Tag: California

Man, Teen Jailed in Fatal Shooting at Clairemont Park in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—Two suspects were jailed April 6 in connection with a shooting that fatally wounded a man six weeks ago in a Clairemont-area park. Arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of taking part in the slaying of 22-year-old Caesar Lopez-Sandoval were Julian James Vargas, 19, and a 14-year-old boy whose name was withheld because he is…


Man Who Killed Ex’s Daughters in San Diego County Sentenced to Life in Prison

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend’s twin 15-year-old daughters in Lemon Grove was sentenced April 7 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Dwayne Edward Groves Jr., 41, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges for fatally shooting Caira Rachel Christopher and Leah Sylvania Christopher on April 15,…


Rash of Migrant Robberies, Assaults Reported to Border Patrol

SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) April 6 warned anyone considering sneaking across the U.S.-Mexico line about several recent armed robberies and assaults of migrants in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area. On March 24, five undocumented travelers detained by personnel with the federal agency in the remote region straddling San Diego County and Baja California…


Surfing and Snowboarding in One Day? How I Survived the ‘California Double’

By Ryan Fonseca From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—In what was far and away the most fun and most grueling reporting assignment of my career, I took on a challenge that’s possible in only a few places on Earth: surfing in the ocean and snowboarding in the mountains on the same day. It’s a good…


2 Separate Stabbings Reported at or Near Los Angeles Metro Stations

LOS ANGELES—Two people were stabbed April 6 at or near stations on the Los Angeles Metro Red Line, and the suspect or suspects were still at large Thursday evening. The first attack occurred at the Metro Hollywood/Western Station. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspect stabbed the victim and fled the scene at…


Man Pleads Guilty to Robbery-Killing of Rapper Pop Smoke

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter. The 20-year-old man, who was 17 when the killing occurred, also pleaded guilty in Inglewood juvenile court to home invasion robbery. He was sentenced to four years and…


Fentanyl Caused ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper Coolio’s Death

LOS ANGELES—“Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine last year, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported Thursday. The county agency also cited cardiomyopathy, a disease that makes it more difficult for the heart to pump blood to the body, as a “significant condition.” Investigators also…


Dire Warning Issued on Major City’s Economy: ‘Doom Loop’

The San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board issued a warning this week that office workers staying home to work rather than commuting to the city will spark a “doom loop” that will erode its tax base. “Experts say post-pandemic woes stemming from office workers staying home instead of commuting into the city could send San Francisco…


Few Details in San Francisco Stabbing Death of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

SAN FRANCISCO—Details of how tech executive Bob Lee came to be fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday were scarce as friends and family continued to mourn the man they called brilliant and kind. San Francisco police found Lee, 43, on the sidewalk in front of a condominium building with stab wounds shortly after…


Man Kills Hostage at California Park After Wounding Officer

ROSEVILLE, Calif.—A man fleeing police in Northern California took two hostages at a public park, killing one of them before surrendering, after earlier wounding a California Highway Patrol officer, authorities said. It happened Thursday in Roseville, a city of about 150,000 northeast of Sacramento, in the early afternoon as families played at nearby baseball fields…