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She Claimed a Kidnapping Attempt. Now, 'Justice'

Katie Sorensen's videos falsely accusing Latino couple of trying to abduct her kids went viral

(Newser) - A California influencer who accused a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her young kids in a Michael's craft store in Petaluma in December 2020 was found guilty this week of falsely reporting a crime. Per a release cited by CBS San Francisco , Katie Sorensen, 31, was convicted Wednesday...

Ex-Fire Commissioner Accused of Attacking Homeless People

San Francisco public defender: Don Carmignani may be behind as many as 8 attacks

(Newser) - Earlier this month, Don Carmignani, San Francisco's ex-fire commissioner, was brutally attacked in the city's Marina District, with cellphone video showing him being beaten by another man wielding some sort of metal weapon. Garret Allen Doty, a 24-year-old homeless man, was arrested in the case and now faces...

Rapper MoneySign Suede Killed in California Prison

Lawyer says 22-year-old was stabbed in the neck

(Newser) - Rapper MoneySign Suede has died after he was stabbed in a shower at a California prison, authorities and his attorney said. The 22-year-old rapper from Huntington Park, whose real name was Jaime Brugada Valdez, was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad shortly before 10pm...

Man Scales LA Radio Tower With Message About Singer

No one's sure why the guy had a 'Free Billie Eilish' sign; he now faces trespassing charges

(Newser) - A guy with a message about one of America's biggest pop stars scaled the KTLA radio tower in Hollywood on Tuesday, though no one's really sure what that message meant, or what he was trying to accomplish. KTLA reports that soon after 6:30pm, calls started coming in...

2 Wrongfully Convicted Men to Get $900K From State

Dupree Glass, Juan Rayfor spent almost 17 years in prison for crime they didn't commit

(Newser) - Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder after a 2004 shooting were declared innocent Thursday by a California judge. Under a new law, the state is required to pay them each $140 for every day they spent behind bars, or about...

Cops: 'Extremely Fast' Car Makes Extremely Odd Landing

Authorities are trying to figure out how vehicle made its way onto roof of California home

(Newser) - A speeding car took flight Sunday and ended up on the second-story roof of a home in Northern California. The story "would seem unbelievable if not for the photo evidence backing it up," per SFGate . Photos shared by authorities show the vehicle resting on the roof of a...

Stabbing Suspect Drives Into High School Students

Police believe deadly Thousand Oaks, California, crash was not an accident

(Newser) - A student at Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks, California, was killed Tuesday and three others were injured in a crash that authorities believe was not an accident. Investigators say Austin Allen Eis, 24, appears to have intentionally plowed into a group of students on a sidewalk near his former...

Former 1-800-GET-THIN Doc: 'I Live in Constant Remorse'

Julian Omidi gets 7 years behind bars for hawking unnecessary surgeries, defrauding insurance firms

(Newser) - The man behind 1-800-GET-THIN has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a fraud scheme that saw insurance companies billed nearly $120 million for forged sleep studies and unnecessary surgeries. Charged in 2018, Julian Omidi, 54, of West Hollywood, California, was convicted in December 2021 of 28 counts of...

Attorney for Doctor Accused of Poisoning Husband: He Set Her Up

Yue 'Emily' Yu was trying to attract and kill ants using drain cleaner, lawyer says

(Newser) - The attorney for the California dermatologist accused of poisoning her husband with drain cleaner says her husband actually set the whole thing up. Jack Chen and his wife, Yue "Emily" Yu, had ants in their kitchen, the lawyer said after a court hearing Tuesday, per Fox News . "Jack...

Man Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Felt Like 'Acid'

Mother Susan McIntyre warns other to be on the lookout for signs of necrotizing fasciitis

(Newser) - The decision to chase his dog into a pond cost a San Diego man his life, according to his mother, who is warning others to avoid standing water that has appeared across the city following recent rainfall. Jeff Bova, 41, got water on a small cut on his arm and...

Elon Musk: Landlord Doesn't Like New Sign at Twitter HQ

CEO covered up 'w,' apparently got flak for it

(Newser) - Last week, photos started to emerge showing the sign outside Twitter's San Francisco headquarters with an odd alteration: The "w" in "Twitter" looked like it was covered up with a small tarp, so that the company name read instead as "Titter." Now, CEO Elon Musk...

