Cop Critically Injured After Being Hit On The Head With Skateboard

Story out of South San Francisco, California:

A South San Francisco police officer is in critical condition Friday morning after being struck in the head with a skateboard, police said.

A citizen waved down the officer about a disturbance at a business. When the officer approached the suspect, he took off on his skateboard.

After a short foot chase, the suspect stopped and hit the officer in the head with the skateboard.

The officer was knocked unconscious and transported to a local hospital in critical condition.

The suspect continued running but was taken into custody a short time later by other officers. Cont.

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Father Drowns 4-Year-Old In Baptismal Pool

Story out of Healdsburg, California:

A father is suspected of drowning his 4-year-old daughter in a baptismal pool at a Catholic church, Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke said Monday afternoon.

Gerardo Mendoza Ordaz, 42, was found by Healdsburg police naked and screaming for help in a back parking lot of the police station on Center Street around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Burke said.

His daughter, who was clothed, and his partially-clothed 9-year-old son were with him, Burke said. The girl was unresponsive and after attempts to resuscitate her, she was rushed to Healdsburg District Hospital where she was pronounced dead 90 minutes later. An autopsy was conducted Monday, but Burke said he did not know the results.

The water in the baptismal pool is about a foot deep, Burke said.

Ordaz was arrested for homicide and is being held under no bail in the Sonoma County jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Sonoma County Superior Court. Cont.

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Man Sues Krispy Kreme For $5 Million Over Missing Fruit

This is no Mini lawsuit, I'm sure the company can poke Holes into the case and then just let it Fritter away. The claimant will walk away with a Glazed look on his face.

Story out of Los Angeles, California:

Jason Saidian, of Los Angeles, filed a suit in a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on Wednesday, accusing the popular donut chain of 'false and misleading business practices'.

He claims Krispy Kreme's 'Chocolate Iced Raspberry Filled,' 'Glazed Raspberry Filled,' 'Maple Bar,' and 'Glazed Blueberry Cake' products don't actually contain real raspberries, maple or blueberries but use 'nutritionally inferior ingredients.'

He claims that other Krispy Kreme products, such as the firm's Glazed Lemon Filled and Glazed Strawberry Filled doughnuts, do contain real fruit.

Stacy Pincus from Chicago filed papers in federal court claiming the company is engaged in false advertising and consumer fraud as it was making customers overpay for the hand-blended iced coffee, teas and other drinks because up to half of the product contains ice. Cont.

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Cop Executed While Investigating Suspicious Van

Story out of Stanislaus County, California:

A California sheriff’s deputy was killed in what authorities have called an “execution,” allegedly by a man who was taken into custody after stealing a woman’s purse at gunpoint.

Stanislaus County Deputy Dennis Wallace, 53, was shot twice in the head after radioing in that he was going to check on a suspicious van at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the Fox Grove Fishing Access in Hughson, officials said.

After being informed that the van had allegedly been stolen by a man identified as David Machado, Wallace requested assistance, but in the five minutes that it took another deputy to arrive on the scene, he had been shot, police said.

Wallace was rushed to a nearby hospital, but he could not be saved.

Law enforcement launched a massive manhunt for Machado, who had a felony warrant out for the killing, authorities said.

About 20 minutes after the shooting, a carjacking was reported in Keyes, where the victim identified the suspect as Machado, who allegedly abandoned the stolen van nearby, police said.

Machado, 36, traveled about 150 miles to Lindsay, where he allegedly tried to steal a woman’s purse at gunpoint near a convenience store, but the woman fought back, officials said.

Lindsay Police arrested Machado, who tried to flee down a residential alleyway but surrendered without incident, authorities said. He was then identified as the man wanted for allegedly killing Wallace.

Wallace is the fifth law enforcement officer in California to die in the line of duty in the last five weeks. Cont.

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Thieves Referencing Trump Steal Woman's Car, SDPD Treating It As Hate Crime

Story out of San Diago, California:

Two men referred to President-elect Donald Trump and made disparaging remarks about Muslims while robbing a woman Wednesday at a university parking lot in San Diego, authorities said.

The woman was walking to her car about 2:30 p.m. when the men confronted her, made the demeaning comments and snatched her backpack and purse, according to Lt. Ronald Broussard  of the university’s Police Department.

