Huntington Story and Earthquake Story

Story #1: Huntington

Who: Janice Jones
What: Jones got shot in the leg
Where: In her motor home parked on Beach Boulevard near Highway 1
When: Wednesday night
Why:Dog knocked handgun off of seat.
How: The gun discharged when it hit the floor


Late Wednesday, 53 year old Janice Jones was shot in the leg when a handgun was knocked off of a seat and discharged when it hit the floor. The incident occurred in Jones' motor home that was parked on Beach Boulevard near Highway 1.

"I was out for an evening walk when all of the sudden a gun shot was fired close by," a witness John Jones said. "It took me a second to realize what really happened."

After being taken to the Huntington Beach Hospital, Jones had to be transported to the Irvine Medical Center where she is currently receiving treatment.

"It could have been worse," California highway Patrol press liaison Tammy Rye said. "The bullet hit two inches from the gas tank."

Jones' dog, a Pomeranian named Tombo, was brought to the Huntington Beach Animal Control Officers after is was deemed malnourished.

"It could have done with a little less abuse and a few more of those pork chops," animal control officer Janet Ngo said.

Janet Ngo and her office are now filing animal abuse charges against Jones. The county's district attorney's office is also considering charging Jones in her relation to the gun accident.

"Jones doesn't have a permit for the gun," Ryes said.


Story #2: Earthquake Story

Who: 6.4 magnitude
What: An earthquake
Where: San Francisco Bay area
When: Monday morning at 8:12 a.m.
Why: Hayward Fault under the hills
How:30 seconds of rolling motion


On Monday morning a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, resulting from the Hayward Fault, struck the San Francisco Bay Area. The earthquake resulted in a minute of complete chaos within the streets of San Francisco.

I was eating my breakfast when the room started rolling," Hayward resident Mike Beamer said. "That's when the screaming started across the street."

A building housing McHenry's Auto Supply at Plum St. partially collapsed.

"Six people were injured," public information officer Jennifer Vu reported. "There were two casualties in total.

The earthquake, which had a 6.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale, was the fifth largest earthquake ever reported in California.

"People as far south as Los Angeles and as far north as Redding felt the quake," a scientist Penny Gertz said."

The first-responders who reported to the McHenry Auto Supply building collapse are now being publicly acknowledged for the quick response to the incident.

"Twenty-one personnel, twelve police and five American Red Cross workers responded to the building collapse," Jennifer Vu said. "Some arrived within four minutes of the quake."

The last time there was an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 or higher coming from the Hayward Fault was 60 years ago. The earthquake then resulted in multiple building collapses as well.

"I haven't been in an earthquake this destructive since the one that hit when I was 10 years old," 70 year-old San Francisco native Sherry Owens said. "It was frightening then and frightening now."

The Earthquake that hit Monday was a result of the Pacific and Juan de Fuca Tectonic Plates rubbing against each other. There are three types of plate boundaries, conversion, divergent, and transform boundaries.

"It is called a transform boundary when two plates are sliding past each other," tectonic plate scientist Ian Book said. "The formation of faults and earthquakes are the results of transfrom boundaries.