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A vigil was held Friday night marking one year after a deadly mass shooting took place at Cook’s Corner bar in Trabuco Canyon. Three people were killed and six others were wounded when retired Ventura Police Sgt. John Snowling opened fire inside and outside the bar on Aug. 23, 2023. Snowling, who authorities said went to the bar to target his estranged wife, died in a gunbattle with Orange County sheriff’s deputies. His wife was wounded but survived. Body cam footage released by the Sheriff’s Department showed the moments leading up to the deadly shootout with Snowling, including emergency dispatch audio from 911 calls reporting the sounds of gunshots and the chaos of people fleeing the bar. Security camera footage captured Snowling opening fire on a crowd of unsuspecting people, running after them and firing from two pistols he carried simultaneously. Following the shooting, a memorial to the victims, 53-year-old Glen Sprowl of Stanton, 49-year-old Tonya Clark of Scottsdale and 67-year-old John Leehee of Irvine, sat outside the bar. Former Ventura police Sgt. John Snowling is seen at the Pacific View Mall. (Getty Images) A
The Giants announced on Friday afternoon that they have signed catcher Andrew Knapp, who played three games with the team in 2022, to a one-year, major-league contract. Additionally, San Francisco has signed utility man Cavan Biggio to a minor-league deal, according to multiple reports. Catcher Jakson Reetz was designated for assignment in a corresponding move, leaving Knapp and Curt Casali as the Giants’ catching tandem at the moment. Knapp is slated to bat ninth and serve as rookie Hayden Birdsong’s catcher as they begin a three-game set with the Mariners in Seattle. Earlier this week, the Giants placed a struggling Patrick Bailey on the injured list with a right oblique strain. Prior to landing on the injured list, Bailey had a slash line of .115/.157/.135 over 27 games in the second half. Bailey will begin baseball activities this weekend in Seattle. Knapp, 32, has not appeared in the majors since his brief time in San Francisco in 2022. Prior to re-joining the Giants, Knapp spent time with the Triple-A affiliates of the Astros (2023), Tigers (2023) and Rangers (2024). Drafted in the second round of
By DANIEL NIEMANN and GEIR MOULSON SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown attacker having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said the perpetrator was on the run, and they had only very little information on the man so far. They said they believe the stabbings were carried out by a lone attacker. One of the festival organizers, Philipp Müller, appeared on stage and asked festivalgoers to “go calmly; please keep your eyes open, because unfortunately the perpetrator hasn’t been caught.” He said many people had been wounded by “a knifeman.” At least one helicopter was seen in the air, while many police and emergency vehicles with flashing blue lights were on the road and several streets were closed off. Police put the number of seriously injured at five. The region’s top security official, Herbert Reul, gave a figure of six as
A family has filed a lawsuit against a hospital in the Sacramento area, claiming that the medical center failed to tell them about a family member’s death for over a year. Jessie Peterson, 31, went to Mercy San Juan Medical Center in the community of Carmichael on April 6, 2023, for a diabetic emergency. The lawsuit filed at the Sacramento Superior Court claims that the hospital told the family that Peterson left the medical center two days later against medical advice. The family spent the next year searching for her, posting missing person flyers and filing missing person reports with local and state law enforcement. Loved ones desperately searching for missing Southern California father In April of 2024, the family learned from the East Lawn mortuary that Peterson’s body was in a storage facility administered by Mercy San Juan, the lawsuit said. “It’s been a tough road, first learning that she was gone. Then, you know, meeting with people at East Lawn and learning that none of her tattoos could be identified on her body because her body was so discolored and so decayed, was
With flu season approaching, the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department is weighing in on whats expected this year and what the effectiveness of the flu shot is looking like. A public health spokesperson says it is too early to tell what flu cases may look like this year, but many people in the community are hoping to avoid the virus all together. I desperately do not want to get the flu at my age because Ive been really sick in bed for two weeks from not having the shot and having had the flu, said Richard Pride, who is visiting Morro Bay. Health officials suggest October as an ideal time to get the vaccine, adding that it usually takes about two weeks for protection to set in. Rich Buquet of Morro Bay says he prefers a combined shot. Ive always got my flu shot in the fall when it comes out but now I wait til the covid shots come out and I go and they give me both at the same time, Buquet said. For Mike Munger of Avila Beach, he takes
