💭 A woman’s head was severed with a sword in San Carlos Thursday, authorities with knowledge of the investigation told NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit. Stephanie Magallon reports.
San Carlos, California – A young mother of two was beheaded in front of horrified witnesses Thursday morning.
The suspect, identified as Jose Landaeta Solano, severed his ex’s head with what was described as a “samurai sword.”
Solano has a violent criminal past, NBC Bay Area reported.
The victim, who has not been identified, had a restraining order against Solano, according to the outlet.
A woman’s head was severed with a sword in San Carlos Thursday, authorities with knowledge of the investigation told NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit.
The suspect, who returned to the scene, was arrested in connection with the woman’s death, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect was later identified as Jose Landaeta Solano.
Deputies near the intersection of Laurel Street and Magnolia Avenue were flagged down at about 11:50 a.m. by witnesses who reported an assault in progress, the sheriff’s office said. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found the woman dead.
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eamonn Allen said during an afternoon media briefing a “stabbing instrument” was used, but he did not provide further details as the weapon is still outstanding.
“Anytime someone loses their life, it’s certainly a tragedy,” Allen said. “As far as the shocking nature of it, I do know that the deputies that first arrived on scene were a little beset by the scene. We are providing them peer support. We are also providing support for the witnesses that were on scene as well because there were several civilian witnesses.”
🔥 California Heat Wave: How Hot Will it Get? – USA TODAY
A dangerous and sweltering heat wave will continue to consume much of the western U.S., especially California on Friday through the Labor Day weekend, the National Weather Service said.
Temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and lower 100s will result in widespread daily records each day for much of the region, the Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service said notorious hot spot Death Valley soared to 124 degrees Friday, nearing the hottest September temperature ever recorded on Earth of 126 degrees. The hellish location already holds the record for the world’s hottest temperature of 134 degrees, set in 1913.
About 50 million people, mostly in the Western U.S., were under excessive heat warnings and watches along with heat advisories on Friday. Nearly all of California is under an excessive heat waring.
Elsewhere, many monthly temperature records are likely to be broken in inland areas of California, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.
Death Valley inched toward breaking the highest September temperature ever recorded on Earth, reaching a sweltering 124degrees on Friday. The record is 126 degrees. Forecasters cautioned that Death Valley’s famous Furnace Creek thermometer could produce even higher readings.
“That’s not the official thermometer – so that would actually not be used to set the records,” said Brian Planz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Las Vegas. “Little to no relief from the heat overnight will only increase the heat stress and create a potentially dangerous situation for sensitive individuals,” the Weather Service warned.
The Capital Weather Gang said, “Close to 38 million people, the vast majority of them in California and Arizona, are predicted to experience highs hitting the century mark in the coming week.”
AccuWeather chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter said: “The risks associated with this heat wave are even more concerning than other heat waves because this will be happening through the Labor Day weekend, a holiday weekend when many people are spending additional time outdoors and may be less aware of the heat risks.
“The heat wave will be notable due to its persistence – day after day of extreme heat with temperatures, in some locations such as California’s capital of Sacramento, near or exceeding 110 degrees for three or more days in a row,” Porter said.
“Extreme caution” is advised for people who go outdoors, the Weather Service in Sacramento said.
Wildfires and power outages were high on the list of concerns among California officials on Friday.
In California, wildfires chewed through rural areas north of Los Angeles and east of San Diego, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations.
In northwestern Los Angeles County, the intense Route Fire near Castaic raged through more than 8 square miles of hills containing scattered houses late Wednesday. Traffic was snarled on Interstate 5, a major north-south route running through the fire area. Containment was estimated at 37% Friday morning.
Wednesday, seven firefighters fighting the blaze in triple-digit temperatures were taken to hospitals for heat-related illness. All were released.