The men retrieved her keys and fled the area, and the woman left to report the incident to police. When she returned with police, her car had been stolen, Broussard said. Cont.

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Two US Marine Jets Collide Midair, Both Pilots Survive

Story out of San Diego, California: 

One pilot ejected from the aircraft while the other landed safely at a nearby air station, according to the Marine Corps Air Station based in Miramar, California. The two pilots are in stable condition, according to a statement from the Marine Corps.

Both aircraft, described as single-seat, F/A-18 Hornets, were on a training mission and are based at the Miramar station, just north of San Diego.

The pilot who ejected from the jet was rescued at 12:41 p.m., about 30 minutes after rescue teams received a distress signal, according to the Marine Corps. A search-and-rescue team from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson rescued the pilot. Cont.

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Woman With Assault Rifle Kills One, Injures 3, Shutting Down Polling Station In California

Story out of Azusa, California:

One person was killed, and three others were injured, Tuesday afternoon in when a shooting took place in a residential area in Azusa prompting the closures of two polling places and a lockdown at a middle school, authorities reported.

The shooting happened about 2 p.m. in the area of Memorial Park on West Fourth Street and Orange Avenue, the Azusa Police Department said.

Four people were struck by gunfire, and one person later died from injuries sustained in the shooting, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported.

Three of the victims were transported to area hospitals, including two who were airlifted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helicopter.

Amid the search for the shooter, multiple police and SWAT vehicles could be seen on the streets of the residential area, which appeared to be near a school

Two polling places in the area -- Memorial Park North Recreation Center and Dalton Elementary School -- were also impacted by the shooting, L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan tweeted.

A female voter said she estimates about 30 people remain inside the locked down polling location. Additionally, about 15-20 children were evacuated from a gym inside the recreation center where the voting station was located. Cont. (Video)

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Bicyclist Murders Man, Steals His Car During Road Rage Incident

Story out of Los Angeles, California:

Police are searching for a man involved in a road rage incident that they say escalated into a murder and then theft of the victim’s car.

The LAPD says a 37 year-old man and his wife were in their car going northbound on Sepulveda Boulevard when a man on a bike was riding southbound toward their car. When the driver honked at the bicyclist, the bicyclist punched the car’s front windshield. That’s when the driver got out of the car and a fight broke out. The bicyclist hit the driver and sent him to the ground.

The bicyclist then got into the car, but as he started to drive away, the 37 year-old man’s wife jumped out. Her husband, not knowing she had gotten out, grabbed the driver’s side door. As the bicyclist drove off, he rammed the driver’s side door against parked cars. The 37 year-old man later died from his injuries and the bicyclist got away in the car. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Man Stabs 3-Year-Old To Death In Unprovoked Attack

Story out of Los Angeles, California:

A man was arrested on suspicion of killing his coworker’s three-year-old daughter at work in downtown Los Angeles.

The girl had just been picked up from daycare to be with her mother when Ricardo Utuy, 34, stabbed her unprovoked, according to investigators.

Police said when they got there, the suspect had left after the stabbing. They searched for him for hours, but he turned himself in.

Utay is being held on $1 million bail. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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San Diego Church Tells Parishioners They'll Go To Hell If They Vote Democrat (Yes, That's Illegal)

Story out of San Diego, California:

Between requests for prayers for the sick and a notice for an upcoming chastity luncheon, a newsletter from a Catholic church in Old Town that doubles as an election-day polling site included a flier that told parishioners they’ll go to hell if they vote for Democrats.

Two Sundays later, the message had changed: Satan was working through former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Oct. 16 bulletin from the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church was stuffed with a flyer written in both English and Spanish that cited five legislative policies — support for abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia, human cloning, and embryonic stem cell research — that will doom a politician and their supporters to eternal damnation.

Lawyers who study churches and other nonprofit organizations said the statements violate regulations that prevent tax-exempt groups from speaking in support or against political candidates.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego on Wednesday said the messages in the flier and bulletin do not reflect Catholic teaching or diocese policies, are inappropriate, and that voters should use their conscience to determine which candidates to support. Cont.

