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East and west coast cops partner to nab scam artist

The NYPD and California’s Seal Beach Police Department are partnering in a search for a man suspected of scamming an elderly woman out of $30,000.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged california, canada, crime, elderly scam, fraud, New York, NYC, NYPD, quebec, scam, seal beach, southern california | Reply
Police say this is the man who used a fake Canadian driver's license to retrieve the packages containing $30,000.

Man suspected of scamming grandmother out of $30,000

Police provided these surveillance photos of the man they suspect tricked an elderly widow into sending $30,000 in cash from California to New York.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged california, crime, elderly scam, fraud, NYPD, scams, seal beach police department | Reply
Vehicles drive on San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in Foster City, California May 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Bride, friends who died in California limo fire identified

A bride and four friends who died over the weekend trapped inside a burning limousine on a bridge over San Francisco Bay were formally identified by a coroner.

Posted in National, News
Tagged bride, california, limo, national
Vehicles drive on San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in Foster City, California May 5, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

Investigators seek cause of deadly California limo fire

Investigators sought to determine on Monday what caused a stretch limousine to erupt into flames as it crossed a bridge over the San Francisco Bay

Posted in National, News
Tagged california, fire, limo, national
A view of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.
Credit: Getty Images

Investigators seek cause of deadly bachelorette party limo fire

Investigators on Monday were seeking the cause of a fire that engulfed a stretch limousine, killing five passengers and injuring four other people, as the vehicle was traveling across a bridge in the San Francisco area over the weekend.

Posted in National
Tagged bachelorette party, bride, california, deaths, fire, limo, Limousine, San Francisco, San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
A lifeguard tower stands on the beach at Point Mugu State Park as the Springs Fire burns on the nearby hillside
Credit: Reuters

Southern California wildfire 30 percent contained

A fierce wildfire threatening 4,000 homes northwest of Los Angeles was about 30 percent contained on Saturday as higher humidity and cooler temperatures helped firefighters, fire department spokesmen said.

Posted in National, News
Tagged california, wildfire | Reply
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33 students suspended for ‘twerking’ video

Long gone are the days of the Macarena or even the Dougie. Teenagers today are “twerking.”

Posted in National, News
Tagged california, teenagers, twerk, twerking | Reply
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Disneyland for dads (no princesses allowed)

In the land of Disney, princess always reigned supreme. However, though Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and those [...]

Posted in Travel
Tagged california, Disneyland, travel | Reply
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California police search for suspect in fatal stabbing of 8-year-old girl

Authorities were searching on Sunday for a man suspected of stabbing an 8-year-old girl to death at a home in a northern California suburb, officials said.

Posted in National
Tagged 8-year-old girl, california, fatal stabbing, Leila Fowler, suspect
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Two California men get prison terms in pro poker ‘sextortion’ scheme

Two California men who pleaded guilty to hacking into the email account of a professional poker player and trying to extort him with naked pictures found there have been sentenced to prison terms, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

Posted in National, News
Tagged california, extortion, hacking, Joe Sebok, Keith James Hudson, naked pictures, poker, pro-poker, Tyler Schrier
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