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Car Hits Building in Kearny Mesa

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A car hit a building in Kearny Mesa on Wednesday morning, according to officials.

The incident happened shortly before 10:30 a.m. at 3760 Convoy St. and a few windows at the scene have been smashed.

No one was inside the room that was hit and there were no injuries.

 



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Rockefeller Impostor Convicted in 1985 SoCal Slaying

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A man who blended into wealthy East Coast circles by posing as a member of the famous Rockefeller family was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 1985 killing of a Southern California man whose remains were unearthed decades later in his family's backyard.

Jurors deliberated for about one day in the case of Christian Gerhartsreiter, 52, who used several aliases that included Clark Rockefeller -- a name that allowed him to fraternize with members of high society after he left Southern California following the disappearance of John and Linda Sohus.

John Sohus' remains were found by a construction crew nine years after he and his wife Linda disappeared. A father-son work crew found the remains -- Sohus' skull was in two plastic bags -- when they were building a pool in the backyard of the Sohus family's San Marino home.

Ellen Sohus, the victim's step-sister, spoke about her brother outside the courtroom. She remembered him as "the original nerd," who would set up electronic equipment and other gadgets for her.

"He was gentle, fun loving and curious -- he knew everything," Sohus said.

Linda Sohus has never been located, and defense attorneys attempted to cast her as a suspect in the case.

Prosecutors presented three weeks of circumstantial evidence during the trial. In their closing argument, they told jurors that all the evidence pointed to Gerhartsreiter -- not Linda Sohus.

"The jurors rejected what was unreasonable," said Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian. "Sometimes, you're afraid this guy has conned so many people for so many years, that this might be the time he pulls off his last con -- that didn't happen."

Gerhartsreiter faces a penalty of 27 years to life in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for June 26.

The German national moved to the United States in the late 1970s. He was a tenant on the Sohus' property in the upscale community (map) southeast of Pasadena at the time of the couple's disappearance.

Gerhartsreiter left Southern California for Connecticut in Sohus' vehicle and attempted to assume another life on the East Coast, according to prosecutors. The timeline of events -- including Gerhartsreiter's activities in Southern California and on the East Coast -- was presented to jurors during the trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.

"What I have now are a lot of answers that I never believed I was going to have," Ellen Sohus said. "What happened to John? Who's responsible? And, what the defendant continued to do after he left San Marino."

He adopted the "Rockefeller" alias in an effort to move in wealthy circles, according to prosecutors. Defense attorneys argued  the defendant's aliases have nothing to do with Sohus' death, and that he is just one of many people who moved to Los Angeles to "reinvent themselves."

Gerhartsreiter called himself "Chichester" in the early 1980s when he moved to Southern California. He said he was a film student at USC and claimed he was related to Sir Francis Chichester, a famed British adventurer.

Gerhartsreiter was serving time for the kidnapping in Boston when investigators connected him to the Sohus case.

Ellen Sohus was asked to comment on what she thought might have been the motive behind her step-brother's slaying.

"The only thing I can imagine happening, is something happened that he felt he needed to protect his mother from -- he would have confronted someone," she said.

 

Truck into House, Woman Escapes Unscathed

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A tractor trailer rolled through a fence and into a Spring Valley house Tuesday night. 

“Disaster, disaster,” said resident Anna Lewis.

Lewis and her boyfriend were in their living room around 6:45 p.m. when the truck rolled down the street and into the home on Sacramento Avenue in Spring Valley.

“I was thinking about going into the kitchen a few minutes before that, I was thinking about dinner you know so I was really glad I wasn't there,” she said.

"I guess it was a big boom but when it happened I didn't think about that…I was worried about fires or something.”

The truck apparently rolled to the house from West Coast Iron, Inc., the steel company across the street. The homeowner told NBC 7 San Diego the brake wasn’t on properly.

“I was worried that a car could always come by here and go in the house but I didn't think it would come from the steel yard,” Lewis told NBC 7 San Diego.

 

Driver Sought in Escondido Hit-and-Run

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Dozens of homes were without power overnight after a truck collided with another vehicle and then crashed into a utility pole.

The driver of a red pick-up truck hit a white sedan, before crashing into the pole at Bahia and Broadway in Escondido around 9 p.m. Tuesday.