The First Lady and her family made a surprise visit to Los Olivos Friday. There were some chaotic moments in the unusually quiet community as the Bidens hit the town. My husband and I came today just hoping that we would see her. We literally pulled up five minutes before she came out of the shop across the street, said Melissa Burke of Santa Barbara. Dr. Jill Biden visited Los Olivos for a little shopping, accompanied by her son, Hunter Biden, and family, along with more than 10 secret service agents and local law enforcement. Bidens surprise visit drew a small crowd and was warmly received. She was super receptive to the audience and waved and acknowledged everybody here that was wanting to see her, said Traci Meissner, who was shopping at Carhartt Family Winery. Barista Cynthia Sixto says Hunter Biden stopped into Lettys Coffee Co. It was pretty cool. He came in with his family and he ordered lemonade and matcha and iced vanilla lattes and he came into Lefty’s!, Sixto told KSBY. During the family visit, the group stopped at several stores including
An allegedly armed suspect eluded law enforcement Friday on freeways and surface streets in the South Bay area before police terminated the pursuit for safety reasons. Although details leading up to the chase and where it began were limited, ABC7 reported that the pursuit at one point was on the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway, with multiple Los Angeles Police Department units trailing the vehicle. After exiting the 110 Freeway in Carson, the suspect drove in a circular pattern on local streets before briefly traveling on the Artesia (91) Freeway and exiting at Central Avenue. The suspect then continued on surface streets near East Victoria Street and Cedarbluff Way, traveling at a moderate speed. According to police, officers terminated the ground pursuit around 6:05 p.m. as a safety precaution. No additional information was available.
A 32-year-old man who was accused of tagging a Burbank synagogue and various businesses in Burbank and Glendale with antisemitic graffiti pleaded no contest to a pair of felonies Friday. Klinton Allister Dion pleaded no contest to vandalism of a place of worship and vandalizing private property. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Darrell Mavis immediately sentenced Dion to two years and eight months in prison, but Dion was given credit for 510 days for time already served and good time/work time credit. Ten other charges were dismissed as part of the plea deal. A restitution hearing was scheduled for Oct. 9. Dion could have faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted as originally charged, prosecutors said when the case was filed last year. Burbank police said Dion sprayed antisemitic graffiti at Temple Emanu El in the 1300 block of North Glenoaks Boulevard, and in the subterranean garage of an apartment complex in the 400 block of East Cypress Avenue, and to a nearby Burbank utility box. Police said the graffiti consisted of swastikas, an iron cross and the “SS” Nazi symbol.
A Utah-based developer wants to build 910 apartments and townhomes as part of a mixed-use project on 67 acres now occupied by a Moon Valley plant and tree nursery along Oceanside Boulevard, an area the city has designated a “smart growth” corridor. The site is beside Oceanside’s sprawling El Corazon Park, where the new Frontwave Arena opens in September, and close to other new or proposed high-density residential developments along the Sprinter rail line. Lehi Property Development of Salt Lake City and its local representative, Dan Niebaum of the Lightfoot Planning Group in Carlsbad, filed a preliminary application for a meeting Wednesday with Oceanside planning officials. “This development is strategically positioned between two transit stations and directly across from El Corazon, making it an ideal candidate for sustainable infill development rather than contributing to urban sprawl,” said Lehi manager Kristine Tanner in an email Friday. Courtesy city of OceansideAn architectural rendering of a 7-story apartment building proposed for the city of a plant nursery on Oceanside Boulevard. She said 15 percent of homes would be reserved as affordable housing for lower-income families, veterans and seniors, and that
Surfer magazine, which for six decades served as the sacred scripture documenting surf culture until it folded in 2020, is making a comeback. Hailed as “the bible of surfing,” the revered publication hit newsstands Friday in a special print issue with a throughline theme of: “What is surfing today?” The magazine’s new editor in chief, Jake Howard, said there isn’t a single answer to that question. Howard, 48, who was born in San Diego and previously served as an editor at Surfer, said the decision to revive the magazine and explore that question comes at a pivotal moment in surfing. Riding waves has become more accessible beyond the coastlines with the proliferation of wave pools from Waco, Texas, to Switzerland. And coming off the Paris Olympics, professional surfing is on a global stage like never before. In turn, more people from a broader demographic of ages, races and genders are surfing than ever before. “Surfing today is different, and I think that changes our audience in a really positive and exciting way,” Howard said. “There’s more diversity in it … and more people doing interesting
