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State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of cancer-causing radiation at a popular spot for hikers and dog walkers in the Bay Area, according to a new report. Over the summer, the city of Albany hired hazardous waste specialists with Cabrera Services Inc. to survey for the presence of radioactive waste at the Albany Bulb, a former municipal landfill for construction debris that now features scenic hiking trails and a sprawling collection of outdoor art. State regulators ordered the investigation after discovering a 1980 archival document that suggested a former Richmond chemical plant dumped 11,000 tons of waste at the former Albany and Berkeley landfill from 1960 to 1971. The document indicated the waste may have included alum mud — a potentially radioactive sludge and byproduct of aluminum processing. After surveying the city-owned portion of the peninsula, Cabrera Services found 10 areas with elevated levels of gamma radiation — powerful electromagnetic energy that can penetrate human tissue and damage cells. Cabrera technicians are recommending that Albany conduct soil sampling in three places, where it determined alum mud or a radioactive object may be buried. Nearly

When Shiori Ito alleged at a 2017 news conference that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent TV journalist and friend of Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had two years earlier drugged and raped her in a Tokyo Sheraton hotel, she hoped the revelation would spark media interest in her case. But instead, the young journalist was subjected to online trolling and so many threats that she vacated her apartment, eventually retreating to London. There, in the company of Hanna Aqvilin, a Swedish producer-director she’d met only via Skype, Ito’s determination resurfaced. “I started feeling like maybe I needed to do something, my own investigation as a journalist but also as a survivor,” she says while sitting in a cushioned alcove at the Four Seasons Hotel. “People in London said, ‘I want to make your documentary.’ And I didn’t want them to. I wanted to tell my own story.’” She wrote a memoir about the trauma, which some credit with starting Japan’s #MeToo movement, and worked on her documentary, pursuing legal cases against Yamaguchi for much of that intervening period. In “Black Box Diaries,” Ito uses everything she

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A 9-year-old boy was shot to death in front of his grandfather’s Compton home and authorities planned to release details Monday. The Medical Examiner’s office reported that Princeton Jones died at a private residence Saturday. News agencies reported he was shot just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Haskins Avenue near Visalia Avenue. Jones’ mother, Creole Green, told ABC7 that he had autism. “My goal … was to give him the proper teachings and all the things that he needed in order to navigate this world independently one day,” she told the TV station. “I’m just devastated that my son’s life … the door was shut in front of him at 9 years old.” Sheriff’s officials have not released information about the shooting, nor whether there were any arrests. Detectives planned to release details on Monday, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

A male motorcyclist was killed Sunday in a collision with a vehicle in Riverside. The crash occurred at 5:09 p.m. Sunday in the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Myers Street, in the Arlington area, according to Riverside police Sgt. Emilio Angulo. Arriving officers and firefighters found the motorcyclist suffering from severe injuries, Angulo said. “The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital and later succumbed to his injuries.” His identity was not immediately released. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash remained at the scene and was cooperating with the investigation, Angulo said. It was not known whether drugs or alcohol were contributing factors in the crash, he said. Anyone with information was urged to contact Traffic Detective Jeff Derouin at 951-826-8722 or Jderouin@riversideca.gov.

Two officers with the Santa Ana Police Department shot and killed a man who was believed to be holding a loaded rifle on Sunday evening, officials say. However, police confirmed the rifle was later identified to be a fake. According to the department, officers received calls around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday about a man armed with a rifle and loading it in the area of Broadway and 2nd Street. Then at 6:22 p.m., SAPD issued a notice on X, formerly Twitter, alerting the public to stay clear of police activity in the same area. Police say two officers came close to the suspect and shot him. After the shooting took place, officials say the man was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The department identified the suspect as a man in his early 30s, but did not immediately provide a name or known place of residence. The rifle was then taken in by police, who later identified it to be a fake. Bullet holes are seen in the wall behind officials investigating where a Santa Ana Police officer fatally shot a man