More than 1,500 people had to evacuate eastern San Diego County when the Border 32 fire erupted Wednesday, eventually hospitalizing two and destroying 10 structures. As of Friday, the fire remained at just under 7 square miles and containment increased to 20%. And in Northern California, a fast-moving fire forced at least 5,000 residents to evacuate and threatened hundreds of homes after the blaze spread to 500 acres in about an hour, the Siskiyou Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
State officials hope to avoid rolling blackouts by asking residents to voluntarily use less power, even as the heat tempts Californians to crank up their air conditioners.
“One of the big unknowns in this (whether blackouts will happen) is that we also expect wildfires,” said Daniel Kammen, an energy professor at the University of California, Berkeley: “And wildfires will cause us to have to shut down certain transmission lines, de-energizing them to prevent wildfires.
“Then we could get into a situation where those rolling brownouts, we call them, when they’re scheduled, we tell people in advance. But right now, none of them are anticipated,” Kammen told USA TODAY.
A vandal appears to be targeting Catholic churches in Pomona Valley, with the most recent attack on a beloved statue at a Chino church.
“This is a place we come to feel safe, to feel God’s presence, to worship with our community,” said Marianne Hacker, pastoral administrator at Saint Margaret Mary’s Church.
She’s guarded the chapel for more than 50 years, the entire time the church has been in existence on Central Avenue in Chino.
“It brings people comfort,” Hacker said.
But on March 30, a vandal trespassed onto the property and delivered a blow that severed the statue in two.
“It’s like a clean cut,” Hacker said.
The damage made the church recall a strikingly similar crime at another local Catholic church.
“That’s why I’m thinking it was a sledgehammer like they used at Our Lady Lourdes,” Hacker said.
Just a month ago and three miles away in Montclair, a person was caught on camera hopping onto a planter at Our Lady Lourdes Catholic Church and using what appeared to be a sledgehammer to hack the heads off two of their statues.
“Definitely trying to make a statement,” Hacker said.
Saint Margaret Mary’s Church thinks the same person is responsible for both crimes, and now they wonder if the same person destroyed their double pane stained glass window last month.
“It’s a picture also of Mary that was just shattered by a huge, huge stone,” Hacker said.
Both churches say they don’t know why they were targeted, but they’re praying for the person who’s trying to hurt them.
“We’re always willing to forgive, and we’re always willing to help if there’s anger,” Hacker said.
The church says it will be using part of its renovation budget to purchase a new security camera.
Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on December 14, 2017
An iconic cross in Ventura County, California survived the Thomas fire that ravaged the area over the past week and was left standing in what many people are calling a miracle.
Everything surrounding the cross, which was located on top of a hill overlooking the Mission San Buenaventura church, was destroyed.
Selected Comments:
The magnificent Ventura Cross has survived California’s wild fires, but can it survive the idiot children of California’ Left?
God is omniscient. His timing is His own. As impatient as I am, His wisdom is where I plight my troth ALL THE WHILE FIGHTING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
God has left signs for the faithful throughout time. This is yet one.
Psalm 103
As for man, his days are like the grass;
he blossoms like a flower in the field.
A wind sweeps over it and it is gone;
its place knows it no more.
The Cross stands.
Meanwhile Christians are being raped and murdered throughout the Muslim world. Muslims do not serve God. Muslims serve satan. Islam makes a sacrament of murdering Christians and Jews (“people of the book”). It makes sacraments of lying, stealing, pillaging, raping and so on.
Martyrs receive special honor in Heaven, and a special crown for dying for their faith in Jesus. The Bible says they are calling out for God to avenge their martyrs death. Their blood cries out, actually. God says “a little longer”.
Evil can only triumph when good men do nothing. America could stop the slaughter of Christians any time they wanted to. It isn’t God’s fault that America
in general has become a Hedonistic and amoral country at best and will no longer respond to a cry for be it from Kurd or Christian.
The real question, irrespective of the Ventura Cross, should be, “Can the idiot children of California’ Left survive the sins of their own “Free Will”? ..
I wouldn’t say never… once they stand before him it’s going to be pretty hard to deny him.
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