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Cops: Dog Owner Bit Jogger
After Dog Attacked Her

Jan 7, 2019 8:23 AM CST

Cops: Dog Owner Bit Jogger After Dog Attacked Her

Alma Cadwalader says her dog didn't do anything wrong and that she bit jogger in self-defense

(Newser) - A dog may have done the initial attacking, but a human was ultimately busted for biting. Alma Cadwalader, 19, was arrested after an incident Thursday in Anthony Chabot Regional Park in Oakland, Calif., with Cadwalader claiming self-defense and the alleged victim saying Cadwalader bit her forearm, USA Today reports. Per...

Get Paid 6 Figures to Work,
Live on This Island

Get Paid 6 Figures to Work, Live on This Island

Must have Coast Guard license and not smoke for this 'dream job' overlooking San Francisco

(Newser) - Looking to make six figures with a sweet view of San Francisco, and have a friend or other partner who wants to help? What the San Francisco Chronicle describes as a possible "dream job" has opened up, and you could start as soon as April. The gig: taking over...

Slain Cop Who Stopped
Immigrant Is Hailed as a 'Hero'

Jan 5, 2019 6:02 PM CST

Slain Cop Who Stopped Immigrant Is Hailed as a 'Hero'

Cpl. Ronil Singh was killed the day after Christmas

(Newser) - A California police officer who was killed in the line of duty was hailed Saturday as a "Fiji-born American hero" who made the ultimate sacrifice for his adopted country, the AP reports. At a funeral held for Cpl. Ronil (row-neel) Singh, mourners remembered the 33-year-old as a hard-working immigrant...

Manson Family Member Recommended for Parole

Man Who Killed for Manson
Recommended for Parole

Jan 4, 2019 3:11 AM CST

Man Who Killed for Manson Recommended for Parole

Robert Beausoleil was rejected 18 times

(Newser) - A California parole panel on Thursday recommended for the first time that Charles Manson follower Robert Beausoleil be freed after serving nearly a half-century in prison for murder, the AP reports. Beausoleil, 71, was not involved in the most notorious killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others by the...

Cali Pets About to Get Some Serious Rights

New Law Says Pets
'Are More Like Children'

Dec 30, 2018 4:50 PM CST

New Law Says Pets 'Are More Like Children'

California is about to improve animal rights

(Newser) - California animals, rejoice: New laws should put an end to pet-store "puppy mills" and the degradation of pets in divorce cases. Starting New Year's Day, operators of pet stores will only be allowed to sell rabbits, cats, and dogs that come from non-profit rescue organizations and shelters, CNN...

Suspected Cop-Killer
Captured in California

Dec 28, 2018 4:41 PM CST

Suspected Cop-Killer Captured in California

Gustavo Perez Arriaga was trying to flee to Mexico, authorities say

(Newser) - A man wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a California police officer was captured Friday as he was attempting to flee home to Mexico, SFGate reports. SWAT officers arrested Gustavo Perez Arriaga without incident at a house in Bakersfield, per the AP ; five others, including the suspect’s...

Sheriff: Calif. Cop-Killer Suspect Was in US Illegally

Trump Weighs In on
Suspected Cop Killer

Dec 28, 2018 5:52 AM CST

Trump Weighs In on Suspected Cop Killer

Man sought in California was living in the US illegally

(Newser) - The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that it couldn't confirm the name of a suspect wanted in the murder of a small-town cop from Newman, Calif.—but it could confirm that the man was in the US illegally. Sheriff Adam Christianson vowed that officers would find...

Inmate Walks Away
From San Quentin

Dec 27, 2018 4:59 PM CST

Inmate Walks Away From San Quentin

A manhunt is on for Shalom Mendoza

(Newser) - California authorities were on a manhunt Thursday for an inmate who walked away from San Quentin State Prison and is believed to have carjacked a vehicle overnight, the AP reports. Shalom Mendoza, 21, was last seen at the prison before 6pm Wednesday and reported missing after 9:30pm Wednesday. He...

California Changes May
Reshape the 2020 Race

Dec 27, 2018 1:30 PM CST

California Changes May Reshape the 2020 Race

Early primary voting will overlap with contests in Iowa and New Hampshire

(Newser) - Go west, 2020 presidential candidates? Early voting in California's primary will overlap with the traditional early nominating contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. That could force the sprawling field of Democrats to navigate those states as well as California's notoriously complex landscape, where campaigning is...

For Over 250 Prisoners,
It Really Is Christmas

Dec 25, 2018 5:05 PM CST

For Over 250 Prisoners, It Really Is Christmas

Gov. Brown issues over 250 clemency decisions

(Newser) - California Gov. Jerry Brown has pardoned five refugees from Cambodia and another immigrant from Honduras who faced the possibility of deportation because of their criminal convictions, the AP reports. The pardons were among more than 250 clemency decisions announced by the governor on Christmas Eve. According to Brown's office,...

