Author: Scott Smith
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Fresno shooter wanted to kill many white people, police say
FRESNO, Calif. — A man wanted in the slaying of a security guard set out to kill as many white people as he could on Tuesday, gunning down three men on the streets of downtown Fresno before he was captured and admitted to the shootings, authorities said. Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, was arrested shortly after…
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Mass murderer Charles Manson seriously ill, moved to hospital, sources say
Charles Manson and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. Prosecutors said Manson and his followers were trying to incite a race war that he believed was prophesized in the…
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Warehouse fire survivor: People ‘dying right in front of me’
OAKLAND, Calif. — To set foot in the Ghost Ship on a party night was to pass through the industrial facade of an old warehouse and enter an exotic world glowing with rainbow lanterns, guarded by figures of Asian deities and pulsing with a welcoming vibe. Performers who came to play the electronic dance party…
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‘Trigger-happy’ or well trained? Police release video of Dylan Noble shooting.
FRESNO, Calif. — Despite demands that he “Show both hands!” and shouts that “You’re going to get shot man!” a 19-year-old in California refused to pull one hand from behind his back and to stop walking toward police. Officers then shot him four times, twice after he had already gone down from the first two…
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California delta’s water mysteriously missing amid drought
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — As California struggles with a devastating drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta — and the prime suspects are farmers whose families have tilled fertile soil there for generations. A state investigation was launched following complaints from two large agencies that supply water to arid…
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PHOTOS: Two men, including Coloradan, reach top of Yosemite’s El Capitan in historic climb
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A pair of Americans completed what had long been considered the world’s most difficult rock climb Wednesday, using only their hands and feet to scale a 3,000-foot vertical wall on El Capitan, the forbidding granite pedestal in Yosemite National Park that has beckoned adventurers for more than half a century.…