The mountain lion was spotted on Monday in Redwood City's Roosevelt neighborhood, prompting police to issue an alert urging residents to stay away and to keep their pets indoors. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers arrived and shot the mountain lion with a tranquilizing dart and it became incapacitated in the backyard of a home on Madison Avenue near Hudson Street.

The CDFW said in a social media post that officers assessed the health of the mountain lion while it was immobilized, and found it to be a healthy female about 1 to 2 years old. The puma was fitted with a GPS-tracking collar as part of a University of California, Santa Cruz study, loaded onto a crate and taken to a spot in the Santa Cruz Mountains where it was released, the CDFW said.

The CDFW said mountain lions are very wary of humans and normally avoid populated areas but they sometimes wander into cities in search of food, and returning back to open spaces through streets and freeways can be difficult and dangerous. Authorities said this mountain lion showed no signs of aggression and was not associated with any reports of wildlife conflict.

According to the Santa Cruz Puma Project, the mountain lions that have been collared and tracked are helping researchers further understand the animals and their habitat requirements, as well as provide guidance on their movement corridors within the Santa Cruz Mountains and California Central Coast.

Five people have been charged for their alleged roles in the scheme: Tycen Proper of Ohio, Daniel Eskridge of Missouri, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez of Nebraska, and Bryan Omar Roa and Michael Alan Thomas of California. 

Each has been arrested and is being detained pending additional proceedings.

Affidavits filed across the four criminal cases detailed the alleged plot to target the UFC event at the White House on Sunday, with varying levels of involvement from the five defendants. The filings detail numerous grievances against the government and federal officials, including U.S. support for Israel, the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and data centers.

The White House hosted the UFC fight series on Sunday — President Trump's 80th birthday — as part of the celebrations of the nation's 250th anniversary. Thousands turned out to watch the fights on the White House South Lawn, where Mr. Trump sat in the front row.

The potential targets laid out in the court filings included President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Elon Musk. A number of elected officials were also named, including Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and members of West Virginia's congressional delegation.

The defendants have each been charged with at least one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Proper, 19, faces three additional charges, according to court filings. 

Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that officials seized weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and tactical gear from the suspects during the execution of search warrants. Sources said that no drones have actually been recovered. Use of the drones was believed to be in the discussion-and-research phases, the sources said.

Federal investigators became aware of the alleged plot based on a tip from Proper's mother, who was concerned about his recent behavior, according to an affidavit submitted by an FBI agent in his case.

The alleged plot

The affidavit in the Proper case lays out the details of the alleged plot and the origins of how the FBI learned of it.

Proper told investigators that he began communicating with others via a TikTok group called "Vanguard of the Old" in March, whose members all said they wanted to protect the U.S. and believed the nation was headed in the wrong direction, according to the affidavit.

Communications among the group members continued on the encrypted messaging app Signal, where the FBI said they planned the attack for the UFC fight. There was one large chat, with approximately 19 individuals, dedicated to coordinating the attack, and smaller groups consisting of four or five users.

The FBI said discussions centered on the UFC event at the White House by early June. Eskridge allegedly said the group should obtain $1,300 to buy "drones and charges."

The group was split up into tiers, ranging from "tier 1" to "tier 4." The tiers included those who were willing to put themselves in harm's way; members who could be getaway drivers or drone operators; supply and logistics operators; and funders and influencers. 

The affidavit in Alvarez's case said Proper identified a user known as "Shepherd" as the leader of the group. Proper "described him as aggressive in tactical planning" and said he believed him to be a former member of the military, according to the FBI.

The FBI included multiple messages from "Shepherd," including maps of Washington, D.C., and instructions for carrying out the attack. The FBI said it traced a TikTok account back to Alvarez and identified him as "Shepherd." Investigators said Alvarez devised the tier system.

The group's plan to attack the UFC event involved staging a "demonstration" on the north side of the White House, the court filings said. The group would then fly drones "laden with unspecified explosive devices which would detonate over the north side of the UFC arena," according to the filing in Proper's case.

When the drones exploded, the group then planned to force attendees of the UFC event and "high value targets" to evacuate to the south, the affidavit said. Proper told investigators that the plan was for group members to "act as snipers and additional shooters," shooting fight attendees and the "high value targets" as they fled from the explosions.

The affidavit said the "high value targets" were "wealthy people" and politicians. 

The investigation into Proper began last Wednesday, when his mother contacted local law enforcement because of concerns about how he was acting, including his firearms purchases and online communications, according to the FBI. She said he had begun communicating online with a group of people who expressed "ultra-religious and anti-government sentiments," including grievances about government corruption, the handling of files from Epstein's case and data centers.

Proper allegedly told investigators the goal of the attack was to "jumpstart" a revolution in the U.S. He was interviewed from a hospital, where he was admitted on an emergency basis due to "homicidal ideations."

Proper's father and grandmother said he spent most of his time online talking to others, according to the filing. His father told police the 19-year-old had been planning "recons" with people he met online and had been planning to meet up with them over the weekend, the affidavit states. Proper's father also said his son had recently obtained camping gear, food, ballistic plates, a new shotgun, rifle, ammunition, magazines and plate carriers, the FBI said. Agents alleged Proper spent roughly $3,000 of graduation money to buy the equipment. 

CBS News' Pat Milton reported earlier that law enforcement became aware of the threat after a relative contacted them, concerned that a family member was talking about doing something nefarious in Washington, D.C.

