Obituaries and Tributes

10+ hour, 37+ min ago   (390+ words) A man was found dead on the side of Larkin Valley Road near Windsong Way in unincorporated Watsonville on Saturday evening, and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office is now investigating his death as a homicide. Deputies responded to reports…...

17+ hour, 13+ min ago   (653+ words) FILE: Peaches Christ stands at a Justice for Heklina protest in London over the death of the San Francisco drag star on March 31, 2025. Heklina, born Stefan Thor Grygelko, died of acute mixed drug toxicity, with cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamines, GHB and…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (169+ words) FILE: LA sheriff's deputies found the remains of two humans at an old greenhouse in Lancaster on Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a potential double homicide in the county’s high desert. Deputy Alejandra Parra, a sheriff’s…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (361+ words) Actor Dennis Haskins poses for portrait at the Saved By the Max Los Angeles opening night pop up on May 1, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. Dennis Haskins, the actor best known for playing the affable Principal Richard Belding on the hit…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (132+ words) The jury convicted Cho on two counts: driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the verdict sends a message about the dangers of…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (265+ words) The College of San Mateo is mourning the loss of a student-athlete. Ja’Marion “Pop” Grace, a 19-year-old freshman defensive back on the school’s football team, was killed in a car crash last weekend. Two of his teammates were also injured....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (208+ words) The Liberty High School community in Brentwood gathered on Thursday to remember two students killed in a crash over the weekend. Pete Suratos reports. Caden Kyle and Dominic Ferrari were killed in a crash near Deer Valley and Balfour roads…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (265+ words) Two months since his death, family members of an artificial intelligence researcher at Nvidia continue to ask why the case was ruled a suicide. Irfan Al-Hussaini, 32, was found unconscious in his Palo Alto home on July 22 and died eight days…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (450+ words) London's Metropolitan Police investigated the death of San Francisco drag icon Heklina, leaving her chosen family in limbo and sparking accusations of homophobic police negligence on two continents. The performer, born Steven Grygelko, was found dead in April 2023 in a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (364+ words) Students at Liberty High School in Brentwood are mourning two classmates killed in a crash over the weekend as the California Highway Patrol investigates what led to the collision. Police responded just after midnight Sunday to the crash on Deer…...