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3 dead, 2 injured in shooting at house party in California
Officers responded to a report of gunshots on early Sunday morning in Downey, a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by KABC-TV. The officers found four men and a woman had been shot, the report said. Three men were pronounced dead at the scene, it said, adding that the injured were transported to a hospital. The circumstances that prompted the shooting were unknown, but authorities described it as an "isolated incident," said the report.
California Governor tests Covid positive
Taking to Twitter late Saturday, Newsom said: "I tested positive for Covid-19 and am currently experiencing mild symptoms. Grateful to be vaccinated & for treatments like Paxlovid. "I'm following health guidelines and will be isolating while I work remotely." He has been vaccinated and has received two booster shots, including as recently as May 18, Xinhua news agency quoted the Newsom's office as saying.
6 dead, 9 wounded in California shooting
"Officers located at least 15 shooting victims, including six who are deceased," the Police Department tweeted. Gun violence has been on the rise across the United States in the past few years, a trend fueled by a confluence of factors, from the economic and social disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to the unrest during the 2020 elections, as well as a surge in gun sales.
1 dead, 1 injured after police helicopter crashes in California
The helicopter crash-landed in the Newport Beach area in Orange County at around 6.30 p.m. local time (0230 GMT Sunday), according to the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD). A witness at the scene told KABC-TV, the West Coast flagship station of the ABC television network, that people saw the helicopter spinning and descending rapidly into the water, Xinhua news agency reported.
California Guv announces new package of gun safety legislation
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a new package of meaningful gun safety legislation, which includes residents to sue the gun industry for the harm their products cause when state laws are not followed. Newsom shared his plans on gun safety measures in San Diego County on FRriday alongside California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and legislators and local officials, reports Xinhua news agency.
1 dead, 4 injured during shooting on bus in California
Addressing reporters on Thursday, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said that the suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Asaahdi Elijah Coleman from Sacramento, reports Xinhua news agency. He noted "this was a horrible tragedy". According to the Butte County Sheriff's Office, police received 911 calls at approximately 7.35 p.m. on Wednesday indicating that a shooting was taking place inside the Greyhound bus outside a store in Oroville, which is located north of Sacramento, the state capital.
San Francisco marks whopping 567% spike in anti-Asian hate crimes
Mayor London Breed expressed despair over the astonishing surge and suspected the actual numbers are much higher because people are reluctant to report such incidents to the police, reports Xinhua news agency.
'Smash-and-grab' robberies hit California high-end stores
In a statement on Thursday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said that at least five people went inside an open Nordstrom store in the city's Canoga Park neighbourhood on Wednesday evening, reports Xinhua news agency. The attack happened at around 6.45 p.m. when a group of five suspects burst into the store and ran out with items that included about seven to eight expensive purses worth an estimated $25,000.
California wildfires kill thousands of giant sequoias
Two fires in the Sequoia National Park and surrounding Sequoia National Forest this September, both ignited by lighting, tore through more than a third of groves in California and torched an estimated 2,261 to 3,637 sequoias, between 3 and 5 per cent of the population of the majestic trees, according to the report released by the agency. This loss added the two-year death toll of giant sequoias in wildfires to an estimated 13 to 19 per cent of the world's population, reports Xinhua news agency.
California's Alisal Fire grows, prompts evacuations
The Alisal Fire is now 16,801 acres with only 5 per cent containment and a total of 1,306 firefighting personnel are working to contain the blaze, Xinhua news agency quoted the Santa Barbara County Fire Department as sayinf in its latest update on Thursday.
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