Blackburn, the Tennessee senator whom Proper allegedly named as a target, called the threat "chilling."

"I will not let maniacs like this one deter me from celebrating or serving this great nation, and I am grateful to law enforcement for keeping us safe," she wrote on X.

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed the existence of the alleged plot earlier Tuesday.

"On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region — and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold," Patel wrote in a post on X. 

"It was a serious threat," U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said during a briefing Tuesday morning. He said he could not provide too many details because it remains an active investigation, but said, "They were planning to attack the Freedom 250. ... There are still suspects at large, and we're going to work it until everyone's been identified."

Quinn added, "The event itself, I am confident in saying, was never at risk due to the great investigative work."  

Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement that the agency had worked "closely with the FBI throughout this investigation," and their "formal comments regarding the specifics of this case will be made available in court filings."

Patel praised the FBI, saying the result "represented the best of investigative work" and was "nothing out of the ordinary for this law enforcement team."

"We are built to detect, respond to, and bring to justice those who threaten the lives of American citizens — particularly during large gatherings like the historic UFC 250 fight," Patel said. "That's exactly what we did here." 

The alleged plot comes after a gunman was killed by U.S. Secret Service officers late last month after opening fire on a checkpoint near the White House and in the wake of an April 27 shooting that targeted the White House Correspondents' Dinner. 

The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area shorelines the Monterey Bay area. The advisory was in effect through 5 a.m. Wednesday for the North Bay coast, Peninsula coast, Monterey Bay and Big Sur coast. The advisory was through 5 a.m. Thursday for low-lying bayshore regions along the San Francisco and San Pablo bays.

Forecasters said that high astronomical tides are combining with a surge effect from the wind, swell and wamer ocean temperatures to bring the highest tides of the season, often known as king tides.

In addition, the NWS issued a beach hazards statement through late Wednesday night for Pacific coast beaches, especially for south and southwest facing beaches. The alert indicated that dangerous conditions were expected along the shoreline and people were urged to keep away from jetties, piers, rocks and other shoreline infrastructure. Anyone near the water is at risk of being overcome by sneaker waves and strong rip currents, forecasters said.

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A new analysis from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates that Americans will spend an average of nearly $800 on electricity between June and September, up 10.5% from the same period last year.

"Electricity prices continue to rise, and hotter summers mean households need to use more electricity simply to stay safe," Mark Wolfe, executive director of NEADA, said in a statement. "The result is that Americans are paying substantially more to cool their homes than they were just a few years ago."

Electricity prices are rising as energy demand grows, utilities and states invest more in updating the nation's aging power grid, and tech companies build thousands of new data centers needed to power AI services. 

From 2019 to 2024, the national average monthly electric bill rose about 23%, a separate analysis of federal data by nonprofit consumer education organization PowerLines.

How much will you pay based on where you live?

NEADA's analysis also examined how much Americans will pay from June to September, depending on where they live. The state-level estimates are based on electricity data from the Energy Information Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's regional temperature forecast.

Arizona residents will likely face the steepest electricity costs this summer, with NEADA projecting that households in the state will spend $ 1,060, up nearly 14% from last year. That's followed by Connecticut, where the group estimates residents will spend $944, up roughly 11% from the summer months in 2025. Washington and North Dakota are projected to see the lowest power bills at $488, NEADA found.

Americans are facing higher utility costs at a time when they are already struggling to stay afloat financially. Roughly half of Americans feel they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, according to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Part of the pain is due to rising costs amid inflation at its highest level in years. One in six U.S. households is behind on its utility bills, according to NEADA.

Pizza Hut, excluding the mainland China business, will be sold to LongRange Capital for $1.5 billion, while Pizza Hut China will be sold by Yum China Holdings for $1.2 billion, the company said in a news release.

"Under LongRange and Yum China, Pizza Hut will be well positioned for future growth with ownership that brings deep expertise in the restaurant industry," Yum Brands CEO Chris Turner said in a statement.

LongRange Capital was founded in 2019 by Bob Berlin, who led a turnaround at fast-food chain Arby's. On Tuesday, he said he was looking forward to working with Pizza Hut's executive team and franchisees "to drive its next phase of growth."

Yum China was previously part of Yum! Brands but was spun off in 2016.

Lagging sales

The Pizza Hut sale follows years of underperformance. Yum's latest earnings report shows Pizza Hut's sales growth lagging that of its other major restaurant chains, such as KFC and Taco Bell. In February, Yum! Brands said it would close 250 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. The pizza chain has over 6,000 locations nationwide.

"Pizza Hut has long been the weak link in Yum's portfolio," Neil Saunders, managing director and retail analyst at GlobalData, said in an email Tuesday. "Despite efforts to revitalize the brand and shut underperforming locations, it has become increasingly clear that pushing the division back into growth will require a level of investment and patience that Yum is just not prepared to commit to."

Pizza Hut is losing market share to Domino's, which has surpassed the chain in ordering, delivery, menu innovation and marketing, Saunders added. The company has also been squeezed in recent years by the growth of DoorDash, Uber Eats and other restaurant delivery companies as diners migrate from in-person dining to online orders.

Yum! Brands started exploring options for Pizza Hut in November, following declining sales. Pizza Hut's U.S. sales were down 8.2% last year, according to restaurant consulting firm Technnomic.

