Author: Olga R. Rodriguez
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Blizzard warning, avalanche watch as storm packing up to 10 feet of snow moves into Sierra Nevada
The most powerful Pacific storm of the season has started barreling into the Sierra Nevada
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7 murder counts expected in Half Moon Bay farm killings
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. • A farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms will be charged with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday. The charges will be filed before Chunli Zhao, 66, makes his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon, said…
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Suspect in shootings at N. Calif. farms was employee
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. • An agricultural worker killed seven people in back-to-back shooting sprees at two mushroom farms that had employed him in Northern California, and the massacre is believed to be a “workplace violence incident,” officials said Tuesday as the state mourned its third mass killing in eight days. Officers arrested a suspect…
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Infected cruise ship unloads passengers in California
OAKLAND, Calif. • The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the California coast because of a cluster of coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday, and dozen of passengers began to leave for military bases where they would be quarantined or to return to their home countries. The Grand Princess pulled into the…
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Raptors’ president encounter with deputy being investigated
SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors will decide whether to charge Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri with misdemeanor battery after he was accused of shoving and hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the face while trying to join his team on the court to celebrate their first NBA championship. Alameda County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said Friday…
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California sheriff blames sanctuary laws for deputy’s death, says suspect was trying to flee to Mexico
SAN FRANCISCO — A man suspected of gunning down a California policeman was in the U.S. illegally and was captured while planning to flee to his native Mexico, a sheriff announced as he all but blamed the state’s sanctuary law for the officer’s death. A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo…
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Police: Woman who drove SUV with family off cliff was drunk
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was drunk when she drove her large family off a Northern California cliff last month and her wife and several children had large amounts of a drug in their systems that can cause drowsiness, authorities said Friday. Police had previously said they believed the Hart family died in a…
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Uber president quits abruptly after string of company scandals
SAN FRANCISCO — Jeff Jones, president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job, the company confirmed Sunday. In a brief statement, Uber didn’t say why Jones left. “We want to thank Jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best,” it said.…
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Evacuees might not return until spillway is repaired
OROVILLE, Calif. — Nearly 200,000 people who were ordered to leave their homes out of fear that a spillway could collapse may not be able to return until the barrier at the nation’s tallest dam is repaired, a sheriff said Monday. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea gave no timetable for the work. Officials from the…
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3 dead, at least 5 sickened after Thanksgiving dinner
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Bay Area health officials were trying to determine Monday if three people who died and five who were sickened after eating Thanksgiving dinner at a church event got sick there or at the assisted living facility where they all lived. Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch said in a statement…