Tag Archives : California
Godzilla-like lizard scares condo residents
In Riverside California, animal services officers often get calls reporting “huge,” monstrous reptiles, only to arrive and find an itty-bitty garden snake. The 5-foot Monitor lizard wandering around a condo complex in the city of Riverside was way bigger than animal control officer Jenny [...]
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Diners can ‘have a ball’ at testicle festival
OAKDALE, Calif. – The fundraising idea may seem a little nuts, but Oakdale’s annual Testicle Festival is always a big hit. On Monday, volunteers with the town’s Rotary Club plan to fry up 400 pounds of the private parts of bulls and serve them to diners who pay $50 apiece for the sit-down [...]
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Man accused of driving stolen SUV to court
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. – Police have charged a man with stealing a Lexus SUV he drove to court the day a jury was to decide whether to convict him in a separate auto theft case.
The man, a 37-year-old San Francisco hairstylist, was arraigned Monday on charges of receiving a stolen vehicle and receiving [...]
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California woman allegedly abducts dog over barking
HEMET, Calif. – An officer at a San Diego County correctional facility who had complained about the barking of her neighbor’s dog was arrested after being accused of stealing the animal and abandoning it some 15 miles away.
Diane M. Brown, 42, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of [...]
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Modesto man tries to amputate own arm
Police say a man tried to cut off his own arm at a restaurant in Modesto, Calif., because he thought he had injected air into a vein while shooting cocaine and feared he would die unless he took drastic action.
Authorities say 33-year-old Michael Lasiter rushed into the Denny’s restaurant late [...]
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Cupcake makers at war over dot-in-circle trademark
Sprinkles Cupcakes, a California purveyor of mini-cakes beloved by Hollywood stars, has accused rival Famous Cupcakes of stealing its trademarked “Modern Dot” cupcake design to lure away clientele.
Sprinkles high-end pastries have made the rounds of U.S. media, from “The Oprah Winfrey [...]
Filed in: Business & Economy
Pot candy factory owner surrenders
The founder of an Oakland food factory that laces everything from cookies to barbecue sauce with marijuana surrendered Thursday to face a federal drug charge.
Michael Martin, 33, was freed on $300,000 bond on the charge of conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
Federal drug agents last week [...]
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Drug Dealer calls cops after pot stash stolen
A marijuana dealer telephoned police after armed thieves stole his quarter-pound stash of pot. The 19-year-old Felton man told police that two men, one of them armed with a handgun, robbed him at gunpoint as he sat in his car on Tuesday night.
“It was unique to have people who were dealing drugs [...]
Filed in: Health & Wellness
Airline tells woman her outfit won’t fly
A 23-year-old woman who boarded a Southwest Airlines plane in a short skirt for a flight to Arizona says she was led off the plane for wearing an outfit that was considered too skimpy.
Kyla Ebbert said a Southwest employee asked her to leave her seat while the plane was preparing to leave San Diego’s [...]
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Rogue seal menacing man, beast in California
Nibbles the elephant seal is defying his tame nickname by killing smaller seals, menacing a kayaker and chomping on a surfer and a dog on the northern California coast.
The 2,000-pound lone male is seen frequently at the Russian River outlet to the Pacific, and local marine recreational outlets are warning [...]
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Superman’s costume matches Oz guard’s at auction
A costume worn by actor Christopher Reeve in his first “Superman” film has sold for $115,000 (58,000 pounds) at auction, the same price a “Winkie” costume from the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” fetched.
The Hollywood memorabilia firm Profiles in History said it had [...]
VA patient has wrong testicle removed
An Air Force veteran has filed a federal claim after an operation at a Veterans Administration hospital in which a healthy testicle was removed instead of a potentially cancerous one.
Benjamin Houghton, 47, was to have had his left testicle removed June 14 at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center because [...]
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Officials buy horns to counter coyotes
City officials have purchased 1,000 hand-held boat horns to help residents scare off coyotes. Code compliance manager Dirk Voss said this week he bought the horns early last month after residents complained that coyotes were killing their pets.
“The taxpayers don’t want us to say, ‘It’s [...]
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Yes, spitting in the face is crime, court rules
A man who intentionally spat at another can be charged with criminal assault, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Lewellyn was sentenced to two years probation and 50 hours of community service after he spat in 2004 at a patient who swore at him on the grounds of a Veterans Administration [...]
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Stolen diamond shows up in prison shower
A $25,000 diamond was found stuck in a shower drain at the prison housing the man accused of stealing it two years ago. Bret Allen Langford, 39, allegedly asked the owner of a Jewelry Express store to show him a 2-carat colorless diamond in April 2005. Langford then grabbed the diamond and sped away, [...]
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