Pizza Hut was founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas, by two brothers, Frank and Dan Carney. They chose the name because their sign could fit only eight letters, according to the Associated Press. PepsiCo bought the chain in 1977 but spun off its restaurant division in 1997, which became Yum! Brands. 

Smith died Saturday hours after delivering pizzas to a homeless charity in the San Francisco Bay area.

No cause of death was given and Smith's family has hired attorneys Harry Daniels, Bakari Sellers and Wayne Kendall to investigate Smith's death.

"As with anyone who dies so suddenly at such a young age, we understand that there is a great deal of interest in and speculation about Aldon Smith's passing and we intend to get to the bottom of it," the attorneys said in a statement released Tuesday. "To that end, we have taken a number of steps including sending his brain to Boston where medical experts will examine it for CTE as well as other damage caused by years of concussions and additional trauma.

"In the meantime we simply ask you to keep Aldon's family in our prayers and respect their privacy as they struggle to come to grips with this terrible loss."

Smith's friend, Amir Shirazi, told the San Francisco Chronicle, that he found Smith slumped over in the front passenger seat of his car after delivering the pizzas on Saturday. Smith was taken to a hospital and was declared dead.

"He was a creative mind, so smart, so fierce, so real, so powerful, his presence, his passion and his aura meant a lot to me as a brother and I wish I could've did more to help him and pray to God he doesn't have to hurt anymore," his former teammate, Anthony Dixon, wrote on social media.

Smith was drafted by the 49ers with the seventh pick out of Missouri in 2011 and made an immediate impact on the team, helping San Francisco snap a playoff drought and reach the NFC title game his first three seasons with one trip to a Super Bowl.

He had 14 sacks as a rookie when he finished second to Von Miller in voting for the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year and had a franchise-record 19 1/2 sacks in 2012 when he was named a first-team All-Pro.

His 33 1/2 sacks in his first two seasons are the most in NFL history. He kept that pace up with 4 1/2 sacks in the first three games in 2013 before the off-field issues started with an arrest for DUI and a stint in rehab for substance abuse that sidelined him for five games.

He was released by San Francisco in August 2015 after another drunken driving charge — his fifth arrest in three years. He signed with Oakland just before the start of the 2015 season and had 3 1/2 sacks in nine games before being suspended again.

Smith applied for reinstatement to the NFL in 2016, but was not allowed back initially. The Raiders released him in 2018 following a domestic violence arrest. A plea agreement was reached in that case.

He eventually was reinstated in 2020 and played 16 games for Dallas that season and had five sacks.

He signed with Seattle the next season but was arrested again for battery and was released in training camp. He served a six-month jail sentence for DUI in 2023 and never played again in the NFL.

Smith finished his career with 52 1/2 sacks in 75 games.

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The highest-profile contenders in the special primary for California's 14th Congressional District are two Democrats, state Sen. Aisha Wahab and Bay Area Rapid Transit Director Melissa Hernandez. Among the Republicans in the race are real estate investor and former tech executive Wendy Huang and small business owner Dena Maldonado.

The district heavily favors Democrats and covers much of the East Bay, including parts of Dublin, Fremont, Hayward, and Livermore. 

If any candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, that candidate wins outright and serves the rest of the term through January 2027. If no candidate gets a majority, the top two finishers - regardless of party - advance to a runoff election on August 18, 2026.

Tuesday's special election is only to see who fills the remainder of Swalwell's current term, which expires in January 2027. In California's June 2 primary election for the next congressional term, Wahab and Hernandez finished first and second, respectively, and advanced to the November general election, guaranteeing the seat remains in Democratic hands. 

Swalwell resigned from Congress in April, days after ending his campaign for California governor, following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct that he has denied. 

Polls close at 8 p.m. in California. 

The massive Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction, presented by the New York-based auction house Heritage Auctions, will give pop culture enthusiasts the opportunity to bid on numerous props from iconic films, including costume hats worn by the stars of "The Wizard of Oz" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." 

Also up for sale are hoverboards from"Back to the Future II," rugs from "The Big Lebowski," boxing boots from "Rocky," a drafted screenplay of the "Godfather" sequel, and John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for "If I fell," written on the back of a Valentine card while he was in New York for the Beatles' first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."

The auction runs from July 13 to 17, according to the auction house.

Bidding on the lightsaber, which has never been auctioned before, will open at $1 million. Actor Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker used the custom-designed prop in his character's climactic Cloud City fight in 1980's "The Empire Strikes Back," the "Star Wars" sequel in which Darth Vader declares, "I am your father." The lightsaber includes a severed hand effects rig. 

Bidding starts at $100,000 for a Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" and at $50,000 for the brown top hat worn by Gene Wilder as the title character in 1971's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

The auction will also include a pair of boxing boots worn by Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky III." Stallone wears the showy boots featuring tassels and a Nike swoosh in the opening montage of the 1982 film. Bids will begin at $100,000.

Two rugs that are essential to the plot of "The Big Lebowski" are also up for sale: the one belonging to Jeff Bridges' "The Dude" that is soiled at the beginning of the 1998 film that "really tied the room together," and the other that he takes from his wealthy namesake. Bidding on them opens at $15,000 apiece.

"This auction represents the full spectrum of entertainment history, from Hollywood's Golden Age to modern blockbuster cinema and the most influential moments in popular music," Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, said in a statement.

