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Sunday Links: Four Dead, Including Two Children, in Fresno Plane Crash

Sunday Links: Four Dead, Including Two Children, in Fresno Plane Crash
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  • A total of 14 people attending Friday night's Chainsmokers concert at Discovery Meadows in San Jose required medical treatment or hospitalization, according to the San Jose Fire Department. Information regarding patients' conditions or reasons for hospitalizations has not been released. [Chronicle]
  • Four people, including two children, died in a small plane crash in Fresno on Saturday. According to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, the crash occurred on Blythe Avenue near Sierra Sky Park Airport just before 2:00 pm. [ABC7]
  • An alarming number of sick marine mammals are turning up on California's coasts, with Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center receiving an influx of hotline calls reporting sightings of ill sea lions and fur seals. [KTVU]
  • Flights are being cancelled at airports in Jakarta after Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupted early Sunday morning. [LA Times]
  • Oh nuts: in an effort to eliminate an overpopulation of ground squirrels at Flood Park in Menlo Park, local officials plans to close the space for fumigation starting next week. [ABC7]
  • Guitarist and pro wrestler Andy "The Butcher" Williams is dead at the age 48 after he reportedly collapsed on stage during a tag-team wrestling match in Pennsylvania on Saturday night. [KRON4]
  • Discussing his cancer battle on The Adam Carolla Show, actor and Evil Dead franchise star Bruce Campbell revealed that he has "about 5 years" to live. [NBC News]
  • Delicious gig work: rapper Snoop Dogg is currently looking to hire an ice cream taster on a three-month contract that pays $30,000. [NBC Bay Area]
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Zack Ruskin

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Sunday Links: Four Dead, Including Two Children, in Fresno Plane Crash
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