Monthly Archives: March 2011
Cops to wait tables in La Habra for the Special Olympics
6 deputies to be fired after fight at Christmas party in Montebello
Radiation plume headed toward Southern California
Animation from the New York Times
Mel Gibson mug shot released
Mel Gibson at the El Segundo PD had his booking mug taken in connection with his criminal battery case.
“Clark Rockefeller” to be charged in San Marino murder mystery
This from City News Service, via the Los Angeles County DA’s Office:
Japan tsunami photos
These photos from the Associated Press document some of what’s happening in Sendai, Fukushima and elsewhere in the earthquake and tsunami ravaged region of Northwest Japan:
2. A survivor of the tsunami that swept through his village of Saito, in northeastern Japan, retells the story to a rescue team that arrived to search the area Monday, March 14, 2011. Rescue workers used chain saws and hand picks Monday to dig out bodies in Japan’s devastated coastal towns, as Asia’s richest nation faced a mounting humanitarian, nuclear and economic crisis in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed thousands. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
UPDATE: Man suspected of stabbing wife to death near Whittier
Three Pasadena men suspected in beating, robbery
Elderly Santa Anita Park employee hurt protecting girl from charging horse
From City News Service:
ARCADIA — A 90-year-old paddock guard at a Southern California thoroughbred track put himself between a young girl and a horse that broke loose before a race, injuring himself and leaving the girl unharmed.
Officials from Santa Anita said in statement that a 3-year-old gelding named See and Sage broke free from his handler in the track’s walking ring and ran toward an opening guarded by John Shear.
The horse ran into Shear, who dropped his rope and threw himself in front of the girl, who is about three. The statement says Shear was conscious and responsive when take to the hospital. His exact injuries were unclear.
Former jockey Shear has been a fixture for decades at Santa Anita’s walking ring, where horses are paraded in front of the public before races.