March of the Penguins, San Francisco Style
The five newest penguins at the San Francisco Zoo did their graduation march Saturday morning as they said good-bye to fish school and hello to Penguin Island. The zoo's annual "march of the...
View ArticleNJ Man Gets 90 Years for Sexually Assaulting Daughters
A New Jersey man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday after being found guilty of sexually assaulting his daughter, adding a half century to the 40 years he was sentenced to in November 2011 for...
View ArticlePatient Jumps Out of Ambulance, Steals Another
Police said a patient being transported by an ambulance jumped out and stole a different ambulance for a joyride Saturday morning. Police said Darren Ethedge, 31, of northeast Washington, was high on...
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Police Identify Fla. Apartment Shooter
Officials identified the shooter involved in a hostage situation at a Hialeah apartment complex as 42-year-old Pedro Vargas at a Saturday press conference. SWAT officers shot and killed Vargas after he...
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Couple of 75 Years Die a Day Apart
Born on the same date and married for 75 years, a Long Beach, Calif., husband and wife died one day apart earlier this month. Helen and Les Brown, high school sweethearts who celebrated three-quarters...
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Body Found in Burned Car ID'd
A body found in a burned car at a Rialto park was identified as a missing Fontana man, the San Bernardino County Cororner's Office confirmed on Saturday. The body of Alejandro Padilla, 40, was found in...
View ArticleMen Cage Girl as Pot Farm Sex Slave: Cops
Police connected a third suspect to two men accused of forcing a 15-year-old runaway from Los Angeles to work in a Northern California pot farm and using her as a sex slave, officials said on Saturday....
View ArticleMan Fires Shots Into Air Near Wal-Mart
Chula Vista police are investigating an overnight incident involving a young man who allegedly fired a gun into the air in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. According to officials, the shooting happened...
View ArticlePolice ID South LA Hit-and-Run Driver
Detectives have identified but not arrested a hit-and-run driver accused of fatally striking an 18-year-old in South Los Angeles last week, authorities said Saturday. The suspected driver, whose name...
View Article4 Arrested, Accused of Growing Pot, Child Abuse
Two men and two women were arrested Saturday after police discovered an alleged marijuana grow operation, weapons, children and an elderly person inside their house, authorities said. The suspects –...
View ArticleHemet Teen, 15, Fatally Shot
A Hemet teenager was shot and killed just after midnight Saturday in the 500 block of Montecito Avenue, police said. Officers found Maurice Bradford, 15, wounded on the ground in the middle of the...
View ArticleOfficer, 2 Suspects Wounded in Shootout
Two suspects and an officer were wounded in a shootout after a traffic stop Friday night in San Bernardino, authorities said. Eric Newson, 22, and Keijuan Mayfield, 22, were driving with two others...
View ArticleRadio Host Kidd Kraddick Dies at 53
Beloved Radio Host Kidd Kraddick died in New Orleans on Saturday. Kraddick was attending a golf tournament organized to raise money for his Kidd's Kids charity. He was 53 years old. Kraddick, whose...
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Baby Left Unattended in Hot Car Dies: Police
A 4-month-old baby boy died Saturday after being found unattended inside a hot car parked at an apartment complex in San Diego's El Cajon area. Officials were called to the Belle Vista Apartments in...
View ArticleMan, 95, Dead After Confrontation With Police
A 95-year-old resident of an Illinois nursing home died early Saturday, hours after being shocked with a Taser and bean bag rounds in a confrontation with police. Authorities said John Warna was a...
View ArticlePolice Crash Victim Mourned
A vigil was held Saturday night for a mother of three who was taken off life support after she was gravely injured in a crash with a Hawthorne police officer. Karina Preza, 34, died Friday morning at...
View ArticleBomb Squad Called to Northridge Mall
Los Angeles police were investigating a suspicious device found in a Northridge mall parking structure on Saturday night, authorities said. The device was discovered about 9 p.m., after the Northridge...
View ArticleProsecutors: Teen Threw Bleach on Cabbie to Avoid $175 Fare
An 18-year-old man allegedly threw bleach at at taxi cab driver to avoid paying a $175 ride to Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood this week, officials said. Oliver Dickens, of Carpentersville, was...
View ArticleAt Least 9 Injured When Deck Collapses at Illinois Home
At least nine people were reported injured Saturday when a deck collapsed during a party at a home in Tinley Park, Illinois. The incident occurred during a birthday party around 9:15 p.m. in the 16700...
View ArticleMovement to Recall Filner Underway
A San Diego LGBT activist is leading a movement to recall embattled Mayor Bob Filner -- right on the heels of another previously planned, unrelated effort to recall the mayor. Stampp Corbin, owner and...
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