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Screams in video of man dead after deputy beating
Loud wailing can be heard on cellphone video of a Bakersfield man who died after a beating from Kern County Sheriff's deputies, but little is visible. The nearly-three-minute video shot from a distance by witness Francisco Arrieta and released Monday by attorney Daniel Rodriguez shows deputies between patrol cars hunched ...
Publicist: Founding member of The Doors dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74. Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, ...
Montana man dies in Yosemite climbing accident
A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said. Mason Robison, 38, was killed after a rock dislodged and severed his rope as he and a partner were about 2,300 feet above the ...
LA officer arrested for alleged lewd acts on girls
A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts on two girls under 10 years old while off duty. Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials say the two girls told detectives that on Saturday morning 28-year-old Miguel Schiappapietra lured them into his home in Castaic and committed ...
Mattingly doesn't feel he's about to be fired
Beleaguered manager Don Mattingly insisted Monday he doesn't feel he's about to be fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has no idea whether he needs to win a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers to keep his job. Mattingly's comments came an hour after GM Ned Colletti said ...
3 charged in LA-area bank robbery
A man was charged Monday with a $565,000 bank robbery in which his girlfriend — an assistant bank manager — was forced to strap on a fake bomb so she would seem to be a hostage and could take the money. The woman said she was abducted in September from ...
Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference
Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise. Roughly ...
2 San Diego contractors sentenced in Navy scheme
A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and gifts. The judge on Monday also ordered Joanne Loehr to pay $300,000 and Robert Ehnow to pay nearly ...
Former drug agent sentenced to 14 years in prison
A disgraced former head of an elite Northern California drug task force was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell them. Norman Wielsch received the term after apologizing for his actions and seeking mercy in a ...
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of ...
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