The driver got out of the truck as soon as it stopped and ran away from the accident scene according to police.

Two people inside the sedan were treated by emergency personnel at the scene but were not transported to the hospital.

Repairs lasted for hours with San Diego Gas & Electric estimating that power would be restored to approximately 50 homes by 9 a.m. Wednesday.
 

Man Leaves Kid in Car, Goes to Class

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A father is accused of leaving his kid in the car so he could attend class at the University of Delaware.

Police were called to the campus Tuesday afternoon just before 1 p.m. after passerbys said they saw a young child crying and banging on the window of a parked car with the windows cracked. The witnesses were able to get the 3-year-old to open the door then alerted police, according to Newark Police.

While investigating, Rafig Gurbanzada, 32, showed up around 1:50 p.m. and said that he had left his child in the car around 12:15 p.m. so that he could attend class.

The child was evaluated at the scene, found to be unharmed and released to the child’s mother.

Gurbanzada was arrested and charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and child endangerment. He was released on $2,000 unsecured bond.

It wasn't known which class Gurbanzada was attending. He is listed as a Master of Public Administration major on the university's website.



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911 Tapes Released from Ex-LAPD Officer's Calif. Rampage

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Audio of the 911 call a Southern California couple placed Feb. 12 after being tied up by disgruntled ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner was released Tuesday, Southern California Public Radio reported.

Dorner was blamed for the murders of four people, including two police officers, amid a series of vengeful shootings targeting law enforcement and their families. He killed himself last month as police closed in on him in the Big Bear area in the San Bernardino Mountains, following a massive manhunt.

In the partially redacted 911 recording, Karen Reynolds tells a police dispatcher that Dorner entered a condo in Big Bear and held them up at gunpoint before tying them up and taking off in their truck.

"We were tied up by Dorner," Reynolds said during the 21-minute phone call.

Reynolds, who managed to use her cellphone while tied up to call 911, said Dorner had been armed with a rifle that had a silencer.

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Minutes after Dorner departed, Karen Reynolds freed herself enough to get to her cellphone, calling 911 in speaker mode with her hands still bound.

She told the operator she believed Dorner had been holed up in her condo just across from the manhunt's command center during much of the search.

"I'm pretty sure he's been here the whole time," Reynolds said.

"You guys are just across from the command center?" the operator said, sounding surprised.

The couple stayed on the call while they waited for deputies. Karen Reynolds at one point falls over and groans in pain.

Dorner was an ex-LAPD police officer and former United States Navy reservist who was charged in connection with a series of shooting attacks on police officers and their families from between Feb. 3 and 12.

Four people were killed in the shootings, including two police officers, and three police officers were wounded.

Dorner was the subject of one of the largest manhunts in LAPD history that spanned two states and Mexico before he shot himself while holed up in an unoccupied cabin in Big Bear during a standoff with police.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Tiger Out to Master Augusta for 5th Time

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For the second straight year, Tiger Woods heads into the Masters as the odds-on favorite to win the green jacket. In 2012,  Woods finished five strokes over par, 15 strokes back and tied for 40th place. 

Will he deliver this time?

"Tiger said it best earlier this week when he said he was comfortable with every aspect of his game. If he says he's comfortable, I believe him," said Jay Coffin, editor of GolfChannel.com. "There is nothing that I've seen this year that makes me believe he's not ready to make a valiant run this week for his fifth green jacket."

Woods begins that run at 10:45 a.m. ET Thursday when he tees off at Augusta National, beginning the four-day quest for his fifth Masters title.

But Coffin isn't quite ready to measure Woods for a fitting just yet — after all, it's been eight long years and one dramatic chip-in since he last won at Augusta.

From his historic victory at the 1997 Masters until the night he drove his car into a tree and then a fire hydrant while fleeing his home following an argument with his then-wife Elin Nordegren, Woods never went more than two years without winning a Major. It's now been almost five years.

On Nov. 25, 2009, the National Inquirer ran a story alleging that Woods had an extramarital affair with a New York City nightclub manager. Over the next 10 weeks, his personal life began to unravel in a most public fashion.

A parade of women more than a dozen strong came forward with all manner of lurid claims, and Woods was forced to apologize, ultimately holding a televised press conference during which he admitted, "I was unfaithful, I had affairs and I cheated. What I did was unacceptable," and announced that he was stepping away from the game indefinitely.