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Watch Man Take Pickaxe To Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star

                  


Story out of Los Angeles, California:

Los Angeles police are investigating the vandalizing of Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Det. Meghan Aguilar says investigators were called to the scene before dawn Wednesday following reports that the u.s. presidential candidate's star was destroyed by blows from a pickaxe.

A man who identified himself as Jamie Otis says he's responsible for the damage. Otis tells Deadline Hollywood that he originally intended to remove Trump's star. He says he wanted to auction it off to raise funds for the 11 women accusing the presidential candidate of groping them. Trump has denied the groping allegations. Cont. (Video)

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Trump Hosts "Free" Charity Event For Boys And Girls Clubs Of Palm Beach County, Demands $20,000

Story out of Palm Beach, California:

A charity golf tournament scheduled for the day before Election Day at Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach course has turned sour, with the charity, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, saying the Trump people are charging unexpected fees that will cut into proceeds.

Trump International Golf Club, near Palm Beach International Airport, is on county land. As a condition of the original lease agreement since the facility opened in 1996, the golf club must make its links available at times for charity tournaments.

“This ‘free’ event is costing us $20,000 between golf and catering fees,” Mark Casale, vice president of philanthropy for the Boys and Girls Clubs, complained Tuesday in an email to County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay and Assistant County Administrator Todd Bonlarron. “What we had hoped for as far as a ‘net’ income for this event has been cut in half (if we are lucky).” Cont.

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13 Die In Horrific California Tour Bus Crash

Story out of Palm Springs, California:

A tour bus returning from a casino slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer on Sunday near Palm Springs, California, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, according to state police.

The bus driver was among those killed and the truck driver was injured, California Highway Patrol division Chief Jim Abele said at a press conference. Injuries range from minor to moderate, he said.

"The speed of the bus was so significant that when it hit the back of the big rig... the trailer itself entered about 15 feet into the bus," Abele added.

Survivors said most passengers were asleep, Abele said. The victims were found in their seats and he believes most of the dead were sitting in the front of the bus, Abele said. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Homeless Woman Found Walking Around With A Severed Head On A Stick

Story out of Sacramento, California:

It was a ghoulish sight, but this was no Halloween decoration – police in Sacramento, California launched a death investigation after spotting a woman walking down the sidewalk with a skull perched on a stick.

“There was a transient female walking down the 2900 block of Connie Drive. She actually had a skull in her possession," Sacramento police Sgt. Bryce Heinlein told KTXL.

Officers confronted the woman at an abandoned house on Connie Drive where their investigation began.

Police found the human remains at an abandoned homeless encampment a couple blocks away.

The coroner will determine the sex, ID and cause of death. Cont. (Video)

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Drunk Driver Plows Off Bridge Killing Four In Park

Story out of San Diego, California:

A pickup truck swerved off a bridge and plummeted about 60 feet crashing into a crowd below who had gathered at a San Diego park, authorities said.

Four people died and nine people were injured, including the pickup driver, in the Saturday accident.

The driver, who suffered major injuries, was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center for treatment and also placed under arrest for driving under the influence.

The gray GM pickup truck had been traveling northbound on Interstate 5, and was turning towards the Coronado Bridge when the driver lost control. Police did not have details on the vehicle's speed.

Down below, a crowd had gathered at Chicano Park for a motorcycling event called La Raza Run. Cont.

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Detective Working On Rape Case Against NBA Star Derrick Rose Commits Suicide

Story out of Whittier, California:

Whittier police said Wednesday they were investigating the death of a Los Angeles police detective at a Whittier home as a suicide.

Detectives said it appeared Nadine Hernandez, 44 died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. A loaded gun was found near her body.

There are no signs of foul play, police said. “Detectives did find information that would lead them to believe that this was a suicide and not a homicide,” said Whittier police Officer Hugo Figueroa.

Records show Hernandez worked on several high-profile cases, including the rape case filed against NBA star Derrick Rose and two of his friends. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Thee Men In Pickup Truck Target Sikh Man, Punching Him, Cutting His Hair Off In Hate Crime

Freudian slip, I wrote pickup Trump originally in the headline.

Story out of Richmond, California:

Maan Singh Khalsa was stopped at a red light in Richmond, Calif., when, authorities say, a group of white men in a pickup truck began to attack him, completely unprovoked.

