A day at the beach with dad turned into a day one father and son won’t soon forget. They ended up saving the life of a struggling swimmer. It was a dangerous weekend along our local beaches. Lifeguards reporting one rescue after another, from Palm Beach County to the Treasure Coast. Tristan Ersberger: He was like this, waving his hands everywhere. I heard him yell help. A wave went over him and then I didn’t see him come back up again. The man was fighting for his life in dangerous waves.
Tristan: Extremely rough. Extremely rough. Conditions Saturday evening off Pepper Park in St. Lucie County were unforgiving. Read Article
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Doctors in the Central Valley say they have seen a significant increase in cases of valley fever. At Central Valley Children’s Hospitalin Madera, officials have seen a total of 45 valley fever patients this year. Read article
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A Washington state man accused of beating his girlfriend to death at a Hawaii resort has pleaded guilty. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser ( http://bit.ly/MBssCz) reports prosecutors say 46-year-old Philip Howard Zimmerman pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder, kidnapping and criminal property damage. Read article
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — A teenager was sickened by a strain of salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month. The teen is a roommate of a student who was in a class studying live salmonella cultures, confirmed Catherine Kroll, an epidemiologist with the Clark County Public Health Department (CCPH). Read article
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MIDTOWN — Fire marshals have arrested a Norwegian tourist for allegedly starting two fires at the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown on Tuesday. In a statement, fire officials said Tore Brox, 29, allegedly started two separate fires — one in a hallway and the other on a housekeeping cart — on the 20th floor of […]
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OAKLAND — Taxis and shuttles at the Oakland International Airport operated near each other in different shelters for years. That changed about a year ago, and on Monday cab drivers at the airport called a two-day strike over what they say is unfair competition because shuttles are now allowed to stage in the same shelter. […]
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Lifeguards and a Volusia County sheriff’s helicopter were searching for the Orlando teen who got caught in the rip current about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. They called off the search Sunday evening. The boy had gone into the water with two friends in the 2600 block south of New Smyrna Beach when the group got caught […]
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In a recent terror threat advisory a number of U.S. intelligence and security organizations warn that terrorist organizations have demonstrated a keen interest in using fire as a tactic against the U.S. as a mechanism to create economic loss, fear, resource depletion, and humanitarian hardship. Read Article
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Edmonton Police said Travis Baumgartner was apprehended by U.S. border officials Saturday evening at the Lynden, Washington border crossing, south of Abbotsford, B.C. Edmonton Police Supt. Bob Hassel said Baumgartner was arrested driving the blue Ford F-150 truck that investigators had told the public to watch out for. Read Article
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A MAN hospitalised in critical condition in the US, is likely to be suffering from the plague, health officials said yesterday. The man, aged in his 50s, became ill several days after he was bitten on the hand while trying to separate a cat and a mouse, The Oregonian reported. Read article
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