SACRAMENTO – Significantly narrowed legislation that aims to reduce the number of unwanted dogs and cats in California passed the Senate Local Government Committee yesterday.
The bill, which drew about 60 speakers to protest, would allow local animal control officials to require the sterilization of a dog or cat after a certain number of citations had been issued against the owner. AB 1634 by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Sherman Oaks, isn't as broad as the forced sterilization bill that stalled in the same committee last year. The committee's 3-2 vote, with Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, in support, moves the bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Union-Tribune
9 teens, 2 adults lost in Sierra found safe
SAN FRANCISCO – Nine teenagers and two adults who were reported missing in a rugged area of the Sierra Nevada mountain range hiked to safety yesterday, hours after rescue teams launched a search.
The teens, ages 13 to 16, and their two 30-year-old guides turned up at a remote camp store several miles outside the search area, authorities said.
Associated Press
Man, 21, arrested in deaths of dad, 2 sons
SAN FRANCISCO – A 21-year-old man was arrested yesterday on three counts of murder related to a road rage shooting that killed a father and two of his sons.
Edwin Ramos was held in the killings of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, who were shot Sunday afternoon after being involved in a minor traffic incident.
Associated Press