"Indefinitely" turned out to be until April 8, at the 2010 Masters, where he shot better than par for all four rounds, but finished tied for fourth, five strokes behind winner Phil Mickelson. In 2011, Woods again tied for fourth at Augusta, but missed the next two Majors with injuries to his knee and Achilles heel, before failing to make the cut at the PGA Championship.

Between the collapse of his marriage, public image and ailing health, Woods looked human for the first time in his career. For years his mere presence on a golf course had made opponents wilt -- he won 49 of 53 tournaments when leading after three rounds. Suddenly he was human, and his fellow golfers were no longer chasing him—they were beating him.

But things are different now. Woods is coming off 2-stroke victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational three weeks ago, is again the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world for the first time in 2 1/2 years. He leads the tour in earnings, with $3.7 million from three wins in five events.

Woods' personal life appears to have stabilized as well. Last month Woods posted on Facebook photos of himself with his new love interest, two-time Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Vonn.

"Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating," read the caption on one of the photos. "We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes."

But most importantly, Woods says he's healthy.

"I can still practice all day, that's something I wasn't able to do for a few years there," Woods told ESPN on Sunday.

Woods made it clear early in his career that he had his sights set on Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 Major tournament wins. In the fall of 2008, that goal seemed a forgone conclusion. Just 32 at the time, he was sitting at 14 Major wins with at least a decade of golf ahead of him.

Now, time is running out.

"This is a big week for Tiger," Coffin said. "Sure, he has an eye on 18 majors, always has. But he needs to worry about major No. 15. If he doesn't win this week it'd be a disappointment. If he does, watch out the rest of the year."



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WATCH: Man Facing Battery Charge Curses, Flips Off Judge

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A Miami-Dade judge kept her cool when a man facing a battery charge repeatedly cursed her out, gave her the middle finger and grabbed his crotch during a bond court appearance Wednesday.

Jodel Leveille, 24, appeared before Judge Ellen Sue Venzer to face charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and criminal mischief, jail records showed.

Clad in orange prison garb, Leveille appeared calm until Venzer ruled there was probable cause for the battery charge, when he began a profanity-laced tirade.

Woman Flips Lid on Miami-Dade Judge Who Was Flipped Bird

"F--- you judge," Leveille yelled, before flipping the judge the bird, grabbing his crotch and telling her to die.

Leveille claimed he was stabbed by a woman he had a restraining order against and when officers arrived they beat him. Venzer asked him to calm down but Leveille refused.

"I ain't gonna calm down, they beat the hell out of me," he said. "You can't judge me."

Woman Who Flipped Off Judge Back in Court

"You know what I'm gonna do Mr. Leveille," Venzer said.

"I don't care what you do, you can go to hell for what I care," Leveille replied.

Venzer reset the appearance to the afternoon.

"I'm gonna give you an opportunity to calm down Mr. Leveille," she said.

Records showed Leveille was being held on $11,500 bond. It was unknown whether he has an attorney.

The incident was reminiscent of 18-year-old Penelope Soto's appearance before Miami-Dade Judge Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat in early February, where she was sentenced to 30 days for flipping him the bird. The sentence was later reduced after Soto apologized.

 


String of Car Burglaries Hit 4S Ranch

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Detectives from the sheriff’s department are investigating a series of vehicle burglaries that have been happening in San Diego’s 4S Ranch community.

According to investigators, at least 10 car burglaries occurred in 4S Ranch between Apr. 2 and Apr. 5.

In most of the cases, investigators say the suspects have broken into locked cars by breaking a window. Once they gain entry to the car, the suspects then take anything of value that has been left inside.

The suspects responsible for this string of car burglaries remain at large.

Detectives want to remind residents to avoid leaving valuables unattended in their vehicles. Anyone with information on these burglaries should call the Sheriff’s 4S Ranch Substation at (858) 521-5200 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
 



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Stranded Sea Lion Pup Waddles Back to Sea

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A woman spotted the stranded sea lion pup in a parking lot in Ocean Beach, Calif.

Budget Includes Border Crossing Project Funds

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When President Barack Obama sent Congress his proposed $3.8 trillion spending blueprint, he included the money needed to fully fund the next phase of the San Ysidro Port Expansion Project.

