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 Web networking photos come back to bite defendantsTwo weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."
Web networking photos come back to bite defendants
Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird."
Police say woman brandished knife at officers
A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly drawing a knife on Lompoc police when they responded to a call saying that she stabbed her boyfriend.
Fire preparation the only option
The seemingly endless outbreak of infernos that enveloped the skies of Northern California with sooty smoke since late June is at last being fought toward closure, although several of the biggest blazes — Butte County, Big Sur and Santa Barbara County — still are mostly uncontained and continue ravaging through thousands of acres.
Calif. wildfire makes overnight push in Concow
Firefighters dug in and took a stand early Thursday, battling to keep flames from claiming more homes in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
4 arrested in stabbing of Santa Maria HS student
Police have arrested three teenage boys and a 19-year-old man in the off-campus stabbing of a Santa Maria High School student and say as many as five other suspects may be at large.
Feds: Grazing doesn't fit Ore. national monument
Federal rangeland managers said continuing to allow cattle to graze on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument is harming the rare plants, fish and wildlife the monument was created eight years ago to protect.
Million dollars worth of avocados lost to Gap Fire
Avocado growers have lost at least $1 million worth of fruit and about 200 acres of orchards to the Gap wildfire in Santa Barbara County, officials said Wednesday.  Female inmates doing time on Calif. fire linesTracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby.
Weather helps firefighters in Santa Barbara Co.
Calm wind, cooler temperatures and morning fog have helped firefighters make progress on the Gap Fire in Santa Barbara County. |
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