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Kathleen Bils in her home in the North Park neighborhood in San Diego, California on May 1, 2021. May 1st is exactly one year since Bils son Nicholas Nicky was shot and killed by a San Diego County Sheriff s Deputy after escaping a park ranger truck in handcuffs outside the county jail. Nicky was mentally ill, Bils said that her son was afraid of the police. He was 36 years old when he died.
Cases in San Diego and San Leandro will test the stricter standards on when officers can shoot to kill. Training of officers on the new law is inconsistent.
On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose.
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On opposite ends of California, two women who have never met are united by grief and purpose.
This month, Kathleen Bils laid a memorial stone in a flower bed on the San Diego street where a sheriff’s deputy shot her son one year earlier. Some 500 miles north, at a marina on the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay, Addie Kitchen recently held a memorial in the city where a police officer killed her grandson.
“I want people to understand that our children are important to us and that we want justice,” said Kitchen, a retired prison guard. “We want the officers to be held accountable.”
Man killed in single-vehicle crash in Oro Grande early Sunday
Victorville Daily Press
A man died early Sunday in a one-vehicle crash in Oro Grande, the San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department said.
According to the department, emergency personnel received a 911 call about an accident on National Trails Highway near Robinson Ranch Road shortly after 3 a.m.
When they arrived on the scene, officers found the driver of the vehicle was dead. Officials said that he was approximately 35 years old, but that they were withholding information about his identity pending notification of next of kin.
The department did not provide the make or model of the vehicle to say what might have caused the crash.
Palm Springs Desert Sun
Four people died in a two-vehicle collision east of Apple Valley on Saturday night, the San Bernardino County Coroner s Office said.
According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff s Department, emergency personnel arrived at Highway 18 near Sierra Pelona Drive at 8:30 p.m.
Three occupants of a Chevrolet Suburban and one occupant of a Toyota pickup were pronounced dead on the scene.
The site of the crash is about 1.6 miles east of where Bear Valley Road meets Highway 18.
The identities of the victims were not immediately released and it was unclear Sunday what might have caused the crash.
Tonight, the Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council will meet online to discuss several issues including the ongoing battle against illegal marijuana grows. Reporter Heather Clisby has details …
The Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) will gather online tonight and included on the agenda is the explosion of illegal marijuana grows in the area. Wonder Valley Delegate Steve Reyes will present on this issue and MAC members will discuss Resolution No. MB-MAC021 that offers support for Supervisor Dawn Rowe and the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department. The resolution requests more funding and additional code enforcement personnel to tackle the issue.
The evening also will feature public safety reports from local fire and law enforcement, a Chairman’s Report as well as individual reports from each of the nine non-incorporated regions: Copper Mountain Mesa, Desert Heights, Flamingo Heights, Joshua Tree, Landers, Morongo Valley, Pioneertown, Wonder Valley, and Yucca Me