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NBC4 gathered a list of California's deadliest school shootings on campuses in the state. They date back to 1976.

Stone was presented with the award in a surprise celebration on Feb. 25 alongside her students, husband, children and parents.

The magazine Lashawn McNeil, 47, used allowed his gun to carry 40 extra bullets to the Glocks usual 10 when he fatally shot Jason Rivera, 22 and injured Wilbert Mora, 27.

Local leaders and organizations gathered for a prayer vigil on Saturday evening after an NYPD officer was killed and another was critically injured in Friday shooting.

It is unclear what specific laws Adams was referring to, but he went on to decry the flow of guns in the city and the failure to educate black and brown children in the city of New York.

In 1989, America's first mass school shooting took place when a troubled Sacramento youth walked onto a playground in Stockton and shot 34 small children, killing five. 25 years later, these once-unthinkable tragedies have become terrifyingly familiar.

California is appealing a decision that overturned the state’s ban on assault weapons, first implemented after a 1989 mass shooting at a Stockton school.

Get in the know with a roundup of this weeks top local headlines.

For more than 30 years, California has banned the ownership of assault weapons and the transfer of certain types of semiautomatic firearms, such as the AR-15 style rifle, with detachable magazines.

When was the last time you heard about an assault weapon wreaking havoc in California? How about two weeks ago in San Jose when nine innocent lives were lost when they were shot and killed by a disgruntled white male who had a problem with diversity.  Technically, the weapon used wasn’t an assault rifle, but a 9mm pistol jacked up with a high capacity magazine. Still, it’s illegal in California. The point is, there are laws and there are loopholes. But it’s no reason to get rid of Califo...