1941 – 2016 LEWISTON — Ann Smith, 74, of Lewiston passed away Monday, March 14, surrounded by her daughters and brother, Art. Ann was born July 21, 1941, in Lewiston to Arthur and Evelyn Hastings. While she spent most of her life here, she made the move to California where she had many adventures and […]
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Google car vs. bus: Video shows California collision
LOS ANGELES — Newly released video shows the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus. The collision happened on Valentine’s Day, when a Google vehicle struck the side of a public bus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. A Lexus SUV, which the company […]
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VIDEO: California TV reporter almost gets hit doing story
ALAMEDA COUNTY, Calif. — A Northern California television reporter and cameraman narrowly missed getting hit by a car while reporting on air. KTVU’s Twitter feed on Tuesday showed a clip of reporter Alex Savidge on air before there’s a loud bang and cameraman Chip Vaughan hollers at him to watch out. The reporter jumped out […]
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How the San Bernardino suspects differ from other mass shooters
San Bernardino police said late Wednesday they were “reasonably confident” the two suspects shot dead during a gunfight in Redlands, Calif., were the same two shooters who killed 14 and injured 17 at the nearby Inland Regional Center earlier that day and that there was no third person involved. While unable to determine a motive […]
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San Bernardino shooting: 14 dead, 2 suspects dead
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police. Authorities were trying to determine a […]
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Lesley Jeanne Rudolph
1926 – 2015 AUBURN — Lesley passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 7. Born Aug. 3, 1926, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Leslie L. and Kitty (Niehaus) Penn, she graduated from Eagle Rock High School and attended Occidental College, joining the Alpha sorority before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she joined the […]
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California prefers death over life
LOS ANGELES — Shortly after signing a bill allowing assisted suicide in California, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed another measure that forces pregnancy crisis centers to “offer information about affordable contraception, abortion and prenatal care.” The information is to be displayed in the form of a sign tacked to the crisis center’s door and must […]
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Louise D. Nadeau
1917 – 2015 AUBURN — Louise D. Nadeau, 98, of 20 Great Falls Plaza, Auburn, passed away Friday, Oct. 9, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice after a very brief illness. She was born Aug. 6, 1917, in Auburn, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Demers Chaput. She was educated in […]
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Alvira ‘Vi’ Caron
1927 – 2015 LA MESA, Calif. — Alvira “Vi” Caron, 88, of Lewiston and La Mesa, Calif., passed away peacefully on Sunday Oct. 4. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Antoinette Slavinski Loewer and Conrad Daniel Joseph Loewer, Vi grew up in southern California, where she met Bob Caron while he was stationed there […]
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Keith Sawyer
AUBURN — Keith Sawyer passed away at the Hospice House in Auburn Sunday, Sept. 13, at the age of 82. He was born in Lewiston, the son of Charles and Marion Rollins Sawyer. He grew up in West Minot and graduated from Edward Little High School in 1951. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and […]