Many other items including a Paul Newman hockey jersey from "Slap Shot," a necklace worn by the title character in "The Bride of Frankenstein" and the inflatable "Otto the Autopilot" from "Airplane" will be up for auction.

In a video posted to X, Newsom said federal agents have sought to speak to his family, friends and former employees, demanded records and dug through years of documents. He accused the Justice Department under President Trump of "abusing the grand jury process."

"Donald Trump isn't just coming after me because of my mean tweets," Newsom said. "He's coming after me because I'm considering running for president, because he hates that I consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit. Donald Trump is simply the most corrupt president in American history."

Newsom, a Democrat, cited other perceived political enemies of Mr. Trump, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, former FBI Director James Comey and former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who have been investigated by the Justice Department. The governor said he has joined the president's "hit list."

"After calling for my arrest last year, Donald Trump directed his Department of Justice to investigate me, and just in the last week I've learned that his campaign has reached my own home. To get me, he's coming after my wife," the California governor said.

The governor did not provide details about what information or documents investigators have sought. His office filed a public records request for communications and memoranda exchanged by senior Justice Department leaders since the start of the second Trump administration that mentioned Newsom or his wife, according to a letter shared by Newsom on social media.

His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who calls herself the first partner of California, is a documentary filmmaker. She founded The Representation Project, a nonprofit organization, and co-founded California Partner's Project, a nonprofit that promotes gender equality.

The Justice Department declined to comment.

A source familiar with the investigations said there are several ongoing Justice Department probes related to the governor that are being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento. At least one of the investigations has been going on for about a year, the source said, and one or more originated with a whistleblower complaint.

Two sources familiar with the matter said one of the ongoing investigations relates to Jennifer Siebel Newsom's taxes. One source said one of the probes relates to Newsom's former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, who was indicted last year on nearly two dozen federal charges last year.

Prosecutors in Sacramento alleged that Williamson and at least two others conspired to funnel funds from former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's dormant campaign account. She pleaded guilty last month to three counts: conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, filing a false tax return and lying to an FBI agent. Williamson has not yet been sentenced. Becerra was not accused of wrongdoing.

An adviser to the governor said federal agents have contacted individuals and organizations connected to Newsom and his wife, issued subpoenas for records and conducted interviews involving groups tied to the governor and first partner. The adviser said investigators expanded their probe as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took the helm of the Justice Department.

The president nominated Blanche, who was Mr. Trump's defense attorney, for attorney general last week.

"To Donald Trump, who I know is watching, because he watches everything, I have a message for you," Newsom said. "You can subpoena my records, you can investigate me, you can harass me, put my name on every and any enemies list you have, but leave my wife and family out of your personal vendetta."

Newsom is a frequent and vocal critic of Mr. Trump's, and in his social media video, the governor accused the president of corruption and seeking to profit off the presidency.

Mr. Trump, in turn, often attacks the California governor, calling him "dumb" and referring to him by the derogatory nickname "Newscum." The president told reporters last year that Newsom should be arrested, and said "his primary crime is running for governor because he's done such a bad job."

An investigation into Newsom would be the latest by the Justice Department targeting public officials who have opposed the president.

The former interim U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia sought and secured indictments against James and Comey last year, but a judge dismissed the charges after finding the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed. Comey was indicted a second time in North Carolina over a now-deleted photo he shared to Instagram last year that depicted seashells arranged to say "86 47." He has denied wrongdoing.

Federal prosecutors also investigated Powell, then the Fed chairman, and renovations of the central bank's Washington, D.C., headquarters earlier this year. Mr. Trump had often lambasted Powell over interest rate decisions, and suggested that the renovation project could be grounds to fire him. But the probe was dropped in April after a key senator vowed to block the confirmation of Mr. Trump's pick to succeed Powell as Fed chair as long as the investigation remained active. 

Edwards Air Force Base wrote in a news release that "initial indications are that the crash was not survivable." At an afternoon news conference, the deaths were confirmed. "Today, Edwards Air Force Base experienced a terrible tragedy and we lost eight great Americans," Col. James Hayes said.

A mixed crew of military personnel, government civilians, and government contractors supporting a test mission for a radar modernization program was on board the aircraft. Boeing confirmed that two company employees were among those on board.

"We are in contact with their families and are offering support," Boeing wrote in a news release.

Aerial footage taken shortly after the crash showed a large smoldering burn mark on the land.

The aircraft was on a routine test mission at Edwards airfield, located in the western Mojave Desert, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. It went down at about 11:20 a.m. local time, crashing and bursting into flames. "After reviewing the footage of the crash, it was deemed that this was an unrecoverable crash, and unsurvivable," Hayes said, noting next of kin notifications are underway.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family members. This is a tragedy," Hayes said.    

The airfield is closed and all inbound aircraft are being diverted, base officials said in an earlier statement.

"All non-commercial visitor passes have been suspended until further notice to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations. We will continue to update as more information is confirmed," the statement said.

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy, jet-powered strategic bomber. Officials said there is no indication at this point of what caused the crash. 'We won't be able to release that information, and we don't have an ability to get that any time soon," Hayes said. 

The investigation process can take upwards of six months. 

"May GOD shepard the souls of these incredible Americans — and watch over their families," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X.

Emergency responders were dispatched Sunday to a report of people injured in a BASE jumping attempt at Mineral Bottom, a remote desert area near the Utah-Colorado line, according to the sheriff's office in Grand County, Utah.

