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Oakland: 1980: 5–6: Serial killer killed at least four elderly people; executed in 1993 [138] [139] 30: Dorothea Puente: Sacramento: 1982–1988: 9: Ran a boarding house and murdered elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks [140] 31: Leonard Lake and Charles Ng: Calaveras County: 1983–1985: 11-25
Twenty-five people were killed, and 150 people were injured, with nearly 4,000 homes destroyed. The economic losses have been estimated at $1.5 billion. The economic losses, in combination with injuries and loss of life, make this the worst urban firestorm in American history. Many of the original homes were rebuilt on a much larger scale. [65 ...
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David Esco Welch (born 1957/1958) is an American mass murderer who shot and killed six people during a home invasion of his girlfriend's house in Oakland, California on December 8, 1986. [1] [2] [3] Welch was sentenced to death and remains on death row awaiting execution.
Oakland: 2012-04-02: 7 2: School shooting 2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests: Anaheim: 2012-07-21: 2 6: Protests after police officer killings: Fresno meat plant shooting: Fresno: 2012-11-6: 3: 2 Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt: Los Angeles (and nearby) 2013-02-3 to 2013-02-12: 5 Attack on the police: 2013 Santa ...
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The story of the Oakland fire is a major plot element of the children's book Tikvah Means Hope, by Patricia Polacco. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1994. ISBN 0-385-32059-0; The 1993 ABC TV movie Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, starring Jill Clayburgh, LeVar Burton and Michael Gross was based on the Oakland Hills fire. It ...
Newly released transcripts offer a real-time window into the frantic and chaotic moments before officers arrived at the scattered scene of a mass shooting in Whittier on May 30 that killed four ...