NBC May 9, 2018
A San Jose police officer has filed a claim against the department and the city, alleging discrimination and harassment at the workplace and in public. Officer Nabil Haidar, who is Muslim, said he endured years of insults, such as being labeled a terrorist by his fellow officers. The 21-year veteran said the insults started after 9/11. California Apr 11, 2018
Searchers in Mendocino County were continuing their search Tuesday for an SUV that was swept into a river last week, and which matches the description of a vehicle in which four members of a missing Valencia family were riding on a trip from Portland, Oregon, to San Jose.
NBC Jul 20, 2018
A helicopter blew down a tent at the Fort Hunter Liggett military base in California on Wednesday night, injuring 22 people, a spokeswoman said. A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter was landing about 9:30 p.m. when the wind from its rotor caused the tent to collapse, said Amy Phillips, public information officer at the Monterey County base. NBC Nov 26, 2017
Augusta arboretum to open discovery room in partnership with children’s museum
The space is geared towards children 1 to 6 years old and will be open for scheduled, private play sessions.
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AUGUSTA Viles Arboretum is set to open an indoor activity room for children, located on the basement floor of its Visitor Center at 153 Hospital St. In collaboration with the Children’s Discovery Museum, the room is outfitted to create opportunities for exploration, with a nature sensory table, train table, loose-parts ball ramps, imaginative farmers market, microscopes and more. The space is geared towards children 1 to 6 years old and will be open for scheduled, private play sessions from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, according to a news release from the arboretum.
SPRINGFIELD â The coronavirus region that includes McLean County is among those moving to Tier 2 mitigations, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday, but that doesnât mean that some restrictions from Tier 3 wonât carry over into the coming weeks.
Region 2 â which includes McLean, Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell, LaSalle and Livingston counties â is among those who met the criteria for the rollback, defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health as having experienced âless than 12% test positivity rate for three consecutive days and greater than 20% available intensive care unit and hospital bed availability and declining COVID hospitalizations in 7 out of the last 10 days.â
San Jose: Weekend shootings lead to city’s first two homicides of the year [Mercury News]
Jan. 10 SAN JOSE Separate shootings in a seven-hour span across the city overnight resulted in San Jose’s first two homicides of the year, according to police, bringing the possibility that a rate of killings that bucked pandemic-fueled downward trends by rising to above-average levels in 2020 may continue.
The first reported shooting of the overnight stretch occurred around 7:30 p.m. Saturday near Woz Way and Auzerais Avenue, on the edge of downtown near the Children’s Discovery Museum. Police said that officers were called to the area and found a man suffering from gunshot injuries.