An out of control asphalt truck wreaked havoc in El Cerrito, leaving the driver with two broken legs and a house completely destroyed. The crash, which happened on Moeser St., also left parts of El Cerrito, Berkley and Richmond with out power. The 10-wheeler hauler snapped a power line, severely damaged at least five vehicles and smashed into a local residence.
Detective Sgt. Shawn Maples, with help from form Police Chief Scott Kirkland and Detective Ken Zinc, pulled the driver from the over turned hauler seconds before it burst into flames. Maples said, “We dragged him out in a heartbeat while the truck went up in flames. I just wanted to get him out of there.” According to Maples, the driver’s legs were mangled and he couldn’t move.
Ruben Sharma, whom lives across the street from the home that was destroyed said, “First, I thought it was a major earthquake. This is unbelievable.” His front yard is littered with bricks, broken glass, car parts, splintered wood and palm fronds.
Rescue workers had to cut the roof of a Honda sedan to free the trapped driver and a parked electrician’s truck on Moeser was knocked over to the next street. Both were struck by the hauler.
The driver of the hauler, a San Jose man whose name was not released, broke both of his and is listed in serious but stable condition at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Top News 4
Finicail Crisis
The collapse of major finacail institutions and the goverment buy outs have been the major topic of the last 2 weeks. I woul dlike to specifically talk about the 7oo billion dollar bailout plan and Friday meetings that involved the presidentail canadates. After reading articles in the Wall Street Journal and San Jose Merucury News, as well as watching CNN,MSNBC and FOXNEWS I was interested in the politics involved in what was suppose to be a bi-partisan meeting.
Initailly, the Bush Administration proposed a 3 page planned bailout of the morgage crisis. It recieved a lot of push-back on some core principals, that both presidentail canadates in a joint statment agreed upon, and was revised. The Senate Republicans, Democrates and House Democrats who worked on the revision were in favor of the new plan. House Republicans, more specifically the Conservative base, did not agree with the complete revision.
In steps the Presidentail canadit John McCain. He met with the Conservative base and shortly after the revised plan did not get approved. McCain later, at a meeting with President Bush, his advisors and Senator Obama, defended the Conservatives right to disapprove the plan. Subsiquently, lawmakers are still in negotiations for passing another bailout plan.
I commend the Republicans for standing by their values but have issue with their overall lack of substance. They submitted a plan of their own, one page in length, which offered supporting insurance for the flailing finacial institution. As a result of these politics the bailout has not occured, the stock market is in a frenzy and millions of Americans are very worried about their financial future.
The collapse of major finacail institutions and the goverment buy outs have been the major topic of the last 2 weeks. I woul dlike to specifically talk about the 7oo billion dollar bailout plan and Friday meetings that involved the presidentail canadates. After reading articles in the Wall Street Journal and San Jose Merucury News, as well as watching CNN,MSNBC and FOXNEWS I was interested in the politics involved in what was suppose to be a bi-partisan meeting.
Initailly, the Bush Administration proposed a 3 page planned bailout of the morgage crisis. It recieved a lot of push-back on some core principals, that both presidentail canadates in a joint statment agreed upon, and was revised. The Senate Republicans, Democrates and House Democrats who worked on the revision were in favor of the new plan. House Republicans, more specifically the Conservative base, did not agree with the complete revision.
In steps the Presidentail canadit John McCain. He met with the Conservative base and shortly after the revised plan did not get approved. McCain later, at a meeting with President Bush, his advisors and Senator Obama, defended the Conservatives right to disapprove the plan. Subsiquently, lawmakers are still in negotiations for passing another bailout plan.
I commend the Republicans for standing by their values but have issue with their overall lack of substance. They submitted a plan of their own, one page in length, which offered supporting insurance for the flailing finacial institution. As a result of these politics the bailout has not occured, the stock market is in a frenzy and millions of Americans are very worried about their financial future.
Carjack
Carjacking attempt leaves a suspect in custody and two honeymooner' s a little shaken up. Alan Ticas-Soto, 21, is in police custody for carjacking a car that had a wedding bride still in the passenger seat last Saturday night.
Ticas-Soto, who has no criminal record, pleaded "not guilty" Monday in San Mateo Supreme Court and is being held on $100,000 bail. He has been charged with felony carjacking and misdemeanor drug charges, he is suspected to have been high on methamphetamines.
The newly married couple, names not released, had stopped for a late night snack at Taco Bell on E. 4th Ave in San Mateo. Mr. Ticas-Soto, allegedly, entered the vehicle after the groom had gotten out of the still running 2003 Nissan Maxima, leaving the bride in the passenger seat. Ticas-Soto had initail problems driving the Maxima because it was a stick shift. The problem allowed enough time for the groom to reach the car and help his bride out. Ticas-Solo then proceed, according to witnesses, run into the Taco Bell sign, exit the car and run away from the scene. Neither the bride or groom were injured but were obviously shaken by the experience.
Ticas-Soto, who has no criminal record, pleaded "not guilty" Monday in San Mateo Supreme Court and is being held on $100,000 bail. He has been charged with felony carjacking and misdemeanor drug charges, he is suspected to have been high on methamphetamines.
