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Luis Tovar Jr. described his father, who had just celebrated his 50th birthday, as a giver. He was a hardworking guy. Always family first. Always put others in front of himself type of guy, he told NBC Los Angeles.
“Our hearts today go out to the victims, and I’m here to tell you that we’re going to do everything in our power in the Orange County District Attorney’s office to get justice for these families, District Attorney Todd Spitzer said. He said he will consider seeking the death penalty.
Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44, was identified as the suspected shooter. He is in critical but stable condition. It wasn t clear whether he was wounded by police or shot himself, Amat said.
Rush to rescue thousands of endangered abalone buried in Big Sur landslides [San Francisco Chronicle]
Apr. 3 Wendy Bragg knew California’s abalone population was in bad shape. The UC Santa Cruz researcher had been leading surveys of black abalone along the remote Big Sur coast, one of the last strongholds of the endangered mollusk.
But how much worse things would get for this small, shelled marine creature, once a common seafood delicacy, Bragg and her fellow scientists could not have imagined.
Three months ago, when a series of winter storms blasted Central California and sent scores of mudflows down steep canyons destabilized by wildfire, thousands of black abalone on the rocky shores of Big Sur were buried alive. As the death toll grew and concern mounted about the survival of the species, Bragg and her colleagues transformed from researchers to rescuers.
I-80 at Red Top, I-680 connector will close overnight to facilitate freeway project
FAIRFIELD Eastbound Interstate 80 at Red Top Road will be closed two consecutive nights starting Monday and westbound I-80 at the Interstate 680 connector ramp will be closed three consecutive nights starting Wednesday due to ongoing work on the Interstate 80/Interstate 680/Highway 12 Interchange project.
The freeway will be closed from 9 p.m. each night until 5 a.m. each day. Detours will be posted, the state Department of Transportation announced.
Eastbound lanes will be closed overnight from late Monday to early Tuesday, and overnight from late Tuesday through early Wednesday. Drivers traveling east on I-80 will need to exit Red Top Road onto Lopes Road, then back onto the eastbound I-80 on-ramp.
Caltrans is working with Brightline West, the California State Transportation Agency, and the California High-Speed Rail Authority to develop an independent and privately funded electric high-speed rail system that will connect Rancho Cucamonga to Apple Valley. The train will then continue on to Las Vegas. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the public comment period on the proposal is now open…
Caltrans is accepting public comment on the second segment of the high-speed rail system that will run from Apple Valley to Rancho Cucamonga, known as the Cajon Pass. The project will serve as the second segment of the rail system that will when completed connect Apple Valley to Las Vegas. Caltrans entered into a lease agreement with Brightline West on the initial segment in June 2020. The Cajon Pass segment will add 50 miles to the system, primarily along the existing Interstate 15 corridor right of way, ending with a station adjacent or connected to the Rancho Cucamonga Metrolink train stat