A top doctor has revealed why avalanches have such a high mortality rate -– after eight skiers were killed near Lake Tahoe. Eric Stendell, an emergency physician in Truckee, near the site of Tuesday’s tragedy, said people either die from blunt force trauma, asphyxiation or hypothermia. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office along with the Nevada...
Union leaders say educators in Oakland rank among the lowest paid in the Bay Area and have pledged to fight for a contract that delivers “safe, stable, racially-just schools."
Cops and the state of California are investigating whether the company or its guides acted negligently in sending clients into dangerous conditions despite prior warnings of a “BIG storm.”
San Diego beaches have been shut down after a wave of storms sent bacteria levels soaring along the coast — with health officials warning beachgoers to stay out of the water.
A chilling 911 dispatch call captured the frantic final moments of a group of “supermom” skiers who were struck by the deadliest avalanche in California history, leaving nine dead.
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