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Officials clear homeless encampment at California state beach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials cleared a homeless encampment at a California state beach Thursday, a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom directed cities and state agencies to take urgent action against people sleeping in public spaces. Bright yellow trash trucks rolled onto the sands of Dockweiler State Beach, located...
Man Wrongly Incarcerated for Nearly 2 Years for Stealing Own Identity Finally Freed after Real Identity Thief Pleads Guilty
LOS ANGELES, CA – William Woods, a California man who wrongly spent 428 days in jail and another 147 in a mental hospital—nearly two years—has been proven innocent by DNA evidence after being accused of stealing his own identity, reports The Guardian. According to The Guardian, 58-year-old...
Fox News host, Newsom spar over Harris’s policies
Fox News anchor Bret Baier and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued over Vice President Harris’s policy stances ahead of her big night at the Democratic National Convention. Speaking from Chicago, Baier pressed Newsom on Harris backing away from taking strong stances on some policy issues she held during her previous presidential campaign. Other Republicans…
Santa Clara County Jail Guards Convicted in Incarcerated Killing Soon to Be Freed after New Manslaughter Pleas
SAN JOSE, CA — Three former Santa Clara County jail guards will soon be freed after the 2015 beating of the incarcerated Michael Tyree, two years following the overturning of their murder convictions—the three jail guards pleaded guilty to lesser charges to avoid a second trial, according to The Mercury News.
1991 San Jose Murder Suspect Gerardo Aguilar Killed in Shootout with FBI 17 Years Ago
1991 San Jose murder suspect Gerardo Aguilar found: He was killed during a shootout with FBI agents 17 years ago. Following an investigator’s hunch, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office Cold Case Unit tracked down the suspect in a 33-year-old murder who was living under another name in Ohio.
Pedestrian dead after fatal collision in San Jose
(KRON) – The San Jose Police Department is investigating the city’s 13th pedestrian death of the year. A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near Automation Parkway and Hostetter Road at 8:49 p.m. on Thursday. The adult male victim was taken to a hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. […]
Clint Eastwood’s Stunning $21 Million Oceanfront Estate for Sale — See Inside! [Pictures]
Clint Eastwood's former oceanside estate in California is up for sale, and pictures show a stunning residence fit for one of the most beloved movie stars of all time. Realtor.com reports that the Oscar-winning actor and director lived in the 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom, 4,442-square-foot Spanish Revival-style home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., from 1981 until 1996, when he sold it to its current owner.
Google's agreement to pay millions for California news called a bad deal by journalists
Google will soon give California millions of dollars to help pay for local journalism jobs in a first-in-the-nation deal, but journalists and other media industry experts are calling it a disappointing agreement that mostly benefits the tech giant. The agreement, which was hashed out behind closed doors and announced this week, will direct tens of millions of public and private dollars to keep local news organizations afloat. Critics say it's a textbook political maneuver by tech giants to avoid a fee under what could have been groundbreaking legislation. California lawmakers agreed to kill a bill requiring tech to support news...
Hundreds of sea lions take over California beach
A California beach has been closed for a week as hundreds of sea lions congregate on the shore, with city officials blocking the area off and federal officials warning that feeding or harassing the animals are against the law. The City of Monterey’s Parks Division officially closed San Carlos Beach on Monday, Aug. 19, blocking […]
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