The office confirmed one of the dead was Andy Lewis, an extreme athlete known for feats in BASE jumping, a dangerous sport that involves parachuting to the ground after jumping from a tall fixed object such as a building, bridge or desert cliff overlooking a deep canyon.

The victims had been conducting a tandem jump in which two people are harnessed together, according to a social media post by Aerial Arts Moab, an acrobatics company that described Lewis as "co-owner and best friend."

Lewis also owned BASE Jump Moab, a business that offered tandem jumps to inexperienced customers who would be harnessed to a guide wearing the parachute. Promotional videos on the company's website show pairs of people stepping off the edges of towering cliffs and briefly plummeting before their parachutes open.

Lewis' risk-taking knew few bounds  

In BASE jumping circles, Lewis had a huge following and a reputation for pushing the envelope - leaping into tighter spaces or deploying his parachute later than his peers would dare, said John McEvoy, a BASE jumping instructor in Twin Falls, Idaho, who has jumped with Lewis.

"He had an incredible level of athleticism and skill that was developed over years of practice," McEvoy said. "But then he would take an incredible amount of risk."

Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins confirmed the other person who was killed was Danny Joe Kregle, a 68-year-old father and grandfather who was described by a family member as an accomplished businessman.

"Danny had a wonderful sense of humor and was always looking for ways to make people laugh," relative Sydney Laverty told The Times-Independent. "One of his greatest joys was performing magic tricks alongside his granddaughter."

Lewis was also a prominent figure in the niche sports of slacklining and tricklining, which combine elements of high-wire walking with aerial acrobatics - sometimes at perilous heights.

He went from obscure athlete to overnight celebrity when he appeared onstage in Madonna's 2012 Super Bowl halftime show. Dressed in a Roman toga, Lewis bounced and executed tricks on his inch-wide line like it was a trampoline while Madonna sang behind him.

"My phone actually rang itself to death three days in a row," Lewis said soon afterward in an appearance on Conan O'Brien's late night show.

BASE jumping much riskier than skydiving, study shows

Though there's no official tally of BASE jumping deaths, a list compiled by the website BASEaddict.com shows 540 total fatalities worldwide since 1981 - including 30 people killed last year. Prominent deaths include BASE jumper Dean Potter and his climbing partner, Graham Hunt, who were killed in 2015 while attempting a wingsuit flight in California's Yosemite National Park.

A study focused on BASE jumping in Norway, published in a medical journal in 2007, estimated that BASE jumping carried risks of injury or death five to eight times greater than skydiving.

Lewis openly acknowledged the sport's inherent danger.

"It's weird to think about how many people are dead, because it's like a normal thing," Lewis told documentary filmmaker Ella Warnick in an interview published last year.

Tandem BASE jumping carries additional risk because it straps together two people, one of whom generally lacks experience, under a single parachute, McEvoy said. But because they involve novices, they also tend to be the most low-risk, basic types of jumps.

"Within BASE, it's a very controversial topic," McEvoy said. "There's a lot of people who say it's the stupidest thing in the world and others arguing: `No, we're giving people the experience of their lives.'"

No one immediately returned phone, text and Facebook messages left Monday for BASE Jump Moab.

Lewis won four straight world championships in competitive slacklining from 2008 through 2011. Lewis set a Guinness World Record for slackline surfing, swaying his feet side to side in a rocking motion that mimics surfing, while keeping his balance above China's Diaoshuilou waterfall in 2011.

In 2014, he walked a slackline suspended between two hot air balloons more than 4,000 feet above the Nevada desert.

Lewis' other sport made him an overnight celebrity, thanks to Madonna.

Four days out and questions remain about what was inside the large clouds of smoke. Fire officials say crews receive a list of hazardous materials before entering situations like this, but that list doesn't answer what toxins entered the air.

"When things burn, they sometimes don't always get consumed completely, and so there's going to be some byproducts and incomplete combustion," Tracy Fire Deputy Chief Brian Bagley said.

As of Monday night, Bagley said everything from the cause of the fire to issues with the building's fire suppression system remains under investigation.

An excavation company was given the green light Sunday morning to begin removing exterior walls. This will allow firefighters to get better access and extinguish any hot spots.

Medline Industries goes up in flames

Tracy Fire Chief Randall Bradley said crews responded to the Medline Industries warehouse along Promontory Parkway around 1 p.m. on Thursday. Crews found heavy fire coming from the roof of the 1-million-square-foot building.

The fire quickly extended across the roof and into the facility, and crews were not able to contain the fire before it engulfed the entire building within 30 to 40 minutes, Bradley said.

Multiple explosions had been heard, with Bradley confirming they came from truck tires and medical products inside. Bradley said officials were in the process of reviewing the products that were housed inside the facility at the time of the fire.

There were no reports of injuries.

"A 1 million-square-foot fire is an extremely rare fire, not only in California but in the United States, and so, this is a unique fire for us and we expect to be here for a couple of days," Bradley said.

Medline Industries confirmed that all employees and on-site personnel were accounted for. The company's website says it is the largest provider of medical-surgical products to all points of care.

"Our priority right now is supporting our Tracy team," Medline CEO Jim Boyle said in a post on LinkedIn. "We're providing on-site assistance, resources and ongoing communication as we work through next steps together."

Sutter Health said it was among a number of health systems monitoring the Medline fire closely.

