Fierce Winds Blew Through Sacramento Overnight, Downing Trees and Causing Damage (VIDEO)

Here's more on Sunday's storm, this time from up north.

Via KCRA News 3 Sacramento:



PREVIOUSLY: "Fierce Storm Hit San Diego; One Person Killed When Tree Falls on Car (VIDEO)," and "Fierce Winds Reach 115 MPH Near Castaic; Snarled Traffic Closes Grapevine (VIDEO)."

Weekend Storm to Dump Lots More Rain and Snow in California's Sierra Nevadas (VIDEO)

Heh.

The leftist climate fear-mongers won't have the "drought" to use as a collective hammer this year. The El Niño weather pattern's blasting the Southwestern U.S. with all kinds of precipitation.

Previously, "El Niño's Helping, But Still a Ways to Go."

And here's an update, from KCRW News 3 Sacramento:

Lake Tahoe Snow Report (VIDEO)

Following-up from yesterday, "It's Going to Be a Great Weekend for Snow Sports in California! (VIDEO)."

Here's Tamara Berg, for KCRA News 3 Sacramento:

Iraqi-Born Palestinian Refugee Arrested in Sacramento, Charged with Lying About Ties to Terrorism (VIDEO)

California's definitely getting to be a jihad hot spot.

And this guy Al-Jayab's freakin' hardcore.

The f-ker originally came to the U.S. as an Iraqi-born Palestinian refugee. A model for Obama's Syrian refugee program.

At the Sacramento Bee, "Iraqi immigrant arrested in Sacramento, suspected of lying about ties to terror groups":

Federal agents have arrested an Iraqi refugee in Sacramento on a charge that he lied to immigration authorities over his ties to terror groups and travel to Syria, where he allegedly fought before returning to the United States in 2014.

Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, an Iraqi-born Palestinian, is named in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in federal court in Sacramento and unsealed late Thursday as word of his arrest began to spread.

He is to appear in federal court on Friday at 2 p.m.

“Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab allegedly traveled overseas to fight alongside terrorist organizations and lied to U.S. authorities about his activities,” U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said in a statement. “The National Security Division’s highest priority is protecting the nation from terrorism, and we will continue to hold accountable those who seek to join or aid the cause of terrorism, whether at home or abroad.”

Word of the complaint came amid reports of terror-related investigations in Milwaukee and Houston and the announcement of another Iraqi refugee being arrested in the Texas city.

The arrest of Al-Jayab, who is being held in the Sacramento County jail without bail, was confirmed by U.S. Attorney Ben Wagner’s office in Sacramento.

“According to the allegations in the complaint, the defendant traveled to Syria to take up arms with terrorist organizations and concealed that conduct from immigration authorities,” Wagner said. “While he represented a potential safety threat, there is no indication that he planned any acts of terrorism in this country.”

The criminal complaint and 18-page supporting FBI affidavit say Al-Jayab emigrated from Syria to the United States in October 2012, where he initially lived in Tucson, Ariz., and then moved to Milwaukee before traveling overseas.

While he was living in Milwaukee, Al-Jayab allegedly began communicating with individuals in Syria about traveling there and about his past experience fighting overseas, the complaint says.

“America will not isolate me from my Islamic duty,” Al-Jayab allegedly wrote on April 8, 2013, to one acquaintance. “Only death will do us part. My only wish is to see you and start the action.”

At one point, Al-Jayab wrote to another person that “I am at the shooting club. I want to learn long-range shooting,” and sent photos from a gun range in Wisconsin as well as photos of himself with various weapons, the complaint states.

Investigators say Al-Jayab received about $4,500 from an auto insurance claim in November 2013 and bought an airline ticket from Chicago to Istanbul, Turkey, from which he crossed the border into Syria. While he was overseas, he allegedly communicated with associates and relatives about traveling to Syria to join up with terror groups to fight with them...

More.

Also at the Dallas Morning News, "2 Iraqi refugees arrested in Houston, California on terrorism-related charges."

Latest El Niño Storms Not Over Yet (VIDEO)

Via CBS News 13 Sacramento:

High Winds, Cold Weather Batter the Pacific Northwest (VIDEO)

At KOIN 6 News Portland, "Heavy winds wreak havoc across Oregon and Washington."

And at CBS This Morning, "Rain and snow target millions in the West":

Many parts of the country are getting hammered by powerful weather systems during Christmas week. It’s raining in the East and the South, but the worst weather is in the West. Powerful Pacific storms threaten millions with rain and snow, while some areas in northern California are already being hit with snow. John Blackstone reports from Mill Valley, California.

Still more, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Heavy rainfall moves into the Foothills Monday afternoon," and "Snow causes major delays on Sierra roads."

Worker Saves Kitten from Trash Compactor at NorCal Recycling Center (VIDEO)

Wow, what a story.

Who would put a kitten in the garbage?

