CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : OROVILLE : Boulder Strikes Car, Kills 2

A huge boulder loosened by weekend rains careened onto a road in eastern Butte County and crushed a car, killing two people and seriously injuring two others, authorities said. The Ford Bronco was driving at 5 m.p.h. when a rockslide tumbled down the mountainside and hit the vehicle on a country road about 20 miles northeast of Oroville, California Highway Patrol Officer Bob Jordan said. “There was no way to avoid it,” he said. The driver, Kenneth W. Dalling, 52, of Kittitas, Wash., and Lisa Wentzel, 13, of Oroville, were killed instantly. Two others, Sheryl Dalling, 39, of Kittitas, and Barbara Wentzel, 34, of Oroville, were seriously injured.