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With No Fix in Sight, SF Tower Keeps Leaning

Cracks in SF's
Leaning Tower
Are 'Breathtaking'

Cracks in SF's Leaning Tower Are 'Breathtaking'

And there's no fix in sight for the Millennium Tower

(Newser) - San Francisco's 58-story Millennium Tower has sunk 17 inches and tilted 14 inches to the northwest since building started in 2006, reports 60 Minutes . It's a well-publicized fact thanks to numerous lawsuits from residents, including Joe Montana . Yet it makes the latest sign of its flaws no less...

A New Clue
Pops Up in
Strange Case
of Sherri Papini

Nov 8, 2017 7:38 AM CST

A New Clue Pops Up in Strange Case of Sherri Papini

Surveillance video shows formerly missing mom running near church shortly before she was found

(Newser) - A new clue in the case of Sherri Papini has emerged. A surveillance video shows the formerly missing California woman sprinting near a Jehovah's Witness church in Yolo County early on Thanksgiving last year, shortly before she was found by a trucker on an Interstate 5 ramp, per the...

Marilyn Manson Defends Pointing Fake Rifle at Audience

Marilyn Manson: Pointing Fake
Rifle at Audience 'a Statement'

Nov 7, 2017 1:12 PM CST

Marilyn Manson: Pointing Fake Rifle at Audience 'a Statement'

Rocker's move came on day of Texas mass shooting

(Newser) - On Sunday night—the same day 26 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Texas church—Marilyn Manson pointed a fake assault rifle at the audience during his performance at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest and pretended to fire. The rocker is now defending the move, which took place in...

California Inmates Sought After 'Brazen' Escape

Inmates Make 'Brazen'
Escape From Calif. Courthouse

Nov 7, 2017 12:11 AM CST

Inmates Make 'Brazen' Escape From Calif. Courthouse

They escaped deputy, jumped into a waiting car

(Newser) - Two men charged with tying up employees at gunpoint during a cellphone store robbery made a dramatic escape Monday from a suburban Silicon Valley courthouse, fleeing in a car waiting outside for them, officials say. The escape by Tramel McClough, 46, and John Bivins, 47, appeared to be orchestrated, and...

Truck Carrying
Millions of Dollars in
Millions of Bees Crashes

Nov 4, 2017 2:05 PM CDT

Truck Carrying Millions of Dollars in Millions of Bees Crashes

The bees were on their way to pollinate almond trees in California

(Newser) - "There were bees everywhere," Auburn Police Sgt. Tucker Huey tells the Sacramento, ahem, Bee . KTXL reports a semi-truck carrying millions of bees worth between $1 million and $2 million crashed Thursday night in California. The driver told police he had to swerve onto a freeway off ramp when...

Rare Case Involves 1 Surrogate, 2 Babies, 2 Biological Moms

'I Carried My Own Child.
I Didn't Know He Was Mine'

'I Carried My Own Child. I Didn't Know He Was Mine'

California's Jessica Allen speaks about rare case of superfetation

(Newser) - "I carried my own child. I didn't know he was mine." That's what a California woman is saying after she became pregnant with her own son while serving as a surrogate for a Chinese couple. After connecting with the couple through a surrogacy agency in California,...

Michelin Has Spoken:
NYC No Longer
US Culinary Capital

Michelin Has Spoken: NYC No Longer US Culinary Capital

San Francisco reigns over NYC in 3-star Michelin restaurants

(Newser) - No longer is New York City the culinary capital of America, based on restaurants with three Michelin stars. The 2018 Michelin Guide for New York City, released Monday, gives only five of the city’s restaurants the coveted three-star rating, down from six last year. Meanwhile, the 2018 Michelin Guide...

Calif. Father Fatally Shot
After Taking Teacher Hostage

Nov 1, 2017 2:23 AM CDT

Calif. Father Fatally Shot After Taking Teacher Hostage

SWAT team moved in after more than 6 hours

(Newser) - A parent's dispute with staff members at the California school where his daughter is in first grade escalated into a fight, a hostage-taking, and a fatal shooting Tuesday. Police in Riverside say 27-year-old Luvelle Kennon was shot when a SWAT team stormed the classroom where he'd been holding...

7 Arrested Outside
Milo Yiannopoulos Speech

Nov 1, 2017 12:12 AM CDT

7 Arrested Outside Milo Yiannopoulos Speech

'We come out and try and be louder than them,' protester says

(Newser) - Police arrested seven people after scuffles and at least one serious fight broke out between protesters and people attending a speech by conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at a Southern California college Tuesday night. Dozens of protesters at California State University, Fullerton stood outside barricades chanting "Black lives matter,"...

Elon Musk Shares
First Photo of
Tunnel Under LA

Oct 31, 2017 4:33 AM CDT

Elon Musk Shares First Photo of Tunnel Under LA

He wasn't joking about digging a tunnel to avoid traffic

(Newser) - When Elon Musk said late last year that the "soul-destroying" Los Angeles traffic was driving him nuts and he was going to "just start digging," a lot of people thought he was joking . Then he started digging. On Monday, the tech billionaire shared a photo on Instagram...