One of the men threw a beer can at Khalsa’s car while cursing and yelling at him. At the next red light, Khalsa’s head was pulled out of the window of his car, his turban was forcibly removed and his long hair was cut off, authorities say.

The Sikh Coalition, a national civil rights organization, is urging California law enforcement officials to file hate crime charges in connection with the September attack that left Khalsa with several injuries. The group argues that Khalsa, an information technology specialist and part-time caregiver, was targeted because of his ethnicity and religion.

About 700,000 Sikhs live in the United States. Richmond, where Khalsa, a U.S. citizen, lives, is home to a large Sikh population.

Sikh Americans have been victims of hundreds of hate crimes, and racial and religious profiling over the past 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. Cont.

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"Okay, Go For It" - Cops Try To Run Over Black Suspect Before Shooting Him 14 Times

                  

Story out of Sacramento, California:

“F— this guy,” the officer says before aiming his police cruiser at the mentally ill homeless man that he and his partner had been sent out to confront. “I”m going to hit him.”

“Okay, go for it. Go for it,” his partner responds, his voice recorded on the Sacramento police cruiser’s dash cam.

Twice, the man dodges their accelerating cruiser. In the second attempt, he leaps into a median, barely avoiding the vehicle.

But Joseph Mann, 51, could not escape the volley of bullets that followed moments later.

Mann died in the street shortly after that July 11 shooting. Mann’s family has accused officers Randy Lozoya and John Tennis of escalating the situation and showing no regard for his life, even before they jumped out of the car, fired 18 bullets and shot Mann 14 times.

The family wants the officers charged with murder. They say the video, the audio of which was enhanced by the Sacramento Bee and published Friday, is damning.

The shooting happened as officers across the nation have been embroiled in a debate about whether they are too quick to use lethal force, especially against minorities. Police have killed 719 people so far this year, according to a Washington Post examination of fatal force. Like Mann, approximately 1 in 4 of those killed were reported to have some form of mental illness. Cont.

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The San Diego Union-Tribune Endorses Hillary Clinton, It's First Democrat In 148-Years

Sixteen months into his campaign, Donald Trump remains Donald Trump. Despite constant counsel from GOP advisors and insiders to adopt a decorous public persona, Trump continues to lash out at critics, to insist complex problems can be solved with little effort and to depict an America that’s been “ripped off by every single country in the world,” as he said in this week’s debate.

For millions of Americans upset with the status quo, it’s an entertaining show, and a convincing one.

But if Trump is elected president, he will no longer just be putting on a show. Upon inauguration on Jan. 20, he would be in charge of the executive branch of a global superpower and possess enormous authority, operating with no coherent worldview besides “I alone can fix it.” Military leaders have said Trump will face pushback if he orders them to do illegal things, such as torturing the families of terrorists, but in many crucial parts of the government, a President Trump will be able to people his administration with individuals whose jobs depend on keeping him happy. Imagine that. Imagine President Trump.

Based on what Trump has said, we could see an administration that’s friendlier to ruthless Russia — which is waging a cyberwar against America — than to such democracies and historic partners as Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Japan and Australia.

We could see an administration that reneges on its treaty commitments to dozens of nations, throwing the world into turmoil and increasing tensions in regions that historically have relied on the United States to be a stabilizing force.

Now consider President Hillary Clinton. We understand the lack of enthusiasm for her candidacy, the anger over her private email server, family foundation and income from Wall Street speeches, and the questions about how America fared in foreign affairs when she was secretary of state. But despite Trump’s insistence otherwise, she has the better temperament to be president — and the experience, background and relationships with world leaders that we need in a president.

This paper has not endorsed a Democrat for president in its 148-year history. But we endorse Clinton. She’s the safe choice for the U.S. and for the world, for Democrats and Republicans alike. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

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Child Diagnosed With Leprosy In California

Story out of Jurupa Valley, California:

A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat.

Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had initially been diagnosed by a local doctor with the condition known medically as Hansen's disease, Riverside County health officials said Thursday. But this week they received results from the National Hansen's Disease Laboratory Research Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and they showed that only one of the children had tested positive.

Emails were sent to parents at the elementary school, where classrooms had been sanitized since the initial diagnosis, emphasizing how hard it is to contract leprosy and that there is no danger to the child's classmates. Cont.

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