"At this time, we do not anticipate broad impacts. Our supply chain teams have contingency plans in place to maintain access to critical supplies," Sutter Health said in a statement.

Some medical equipment supply saved

Officials said the fire at the warehouse continued to burn into Friday, with crews working overnight to put out hot spots.

Firefighters also worked to protect trailers loaded with medical equipment and supplies that were threatened by windblown embers.

Officials said Friday that crews were working on a plan to move medical supplies loaded onto trucks that were not damaged by the fire so they could be sent to hospitals.

"This devastating fire is going to affect the commerce throughout the nation ... as this was the main distribution center for all medical supplies," Tracy Fire Deputy Chief Brian Bagley said at a Friday press conference.

Fire officials also confirmed there were hazardous materials inside the building. A hazardous materials team was reviewing a list of materials stored at the warehouse to determine any additional concerns.

Among the items destroyed were several hundred robots powered by lithium batteries that were used to load shelves inside the warehouse, officials said.

Bagley said the fire was the largest he has managed in his 20 years in the fire service. Officials said only two or three similar fires involving buildings of this kind have happened nationwide.

Crews battling the fire were initially met with water supply issues that limited their efforts to put out the flames.  

Bradley said it was unclear whether the sprinkler system inside the facility was operating properly when they arrived at the facility. 

"We had a good, aggressive interior fire attack, and the sprinklers were not operating, so we'll have to find out what happened to the water supply," he said.

Bradley said crews attempted to use fire hydrants within the facility, but noted that they lacked adequate pressure.

"Things worked against us," Bradley said. "Again, water supply issues, low humidity, high winds and high temperatures. It was a little bit of the perfect storm for this fire evolving quickly."

Bradley later added that the facility's fire suppression system — which includes hydrants, pumps and alarms — had gone through inspection as recently as January, but said part of the investigation will be to determine why the hydrants weren't operating as they should have.

Fire crews have been using fire hydrants located outside of the facility. Water pressure throughout the city remains stable and is supporting firefighters, the city said.

A video obtained from an employee of the warehouse appears to show the moment the fire started near the ceiling of the facility. Despite the flames, the video shows that the building's sprinkler system was not activated at that time.

Medline fire spreads to outside areas

The fire spread to a large pile of pallets and multiple big rig trailers outside the FedEx facility to the south. The exterior of the building caught fire, but crews contained the fire before the building was engulfed. 

"We are aware of the fire near our Tracy hub but have confirmed that the fire has not reached our facility. Our top priority remains the safety of our team and those affected," FedEx said in a statement.

There have been multiple spot fires in the area of Schulte Road and Larch Road, and near the Tracy Municipal Airport. All three fires were contained and no homes were evacuated.

Bradley said multiple monitoring stations have been set up, and as of Thursday night, there was no indication that any protective measures to the surrounding communities, like evacuation orders, needed to be put in place.

The Valley Air District and the San Joaquin County Office of Emergency Services both urged community members to remain indoors, to close windows and to bring pets inside.

"Sensitive individuals, including children, older adults, and those with heart or lung conditions, should take extra precautions," the Valley Air District said.

The area where the fire is burning is home to several large distribution warehouses, including those from companies like Amazon and FedEx. It is about eight miles west of Tracy's city center.

Amazon told CBS News Sacramento that it is following direction from local authorities "out of an abundance of caution."

Tracy declares a local emergency

In response to the massive fire, the City of Tracy declared a local state of emergency on Thursday evening.

In declaring a local emergency, the city will be able to request assistance from the state and federal levels as well as activate pre-established emergency provisions, according to the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES).

Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office said the governor was briefed on the fire and said resources from Cal OES and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) were sent in to support the response.

The Tracy Fire Department had already been receiving mutual aid from other agencies. Crews estimate about 200 fire personnel are at the scene, along with 100 additional support personnel to cover the grass fires and the FedEx fire.

People are asked to avoid Promontory Parkway in the area of Hansen Road.   

The size of the fire's smoke plume signaled immediate concern

Tracy Police Sgt. Michael Richards said he has experience responding to major fires, including the 2018 Camp Fire as a mutual aid responder and other wildfires. Once he saw the black plume of smoke in the Tracy sky, he said he "knew this was very serious."

Richards noted he was grateful that there have been no reported injuries.

"It's going to take a little while, but as long as nobody's hurt, we can fix everything else," Richards said.

Tracy is about 30 miles southwest of Stockton in the northern San Joaquin Valley. 

California started out the year drought-free. The U.S. Drought Monitor map showed no drought in the state in January, although it was short-lived.

While that can be a great thing, the water makes the grass grow, and six months later, that grass is now dry.

"The wet weather is a double-edged sword. When we first get it, it gives us a little relief of any fire danger. Those fuel moistures come up, but then that fuel — the grass, the brush — eventually dries out and it becomes fuel for those fires," said Brent Pascua, battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

Cal Fire says we're already well ahead of the five-year average for acres burned and they're contributing that to the unusual heat wave in March.

"What we're seeing right now is, yes, it's going to be drier and hotter. We're looking at all the predictive models and they're saying it's going to be an above-average peak fire season," Pascua said.

As preps continue across the state, Cal Fire and its resources are out in full force because each region comes with its own challenges.

"That's what's unique about California. The south can have the fuel that's ready to burn, but the north could have that fire weather. So we monitor the whole state," Pascua said.

