California Briefing

Santa Cruz rangers and firefighters responded to an emergency call at 4:23 p.m., according to state parks lifeguard supervisor Chip Bockman. He said the 11-year-old was taken to Dominican Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. His 9-year-old playmate was pulled from the sand by bystanders and was still hospitalized, Bockman said.

The third child, a 10-year-old, managed to get out from under the slide and went for help, Bockman said, adding that the boys were from the Santa Cruz area. Their identities had not yet been released.

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Margot Roosevelt

PALM SPRINGS

Biker cut off by SUV badly hurt

A 51-year-old Los Angeles man was gravely injured Saturday when a motorist believed to have been intoxicated pulled in front of his motorcycle, according to Palm Springs police.

The biker was unable to stop in time and broadsided a Toyota 4Runner near East Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Trail. He and a passenger, a 34-year-old Rosemead woman, were thrown from the bike.

The driver of the SUV, Max Moorehouse, 76, of Boise, Idaho, was arrested and charged with drunk driving, police said. He and his wife, a passenger in the Toyota, were not injured. He was being held at the Palm Springs Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.

The driver of the motorcycle was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center and was in critical condition. His passenger was treated and released.

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Margot Roosevelt

RIVERSIDE

Man shot dead at gas station is ID'd

A man who was fatally shot Friday night was identified Sunday as Alexandro Bega, 23, according to the Riverside County coroner's office.

Riverside police officers were dispatched to a USA gas station at 3950 Tyler St. at 11:12 p.m. Friday in response to gunfire. The victim was taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where he died, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Steve Shumway at (951) 353-7138.

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Margot Roosevelt