Cliff articles
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Mothers who lost sons to cliff falls speak out
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Parents who lost loved ones to past cliff falls in Isla Vista just learned about the latest fatal fall. This time it happened during a daytime 4-20 party. A man fell from a balcony at 6625 block of Del Playa Dr. The Ojai mother of Santa Barbara City College student Benny Schurmer, 19,
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He drove his family off a cliff in a Tesla. Now his wife wants him freed
The wife of a Pasadena man who drove her and their two young children off a Northern California cliff asked a judge to release her husband from jail, saying the family needs him. Neha Patel testified for the first time Thursday during a hearing over whether her husband, Dharmesh Patel, should have his case removed from criminal court, in a scenario that would see him released from jail and put into a mental health diversion program. “We need him in our life,” said Neha Patel, who appeared via...
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Conestoga is a foreign student mecca. Is its climb to riches leading it off a cliff?
The smell of South Asian spices wafts from the "Blends and Curries" food counter. Conversations in Hindi and Gujurati flood the bustling hallways, which quickly get packed as students pour in and out of classes. Cliques of Indian youth, who appear to make up a majority of the student population, take full advantage of common areas to study, lounge around or wait for class to begin. Everywhere you look at the main campus of Conestoga College, there's ample proof of an explosion of...