In Vacaville last week, a brush fire jumped the freeway onto a Volkswagen dealership's property, causing several cars to go up in flames — an example of the dry grass causing problems. Luckily, no one was hurt, and fire crews got it under control.

Cal Fire is reminding people just how quickly a fire can spread in the right conditions.

"It's so important that homeowners do their defensible space, have their go bags ready and have that emergency plan ready to enact," Pascua said.

Cal Fire says homeowners should remove dry brush, have at least five feet of defensible space around the home and clean out the gutters.

Rae Burrell scored 13 points for the Sparks while Kelsey Plum and Nneka Ogwumike were held to nine points apiece in an off night shooting for Los Angeles, which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

Charles scored the final seven points of the first half and went 5 of 7 from the floor overall with two 3-pointers for Golden State, helping the Valkyries build a 45-26 lead at the break. Veronica Burton scored 12 points and Cecilia Zandalasini contributed 10 for the Valkyries.

They made eight of their first 13 shots to take a quick lead and 25-10 advantage after one quarter. They pushed the ball inside all game for 36 points in the paint and scored 30 bench points.

Sparks guard Kate Martin received a warm welcome back — a video tribute and rousing ovation from the sellout crowd at Chase Center — after she played the inaugural 2025 season for Golden State and started this year with the team.

She had three points, three rebounds and a pair of assists in 11 minutes.

Golden State jumped out to an 8-0 lead making three of its first six shots while Los Angeles missed its first five before Plum hit a 3 with 6:43 left in the opening quarter.

Veteran and former Stanford star Ogwumike missed her first three shots as Los Angeles began 3 of 13 and 1 for 6 from deep. The Sparks wound up 33.3% on field goals.

It's a process, he says, that isn't easy, but one he believes is worth it.

Brown is trying to recover roughly $18,000 in estate funds tied to his late father. It's money that was never claimed and eventually turned over to the state.

Now, it's meant for his 96-year-old mother and his older brother, a veteran with medical needs.

"I mean if you don't read AARP, if you aren't reading money magazines, if you really don't care much about your finances at all, how would you know?" Brown said. "It's kind of every man for themselves."

Brown believes the money went unclaimed after his father passed away, and with his mother now suffering from dementia, he says she likely never remembered it existed.

That's how it ended up in the state's unclaimed property system, where it sat for years until Brown decided to search for it himself. Now, getting it back has proven to be a challenge.

"They need the death certificate. I've got that," he said. "They want proof of the trust ID number. I have no idea how to get that other than going through the IRS somehow."

Brown's story is far from unique.

Across California, billions of dollars sit in unclaimed property accounts, from uncashed checks and dormant bank accounts to insurance payments and other financial assets.

Even cities like Oakland and San Francisco have unclaimed funds listed in their names.

According to the State Controller's Office, the state safeguards unclaimed property on behalf of individuals, businesses, and public agencies. In some cases, funds can come from routine financial activity that was never reconciled or claimed.

A newer program now allows some government agencies to automatically receive certain unclaimed funds, but not all property qualifies. For many claims, the process still requires documentation and can take months to complete.

As for Brown, he says the process may be frustrating, but he doesn't necessarily blame the state.

Instead, he hopes sharing his story encourages others to check for themselves. He still doesn't know when or if his family will see that money.

But if it helps someone else find what's theirs, he says, it's worth it. For now, it's back to paperwork and signatures.

On Monday morning, federal, state and local leaders gathered to urge the Trump administration to provide federal disaster funding to try to save the structure. 

During the morning low tide, while there was still a small stretch of sand, excavators were working to pile large rip-rap boulders next to the base of the crumbling Pacifica Pier. It may be too little too late, but at a news conference, Congressional Representative Sam Liccardo said no one should just be giving up.

"We're here to say: We need to save this pier. We need to do all that we can to protect Pacifica and our coast side," he said. "It turns out that climate doesn't care whether or not we believe in climate change. And if we do not act, the ocean will always win the battle over coastal erosion."

Local officials and community members agreed something must be done to preserve the pier which had been the center of life in Pacifica for so many over the years. But City Manager Sean Charpentier said the city doesn't have nearly the resources to do the job themselves. Even before the pier collapse, the structure was looking at damage from a previous storm that would take $20 million to repair.

"To put that into perspective, we are a full-service city, and we currently generate $18 million a year in property tax," said Charpentier.  "So, the need for federal and state assistance and leadership and funding on this is critical."

They were critical of the Trump administration for cancelling a $50 million funding commitment known as a "BRIC" grant that would have strengthened the entire seawall, including a new concrete barrier around the base of the pier. But the grant was cancelled only a year ago, so it's unlikely any fix would have happened in time. Now, with the base of the pier dropping lower each day, and the threat of King Tides, City Engineer Roland Yip said there is no telling what could happen if it should break off and topple into the sea.

"According to our structural engineers, who looked at the 'as-builts' from when it was constructed, there is a possibility that the displacement of this deck, and how it falls down, could potentially trigger a domino effect onto the remaining decks.  So, there is a potential that that could happen," said Yip.

He said that's what the new rocks were for, to absorb the pressure from the pounding surf. But the question remains, why was the base of the pier unprotected before this happened? On Sunday, residents Saul and Jeannie Villegas said they were at the site a few weeks ago and saw an excavator taking boulders away from the base.

