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The Sacramento Bee covered the update on the Gann Fire, a mother’s push to change how California prosecutes fatal crashes, and new details in the fatal Alcatraz boat accident on Aug. 6.
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Here’s a quick digest of stories you may have missed today:
- A person was found dead inside a burned home as the Gann Fire scorched more than 10,000 acres in Calaveras County, destroyed at least seven structures and injured one firefighter. Cal Fire reported 26% containment Thursday morning after arresting Herbert Wayne Smith, 65, on suspicion of unlawfully starting the fire while operating equipment near dry vegetation.
- Allison Lyman, whose 23-year-old son Connor Lopez was killed in April 2025 when a driver turned her SUV left in front of his motorcycle on Sheldon Road in Elk Grove, is campaigning to change how California prosecutes fatal crashes. Driver Harjit Kaur was charged only with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence — a maximum one-year sentence — and has pleaded not guilty and demanded a trial.
- The captain of the Volare cabin cruiser told police the boat was on autopilot when it hit a rogue wave and capsized near Alcatraz Island on July 14, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Three people died and one remains missing after the 49-foot vessel overturned with 20 people aboard; 16 survived.
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