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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 ...

  • 7:38 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, Ray Manzarek of The Doors performs at the Sunset Strip Music Festival launch party celebrating The Doors at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died at 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died Monday, May 20, 2013, at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ray Manzarek, 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, said ...

  • 2:52 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013
Bullet holes are seen in the front window, Monday, May 20, 2013, of the home, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shot were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and mother. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Father of slain 10YO girl unsure why home targeted

A devastated father said Monday he had no idea why gunmen targeted his house, firing a barrage of bullets that killed his 10-year-old daughter as she watched TV from a chair near a picture window. With his own wounded arm in a sling, Ernesto Campos came to look for his ...

  • 1:43 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013

One person killed in early-morning crash in Santa Rosa

One person died and a Rohnert Park man was injured when a pickup truck crashed into a tree early this morning in Santa Rosa, according to the California Highway Patrol. At about 2:50 a.m., a 1999 red Dodge Ram was traveling west on Bennett Valley road when it left the ...

  • 8:42 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2013

Elderly Davis couple found slain at home

Police in Davis are looking for leads in the stabbing deaths of a longtime attorney and his wife. Davis police Lt. Paul Doroshov says police discovered the bodies of 87-year-old Oliver Northup and his wife, 76-year-old Claudia Maupin, at their home on Sunday night. Police had gone there after family ...

  • 2:53 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Deadly fires claim three lives in San Jose

A 7-year-old girl who was killed in a house fire late Monday night  -- one of three fatal fires that night -- was a first-grader at a San Jose elementary school, a school district spokesman said. Grief counselors were on hand at Grant Elementary School after the fire victim was ...

  • 9:34 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2013

Chi Cheng, former bassist for Sacramento's Deftones, dies at 42

Chi Cheng, a bassist for the Grammy-winning Sacramento band Deftones, died Saturday morning after spending years struggling to recover from major injuries he suffered in a vehicle accident in 2008. Cheng, 42, was in a coma for a while, but recently showed some signs of improvement. He was in a ...

  • 2:11 p.m. Sunday, April 14, 2013

Man found dead near Richmond marina identified as 64YO local resident

A man whose body was found in the water near an industrial marina in Richmond on Sunday has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as 64-year-old Richard Wood. Police responded to a report that a body was found in a marina area near the 300 block of ...

  • 4:36 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013

Prosecutors charge man with murder for newspaper vendor's death

A man accused of killing a newspaper vendor in San Francisco in January should not be charged with murder because the death was accidental, his defense attorney said Monday. Mark Anthony Cassell, 36, made his initial appearance in San Francisco Superior Court Monday afternoon to face murder charges for the ...

  • 1:46 p.m. Monday, March 25, 2013

Funeral announced for Santa Rosa teen killed in raceway crash

The family of a 14-year-old Santa Rosa boy who died when he was struck by a racecar driven by his cousin during pre-race warm-up laps at Marysville Raceway Park on Saturday evening were planning a public memorial for him this Sunday. Bob Johnson, the grandfather of Marcus Johnson and the ...

  • 5:54 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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