A Point Loma man accused of shooting three people this week, killing his sister and nephew and wounding his 85-year-old mother, was the subject of two police calls in the days leading up to the violence. William Bushey, 60, pleaded not guilty Friday in San Diego Superior Court to two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder stemming from Wednesday’s shooting. Court documents identified the homicide victims as Laurie Robinson and Brett Robinson — his sister and nephew, according to a family friend. Police said this week that the suspect lived with his mother, identified by prosecutors as June Bushey, at the home on Zola Street near Poinsettia Drive, about a block from Point Loma High School. Police said Friday that officers had responded to the home twice since mid-August for family disturbances involving the suspect. Family members called police Aug. 16 and 19 reporting that Bushey was verbally aggressive, yelling and cussing, said police Capt. Matt Dobbs, who heads the department’s Western Division. Bushey at one point told police that he was upset with his living arrangements, Dobbs said. “Family members were
8/23: CBS Morning News 8/23: CBS Morning News 20:50 Two Arizona women were killed when gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in the northern Mexican state of Sonora Friday morning, Mexican authorities said. The victims, ages 72 and 82 and originally from the Sonora city of Caborca, were found dead in an overturned, bullet-ridden white Nissan Pathfinder at about 10:30 a.m. on the Sonoyta-Caborca highway, the Sonora attorney general’s office said in a news release. Mexican authorities found an F-150 truck believed to be connected to the killing of two Arizona women in the Mexican state of Sonora on Aug. 23. Weapons and ammunition were found inside the vehicle, the authorities said. Sonora attorney general’s office Mexican authorities conducted a search and located a vehicle believed to be linked to the suspects and described as a stolen Ford F150; it was found abandoned in the Sonora town of Quitovac. In the vehicle, the authorities found four firearms, dozens of cartridges of ammunition and bulletproof vests, the attorney general’s office said. Officials did not immediately provide a motive for the attack, although Sonora has seen several
Dave Roberts has had dozens, if not hundreds of conversations like the one he had with Jason Heyward on Wednesday night, when the Dodgers manager has to inform a player there is no longer room on the roster and he’s being designated for assignment. But this one cut much deeper because it was with one of the most respected and well-liked players on the team, the best friend of first baseman Freddie Freeman and the winner of the 2023 Roy Campanella Award, which is given annually to the Dodgers player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the Hall-of-Fame catcher. “It was very challenging, probably one of the tougher things I’ve had to do,” Roberts said before Friday night’s series opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. “What Jason did for the Dodgers in a year and a half was pretty remarkable, on the field, in the clubhouse, in the community, and his fingerprint will be everlasting. “It was a very difficult decision, but we had a roster crunch. Guys finally came back to health, and we only have so much room.” The decision was
The driver of a sport utility vehicle authorities say was carrying more than 80 pounds of cocaine may have gotten away with it if it weren’t for that meddling dog. Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the SUV was traveling on the 15 Freeway through Temecula when it was stopped by agents with the San Diego sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. During a subsequent sniff test of the vehicle, a dog alerted agents of the possible presence of drugs. Authorities said a follow-up search uncovered a series of cellophane-wrapped packages stashed inside a false dashboard. Agents arrested the driver and an accompanying passenger, and impounded the SUV for further inspection. In all, authorities said they found 31 bundles in the false dashboard, containing a total of 81 pounds of cocaine. San Diego sector Border Patrol agents have seized 2,437 pounds of cocaine since the beginning of the fiscal year, according to the department. The sector has also seized 3,627 pounds of methamphetamine, 31 pounds of heroin and 475 pounds of fentanyl. That includes 3.65 combined pounds of fentanyl and heroin found from Aug. 11 to