The newly married couple, names not released, had stopped for a late night snack at Taco Bell on E. 4th Ave in San Mateo. Mr. Ticas-Soto, allegedly, entered the vehicle after the groom had gotten out of the still running 2003 Nissan Maxima, leaving the bride in the passenger seat. Ticas-Soto had initail problems driving the Maxima because it was a stick shift. The problem allowed enough time for the groom to reach the car and help his bride out. Ticas-Solo then proceed, according to witnesses, run into the Taco Bell sign, exit the car and run away from the scene. Neither the bride or groom were injured but were obviously shaken by the experience.
Gas Leak
A high-pressure gas rupture shut down business and traffic South of Market early yesterday afternoon. The punctured pipe shut down, roughly, a four block area and required at least 100 people to evacuate.
A private construction company, according to a PG&E source, punctured the gas pipe with a backhoe while trying to repair some sewer lines. Traffic was at a stand still, in an already heavily traveled area, caused by the police blocking off the area. Neighborhood residents, business and their customers who were vacated from the area were upset by the disturbance. Carlann Lauria of Crocker's Lokckers, a self-storage business in the area, said about her customers,"They were pretty irate." Employees of Crocker's Lockers had to go out past the police perimeter to find their customers in order to receive payments. Samantha Feldmen of Wa-Ha-Ka restaurant, located on the corner near the gas line, said she lost upwards of 500$ in business due to the rapture. Gas was turned back on at 5:09p.m. last night.
A private construction company, according to a PG&E source, punctured the gas pipe with a backhoe while trying to repair some sewer lines. Traffic was at a stand still, in an already heavily traveled area, caused by the police blocking off the area. Neighborhood residents, business and their customers who were vacated from the area were upset by the disturbance. Carlann Lauria of Crocker's Lokckers, a self-storage business in the area, said about her customers,"They were pretty irate." Employees of Crocker's Lockers had to go out past the police perimeter to find their customers in order to receive payments. Samantha Feldmen of Wa-Ha-Ka restaurant, located on the corner near the gas line, said she lost upwards of 500$ in business due to the rapture. Gas was turned back on at 5:09p.m. last night.
AP
1) There has been no let up all day, after class, I plan to soak in my Jacuzzi and then lay down for a short nap. (3)
2) They called the late Sen. Fred Fried a liberal because he voted against the Patriot Act. (3)3) They unfurled her white sails. The sailboat caught the breeze and began to slice steadily through the waves. Their dream cruise of the Pacific Islands had begun. (2)
4) After two days of hard rain and rising waters, the river flooded its banks; leaving the road partly impassible. (2)
2) They called the late Sen. Fred Fried a liberal because he voted against the Patriot Act. (3)3) They unfurled her white sails. The sailboat caught the breeze and began to slice steadily through the waves. Their dream cruise of the Pacific Islands had begun. (2)
4) After two days of hard rain and rising waters, the river flooded its banks; leaving the road partly impassible. (2)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
JOUR 61 – AP Style Exercise #2 (E-H)
(15 points)
Please identify and correct the AP style errors in the following sentences. Post the corrected sentences on your blog.
1) To ensure the accuracy of the news story, Sarah Jones checked with her source. For Jones, this is an every day practice; not the exception. (4)
2) As the two boys argued, over who should get the last piece of pizza, both seemed equally as hungry. Clearly, they had forgotten their earlier decision to forego having seconds. (2)
3) He suspected his neighbor was selling drugs so he called the F.B.I. His neighbor, however, cried fowl at the accusation. (2)
4) She grew up on the Great Plains near Alliance, Neb., where the winters are long and harsh and the living is hand-to-mouth. (3)
5) Her car was side-swiped by a hit and run driver on Route 1-A this morning. She wasn't really injured but the impact sent the contents of her purse helter-skelter. (4)
(15 points)
Please identify and correct the AP style errors in the following sentences. Post the corrected sentences on your blog.
1) To ensure the accuracy of the news story, Sarah Jones checked with her source. For Jones, this is an every day practice; not the exception. (4)
2) As the two boys argued, over who should get the last piece of pizza, both seemed equally as hungry. Clearly, they had forgotten their earlier decision to forego having seconds. (2)
3) He suspected his neighbor was selling drugs so he called the F.B.I. His neighbor, however, cried fowl at the accusation. (2)
4) She grew up on the Great Plains near Alliance, Neb., where the winters are long and harsh and the living is hand-to-mouth. (3)
5) Her car was side-swiped by a hit and run driver on Route 1-A this morning. She wasn't really injured but the impact sent the contents of her purse helter-skelter. (4)
Fire
No smoke detector, third-degree burns. A fire, yesterday in San Jose, left Robert Kent,50’s, in “grave condition” at Valley Medical Center according to the supervising nurse.
San Jose Fire Captain Rob Piper told us that at around 3 p.m. firefighters entered a burning single-story home on Annapolis Way and found Mr. Kent in the kitchen floor, unconscious. Piper also said that the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen, spreading to the attic allowing smoke to engulf the entire house.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation but no smoke detectors were evident and, according to Captain Piper, Mr. Kent had 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 50 percent of his body.
No smoke detector, third-degree burns. A fire, yesterday in San Jose, left Robert Kent,50’s, in “grave condition” at Valley Medical Center according to the supervising nurse.
San Jose Fire Captain Rob Piper told us that at around 3 p.m. firefighters entered a burning single-story home on Annapolis Way and found Mr. Kent in the kitchen floor, unconscious. Piper also said that the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen, spreading to the attic allowing smoke to engulf the entire house.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation but no smoke detectors were evident and, according to Captain Piper, Mr. Kent had 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 50 percent of his body.
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