"They were removing those boulders from the base of the pier," said Saul. "That's where the excavator was taking big boulders out of there."

"It just looks like you're just weakening the pier by doing this," said Jeannie.

The city manager denied that, saying the last time work was done was in January. And that was confirmed by Eric Jacobsen. He's known in town for posting almost daily pictures of Pacifica's waterfront and he displayed photos of the excavation happening on January 30. But he said they didn't appear to be protecting the pier itself.

"It wasn't really shorn around the pier. It was shorn along the seawall," said Jacobson.

He said he didn't see any boulders being placed near the base of the pier, "Just uncovered and moved. Uncovered and moved. They did not bring any rocks down, any extra rocks."

Yip said the pier's concrete base had been tested and they had no reason to believe it was about to fail.  But one look at the crumbling, corroded metal shield covering the base left Jacobson thinking, at the very least, that should have been replaced over the years.

"Because that rusted out a while ago," he said. "So, that's something that they probably could have done that we've all seen deteriorate right where it's cracked. But Mother Nature rules. She always wins. Always."

A federal judge has ordered that the project's money, known as a "BRIC" grant, be restored. But with the pier in such a perilous condition, it's unlikely it would come in time to help. Liccardo is joining others in requesting an emergency disaster declaration to provide faster relief.

The San Jose Police Department said in a press release on Monday that officers were conducting a welfare check just before 1 a.m. in response to a reported assault at a residence on Snell Avenue in South San Jose when they discovered a woman who had been stabbed.

Despite life-saving efforts by emergency responders, the woman died at the scene, police said.

The suspect was taken into custody at the scene. The department said he will be identified at a later date.

The motive and circumstances concerning the death were still being determined, police said 

It was San Jose's 12th homicide of this year.

On June 9, Antioch police officers responded to the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services building at 4545 Delta Fair Boulevard just before 2:40 p.m. following reports of an assault. When they arrived, officers learned that a customer at the vendor stand had been involved in a verbal and physical fight with employees of the stand and had fallen to the ground during the altercation, the Police Department said.

Witnesses had varying statements about why and how the customer fell, with some witnesses saying he stumbled over a chair, while others reported he may have been pushed during the fight, police said.

The customer, identified as 59-year-old Paul Lawson, told officers that he was unable to move, and was taken in an ambulance to a local hospital for medical treatment, police said. Lawson died on Saturday while receiving care at the hospital.

The circumstances of the fight and Lawson's death remained under investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Antioch Police Department Detective Duff at rduff@antiochca.gov.

In February, Richard Tillman pleaded guilty to one count of malicious destruction of government property by fire for setting fire to the U.S. Post Office on Crown Boulevard on July 20, 2025. The post office's lobby went up in flames around 3 a.m. after Tillman backed up his vehicle into the building, doused it with lighter fluid, and then set fire to it - and the fire logs that were in the vehicle. 

The fire quickly spread from the vehicle to the Post Office, destroying its lobby. It has not been available to the public since.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Tillman said he set fire to the facility to "make a point to the United States Government." Tillman's family said he had been suffering mental health issues for years.

In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila also sentenced Tillman to three years of supervised release and ordered Tillman to pay restitution of $2,371,682 to the United States Postal Service.

The 45-year-old Tillman is the youngest brother of Pat Tillman, the Bay Area native who ended his football career with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the Army with his other brother Kevin and become Rangers. Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire.

The number of metropolitan areas with basic homes worth at least seven figures has tripled since 2020, the real estate firm said in a new analysis. Zillow defines a starter home as one in the lowest third of home values in a given region.

Home prices surged during the pandemic as a housing shortage collided with strong demand and historically low mortgage rates.  

"The pandemic reset the cost of buying a home, spreading million-dollar starter homes from a handful of coastal states to more than two dozen states across the country," Kara Ng, senior economist at Zillow, said in a statement. 

To be sure, the typical starter home still costs far less than $1 million at just under $199,000, Zillow noted. Overall, the median home costs nearly $418,000, according to the National Association of Realtors. 

Households need annual income of nearly $117,000 to afford the average home, according to Redfin. A household with average earnings would need to spend 40% of its income on the median-priced home, the real estate firm found. Experts generally advise keeping monthly mortgage payments to no more than 30% of annual income after putting 15% down.

Soaring real estate prices in cities across California account for most of the high-priced starter homes. The state has 105 cities where a basic property costs at least $1 million, according to Zillow. Pricey starter homes are also becoming more common in the Northeast, Ng said.

"Million-dollar starter homes are popping up in more Northeast cities because the housing shortage there hasn't been solved," she said. "Sun Belt markets have responded with new supply and seen price growth moderate as a result. The Northeast hasn't had that relief."

A total of 26 states have at least one city with million-dollar starter homes, up from nine before the pandemic, Zillow found:

• California: 105
• New York: 41
• New Jersey: 26
• Florida: 11
• Massachusetts: 10
• Washington: 8
• Texas: 7
• Connecticut: 4
• Hawaii: 4
• Maryland: 4
• Colorado: 3
• South Carolina: 3
• Illinois: 2
• Wyoming: 2
• Arizona: 1
• Georgia: 1
• Kansas: 1
• Michigan: 1
• Minnesota: 1
• Missouri: 1
• New Hampshire: 1
• Nevada: 1
• Pennsylvania: 1
• Rhode Island: 1
• Utah: 1
• Virginia: 1