You Can Now
Drive on 'Obama'

Dec 21, 2018 7:45 AM CST

You Can Now Drive on 'Obama'

LA-area freeway named for former Pasadena resident

(Newser) - It's official: Signs have gone up naming a section of a Los Angeles-area freeway as the President Barack H. Obama Highway. The signs posted Thursday on State Route 134 apply to a stretch running from State Route 2 in Glendale, Calif., through the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles...

Cops: Girl Told
by Mom to 'Hurry'
Under Train Dies

Dec 19, 2018 7:27 AM CST

Cops: Girl Told by Mom to 'Hurry' Under Train Dies

'Worst thing I've ever seen in my life,' witness says of 8-year-old killed in Fresno, Calif.

(Newser) - Joy Frances Collins didn't want to miss her bus home, so the California mom asked her children to do something they'd done many times before, police say—and now her young daughter is dead. Per Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, Collins, her 9-year-old son, and 8-year-old Joyanna (spelled...

Wildfire Cleanup
Workers Fired for
'Reprehensible' Photos

Dec 17, 2018 5:59 AM CST

Wildfire Cleanup Workers Fired for 'Reprehensible' Photos

One of them joked about the remains of a dead pet

(Newser) - Three wildfire cleanup workers in California have been fired for clowning around in the ruins of people's homes and posting what the town of Paradise calls "reprehensible" photos on social media. One photo shows the burned remains of a pet cat with a bottle near its mouth and...

She Warned Her Daughter to
'Get Out.' Now, a 'Terrible Day'

Dec 14, 2018 9:30 AM CST

She Warned Her Daughter to 'Get Out.' Now, a 'Terrible Day'

Sarah Papenheim, 21, studying in the Netherlands, is stabbed to death

(Newser) - It's a "terrible day" in Palo Cedro, Calif., as the town mourns a young blues drummer known as "Happy Pap." That's where Sarah Papenheim grew up, per the Redding Record Searchlight , and those who knew her there (and in the Twin Cities, Minn., area where...

Rescuers Find Very Alive
Man in Submerged Car

Dec 13, 2018 7:56 AM CST

Rescuers Find Very Alive Man in Submerged Car

After his car crashed into a California river, Michael Finn was able to breathe thanks to air pocket

(Newser) - It took more than two hours to extract him from his vehicle, and he'd been trapped inside it for more than two hours before that. Michael Finn is lucky to be alive after being pulled out of California's Klamath River early Wednesday after an accident that sent his...

California Wants to
Tax Text Messages

Dec 12, 2018 4:44 PM CST

California Wants to Tax Text Messages

Regulators say it would help fund phone service for poor people

(Newser) - What are people saying about California’s plan to tax text messaging? “It’s a dumb idea,” Jim Wunderman, president of a business advocacy group, tells the Mercury News . A 25-year-old delivery man in Silicon Valley tells the paper the proposal is “absurd.” And a Twitter...

10 State Names, Deciphered

Dec 12, 2018 3:47 PM CST

10 State Names, Deciphered

24/7 Wall St. traces origins to Europe, indigenous cultures

(Newser) - You need look no further than a map to find America's reputation as a melting pot. The evidence is written across the states—specifically in their names, according to 24/7 Wall St. , which surveyed state websites and online resources to trace the origins of those names to England, France,...

Dog Guards Burnt Calif.
Home for Weeks

Dec 9, 2018 12:40 PM CST

Dog Guards Burnt Calif. Home for Weeks

Paradise homeowner finds her dog guarding the ruins

(Newser) - A survivor of the catastrophic Camp Fire in Northern California returned this week to find her dog there, guarding the ruins of her home. "Imagine the loyalty of hanging in in the worst of circumstances and being here waiting," homeowner Andrea Gaylord tells WKYC3 . "It was so...

A 'Nationally Recognized
Protocol,' an Autistic
Teen's Death

Dec 7, 2018 11:30 AM CST

A 'Nationally Recognized Protocol,' an Autistic Teen's Death

Was it appropriate to use 'prone restraint' in this situation?

(Newser) - A private California school has had its certification suspended and an investigation is underway after an incident last month that left a special needs teen dead. The Sacramento Bee reports on what's said to have transpired Nov. 28 at Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills, when a 13-year-old...

California Passes Solar
Requirement for Homes

Dec 6, 2018 5:15 PM CST

California Passes Solar Requirement for Homes

It's a first for the nation

(Newser) - Starting in 2020, solar power will be a required feature for all new homes built in California. The rule is part of new energy standards that the state Building Standards Commission gave final approval to on Wednesday, per the Mercury News , which notes that California is the first state to...