School Shooting

Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, where a gunman opened fire and killed five schoolchildren on January 17, 1989. (CBS)

Stockton School Shooting Survivors On Differing Sides Of Gun Debate

When a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut late last year, it sent a shudder and a flashback through the people of Stockton.

2013/05/14

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) stands next to a display of assault weapons during a news conference January 24, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Feinstein Blames NRA, Gun Makers For Derailing Assault Weapons Ban

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is blaming the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers for the reluctance among many of her colleagues to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

2013/04/03

The Sandy Hook Promise Innovation Initiative web page. (CBS)

Sandy Hook Families Join Tech Leaders To Launch Anti-Gun Violence Initiative

Family members who lost children in the Sandy Hook school shooting gathered in San Francisco with some of the top Bay Area technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on Thursday, announcing an initiative with the aim of reducing gun violence through technological innovation.

2013/03/14

Image of the graffiti found at Foothill High School . (CBS)

Pleasanton Police Patrol High School After Graffiti Threatens Shooting

Police officers were on the campus of Foothill High School in Pleasanton Wednesday morning after graffiti found scrawled in a girl’s bathroom threatened a school shooting.

2013/03/13

Gunman Kills Seven At Oikos University In Oakland

Bay Area Law Enforcement Encourages Fighting Back Against Active Shooters

Law enforcement agencies have begun adopting a new policy on so-called “active shooters,” encouraging civilians to take safety into their own hands and take down gunmen who threaten them at work or school.

2013/02/21

Bryan Oliver, Taft Union High School shooting suspect

Central Valley High School Shooting Suspect To Be Charged As Adult

A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a Central Valley high school has been charged as an adult.

2013/01/14

Officers at Taft Union High School (CBS)

Student: Central Valley Teen Smirked While Firing Shots In School

Morgan Alldredge had just finished her oceanography test when a classmate she knows well suddenly walked in the open door to her science class with a shotgun.

2013/01/11

Sheriff: Shotgun-Toting Central Valley Teen Planned Attack On Classmates

A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a high school near Bakersfield on Thursday and shot one student, fired at another and missed, and then was talked into surrendering by a teacher and another staff member.

2013/01/10

Opinion: Guns

Following the events in Connecticut last Friday, there is a fundamental question that keeps crossing my mind: Why did this have to happen? How many more schools need to be shot up before we act? How many children need to die over a Constitutional Amendment that addressed the right for Americans to possess muskets?

2012/12/18

KCBS In Depth: Coming To Terms With The Tragedy In Connecticut

As the investigation into the mass killing of nearly two dozen children in their Connecticut elementary school progresses, all kinds of information will be uncovered. But, American will likely always be left to grapple with the “why” and “how” of it all: why did it happen and how can we prevent it from happening again?

2012/12/17

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