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The Piper PA-32, a single engine plane, crashed off the coast across from Trump’s LA golf club in Ranchos Palos VerdesA pilot and his dog survived a plane crash off the California coast, swimming to shore where they were met by authorities responding to the incident.A 911 call came in on Sunday afternoon at 5.22pm about a plane crashing into the ocean off the...

Dog that had gone missing was discovered in Michigan clean and well-fed: ‘Whoever had her took good care of her’Nearly nine months after his disappearance, a dog that had gone missing in California was discovered more than 2,000 miles away in Michigan.A resident in Harper Woods, a Detroit suburb, contacted police in late March to report a stray dog in her neighborhood. Police collected...

Victim’s younger brother was badly wounded by animal before officials euthanized it in Georgetown area of El Dorado countyA mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and badly wounded his younger brother before officials euthanized the animal Saturday afternoon in a remote wooded area of northern California, according to authorities.It was the state’s first fatal mountain lion attack on a person in about 20 years,...

John Feikema and Christopher Arnet, who prosecutors say used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros, face prison sentencesTwo men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in southern California’s Mojave desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said.The men wore tactical gear including night vision goggles as they targeted the...