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Fire near Brookdale quickly stopped by Cal Fire
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — Update 7:20 a.m.: According to Cal Fire CZU, forward progress on the fire was stopped. The fire was burning off of Highway 9 in Brookdale. A fire is burning near Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The fire was reported around 6:40 a.m. on...
Man that went missing in Santa Cruz Mountains gets birthday surprise from Chipotle
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. — A Boulder Creek man who had gone missing in the Santa Cruz Mountains while on a hike last month got quite the surprise on his birthday. Lukas McClish had gone for a three-hour hike but ended up lost for nine nights with no shirt, eating wild berries and drinking water from creeks to survive.
2 dead after being swept into ocean at Santa Cruz beach
(KRON) — Two people who were swept off of the rocks into the ocean near Mitchell's Cove Beach in Santa Cruz Tuesday evening were pronounced dead after a water rescue, according to the Santa Cruz Fire Department. Multiple agencies responded at 6:18 p.m. to West Cliff Drive near David Way on reports of two victims […]
Sunnyvale man shot at in attempted carjacking
A man in Sunnyvale said he is glad to be alive after he was the victim of an attempted robbery and shooting on Wednesday. Kurt Smalley said he heard his car alarm go off and upon checking it out someone in a black mask began shooting at him. “He said...
Video shows thieves stealing 6-foot-tall metal rooster from South Bay store
Surveillance cameras captured thieves stealing a six-foot-tall metal rooster in broad daylight.Nasser Kherella owns California Home & Garden, off Winchester Boulevard in Campbell."I was in shock and disbelief because this has been here," Kherella said.Every morning for the past nine and a half years, Kherella and his wife have wheeled this large rooster out in front of their store and wheeled it back at closing."It's probably about 85 pounds to 95 pounds. But it would've been a lot of trouble, because it's big and very spiky," Kherella said.MORE: Oakland church continues spreading kindness after being burglarized twice in 48 hoursOn...
Santa Clara County jail inmate dies by suicide in his cell
A man detained for suspected felonies died by suicide earlier this month at the Santa Clara County Main Jail Complex in San Jose, according to the Sheriff's Office. In a statement Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office said that at 6:41 p.m. on July 5, deputies assigned to the Main Jail Complex found 24-year-old inmate Jose Herrera unresponsive in his assigned cell. Herrera was alone in his cell at the time. Life-saving measures were immediately provided to him through CPR. Around 6:55 p.m., medical personnel arrived and transported Herrera to a hospital, deputies said. Around 2:30 p.m. on July 10, Herrera was pronounced dead at the hospital. "The Sheriff's Office followed standard protocol for an in-custody death by conducting a joint investigation among the Sheriff's Office, District Attorney's Office, and the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office," the law enforcement agency said. According to the coroner, Herrera died due to hanging, with the manner of death being suicide. The Sheriff's Office said he was arrested and booked into the Main Jail on July 5 on suspicion of robbery, possession of a loaded firearm, various other felonies, and several outstanding warrants.
Inmate Dies By Suicide In Main Jail Complex
A man detained for suspected felonies died by suicide earlier this month at the Santa Clara County Main Jail Complex in San Jose, according to the Sheriff's Office. In a statement Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office said that at 6:41 p.m. on July 5, deputies assigned to the Main Jail Complex found 24-year-old inmate Jose Herrera unresponsive in his assigned cell. Herrera was alone in his cell at the time.
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