of the woman’s black SUV after she flagged down the victim. They held him at gunpoint before restraining him and throwing gasoline on him. Southwest of Yuba City was the …

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