Headline of the day
Archive: July2007
Go-Go Bomb
A fireman friend sends this bit of news today:
‘Gopher bomb’ starts Danville grass fire
DANVILLE - A rodent extermination device started a grass fire Sunday that came close to several homes, officials said Monday.
“The cause was a gopher bomb that caught the grass on fire,” San Ramon
Valley Battalion Chief Mike Brown said.The 10- to 12-acre blaze was reported at 5:47 p.m. on Leafield Road, off
Blackhawk Road. Crews from the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District
and Cal Fire, including two helicopters and four air-tankers, responded.Firefighters took precautions to protect some of the homes, and some
residents voluntarily evacuated their homes, Brown said.The fire was contained at 6:39 p.m. No one was hurt and no property was
damaged.
Gopher = the BOMB!
Newspaper writing award of the day
Eve Golden sends today’s Golden Pen winner (surprise!) - The L.A. Times:
SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, Marin County Coroner Ken Holmes preached against publicizing the grim frequency of suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge … For the first half of 2007, the bridge was the site of an average of one suicide a week, a significant jump from the previous year.
AROTW
Morning update on Alexander Ruler of the World, courtesy of Franklin Avenue Blogspot! Now, it may not seem like much of a difference: but note the comment: it used to be beige.
Typo of the Day
From the Hi Desert Star:
“Arriving by this little red wagon Saturday night for the Prince Diabate concert were Cody Ellstand, 11-months-old, and Kelly Huesser, 2. They’re surrounded by friends and family members.”
Woohoo … Finally, Some Good News We Can Use
My life just got a helluva lot safer …
State high court limits seizure of cars of prostitution and drug suspects
A sharply divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments cannot confiscate the vehicles of drivers arrested on suspicion of buying drugs or soliciting prostitutes, a decision law enforcement officials say will greatly curtail their efforts to crack down on such crimes.
The ruling came against a Stockton ordinance that allowed the seizure of a vehicle immediately after the driver’s arrest, but it essentially overturns the laws of more than two dozen cities from Oakland to Los Angeles.
In its 4-3 decision, the court ruled that only the state can mete out punishment for drug and prostitution offenses, and that without authorization from the Legislature, cities can’t pass seizure ordinances that are harsher than state and federal laws. Even drivers suspected of buying a small amount of marijuana — a low-level crime punishable by a $100 fine — faced seizures under many ordinances.
Organ grinder
So wrong on so many levels. Not to mention that if you give someone massive amounts of drugs, their organs won’t be in great shape.
A San Francisco transplant surgeon was criminally charged today with allegedly attempting to hasten the death last year of a 26-year-old disabled man on life support in order to harvest his organs more quickly.
The charges are the first in the nation against a physician for his role in a transplant and are sure to raise further uneasiness about a somewhat controversial practice in which organs are retrieved before a patient is brain-dead.
The San Luis Obispo County district attorney’s office accused Dr. Hootan Roozrokh, 33, of dependent adult abuse, administering a harmful substance and prescribing an unlawful controlled substance without legitimate medical purpose.
The surgeon allegedly ordered massive amounts of narcotic painkillers and sedatives for Ruben Navarro, a physically and mentally disabled man, “to accelerate Mr. Navarro’s death,” according to a written release from the district attorney. In addition, Roozrokh is accused of administering Betadine, a topical antiseptic, into Navarro’s stomach.
Navarro died in 2006. No organs were recovered because he did not die within the 30 minutes after being removed from life support.
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