Suit: LuLaRoe Has $1B in Sales,
but Sellers in 'Financial Ruin'

Oct 26, 2017 11:37 AM CDT

Suit: LuLaRoe Has $1B in Sales, but Sellers in 'Financial Ruin'

It's accused of 'pyramid scheme' in 2 class-action suits

(Newser) - When consultants told LuLaRoe they could no longer afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars building an inventory of its merchandise, the clothing company offered several solutions, including that women max out their credit cards, take out loans, or sell breast milk to come up with the funds. Those...

New Evidence Unveiled in
Weird California Kidnap Case

Oct 26, 2017 6:41 AM CDT

New Evidence Unveiled in Weird California Kidnap Case

Male, female DNA was recovered from Sherri Papini

(Newser) - Authorities have released new details in the Sherri Papini case, almost a year after the California mother of two young children vanished after going for a jog. She disappeared on Nov. 2 last year and was next seen 22 days later, when she flagged down a passing car 150 miles...

Vegas Shooter's
Brother Arrested

Oct 25, 2017 1:05 PM CDT

Vegas Shooter's Brother Arrested

Police believe Bruce Paddock possesses child porn

(Newser) - One brother of the Las Vegas shooter is in police custody himself, suspected of possessing child pornography, the AP reports. Bruce Paddock, 58, was arrested Wednesday while he was awaiting surgery for spinal stenosis at a Los Angeles assisted-living facility, NBC News reports. Bruce Paddock told news outlets after the...

Nationwide Veggie Recall
Now Includes Target, Walmart

Oct 24, 2017 4:24 AM CDT

Nationwide Veggie Recall Now Includes Target, Walmart

Listeria was detected in sample from Calif. supplier

(Newser) - Salad mixes and other "minimally processed" vegetable products from a California supplier have been recalled at outlets across the US out of what Mann Packing says is an "abundance of caution." The supplier voluntarily recalled the products, which have "best if used by" dates of Oct....

Hiker Murder-Suicide May
Have Been Act of Sympathy

Oct 23, 2017 6:11 AM CDT

Hiker Murder-Suicide May Have Been Act of Sympathy

Woman's uncle says family holds no grudges

(Newser) - The uncle of a young woman killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Joshua Tree National Park says she may have been killed out of compassion. Investigators believe Joseph Orbeso, 21, shot 20-year-old Rachel Nguyen before turning the handgun on himself. The bodies were found in an "embrace" last week...

Restaurant Caught
Serving Popeyes
Chicken

Oct 21, 2017 1:57 PM CDT

Restaurant Caught Serving Popeyes Chicken

But owner of Sweet Dixie Kitchen doesn't see anything wrong with that

(Newser) - A California restaurant owner admits she's been serving Popeyes chicken to customers for the past two months, Fox News reports. In a one-star Yelp review posted Oct. 7, Tyler Hiebert sat down at Sweet Dixie Kitchen in Long Beach only to see employees carry two boxes of Popeyes chicken...

Twist in Case of Missing Hikers
Found 'Locked in Embrace'

Oct 20, 2017 3:33 PM CDT

Twist in Case of Missing Hikers Found 'Locked in Embrace'

Police believe it was a murder-suicide

(Newser) - Southern California authorities say the deaths of a young woman and man who vanished in Joshua Tree National Park over the summer were a murder-suicide, the AP reports. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said Friday that the bodies found Sunday were identified as 20-year-old Rachel Nguyen and 22-year-old...

Calif.'s Other Big
Problem Amid
Blazes: 'Fire Devils'

Oct 19, 2017 8:17 AM CDT

Calif.'s Other Big Problem Amid Blazes: 'Fire Devils'

Fire tornadoes fueled by powerful winds were strong enough to flip cars, damage homes

(Newser) - Like earthquakes can unleash tsunamis, strong winds and the California wildfires apparently set loose another type of natural disaster: fire tornadoes. And the San Francisco Chronicle says the fire-filled tornadoes that hit Santa Rosa last week, driven by nearly 80mph winds, wreaked major havoc, tossing cars, pulling trees out of...

Identity Theft,
Fraud Worst
in This State

Oct 18, 2017 11:46 AM CDT

Identity Theft, Fraud Worst in This State

Sorry, Californians

(Newser) - Given the recent Equifax security breach —alongside a 630% increase in data breaches in the past year, according to one report —identity theft is bound to be a concern for many Americans. But it turns out the state you call home has a lot to do with your...

Burned by California Wildfires:
Local Marijuana Industry

Oct 18, 2017 9:20 AM CDT

Burned by California Wildfires: Local Marijuana Industry

At least 31 pot farms have been destroyed, with many more damaged—and no crop insurance

(Newser) - The same fires that have destroyed Northern California's wineries have also taken a toll on the region's marijuana farms, which were about to begin an important harvest less than three months before the nation's largest recreational pot market opens for business in January. At least 31 marijuana...