Woman Charged With Poisoning Husband's Tea With Drain Cleaner

Yue 'Emily' Yu indicted, faces 8 years behind bars

(Newser) - The California dermatologist suspected of poisoning her husband with drain cleaner has been indicted, Orange County officials announced Wednesday. Yue "Emily" Yu, 45, was arrested last summer and released on bail. Her husband of a decade noticed his tea started tasting odd, and installed cameras in the kitchen to...

California Snowpack Is Huge, and 'Big Melt' Poses Risks

Snow is at deepest level in about 70 years

(Newser) - California officials say winter storms have resulted in the state's deepest snowpack in 70 years, reports the Los Angeles Times . All that frozen water is good news for drought-stricken parts of California, but the liquid volume of the Sierra Nevada snowpack—which the Times says is greater than that...

EPA Allows California to Set Stricter Electric Truck Mandate

2035 deadline for EV sales is the same for cars

(Newser) - After mandating that all new passenger vehicles sold in California must be electric by 2035 , the state has gone bigger. The federal Environmental Protection Agency granted a legal waiver on Friday that lets California require that half of all heavy vehicles—including garbage trucks, tractor-trailers, and cement mixers—be electric...

California&#39;s Ski Season Could Last Until August
California Will Be
Skiing in Summer
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Apr 1, 2023 12:15 PM CDT

California Will Be Skiing in Summer

Some resorts have announced they'll stay open far into the season, thanks to vast snowfall

(Newser) - A few of California's ski resorts have announced they'll be staying open into summer, thanks to the massive snowfall the state has gotten this season. Palisades Tahoe said that after the Lake Tahoe area's second snowiest winter on record, it would keep the alpine portion of the...

Girl&#39;s Effort to Save Pet Goat Ends in Heartbreak, Lawsuit
Girl's Effort to Save Pet Goat
Ends in Heartbreak, Lawsuit
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Apr 1, 2023 6:00 AM CDT

Girl's Effort to Save Pet Goat Ends in Heartbreak, Lawsuit

State fair officials got police involved after owners rescued goat from livestock auction

(Newser) - When a 9-year-old girl in California decided that she didn't want the 7-month-old goat she had raised to be slaughtered and eaten, officials went to great lengths to ensure the animal did not escape its fate, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl's mother. The federal civil...

Well, That Was Quite a Marriage Proposal on the Baseball Field

Ricardo Juarez gets tackled by security during romantic gesture at Dodger Stadium

(Newser) - A Los Angeles Dodgers fan tried to propose to his girlfriend at a baseball game, but ended up getting tackled like he was at a football game. TMZ Sports reports that it all went down during Thursday night's matchup at Dodger Stadium against the Arizona Diamondbacks, when a man...

Rare California Tornado Rips Roofs Off Buildings

Los Angeles suburb impacted; another tornado touched down further north

(Newser) - A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, ripping roofs off a line of commercial buildings and sending the debris twisting into the sky and across a city block, injuring one person, the AP reports. The National Weather Service sent teams to assess damage in Montebello...

He Was Arrested, Then Found a Swastika in His Car

City of Torrance to pay California man $750K after he claims 2 cops spray-painted his vehicle

(Newser) - A California man just got a rather large payout to settle a lawsuit over offensive graffiti he says two former police officers spray-painted inside his car. The Los Angeles Times reports that Kiley Swaine was granted $750,000 from the city of Torrance, where he was arrested for mail theft...

Dick Van Dyke, 97, Crashes Car
Dick Van Dyke, 97, in Car Crash
Mar 22, 2023 9:00 AM CDT

Dick Van Dyke, 97, in Car Crash

Hollywood veteran, who suffered 'minor injuries,' may require a driving test

(Newser) - Dick Van Dyke has seen better days. The 97-year-old film and TV actor got banged up last week when his vehicle skidded in wet conditions, then slammed into a gate in Malibu, California, TMZ reports. He was bleeding from the nose and mouth and was suspected of having a concussion...

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