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A family is fighting to stop the possible release of a Riverside man who was sentenced to prison for molesting and kidnapping a 5-year-old girl. Charles William Mix, 69, was sentenced to 350 years in prison for the 2003 kidnapping. The victim, who is now 27 years old, still isn’t ready to speak on the incident, but her sister, Claira Stansbury, said the events changed her family’s life forever. “She has to deal with this for the rest of her life and she has to learn to cope with what happened to her for the rest of her life,” Stansbury said. On the morning of June 2, 2003, the girl’s father reported to Riverside Police that his roommate, Mix, had kidnapped his daughter, prompting an AMBER Alert. Mix and the girl’s father were friends and had been living together in Riverside at the time. The next day, the pair was located hundreds of miles away in Richfield, Utah after a passerby reported seeing him and the girl. Mix had transported the girl across state lines in a stolen vehicle. During the investigation, authorities discovered sexually
SAN MATEO — A 35-year-old San Mateo man has been arrested on suspicion of forcing a woman to work as a caregiver without pay and threatening to kill her, police said. Employees at an area hospital called authorities around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday after the victim reported she was being trafficked and threatened, according to the San Mateo Police Department. The victim told police she came to the United States from China to work as a caregiver for the small child of a family. The suspect took her passport after she arrived, police said. Over the course of several months, the victim was verbally abused, denied personal liberties and did not receive payment for her services, according to police. The suspect, on one occasion, held a knife to the victim’s throat and threatened to kill her, police said. The suspect was arrested and booked into San Mateo County jail on charges of human trafficking, criminal threats and brandishing a weapon, according to police. The victim, meanwhile, was given a safe place to stay and other support services, police said.
PITTSBURG — A cybersecurity attack last weekend disrupted a portion of this city’s computer system, making it difficult for the public to access City Council agendas. The security breach was detected on Aug. 18, prompting the city to seek help from external cybersecurity specialists. “We took the whole system down as soon as our internal software triggered an alert,” Pittsburg City manager Garrett Evans said Friday. He said various tests were conducted to ensure there were no blatant breaches on the system, and the work with cybersecurity specialists is ongoing. The cyber attack hindered access to the Pittsburg City Council agenda and minutes page, which members of the public can view past and upcoming agendas and staff reports, through an an external platform called Onbase Web. As a result, the city was unable to broadcast Monday’s council meeting live. This news organization contacted Evans on Tuesday about the lack of access to the council agenda and video webpage, but was told there was a “heavy system upgrade” underway. Evans said he expected the system to be back to normal on Wednesday. In a press release on Friday
Bay Area Home Report 369 West Virginia Street – Google Street View A historic house located in the 300 block of Virginia Street in San Jose has new owners. The 1,559-square-foot property, built in 1910, was sold on July 26, 2024, for $1,450,000, or $930 per square foot. This single-story house offers a roomy layout with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 6,072 square feet. Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby: A 1,902-square-foot home on the 700 block of Delmas Avenue in San Jose sold in July 2024, for $1,217,000, a price per square foot of $640. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. In March 2024, a 1,159-square-foot home on Jerome Street in San Jose sold for $1,300,000, a price per square foot of $1,122. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. On Minor Avenue, San Jose, in July 2024, a 1,046-square-foot home was sold for $630,000, a price per square foot of $602. The home has 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom. This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot
Wide receiver Brandon AIyuk walked into a football stadium today — with his still-teammates on the 49ers. Unlike the 49ers’ preseason opener two weeks ago in Tennessee, Aiyuk made this trip to attend the preseason finale against the host Las Vegas Raiders. Aiyuk will not suit up in what could have been his first time in a 49ers uniform since they lost the Super Bowl on that same Allegiant Stadium field Feb. 11 against the Kansas City Chiefs. Aiyuk walked into the locker room with fellow wide receiver Deebo Samuel upon the 49ers’ arrival roughly two hours before kickoff, as first reported by Tracy Sandler of Fangirl Sports Network. During pregame, Aiyuk remained in his all-black, non-workout clothes and mingled with Raiders coach Antonio Pierce on the sideline, according to CBS-5 San Francisco’s Vern Glenn. Aiyuk also chatted with 49ers’ team chaplain Earl Smith, then Aiyuk joined Samuel in saying hello to Raiders receiver Devante Adams, and eventually Aiyuk took selfies with fans who had sideline passes, NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan reported. After requesting a trade a month ago
