• Vallejo police say that a homicide suspect, Roberto Alfonso Tamayo-Cazarez, who's been charged in the May 1 killing of 29-year-old Ceicilia Corsetti, shot a second person 18 days later. Tamayo-Cazarez remained at large for two weeks, and on the morning of May 19, police say he shot a man on Indiana Street who was left with non-life-threatening injuries. [KRON4]
  • The California FAIR Plan, the state's privately run insurer of last resort for homes in fire-prone areas, will impose steep rate increases this fall for properties at highest risk, with those premiums rising 30% to 50%. [Chronicle]
  • The death of a 13-month-old toddler at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa is being investigated as suspicious, after the girl was found unresponsive and not breathing at a Napa residence Tuesday. [KRON4]
  • A 59-year-old ceramics teacher, Adam Musto, at American Canyon High School is suspected of "inappropriate behavior" and was arrested on suspicion of battery Wednesday, with the details of the crime still not disclosed. [Bay City News]
  • A person was rescued from San Francisco Bay Wednesday afternoon, near the Ferry Building, by SFFD personnel, and few details have been shared except that the person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. [Chronicle]
  • The sheriff in Lassen County has caused some controversy by putting out a warning of an "imminent threat" from a group of aggressive mountain lions, while the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has pushed back saying nothing unusual has occurred and there have been no predations or pets taken or reason for the warning. [Chronicle]
  • A bone found by an amateur sleuth off a trail near where Nancy Guthrie disappeared in Tucson turns out to be 750 years old, and archaeologists say this is a cautionary tale about having amateur detectives digging around in sensitive sites. [New York Times]

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