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At Least 14 Dead in California Active Shooting Incident

Authorities seeking suspect or suspects

(Newser) - Authorities in San Bernardino, California, are responding to an active shooting situation Wednesday, the AP reports. Details are developing, but the San Bernardino police chief said during a press conference streamed on KTLA that up to 3 people entered the Inland Regional Center and opened fire on people inside, and...

Police Helicopter Sniper Hits Suspect Fleeing by Car

He is dead, and subsequent crash injures 3 people

(Newser) - A driver who led authorities on a 100-mph freeway chase was struck by gunfire from a San Bernardino County sheriff's helicopter before dying. The shooting was the seventh from a sheriff's helicopter since the mid-1980s, when deputies began receiving regular training in using weapons from the air, spokeswoman...

Nestle Permit to Bottle Water in California Expired in 1988

Desert Sun newspaper investigation finds little state oversight

(Newser) - The water shortage in California has people cutting down on shower times and keeping usage to a minimum—which has led activists to rail against Nestle Waters, accused of profiting off its water-bottling operations at the expense of the environment, Newsweek reports. Backing up these claims is an investigation by...

Police Beating Victim: I Was Tasered While Cuffed

ACLU says federal probe of county cops overdue

(Newser) - The alleged horse thief whose beating by multiple San Bernardino sheriff's deputies was captured on video says it all happened while he was handcuffed and unable to protect himself. Francis Pusok, who was shown on the video being punched and kicked dozens of times after deputies captured him at...

10 Deputies on Leave After Videotaped Beating

San Bernardino sheriff says investigation is continuing

(Newser) - San Bernardino County is down 10 sheriff's deputies today, all of them placed on paid leave after a TV news helicopter filmed them beating a prone suspect offering no resistance, reports the Los Angeles Times . Sheriff John McMahon did not release their names, citing threats to the department after...

'Disturbing' Video Shows Deputies Pummeling Man

Internal investigation launched in San Bernardino, Calif.

(Newser) - The pursuit of a fleeing suspect ended with what a California sheriff calls a "disturbing" video of the man lying on the ground and seemingly being beaten by multiple San Bernardino sheriff's deputies, NBC Los Angeles reports. The video, taken from an NBC News helicopter, starts with the...

Charges Possible After 'Missing' Student Turns Up

There may also be restitution demanded for Sahray Barber's $30K-plus search

(Newser) - Sahray Barber, a California art student who turned up 10 days after she went missing , issued a statement through the San Bernardino Police Department begging forgiveness from her family and "the amazing men, women, dogs, and horses" who searched for her, calling her disappearance "incredibly dumb." But...

Woman Vanishes Across the Street From Cal State

Disappearance follows string of campus attacks

(Newser) - Police on horseback and dirt bikes are searching remote areas for a woman whose disappearance followed a series of violent attacks at Cal State San Bernardino. Sahray Astina Barber, a 22-year-old who studies and works at the Art Institute of California-Inland Empire, lives across the street from the university and...

Couple's 911 Call During Dorner Capture Released

Call made while still tied up in Big Bear condo

(Newser) - Audio of the 911 call made by a couple while tied up and held captive by former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner during his rampage across Southern California has been released by San Bernardino County. You can listen to the full audio at KPCC . Karen and Jim Reynolds came to check...

LAPD Gets 700 Tips in Manhunt; Fugitive Cop Charged

Dorner could face death penalty in officer's death

(Newser) - Murder charges were filed against fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner today that could make him eligible for the death penalty, the LA Times reports. The Riverside County DA charged Dorner with murder in the killing of Riverside officer Michael Crain, and tacked on three counts of attempted murder for allegedly wounding...

Fake Budgets Drive San Bernardino Bankrupt

It's the latest in a string of three California cities to go under

(Newser) - California's cities are dropping like flies : San Bernardino's city council voted to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy last night, making it the third California city to do so in as many weeks, the AP reports. With a population of about 210,000, it'll be the second-largest US city...

TV Priest Bares Affair With Cuz

'Word in the World's' Michael Manning 'fesses up

(Newser) - A popular priest who leads a worldwide TV ministry is taking a leave from his California diocesan duties after revealing an affair with a second cousin. Michael Manning 'fessed up after a local newspaper received a series of intimate notes between Manning and his former lover, a schools superintendent from...

Wildfire Suspect Charged in Heart Attack 'Murders'

Unusual case links arson to deaths

(Newser) - California officials have taken the unusual step of charging a wildfire arson suspect with murder in the death of 5 people who suffered heart attacks escaping the flames. Prosecutors intend to prove the stress of the fire caused the deaths in the massive 2003 San Bernardino blaze. The groundbreaking case...

Schwarzenegger Wants ACORN Investigation

Activist sting catches woman boasting of shooting husband

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger today urged California AG Jerry Brown to launch an investigation of ACORN, the Los Angeles Times reports. The governor acted after a video sting operation that's targeted ACORN offices around the country hit the group’s San Bernardino office. In the video released Tuesday, as in previous videos...

California Steaming: Heat Wave Goes On

Triple-digit temperatures blamed for death of 77-year-old

(Newser) - Southern California is sweltering in a record-breaking heat wave that has killed at least one person, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 77-year-old woman died after wandering out of her car in 116-degree heat, and her husband is in critical condition. Forecasters warn the exceptionally high heat will continue through...

Illegal Immigrants Flee LA
Illegal Immigrants Flee LA
Mar 30, 2007 8:50 AM CDT

Illegal Immigrants Flee LA

Republican suburbs hold allure for illegals, but no hospitalilty

(Newser) - Illegal immigrants are draining out of the Hispanic neighborhoods of LA and into  Republican suburbs like San Bernadino, which hold the allure of jobs, but little hospitality.  In a detailed study of the demographic shift, the Economist calls them  them the "canaries in the economic coal mine, sensitive...

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