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Gunman takes hostages at party at largest US veterans home
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman slipped into an employee going-away party at the largest veterans home in the United States and took at least three people hostage Friday, leading to a lockdown of the sprawling grounds in California, authorities...
Dutoit steps down from Royal orchestra amid sex allegations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Charles Dutoit has stepped down as artistic director and principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra following multiple allegations of sexual assault, the orchestra said Wednesday. The renowned conductor's...
Dutoit out at 8 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The stellar career of world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit has come crashing down in the wake of sexual assault accusations by three singers and a musician. Symphonies from Boston to Sydney have severed ties with the...
Rich homeowners urge San Francisco to return sold-off street
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An investor scooped up one of the toniest private streets in San Francisco after its wealthy owners didn't pay property taxes for years, a sale that the well-connected homeowners want city leaders to reverse Tuesday. By taking...
School workers thwart gunman who could have hurt dozens more
RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman on a deadly mission rushed onto the grounds of a tiny elementary school in rural Northern California where small children were straggling into classrooms after getting dropped off for another day of...
California fires cause $1B in damage, burn 7,000 buildings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The wildfires that have devastated Northern California this month caused at least $1 billion in damage to insured property, officials said Thursday, as authorities increased the count of homes and other buildings destroyed to...