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SAN DIEGO Gunfire hits Border Patrol vehicle near Us-mexico border
Authorities say gunfire struck a U.S. Border Patrol agent's marked vehicle just north of the U.s.-mexico border in San Diego.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent William Rogers says the agent was shot at multiple times at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday, 1½ miles west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
The agent immediately drove to a safer location, and the vehicle appeared to show multiple bullet holes.
Rogers says in a statement that Mexican authorities were notified because the gunfire appeared to originate from that side of the border.
Mexican authorities took someone into custody who was in possession of a gun. A second person initially detained was released.
Rogers says the FBI is investigating.
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SAN GABRIEL Rail grade separation project completed
Southern California officials have marked completion of another big project aimed at separating freight and passenger trains from street traffic.
The four-year $293.7 million San Gabriel Trench project east of Los Angeles was dedicated Monday by the Alameda Corridor-east Construction Authority.
It involved lowering the railroad 30 feet for 1.4 miles, building four new bridges for street traffic and two railroad bridges. Trains began using the trench last year.
Proponents say it improves safety and eliminates crossing delays for thousands of motorists, reduces pollution from idling vehicles, improves rail reliability and eliminates horn blasts and crossing bells.
The original Alameda Corridor project completed in 2002 is a 20-mile stretch of railroad from the Los Angeles-long Beach ports, including 10 miles below grade.
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RIVERSIDE Daycare operator suspected of molesting girl
Authorities say a man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child under 10 at an unlicensed daycare center run by his family in Southern California.
The Riverside Police Department says 49-yearold Hubert Edgin was taken into custody on Friday after a girl at the daycare accused him of molesting her. It wasn't known Monday if he has an attorney.
Police say the girl attended the daycare for about two years.
Investigators say there may be other alleged victims. Edgin might have had contact with other young children through his church and other activities.
He could face multiple counts of sexual assault. He is being held on $1 million bail.
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SAN FRANCISCO Four injured after bus crashes into building
Officials say a bus driver is in critical condition after the bus he was driving crossed a center divider and crashed Monday into a tree and building in San Francisco.
Three passengers had minor injuries.
San Francisco Police Dept. Lt. Amy Hurwitz says the driver was taken to a hospital with lifethreatening injuries.
Three passengers had minor injuries when the bus traveling on Lombard Street crashed into a drycleaning store.
Paul Rose, a spokesman with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, says the unidentified driver has been with the agency for 38 years.
The crash occurred about a mile from a curvy and scenic section of Lombard Street that is one of San Francisco's most popular tourist sites.
Authorities have not released a cause in the crash.
LOS ANGELES Reward offered in shooting of endangered California condor
The reward now totals $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of an endangered California condor.
The condor was found with a gunshot wound in July on private property near the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Kern County. The bird later died.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initially offered a $5,000 reward and the Center for Biological Diversity tripled it on Monday.
California condors are one of the world's largest birds with a wingspan up to 10 feet. Three decades after being pushed to the brink of extinction, the species is making a comeback in the wild.
Condors are protected under California law and the federal Engendered Species Act.