SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hugo Pinell, a notorious killer with ties to the 1960s and 1970s black revolutionary movement, spent the last 45 years in California’s prison isolation units partly for his own protection. Just days after he was moved into the general prison population, fellow inmates stabbed him to death in an exercise yard.…… MORE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has released the name of a woman they’re looking for who either jumped or fell from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge trying to evade police in a stolen car. The CHP says Thursday that they’re seeking 25-year-old Erlynn Kay Sanchez-Edwards, whose last known address was in Richmond.…… MORE
Fresno State’s branding is taking to the skies. Bulldog 1, the new blimp, the really, really big, red blimp will provide 6,000 feet of space for advertisers, and some great branding for Fresno State. Chris Boling from Boling Air Media – who provided the blimp says it was a great media move. Boling’s team did…… MORE
The target of a two-week manhunt in the South Valley was released from jail last year – due to lack of inmate bed space. Benjamin Peter Ashley was released October 20th because of federal orders that set a limit on inmates at the local jail. Officials are offering a $10,000 reward for Ashley, who they…… MORE
A scare at a movie theater in Newport Beach, California, when someone started a leaf blower that many mistook for a chainsaw. Newport Beach police responded to multiple 911 calls, and ended up questioning four people — from 15 to 20 years old in connection with incident. They turned themselves in after surveillance photos were…… MORE
The National Park Service is sponsoring a special ceremony to remember and commemorate the lives of young soldiers killed in the civil war. It’s the 150th anniversary of a particularly grim chapter during the Civil War. 13,000 prisoners in Georgia’s Andersonville prison – many of them boys – died there over a 14-month period. The…… MORE
Eagle in flight picks fight with drone. CNN’s Jeanne Moos has the best videos of animals attacking drones.… MORE
It is a historic day in Cuba. The U.S. embassy is reopening its doors in Havana. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports.… MORE
A Mississippi couple faces terrorism charges after Feds say the pair planned to join ISIS. CNN’s Pamela Brown reports.… MORE
A series of apparently industrial explosions shook China, chocking the sky with smoke and fire. CNN’s Will Ripley is on the scene, where windows of buildings were blown out.… MORE