The president’s budget plan includes $226 million dollars for the massive renovation of the world’s busiest border crossing according to the Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

The General Services Administration (GSA) would have money for Phase 3 construction costs and could fund site acquisition for both Phase 2 and 3 according to the chamber’s leadership.

An estimated 50,000 cars move northbound through the port of entry from Tijuana into San Ysidro every day.

In Phase 1, a pedestrian bridge and a southbound pedestrian crossing are complete.

California-bound lanes will grow to 30 from 24, and each lane will have two inspection booths instead of one. That should be completed by September 2014.

Phase 3 would expand southbound lanes and improve a western pedestrian crossing. Phase 2 involves northbound pedestrian crossings on the eastern end of the port.

Riverside Co. Moves Forward With Pit Bull Sterilization Plan

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Pit bulls and pit-bull mixes in unincorporated Riverside County will be required to be sterilized under a new proposal given initial approval for drafting Tuesday at the Board of Supervisors meeting.

The county's Department of Animal Services will now work with their attorneys to draft such an ordinance within the next few weeks. It is expected to include some exemptions.

The proposal will then be open for public discussion and eventually a council vote.

Proponents of the plan point to three recent pit bull attacks on elderly women and overcrowding at local shelters; about 20 percent of animals at Riverside shelters are pit bulls, which have low adoption rates.

Mauling survivor, 76-year-old Bruna Secco of in San Jacinto, said she supports such regulations.

"Knocked me down, broke my ribs, and just got on top of me and just went to town," Secco said in March following the attack. "I am ready to go anywhere and do whatever I can."

At Tuesday's meeting, attendees spoke out on both sides of the issue:

"Saying that an entire grouping of dogs is natural-born killers -- I just don't think that's fair to say," said one man.

"They bite like a shark. They rip and tear and shred. That's why you see them in the news," said one woman.

To watch more from Tuesday's public comment, click here or watch the video embedded above.



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Dorner 911 Tapes Released

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Audio of the 911 call a Big Bear couple placed Feb. 12 after being tied up by disgruntled ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner was released Tuesday, KPCC reported.

In the partially redacted recording, Karen Reynolds tells a police dispatcher that Dorner entered a condo and held them up at gunpoint before tying them up and taking off in their truck.

"We were tied up by Dorner," Reynolds said during the 21 minute phone call.

Reynolds, who managed to use her cellphone while tied up to call 911, said Dorner had been armed with a rifle that had a silencer.

Complete Coverage: Manifesto For Murder

Minutes after Dorner departed, Karen Reynolds freed herself enough to get to her cellphone, calling 911 in speaker mode with her hands still bound.

She told the operator she believed Dorner had been holed up in her condo just across from the manhunt's command center during much of the search.

"I'm pretty sure he's been here the whole time," Reynolds said.

"You guys are just across from the command center?" the operator said, sounding surprised.

The couple stayed on the call while they waited for deputies. Karen Reynolds at one point falls over and groans in pain.

Dorner was an ex-LAPD police officer and former United States Navy reservist who was charged in connection with a series of shooting attacks on police officers and their families from between February 3 and 12.

Four people were killed in the shootings, including two police officers and three police officers were wounded.

Dorner was the subject of one of the largest manhunts in LAPD history that spanned two states and Mexico before he shot himself while holed up in an unoccupied cabin in Big Bear during a standoff with police.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

One-Third of Drivers: Work Calls Are a "Must"

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A third of drivers feel they must answer a work-related call while driving according to survey results released in San Diego Wednesday.

Even though studies have shown calling and driving increases the risk of a traffic accident, 31-percent of those surveyed by UC San Diego researchers say they feel obliged to answer their phone if it’s a call having to do with work.

“Employers should be aware that encouraging workers to initiate and receive calls while driving on the job is putting their employees at risk and exposing their companies to potential liability,” said Linda Hill, MD, MPH, clinical professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Hill worked with the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program to conduct a survey on the driving habits of San Diego County residents, ages 30 to 64.

Four years after California banned the use hand-held mobile phones and devices while driving, 56-percent of those surveyed reported driving while talking on a handheld phone.

