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Man Fatally Shot
Near Memorial to
Slain Son, Grandson

Dec 30, 2016 3:25 AM CST

Man Fatally Shot Near Memorial to Slain Son, Grandson

Oakland resident had spoken out against gun violence

(Newser) - A man who urged an end to violence in Oakland after gunfire killed his son and grandson as they slept three years ago became a victim himself this week as he drove near a street memorial for his slain family. Melvin Johnson, 39, was shot and killed Tuesday on the...

Teen Runaway Saved
From Prostitution
—by Uber Driver

Dec 29, 2016 12:42 PM CST

Teen Runaway Saved From Prostitution —by Uber Driver

He got suspicious after picking her up along with 2 women

(Newser) - A California Uber driver played a big part in a holiday miracle Monday night after picking up a 16-year-old girl and two women in Elk Grove. He got suspicious after the women, who cops say are pimps, started telling the scantily-clad teen what would happen when they got to their...

App Leads Woman to Grisly
Discovery: Her Husband's Body

App Leads Woman to Grisly Discovery: Her Husband's Body

He had been crushed when his car fell off the highway

(Newser) - A California woman's phone led her to her missing husband's body before the authorities could find him. The San Francisco Chronicle reports the unnamed woman reported her husband, 49-year-old Jayesh Patel, missing when he didn't come home Friday. Using a find-my-phone app, Patel's wife traced him...

Man Charged With DUI
Has Only Caffeine in System

Dec 24, 2016 12:55 PM CST

Man Charged With DUI Has Only Caffeine in System

Joseph Schwab's lawyer says it's 'absurd'

(Newser) - “I’ve never seen this before,” California attorney Stacey Barrett tells the Guardian . “I’ve never even heard of it.” Barrett's client, 36-year-old Joseph Schwab, is facing a misdemeanor DUI charge—apparently over caffeine. Schwab was pulled over in August 2015 in Solano County while...

Obama Freeway
Coming Soon?

Dec 23, 2016 12:17 PM CST

Obama Freeway Coming Soon?

Calif. state senator sure hopes so

(Newser) - Barack Obama may soon have more in common with Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln than his soon-to-be former residence. If Resolution SCR8 is passed by the California Senate and Assembly, Obama—like his aforementioned predecessors—will have a road named after him in Los Angeles, specifically a section of the...

California Stops Uber's Self-Driving Cars

California on Uber's
Self-Driving Cars: Um, No

Dec 22, 2016 7:38 AM CST

California on Uber's Self-Driving Cars: Um, No

State says company doesn't have proper test permits

(Newser) - California has put the brakes on Uber's weeklong experiment with self-driving cars on the streets of San Francisco. Regulators revoked the registrations of the vehicles Uber had been using on its hometown roads after the failure of a week of talks between the state and the ride-hailing company, reports...

Cops: Gold Flakes Thief
Is Hiding Out in LA

Dec 22, 2016 12:04 AM CST

Cops: Gold Flakes Thief Is Hiding Out in LA

He swiped $1.6M bucket from truck in NYC

(Newser) - New York City police say they believe the opportunistic thief who swiped an 86-pound bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million off an armored truck in Manhattan is hiding out on the West Coast. Detectives say the man fled to Orlando, Fla., after the Sept. 29 theft before...

They Want
California to Secede,
Opened Moscow
'Embassy'

Dec 21, 2016 7:03 AM CST

They Want California to Secede, Opened Moscow 'Embassy'

Group would love to see 'an independent California joining the United Nations'

(Newser) - After Brexit , could "Calexit" be next? Leaders of a movement to turn California into an independent country hope so, and have now opened their own "embassy"—in Moscow. "Yes California" backers staked a claim in the Russian capital last weekend as part of a what they...

Missing Reality-TV Contestant
Found in Shallow Grave

Dec 21, 2016 2:18 AM CST

Missing Reality-TV Contestant Found in Shallow Grave

Lisa Marie Naegle disappeared early Sunday

(Newser) - Cops searching for a missing nurse who appeared on the reality show Bridalplasty made a grim discovery at a Los Angeles County home Tuesday. The body of 36-year-old Lisa Marie Naegle, who was last seen leaving a birthday party Saturday night, was found in a shallow grave at the Lennox...

Error Sends Jet Into Path of
Other Plane in California

Dec 20, 2016 2:26 PM CST

Error Sends Jet Into Path of Other Plane in California

Not to mention too low toward nearby mountains

(Newser) - Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport into the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains, the AP reports. An EVA Air Boeing 777 that left LAX in heavy rain around 1:20am Friday...

