Another Step Taken for Federal Tax Exemption for Wildfire Victims’ Settlement Funds

Wildfire survivors in California are a step closer to not paying federal taxes on a settlement. The bill passed a committee yesterday and now heads to the House. About 70-thousand people are receiving money from the PG&E
Montgomery High School Stabbing Trial Underway

The trial of the Montgomery High School student accused of stabbing a classmate to death in March is underway. Two witnesses, an art teacher and a classroom aide, testified on Thursday. They say a fight between the
Petaluma Poultry Activist Found Guilty on Three Charges

Animal welfare activist Wayne Hsiung has been convicted of trespassing and conspiracy-related charges after leading protests at poultry farms near Petaluma in 2018 and 2019. On Thursday, the 42-year-old was found guilty of two misdemeanor trespassing counts
Valley of the Moon Children’s Center Opening Mental Health Treatment Center in July 2024

An empty wing of the Valley of the Moon Children’s Center will soon house a residential mental health treatment center for foster youth, just across from the center’s emergency placement shelter. When the therapeutic facility opens its
Windsor High-Cardinal Newman Football Game Has Ex-Cardinal Newman Player Involved

A Windsor High School football player who is suing Cardinal Newman High School is returning to face his old team tonight. Cardinal Newman is hosting Windsor in the championship of the North Bay League’s Oak Division. Windsor
Cal Fire: Fire Season Now a Year-Round Concern

The state’s fire season is expanding. Cal Fire says it’s now become a year-round concern. That’s the message after a home in Contra Costa County went up in flames and turned into a wildfire. Prescribed burns have
Activists, leaders push to give paid maternity leave to moms who experience stillbirth

LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cassidy Perrone said that the day she learned that her unborn daughter would be stillborn was one of the most heart-wrenching moments in her life, and even more difficult was delivering
Former nurse Heather Pressdee now linked to 17 nursing home deaths

Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office (NEW YORK) — A former Pennsylvania nurse who, in May, had been accused of killing two patients with doses of insulin now faces more murder charges and has confessed to trying to kill
International manhunt after missing woman found dead at Boston airport

Alex Maclean/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A missing woman who was found dead Wednesday in a parking garage at Boston Logan International Airport was murdered, and authorities say her killer has since boarded a plane to Kenya. Margaret
Former soldier accused of threatening to kill military personnel

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (PETALUMA, Calif.) — Federal prosecutors in Southern California have announced charges against 41-year-old Christian Beyer of Petaluma, California, who is accused of posting a YouTube video in which he threatened to kill military personnel