The U.S. Forest Service and several fire agencies honored a U.S. Forest Service firefighter killed by a tree while battling a California blaze. Thursday, firefighters escorted the body of 21-year-old Michael Hallenbeck from South Lake Tahoe to his final resting place in Placerville. The Shingle Springs man was hit by a tree Saturday during the…… MORE
PG&E Makes $300M Payment for San Bruno Blast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s biggest power utility says it’s paid a $300 million penalty to the state’s general fund for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed more than three dozen homes in suburban San Francisco. The payment announced Thursday by is part of a larger $1.6 billion penalty levied…… MORE
Atty: Notorious Killer Knew He Was A Target
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
Bay Bridge Jumper ID’d as Richmond Woman
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 States Launches New Blimp “Bulldog 1”
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
Inmate Bed Space Led To Manhunt Suspect’s Prior Release
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
Scare At A Newport Beach Movie Theater
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
Historic Preservation Project Seeks 13,000 Stars
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 knocks drone out of sky
Eagle in flight picks fight with drone. CNN’s Jeanne Moos has the best videos of animals attacking drones.… MORE
Cuba celebrates US embassy re-opening
It is a historic day in Cuba. The U.S. embassy is reopening its doors in Havana. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports.… MORE