Falling Tree Killed
Mother of the Bride

Dec 20, 2016 10:46 AM CST

Falling Tree Killed Mother of the Bride

Injured 4-year-old is improving, say relatives

(Newser) - The woman who died when a tree uprooted and fell on a wedding party in a California park on Saturday has been identified as the mother of the bride. Authorities say 61-year-old Margarita Mojarro of San Pedro was pronounced dead at the scene in Whittier's Penn Park. Up to...

Alleged Robber Brings
Gun to Dildo Fight, Loses

Dec 16, 2016 4:58 PM CST

Alleged Robber Brings Gun to Dildo Fight, Loses

'It was like, really? I don't have time for this'

(Newser) - Police say a would-be robber learned the hard way not to bring a gun to a dildo fight Wednesday in San Bernardino, California. Surveillance cameras caught the man entering the Lotions & Lace sex shop shortly before closing holding what appears to be a gun, KABC reports. According to KNBC...

Family Won't Sell Google
Their Rundown Farm

Dec 16, 2016 8:03 AM CST

Family Won't Sell Google Their Rundown Farm

Despite a reported $7M offer

(Newser) - Smack in the middle of Googleplex, Google's massive campus in Mountain View, Calif., lies a plot of land less than 1 acre in size and holding a crumbling farmstead—a piece of real estate that Google reportedly wants and that the owning family doesn't want to give up,...

Pulse Shooter's Son
to Get a New Name

Dec 16, 2016 7:30 AM CST

Pulse Shooter's Son to Get a New Name

Wife asking to change it from Zakariaya Omar Mateen

(Newser) - The 4-year-old son of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen won't likely bear his late father's name for much longer. Mateen's wife, Noor Salman, has asked the Contra Costa County, California, court for permission to change her son's name from Zakariaya Omar Mateen. Available court records don't...

Uber on Driverless Car
Infraction: Blame the Human

Dec 16, 2016 3:26 AM CST

Uber on Driverless Car Infraction: Blame the Human

Company is in talks with California regulators

(Newser) - Negotiations over whether Uber must stop its newly launched self-driving car service in San Francisco have concluded without a clear resolution, according to California transportation regulators. The state has threatened legal action if the ride-hailing company continues to pick up passengers without the correct permit, the AP reports. Uber says...

Uber's Self-Driving Cars Hit SF,
One Promptly Runs Red Light

Dec 15, 2016 2:39 AM CST

Uber's Self-Driving Cars Hit SF, One Promptly Runs Red Light

But it says a driver was operating it at the time

(Newser) - Uber rolled out self-driving car service in San Francisco Wednesday and it did not go smoothly. Within hours, the California Department of Motor Vehicles ordered the company to halt the service, saying it was breaking the law because it didn't have the necessary testing permit to "operate its...

Man With Dementia
Shot Dead by Cop
Was Armed—
With a Crucifix

Dec 14, 2016 7:20 AM CST

Man With Dementia Shot Dead by Cop Was Armed— With a Crucifix

Francisco Serna was killed after officer from Bakersfield, Calif., fired 7 rounds

(Newser) - More details are emerging out of California on the 73-year-old man with dementia who was shot dead by police on Monday. Police now say that Francisco Serna wasn't holding a gun, as one Bakersfield neighbor who called 911 reported, but instead a crucifix, the Los Angeles Times reports. "...

Calif. Cop Kills
Unarmed Man
With Dementia

Dec 13, 2016 7:58 AM CST

Calif. Cop Kills Unarmed Man With Dementia

Police say 73-year-old ignored officers' requests

(Newser) - Family members are demanding answers after they say a police officer fatally shot an unarmed 73-year-old man with dementia in Bakersfield, Calif., on Monday. Authorities say they were responding to a call about a man brandishing a gun outside a home around 12:30am when a witness on the scene...

Ghost Ship's Undoing:
Ramshackle Network
of Extension Cords

Dec 13, 2016 4:31 AM CST

Ghost Ship's Undoing: Ramshackle Network of Extension Cords

'The whole place was wires and cables and wood,' former resident says

(Newser) - The ATF and Oakland authorities are due to speak about the deadly Ghost Ship fire Tuesday morning, and sources tell the East Bay Times that they're expected to blame terrible wiring for the disaster that killed 36 people. One insider tells the Times that the warehouse, described as a...

HGTV Stars Split
After 'Unfortunate'
Incident With Gun

Dec 12, 2016 10:01 AM CST

HGTV Stars Split After 'Unfortunate' Incident With Gun

Tarek and Christina El Moussa have separated

(Newser) - The show will apparently go on, but the marriage won't: Tarek and Christina El Moussa of HGTV's Flip or Flop have separated after seven years of marriage, reports People . Trouble in the marriage first surfaced in May when police responded to a call about "a possibly suicidal...