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Wreckage found after deadly boat capsize near Alcatraz, search continues for missing bodies
15+ hour, 13+ min ago (657+ words) The sunken remains of the Volare have been located at the bottom of San Francisco Bay — not far from where the 49-foot cabin cruiser capsized in a tragic incident believed to have killed four of the 20 passengers aboard. Now, questions…...
Forest Service workers taken hostage, held at gunpoint in remote NorCal trailer, feds say
17+ hour, 11+ min ago (670+ words) Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held inside a trailer for more than 17 hours before being rescued Friday morning, authorities said. The bizarre hostage crisis unfolded like a…...
'Everything's destroyed': Buzzy Sunset Strip cafe closes indefinitely due to water main break
17+ hour, 48+ min ago (791+ words) “All that water that came out of that line immediately went right in my front door, and it continued for four or five hours,” he said. “Just imagine thousands of pounds of water going inside. At one point, you couldn’t…...
Retired teacher who went missing in Mojave Desert off-roading area is found dead
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (508+ words) A retired Long Beach schoolteacher has been found dead in a remote desert area, six days after she went missing while riding her dirt bike, authorities said. Julie Goforth, 63, was found Thursday afternoon, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said…...
California-based Taylor Farms possible source of cyclosporiasis outbreak
23+ hour, 35+ min ago (710+ words) Public health officials are investigating a major California-based producer of pre-packaged salads, Taylor Farms, that supplied iceberg lettuce to Taco Bell as a potential source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak, sources have told multiple news outlets. The parasitic disease has made…...
Rudolph Marcus, Caltech chemist who won Nobel Prize, dies at 102
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (984+ words) Rudolph Marcus was perplexed. It was 1955 and Marcus, a 31-year-old associate professor of chemistry still in the early stages of his career, had found an elementary mistake in the work of an esteemed scientist. “Something doesn’t add up,” Marcus thought.....
'You can't even breathe': Regulators cite Lineage over putrid odor of rotting meat spreading in Boyle Heights
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (784+ words) Air regulators have slapped Lineage Logistics with multiple violations related to the putrid odor at its Boyle Heights facility after receiving more than 720 complaints from residents since Sunday. So far this week, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has…...
Stretch of Sunset Boulevard closed indefinitely as crews repair ruptured water main
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (461+ words) A stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood remained closed Friday as crews repair a trunk line that ruptured early Thursday, sending thousands of gallons of water rushing down the famed Sunset Strip. Closures are in place on Sunset Boulevard…...
Put your clothes back on! Beloved San Gregorio nude beach to become part of public state park
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (882+ words) For decades, beachgoers at San Gregorio Ranch — a privately owned stretch of coastline in San Mateo County — could sunbathe naked on one of California’s most scenic beaches. But that era will come to an end in two weeks when the…...
SoCal poker player hog-tied and robbed of his winnings in Vegas Airbnb
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (428+ words) A Huntington Beach poker player said that he was hogtied and robbed of his poker winnings at his Las Vegas Airbnb Sunday night. Jared Griener wrote in a series of posts on X that he went back to his Airbnb…...