Watsonville, CA…Two people, including a Watsonville firefighter are recovering after being struck by a suspected drunk driver Sunday night. The suspect has been identified as 28-year-old Rosendo Avila Aguilar of Salinas. Watsonville firefighters were responding to a vegetation fire on Miles Lane last night when Aguilar drove past the fire engine and crashed into a […]
Los Angeles, CA… Donna Francart made a living in the “death industry,” and the experience made lasting impressions on the way she views life, death and the afterlife. For nearly nine years, Francart was a deputy coroner, taking part in death investigations, shepherding survivors through the aftermath of a loved one’s passing and occasionally forming […]
Santa Cruz, CA…Last night, SCPD responded to the area of Beach Street near the volleyball courts to reports of a large amount of property remaining from the Beach Street food vendors. SCPD found the vendor’s gear and food stored on the sidewalk along the railing and in several pop-up canopies filled with coolers, cooking devices, […]
Oakland, CA… Highlights 10 new dashboards to help increase the accessibility of state criminal justice data. California Attorney General Rob Bonta on July 1st, 2021 released four annual reports — as well as 10 new data dashboards — that provide the public with statewide data on criminal justice statistics in California. The reports, as well […]
San Francisco, CA… Other COVID-19 Emergency Customer Protections Have Ended, With Changes to be Rolled Out in Phases. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it will extend the moratorium on utility service disconnections through September 30, 2021. The moratorium was put in place in March 2020 by the California Public Utilities Commission […]
Yosemite National Park, CA…On Monday June 28, 2021 through July 2, thunderstorms developed over Yosemite National Park creating lightning that ignited 16 fires. Fire managers have been assessing all fires for an appropriate response. Due to the risk of visitor safety and park values the King Fire is being suppressed in the Illilouette Creek drainage […]
Marina, CA…Traffic Update….Young Buck in Roadway Near Hwy 1 & Reservation Road Incident: 00075 Type: Animal Hazard Location: Sr1 N / Reservation Loc Desc: NB 1 AT RESERVATION Lat/Lon: 36.696667 -121.804592 Detail Information 8:32 AM 1 [1] BUCK RUNNING F/ CD INTO TRAFFIC Unit Information 8:34 AM 1 Unit Assigned
Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation declaring July 4, 2021, as Independence Day in the State of California. PROCLAMATION Each year we celebrate the Fourth of July as the birth of America, commemorating the day our founders stood up to tyranny and formed a new nation founded on the principles of equality, freedom and […]
Washington, DC…Today — today we celebrate America — (applause) — our freedom, our liberty, our independence. The Fourth of July is a sacred day in our country — a day of history, of hope, remembrance and resolve, of promise and possibilities. Before me stands monuments of the greatest and the goodness of our nation — […]