That number may explain why law enforcement officers issued more than 400,000 tickets for distracted driving in 2012. That's a 31 percent jump over 2009, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Most respondents, 92-percent, said they drive with a hands-free phone. The National Safety Council cites more than 30 research studies that show hands-free phone use is not safer than hand-held phone use.

“Studies have shown that phoning and driving increases the risk of crashes four-fold, with hands-free and handheld devices equally dangerous,” Hill said.

“Texting increases this risk eight to 16 times,” she said.

When researchers revealed the research Wednesday, they said the results suggest that even a child passenger will not prevent adults from texting or talking on the phone.

Most of those drivers with children younger than 11-years-old in the car, say they drive with a cell phone. Thirty-six percent say they text. Almost the same number of adults with preteens or teens in the car say they text while 63-percent say they will use a phone.

Adults with children younger than 11-years-old in the car were significantly more likely to text and to talk on a handheld phone.

More than 700 people completed the online questionnaire. Most were female. The average age of the respondent was 46.



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Police Search for Man Who Shot Dog in Face

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Police are looking for a man who shot a dog in the face and left it for dead in a New Haven, Conn., park.

A witness called police around 8:30 a.m. Sunday after watching the events unfold, according to a report from the police.

The witness told police a man walked the dog, a 1-year-old pit bull, into Edgewood Park on a leash. The dog seemed to trust the handler, according to the witness.

As the man and the dog reached the bridge by the duck pond, the man tied the dog's leash to a concrete railing tightly, which kept the dog from moving at all. The handler pulled out a gun and shot it in the face, the witness said.

The bullet missed the dog's brain by a centimeter, and somehow he miraculously survived the shooting. Officers have named the dog "B." He was taken to the Pet Shield veterinary hospital in North Branford for treatment.

After the shooting, the witness followed the man to the Kensington Street area but lost sight of him after that, police said.

The shooter is described as a man in his 30s and between 5 feet, 9 inches and 5 feet, 11 inches tall. He had very short dreadlocks and wore a black Champion jacket with a black letter "C" on the left breast.

According to a veterinarian, "B" should have no long-term effects from the shooting. He is still recovering and is not up for adoption at this point but could be put up for adoption at a later date, police said.

Anyone with information on the incident or recognizes "B" is asked to call police at 203-946-6313.



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Hit and Run Causes Poway Power Outage

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Hundreds of residents were left without power Wednesday night after a hit and run driver crashed into a power pole in Poway, officials said.

Deputies say an unknown driver struck a pole on Espola Road and Valle Verde Road at around 6:45 p.m., causing the outage. The driver then fled the scene.

According to San Diego Gas & Electric, roughly 910 customers were still without power as of 9 p.m. in Poway, Rancho Penasquitos and parts of Rancho Bernardo and San Pasqual.

SDG&E crews expect to have power fully restored to customers by about 1:10 a.m.
 

Newtown Residents Hope to Inspire Lawmakers to Take Action

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Residents of Newtown have been out in front of town hall since noon on Wednesday, reading more than 3,300 names of those lost to gun violence all over the country since December 14.

They hope it will send a message to members of Congress before a crucial vote on gun control. The U.S. Senate will take up the bill on Thursday.

Newtown families also headed to Washington, where Vicki Soto's sister Jillian read outside the nation's Capitol.

"I'm here today because my sister is unable to be here, and I'm here to honor her and demand something be done. Demand we get a vote," Soto said.

It's a vote some senators have tried to stop from coming up for debate on Thursday. Yet on Wednesday night in front of Edmond Town Hall, Newtown Action Alliance tried to make sure the debate moves forward.

"We're trying to send a message that we want a vote. We want a vote now and shame on the senators for trying to filibuster this," said Monte Frank, who added that people of Newtown deserve at least a discussion on gun legislation, -including universal background checks.

"We really want to be remembered as the place not where this unspeakable tragedy occurred but from the ashes we've risen and tried to engage some meaningful change," Frank said.

Norwalk Councilwoman Anna Duleep struggled through her time at the podium, especially when reading the name of a Norwalk police officer.

"For a lot of us, our hearts broke before December 14," Duleep said. "[We need] to show that we are Newtown. Whether it's Norwalk, here physically in Newtown, or whether it's California, we all could be struck next."

Organizers said they'll be at town hall until noon Thursday to wait for a vote.

