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Despite fines, liens and a $40 million judgment, the Parachute Center near Lodi continues to operate amid concerns of lax regulatory oversight.

Despite fines, liens and a $40 million judgment, the Parachute Center near Lodi continues to operate amid concerns of lax regulatory oversight.

Woman who died at troubled Calif. skydiving center had made 2,000 jumps FacebookTwitterEmail Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. (Photograph is from the center's Yelp page, and does not depict any incident mentioned in this story.)Anthony R. via Yelp A woman who died last week in a parachute accident at the troubled Skydive Lodi Parachute Center had made thousands of previous jumps, the owner of the center said Monday. Sabrina Call, 57, of Watsonville, Calif., died Saturday when her primary parachute and her reserve chute tangled, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office. The acciden...

Skydiver dies after parachute gets tangled in San Joaquin County San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies talk with Bill Dause, owner of the skydiving school, in 2016. (Sammy Caiola / Associated Press) April 18, 2021 10:47 PM PT Print A woman died in a skydiving accident Saturday near Lodi, Calif., after her parachute became tangled and failed to deploy as she fell to the ground, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office. The accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center, Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Goucher said. The victim has not been identifie...

Yet another death at notorious Calif. skydiving center, bringing total to 22 since 1981 FacebookTwitterEmail Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. (Photograph is from the center's Yelp page, and does not depict any incident mentioned in this story.)Yelp Yet another skydiver has died at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center. The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981. Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA. The woman, identified as 57-year-old Sabrina Call of Watsonville by the San Joaquin County coroner, died on Sa...