Category: Personal Injury

Smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels for medical purposes without piercing the skin could be dangerous and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. The caution applies to any watch or ring, regardless of brand, that claims to measure blood glucose levels in a noninvasive way, the...

A 41-year-old Minnesota man was in custody today in connection with the September killing of a model who was severely beaten, bound, gagged and stuffed inside the refrigerator of her downtown Los Angeles apartment. Magnus Daniel Humphrey, who is on probation for federal narcotics offenses, was taken into custody at his home in Minnesota on an unrelated federal warrant,...

A community in Moreno Valley was left shocked following the arrest of a church pastor who was accused of sexually assaulting a child. David Helbling, 79, of the Blessing Center First Assembly of God church, was arrested last week after the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station received a report of a sexual assault of a child....

MODESTO, California — The woman who died after being rescued from a duplex fire in Modesto was identified as Gail Dodd, 76. ...

SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- A 9-year-old girl was kidnapped and then let go in Sanger on Wednesday, police say.Officers responded to a call of a possible kidnapping at 1:45 p.m. near JFK Park on Faller and North Avenues.Sanger Police Chief Greg Garner said in a news conference that the girl was walking home from...

MALIBU, Calif. - A portion of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu was closed Wednesday due to roadway debris, authorities said. Caltrans District 7 officials posted on social media just before 8 a.m. that PCH was closed in both directions between Corral Canyon and Latigo Canyon roads due to a mudslide. Malibu Canyon...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles firefighters safely rescued a horse after it became trapped in a backyard sinkhole for hours.  LAFD ground and air units responded to a property at 10424 w Foothill Blvd. in Lake View Terrance Wedesnday afternoon.  Crews say a 1,200-pound horse named ‘Lucky’ was trapped up to its...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A former Los Angeles police officer is accused of stealing debit and credit cards from people who were being searched as they entered the jail in downtown Los Angeles.Prosecutors say Edmond Babaians, who worked for LAPD for 15 years, took cards from four people who entered the security checkpoint at...

A fire tore through a house Wednesday evening in San Jose, prompting the temporary closure of multiple surrounding streets.Firefighters were working at about 8 p.m. to extinguish the blaze, which appeared consume a home on the 700 block of Almaden Avenue, according to the San Jose Fire Department. No injuries were reported. The fire department...

MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- Massive mud and rockslides in Malibu came tumbling down Wednesday, prompting the immediate closure of several roads.According to the California Highway Patrol, Malibu Canyon Road between Piuma Road and Pacific Coast Highway will remain closed overnight due to a rockslide. A geology assessment will be done Thursday morning before the...

LOS ANGELES — After a dry start to winter, California's rainy season is finally well under way. ...

article LOS ANGELES - A man was found shot after he was apparently kidnapped in front of a Sylmar gas station Wednesday morning.  It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the Mobil gas station at Encinitas Avenue and Roxford Street. A man named Craig watched the whole thing unfold.  "It was...

A woman was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 21, on suspicion of fleeing officers in a stolen vehicle and ramming police vehicles during the pursuit, Costa Mesa authorities said.Around 12:45 p.m., Costa Mesa police officers were called to assist another agency in pulling over a stolen vehicle, according to a Costa Mesa Police Department statement. “The...

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Madera County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of an ongoing homicide investigation.It happened on the afternoon of February 15 at a home on Bailey Flats Road in Raymond, west of Oakhurst.Investigators say they found 40-year-old Nicole Kunz of Visalia dead in the home.Kunz's friend Heidi Cox was...

Todd Miller set out for a regular, rigorous hike on a cloudy Monday morning in Newport Beach, his sights set on working into shape to take on the grueling 800-mile Arizona Trail hike this spring. From his home on Poppy Avenue in Corona del Mar, the retired 69-year-old periodontist made his way up to the...

LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) -- A 3-year-old boy in Lancaster died after he was found with a laceration to his neck, and a man - the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother - was named a person of interest in the case, authorities said Wednesday.Deputies responded just before 11 p.m. Tuesday to the 43400 block...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno EOC School of Unlimited Learning community rolled up their sleeves on Wednesday to donate blood today.It's part of their Black History Month celebration.Students learned that an African American doctor developed large-scale blood banks during World War two, which sparked the idea for the blood drive.It's the school's...

TURLOCK, Calif. — A man who allegedly conducted inappropriate phone conversations with a minor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted lewd acts with a child, police said. ...

(KRON)– David Kyle Lubkin, 30, of Concord, has been convicted of first-degree murder, and after more than three years of investigation, has been sentenced to 50 years to life for the 2019 murder of 19-year-old Ezequiel Garcia. The murder occurred in September 2019, when Garcia met with Lubkin for the purchase of a gold...

SANGER, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities are investigating an industrial accident at a Sanger farming plant that left one man dead.Just before midnight Tuesday, Sanger police say 19-year-old Jose Abrego was killed after getting trapped underneath a semi-trailer at Pitman Family Farms.Their investigation shows Abrego had entered what Sanger police call a dangerous area between...