Bullies Shoot 8th Grade Student with BB Gun in Classroom, Victim Says

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Los Angeles school district police plan to investigate a shooting incident at a middle school where a BB gun injured a 13-year-old student.

Solomon Harris, an eighth grade student at Curtiss Middle School in Carson, was allegedly shot in the back and face as he sat in class by two classmates who regularly bully him, Harris said.

"They call me gay, talk about my bumps on my nose, and my face and just how I talk," Harris said. "I felt it, and all day going through school, I was like, why me?"

The classmates, a boy and a girl, had showed Harris the gun, which he thought was a toy gun. The teacher had no idea a BB gun was being passed around, nor did she hear the small pellets fired from the air rifle, Harris said.

"How are you going to sit in a classroom and the teacher didn't observe what's going on?" asked Ruth Debro, Harris' mother who is a teacher in the school district.

Debro plans on moving her son to another school for fear that something else might happen.

"I'm not sending him back to Curtiss Middle school to be abused anymore," Debro said. "I would feel guilty if i sent him back and something happened to him and what does that teach him?"

Los Angeles Unified School District and school police were made aware of the shooting, which was reported after school hours. School police had planned to fill out a crime report to investigate the incident Thursday morning.

Man Tries to Saw Arms Off at Home Depot, Saved by Firefighter

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A man found in a pool of blood at a home improvement store in Southern California after he purposefully attempted to cut his arms with handsaws remained in critical condition Thursday morning, authorities said.

Pasadena Fire Captain Art Hurtado was among the horrified shoppers at a Home Depot in West Covina on Wednesday. He was shopping with his wife on his day off when he jumped in to help the victim.

"We are always in work mode," Hurtado said. "As soon as I threw my keys to my wife, she knew — saw the work and the stride that I had. And she knew I'm working."

Art and his wife Isabelle saw West Covina police officers rush to the man, and he joined them.

"The officers had already found a man face down, multiple aisles, and the whole store is in chaos," Hurtado said.

"People just couldn’t believe it," added Cpl. Rudy Lopez, with West Covina Police Department. “He walked into the saw area, picked up a couple of saws in the saw area and started cutting both of his arms.”

Hurtado said that as soon as he noticed the first saw, he "thought it was just going to be a crime scene and a fatality."

Without gloves or any equipment, the 21-year fire department veteran began working on the victim.

"I barely had a pulse, and he was just barely breathing," Hurtado said.

But Hurtado kept trying, using what was on the store's shelves around him.

"I can save this guy, if I engage, that’s what we do," he said.

"I started asking for a lot of towels," Hurtado added. "They finally showed up with a large packet of quarter inch rope, nylon rope. And I ripped it open and just stretched it out, and I told the police officer, 'I want 24-inch sections. Just start cutting.'"

Lopez said the victim used several handsaws – including one that is used to cut drywall – to cut "all the way down to the bone."

"It was a godsend," Lopez said. "He happened to be at the right place at the right time, probably saved his life."

It was all in a day’s work, according to Hurtado.

"Were we in a good place for it? No, but you improvise," he said. "You make things do. Like I said, if I didn’t have rope, I would have used my shoelaces. We would have made it work."

Home Depot told NBC4 in a statement that it will cooperate with law enforcement's investigation. The victim remained in surgery late Wednesday.

Goat's Head Delivered to Wrigley Field

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The head of a goat was delivered to Chicago's Wrigley Field on Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed.

The "intimidating package," as reported by Cubs officials, was found at about 2:30 p.m. outside Gate K and addressed to franchise owner Tom Ricketts.

The package didn't appear to have been deliveredby the U.S. Postal Service, Cubs spokesman Julian Green said.

The delivery comes in the midst of the organization's ongoing negotiations with the city and small business owners regarding a a five-year, $300 million plan to renovate the Friendly Confines.

The Billy Goat Curse dates back to Oct. 6, 1945, when tavern owner Billy Sianis bought a box seat for his goat, Murphy, for Game 4 of the World Series at Wrigley Field to help promote his establishment. When he was ordered to remove the goat, he claimed to place a curse on the team that would prevent it from ever hosting another World Series at Wrigley Field.

Dead goats were found hanging on the Harry Caray statue outside the field in 2007 and in 2009.

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