At LAT, "Worker at recycling center saves kitten on conveyor belt."

And watch, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Kitten saved from trash compactor."

Sacramento Florin High School Principal Body-Slammed Trying to Break-Up Fight (VIDEO)

Following-up from Sunday, "Sacramento Unified High School Teacher Suspended after Allegedly Wrestling Student in Classroom (VIDEO)."

This story's interesting because the student who caught the principal being body-slammed was suspended for taking a video and sending it viral. She'd win a First Amendment case, no doubt.

At the Sacramento Bee, "Florin High’s punishment of student whose video went viral draws free speech questions."

And at CBS News Sacramento:

Sacramento Unified High School Teacher Suspended after Allegedly Wrestling Student in Classroom (VIDEO)

Bizarre.

At the Sacramento Bee, "Police identify McClatchy High teacher arrested after allegedly wrestling student."

And at CBS News Sacramento:

Plea Deal Near for Islamic State Wannabe Nicholas Teausant, Indicted for Wanting to Bomb the L.A. Subway System and Blow Up 'Zionist' Day Care Center

Yes, because the homegrown terror threat is the fiction of feverous right-wing imaginations.

At the Sacramento Bee, "Federal prosecutor seeks plea deal with Islamic State supporter from Lodi."

Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers.

France Train Hero Spencer Stone Stabbed in Sacramento Street Fight (VIDEO)

The Sacramento Police Department's going all out in stressing that the knife attack on decorated hero Spencer Stone wasn't terrorism.

See the Sacramento Bee, "Train hero Spencer Stone stabbed, in serious condition."

But news reports out of Britain say that authorities are searching for two "Asian" suspects, which for the politically correct British media means two Muslim suspects. See Jihad Watch, "Spencer Stone stabbing: police searching for two “Asian” male suspects, say attack not terrorism":

The Daily Mail is a British paper, and in the British press, “Asian” is the universally-employed code word for “Muslim.” If this British paper is suddenly using the word to refer, as in the American custom, to people from China or Japan, they’re not saying so. It is also possible that the Sacramento police said they were looking for “Asians,” by which they really did mean Chinese or Japanese or Koreans or Southeast Asians, etc., and the Daily Mail is too careless to note the difference in usage.

And so now the plot thickens. Police are insisting this attack had nothing to do with terrorism, but they always do that, no matter what the circumstances. If Spencer Stone was indeed stabbed by Muslims, then the possibility that the stabbing was related to his stopping the jihad attack on the French train cannot be dismissed out of hand...

Also at Atlas Shrugs, "Watch VIDEO: CCTV of Fight, France Train Hero Stabbed, Police Hunt 'Asians,' aka Muslims."

California Capital Airshow 'After Dark' (VIDEO)

Hmm... It's a big weekend for air shows.

Watch, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Planes set sky on fire during airshow."

Butte Mountain Fire Continues to Burn Out of Control (VIDEO)

At the Sacramento Bee, "Thousands flee ‘mass destruction’ as Valley, Butte, Rough fires widen," and "Update: California emergency chief says fires ‘spreading faster’ than they have in 30 years."

Plus, watch at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Butte Fire keeps destroying homes, disrupting lives," and "Butte Fire proves its unpredictability, burns out of control."

PREVIOUSLY: "Gov. Gerry Brown Declares State of Emergency as Butte Mountain Fire Rages in Northern California (VIDEO)."

Gov. Gerry Brown Declares State of Emergency as Butte Mountain Fire Rages in Northern California (VIDEO)

At the Amador Ledger, "Governor Brown delcares a State of Emergency in Amador and Calaveras counties," and "CalFire Butte Mountain Fire Update - 6:43 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11."

And at the Los Angeles Times, "Brown declares state of emergency in 65,000-acre Gold Country fire."

More at USA Today, "'Explosive' fire forces evacuations in Northern Calif."

Plus, watch at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Firefighters making progress in ravaging Butte Fire," and "Devastating Butte Fire rips through Calaveras County homes."

Triple-Digit Days Ahead

Here's Tamara Berg, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento:



I'll have more on the SoCal heatwave later. It was 98 degrees in North Long Beach when I left work a little after 1:00pm today. And it's supposed stay hot through the week.

Spencer Stone Homecoming (VIDEO)

At the Sacramento Bee, "French train hero Spencer Stone returns to California."

And at KCRA News 3 Sacramento, "Euro train hero Spencer Stone welcomed home at Travis AFB."

One Killed, Two Wounded in Shooting at Sacramento City College (VIDEO)

At the Sacramento Bee, "Update: Manhunt for active shooter near Sacramento City College."

And watch, at KCRA News 3 Sacramento:

Eileen Javora's Got Your Tuesday Forecast

It's going to be a little cooler, especially later in the week. The Central Valley is still pretty scorching though, man. I used to live in Fresno and it's incredibly hot up there in the summer.

At KCRA News 3 Sacramento: