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Sonora, Tuolumne County flood assistance - Sand bags not! Posted: 02 Mar 2009 08:29 PM PST Sand Available For Flood Victims Monday, March 02, 2009 - 07:00 PM Bill Johnson MML News Director Sonora, CA -- Sand will be available for those who were overwhelmed this afternoon by the storm cell that hit Sonora at four o'clock. Kathleen Rustrum from the Tuolumne County Office of Emergency Services says the sand will be delivered to two locations at approximately 7pm and available for pickup at 9pm. Pickup locations are the Jamestown Fire Department at 18249 Fourth Ave. and the Columbia Airport. Rustrum adds that you must bring your own bags, shovels and muscle. There is no charge for the sand. Source: mymotherlode.com - Link Editors note: This is where the local Government EOC always gets it wrong, getting cheap on the bags...Where are the citizens supposed to get burlap sacks at eight o'clock at night, While water is coming in the door? There should be a pallet or two of plastic rice sacks or manila burlap sacks at every city corporation yard way ahead of time. Or out back behind a firehouse. Just think this person that made this call is probably getting paid six figures and saved a couple hundred dollars with this bone head thinking process..Now if some fire Captain makes a few Nextel calls I bet some sacks could be found....Maybe set out some shovels, get some boy scouts to start filling some?

Injured San Francisco firefighter goes home Posted: 02 Mar 2009 07:25 PM PST San Francisco Fire-Medic Christopher Posey who was nearly killed a month ago while operating at a arson caused structure fire has improved enough to be released from the hospital. Christopher Posey a firefighter-paramedic a 11 year veteran with SFFD, was released Friday from San Francisco General's ICU and is "resting comfortably" with his wife and 3 kids at home. He still has significant inhalation injuries including both internal and skin burns. SFFD Firefighter Posey, was injured when the roof of the unoccupied house fell in. Five other firefighters were also injured after the home's roof collapsed and sent hot gas and smoke down a hallway toward them. All five were also treated and released. Posey was the most seriously hurt in that arson fire. Tom O'Connor, treasurer of the local firefighters' union, said that Posey was recovering at his San Jose home. "He's doing much better," O'Connor said. "He's off the respirator, breathing on his own, and he's starting to walk around." "He still has a long way to ago with the burns, but compared to where he was two weeks ago, it's much better," O'Connor said. $75,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for starting the fire.

EDIS: Flash flood watch - Northern California burn areas Posted: 02 Mar 2009 07:15 PM PST Flash Flood Watch, Possible Debris flows in Wildland Fire Burn Areas including Butte Lightning Complex and Humbolt Fire. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DEBRIS FLOWS FOR... NORTHEASTERN BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PULGA...BRUSH CREEK RS... WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...QUINCY...CHESTER... EAST CENTRAL TEHAMA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 945 PM PST * AT 324 PM PST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BURN AREAS... WHICH MAY TRIGGER DEBRIS FLOW OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TWAIN... SENECA... PAXTON... MOCCASIN... MILL CREEK... LAKE ALMANOR... CARIBOU... BUTTE MEADOWS...BELDEN AND ALMANOR DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE BURN SCARS... INCLUDING THE BUTTE LIGHTNING COMPLEX ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 70 NORTHEAST OF LAKE OROVILLE AND THE HUMBOLDT FIRES. THE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN IMPACT TRAVEL ALONG AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 70...THE NORTH FORK FEATHER RIVER CANYON...AND THE MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER CANYON. HIGHWAYS 32 AND 89 MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED BY DEBRIS FLOWS. DEBRIS FLOWS... INCLUDING MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS HEAVIER RAINFALL. DEBRIS FLOWS CAN POTENTIALLY TRAP AND KILL PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THEIR PATHS. Area: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA Affected Counties or parts of: Plumas, Butte, Tehama Sent: 2009-03-02T18:13:23-08:00 ------------------------------------------------ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SACRAMENTO HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... STANISLAUS COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...SACRAMENTO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... YUBA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... NEVADA COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...PLACER COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...TUOLUMNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...EL DORADO COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...CALAVERAS COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... AMADOR COUNTY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA... * UNTIL 615 PM PST * AT 1220 PM PST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR GRASS VALLEY... SOUTHWARD TO AUBURN... TO EAST OF CITRUS HEIGHTS AND ELK GROVE...TO GALT TO LODI. THE LINE WILL BE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE MOTHERLODE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80... AND ACROSS EASTERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY THROUGH 1 TO 2 PM. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON INTERSTATE 80... HIGHWAY 50... AND HIGHWAY 16 IN EASTERN SACRAMENTO COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS... AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS... HIGHWAYS... STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. Instruction: IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. Affected Counties or parts of: Yuba, Tuolumne, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Placer, Butte, El Dorado, Calaveras, Amador, San Joaquin, Nevada, Sierra Sent: 2009-03-02T18:10:30-08:00

CA-RRU- Grande - Wildland Fire - 100 acres potential 500 Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:52 PM PST CARRU-18891 - Brush Fire Burning In Riverside County. IA reported at intersection of Vuelta Grande Road and Vuelta Chica Road, Temecula escaped agriculture burn. Road closures: Hard closure Carrancho Road and Vuelte Grande until further notice. Cause: Escaped Permitted Agricultural Burn Update 1800 - Fire is approximately 100 acres and is being mapped for more accurate acreage. Fire personnel will remain on scene throughout the night and tomorrow to contain and control the fire. No evacuations, no structure threats and no injuries reported. Update: 1630 - 70 Acres 0% Containment. Update: 1530 - Wildland fire is now approximately 50+ acres; near the county line of San Diego and Riverside, area of Carrancho rd. Large header, heavy brush, slow ROS Update: 1333 - Vegetation fire in the 44800 block of Vuelta Grande Road Arriving crews reported smoke and flames burning between five and 10 acres of the orange grove, Hagemann said. View Larger Map Incident Name: Grande Incident Number: CARRU-18891 Date Reported: 03/02/2009 Time Reported: 1:33 PM Incident Type: Vegetation Fire Incident Location: Vuelte Grande Road X Vuelte Chica Road (TB 976-G3) City: De Luz area of Temecula Size/Type of Fuel/etc.: Avocado Grove and Vegetation Cause: Escaped Permitted Agricultural Burn Resources Assigned Engines: 13 Breathing Supp.: 0 Helicopters: 2 Truck Co: 0 Squad: 0 Air Attack: 0 Firefighters: 280 RVC Medics: 0 Air Tankers: 0 Overhead Personnel: 7 AMB's: 0 Fire Crews: 13 Haz. Mat: No Co. Health: No County OES: No Fire Prev.: Yes Water Tenders: 2 Electrical Co: No Gas Co: No Water Co: No Bulldozers: 1 Misc. Equip: San Diego County Fire Department Sheriff's Office: No CHP: Yes Office: San Diego Cooperating Agencies: CAL FIRE/Riverside, CAL FIRE/San Diego, California Highway Patrol – San Diego, Orange County Fire Authority, Pechanga FD, Riverside County Fire Dept Supplemental Comments: CAL FIRE and Riverside County Firefighters are on scene of a vegetation fire in the De Luz area of Temecula. First arriving units reported smoke and flames visible from an orange grove, 5-10 acres burning in heavy fuels at a medium rate of spread. 2:09 p.m.: fire is now 20 acres burning in heavy fuels at a slow rate of spread. No structures threatened, no injuries reported. Potential for 500 acres. Updates will be posted as information becomes available or significant events occur. UPDATE 03/02/2009 3:30 PM: Fire is now approximately 50 acres with 0% containment. No evacuations, no immediate structure threat and no injuries reported. UPDATE 03/02/2009 4:30 PM: Fire is now approximately 70 acres with 0% containment. Updates will be posted as information becomes available. Update 03/02/2009 6:00 PM: Fire is approximately 100 acres and is being mapped for more accurate acreage. Fire personnel will remain on scene throughout the night and tomorrow to contain and control the fire. No evacuations, no structure threats and no injuries reported. Updates will be posted throughout the evening as significant events occur. Problems: Road closures at Carrancho Road and Vuelte Grande until further notice. Evacuations: No Evacuation Comments: Information Center: 951-940-6985 OR: Prepared By: Jody Hagemann Prepared Date/Time: 03/02/2009 1757

Florida: SAR Gulf Coast Search - Overturned Boat w/ 1 survivor located Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:36 PM PST The Coast Guard says it has found a person clinging to an overturned boat off Florida's Gulf Coast. Three still missing, Boat overturned in stormy weather. The Coast Guard has secured former University of South Florida football player Nick Schuyler, who was clinging to the boat and the search continues for the others. Corey Smith, a free-agent defensive end who played for the Detroit Lions last season, and Marquis Cooper, an Oakland Raiders linebacker, are two of the four people aboard the boat that didn't return from a fishing trip Saturday. Petty Officer Sondra-Kay Kneen says searchers located an overturned boat Monday but provided no further details. The Coast Guard said Cooper, Detroit Lions free agent Corey Smith and another former USF player, William Bleakley, remained missing. TV footage showed Schuyler being helped from a Coast Guard helicopter at Tampa General Hospital. He appeared conscious and talking. The men were reported missing Sunday. The Coast Guard has searched about 16,000 square miles of ocean for the 21-foot boat. The reports, citing Coast Guard officials, say that the four people left the Clearwater, Fla., area on a 21-foot fishing boat around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

Chemical Fire: t-butyl lithium and Pentane + No PPE = Deadly accident Posted: 02 Mar 2009 09:51 AM PST "Two months earlier, UCLA safety inspectors found more than a dozen safety deficiencies in the same lab" Deadly UCLA lab fire leaves haunting questions Federal and state safety agencies investigate after university officials failed to address lapses before a Dec. 29 chemical accident left a research assistant with fatal burns. By Kim Christensen March 1, 2009 UCLA's Molecular Sciences Building was mostly closed for the holidays on Dec. 29 as research assistant Sheri Sangji worked on an organic chemistry experiment. Only three months into her job in the lab, the 23-year-old Pomona College graduate was using a plastic syringe to extract from a sealed container a small quantity of t-butyl lithium -- a chemical compound that ignites instantly when exposed to air. Sheri Sangji - "She was brilliant, just so impressive," As she withdrew the liquid, the syringe came apart in her hands, spewing flaming chemicals, according to a UCLA accident report. A flash fire set her clothing ablaze and spread second- and third-degree burns over 43% of her body. Eighteen excruciating days later, Sangji died in a hospital burn unit. "It is horrifying," said her sister Naveen, 26, a Harvard medical student. "Sheri wasn't out doing something stupid. She was working in a lab at one of the largest universities in the world. She gets these horrific injuries and loses her life to these injuries and we still don't know how it happened or why it wasn't prevented." Sangji's death was more than a tragic workplace accident. It also raised serious questions about the university's attention to laboratory safety. "It was totally preventable," said Neal Langerman, a San Diego consultant and former head of the American Chemical Society's Division of Chemical Health and Safety, whose members were given a detailed account of the incident by a University of California safety official. "Poor training, poor technique, lack of supervision and improper method. This was just not the right way to transfer these things," Langerman said. "She died, didn't she? It speaks for itself." Two months earlier, UCLA safety inspectors found more than a dozen deficiencies in the same lab, Molecular Sciences Room 4221, according to internal investigative and inspection reports reviewed by The Times. Among the findings: Employees were not wearing requisite protective lab coats, and flammable liquids and volatile chemicals were stored improperly. Chemical Safety Officer Michael Wheatley sent the inspection report to the researcher who oversees the lab, professor Patrick Harran, as well as to the head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and a top UCLA safety official. The report directed that problems be fixed by Dec. 5. But the required corrective action was not taken, records show, and on Dec. 29 all that stood between Sangji's torso and the fire that engulfed her was a highly flammable, synthetic sweater that fueled the flames. Under scrutiny The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating, as are the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. A spokeswoman for Cal/OSHA, the lead agency, said she could not comment on the investigation. UCLA officials say they are cooperating with all of the agencies. "We consider this a profoundly tragic accident, and the campus community is still reeling from the loss of Sheri as a member of the Bruin family," said Kevin Reed, vice chancellor for legal affairs. Harran, the organic chemistry professor for whom Sangji worked, said he could not comment on the accident because of the pending investigations. But he said he's heartbroken. "Words cannot convey my grief or that of those who work in my lab, and our pain cannot possibly compare with the immeasurable anguish felt by Sheri's family," he wrote in an e-mail. "Sheri's death is a tragedy that has left her friends, colleagues and co-workers here in our department devastated." UCLA has launched a comprehensive review of lab safety protocols and has stepped up inspections and shortened the time allowed to correct serious violations. Chancellor Gene Block also established a campuswide lab safety committee and ordered enhanced accountability measures. Such efforts are of little comfort to Sangji's family. Her parents, Shaukat Sangji, a small-business owner who lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife, Maimoona, a Montessori schoolteacher, were too distraught to be interviewed, said Naveen, who relayed an e-mail message to The Times from her father. "They say time will heal, but I know for sure nothing can heal this," he said. "This has completely destroyed our lives forever." The experiment: She was trying to transfer up to 2 ounces of t-butyl lithium, which was dissolved in pentane, another highly flammable chemical, from one sealed container to another. It was the second time she had performed that procedure in Harran's lab, UCLA officials said. "The barrel of the syringe was either ejected or pulled out of the syringe, causing liquid to be released," the UCLA accident report stated. Sangji's rubber gloves caught fire, searing her hands. Her sweater, made of a synthetic material, was so flammable that Langerman, the chemical safety expert, compared it to "solid gasoline." It, too, was quickly engulfed. The panicked young woman ran away from a nearby emergency shower instead of toward it, records state, costing her precious time. "She might have been fine" had she quickly made it to the shower, said Russ Phifer, head of the American Chemical Society's safety division, who also reviewed the UC official's account of the accident. A postdoctoral researcher, who UCLA officials say was just a few feet away, rushed to Sangji's aid and tried to smother the flames with a lab coat. Another ran in from an adjoining room, helped douse the fire, then called 911 and summoned Harran, Reed said. "He said when he got there Sheri was sitting with her arms outstretched in front of her and someone was throwing water at her from a sink," said Naveen, who spoke with Harran later at the hospital. That account squares with the UCLA accident report. From the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Sangji was transferred to the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks. It is unknown whether a typical cotton lab coat would have saved her. But even if it caught fire, it could have been removed much more easily than a burning synthetic sweater, safety expert Phifer said. "I can't imagine why she didn't have protective clothing if she knew she was working with chemicals that dangerous," Sheri's friend Bruce said. - On Jan. 16, she succumbed to respiratory failure, infection and other complications, according to a coroner's report. Whole story at: LA Times - Link - Deadly UCLA lab fire leaves haunting questions

National Situation Update: Monday, March 2, 2009 Posted: 02 Mar 2009 08:43 AM PST Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED). Significant National Weather Winter storm warnings, watches, and advisories are in effect from South Carolina northeastward through the mid Atlantic and New England. See www.nws.noaa.gov for the latest information. Northeast: The storm low is tracking rapidly up the East Coast toward the Canadian Maritimes. The snow will end in Virginia, the eastern half of Maryland, Delaware and eastern Pennsylvania with accumulations of two to 10 inches. Southeast New York including New York City and western Long Island will receive six inches to a foot of snow. Southern New England, southeast Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine will have snow through tonight and Boston could get as much as 15 inches. A wintry mix of sleet and rain will depress snowfall amounts on Cape Cod, Nantucket and the eastern tip of Maine. The storm will produce gusty north to northeast winds up to 40 mph as it tracks along the coast. South: As the storm moves rapidly northeast, the last of the snow will end over North Carolina this morning. Some areas could end up with six inches of snow. Gusty winds across the Southeast will gradually subside through the day. Under a ridge of high pressure, the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley will be dry. From the Mississippi Valley eastward, temperatures will be a chilly 10 to 25 degrees below average. Across the Southern Plains, temperatures will be a very warm 10 to 20 degrees above average. Midwest: Under high pressure, the region will be mostly dry. However, several weak disturbances over the north-central states will produce some minor snowfall. High temperatures will be 5 to 20 degrees below average from the Missouri Valley eastward, but 10 to 20 degrees above average in the central High Plains. West: With a large low pressure area off the Pacific Northwest, precipitation will continue for the coast north of Los Angles and the intermountain west. Snow levels will range from 3,500 feet in the Washington Cascades, 5,000 feet in the Siskiyou and Mount Shasta to 7,500 feet and lowering in the Sierra. Northern California will still see the heaviest rain. An additional foot or more of snow will fall in the highest elevations of the Sierra and gusty winds will continue to the lee of the Cascades and Sierra and across the Great Basin. Low pressure is forecast to remain off the Pacific Northwest Coast through mid-week with additional precipitation expected across the northern two-thirds of California, Oregon and Washington and eastward into the northern and central Rockies. (NOAA, National Weather Service, Various Media Sources) Winter Storm Response FEMA NRCC is at Watch/Steady State - 24/7: The NRCC has contacted FEMA Regions I, II, III, and IV to determine their respective state's level of activation/readiness, any anticipated actions, and any existing problems associated with the storm. Region I: RRCC - Monitoring Storm, Watch/Steady State, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST State Issues: None Region II: RRCC - Monitoring Storm, Watch/Steady State, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST State Issues: New York State EOC not activated Minimal and sporadic power outages No request for Federal assistance at this time New Jersey State EOC at Level II Minimal and sporadic power outages No request for Federal assistance at this time Region III: RRCC - Monitoring Storm, Watch/Steady State, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. EST State Issues: Delaware State EOC has a small planning and operations cell Minimal and sporadic power outages No request for Federal assistance at this time Maryland State EOC Level II Minimal and sporadic power outages No request for Federal assistance Virginia State EOC is not activated Power outages: preliminary reports indicate 125,039 customers without power No request for Federal assistance Pennsylvania State EOC Level II Minimal power outages No request for Federal assistance Region IV: RRCC - Monitoring Storm, Watch/Steady State, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST State Issues: Georgia State EOC is not activated Power outages: preliminary reports indicate approximately 50,000 customers without power in the northeast part of the state No request for Federal assistance at this time North Carolina State EOC is not activated Power outages: preliminary reports indicate 79,696 customers without power No request for federal assistance at this time South Carolina State EOC is not activated Power outages: preliminary reports indicate 100,954 customers without power No request for federal assistance at this time (FEMA NRCC, FEMA Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, Duke Power, Media Sources) Texas Wildfires Nail Ranch Complex (Shackelford County): 1,304 acres; 80% contained; no structures were reported to be involved. Panther Ranch Fire (Caldwell County): 704 acres; 100% contained. Rhodes Ranch Fire (Taylor County): 3,026 acres; 59% contained; numerous residences and buildings damaged. West Fork Fire (Jack County): 2,400 acres; 80% contained. Wilderness Ridge (Bastrop County): 400 acres; 10% contained; 28 structures destroyed and 200 homes threatened. (Southern Area Coordination Center Report, Mar 1) Fire Management Assistance Grant No significant activity. (FEMA HQ) Tropical Weather Outlook Western Pacific: There are no current tropical cyclone warnings. (NOAA, HPC, National Hurricane Center, Central Pacific Hurricane Center and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center) Earthquake Activity No new activity (FEMA HQ) Preliminary Damage Assessments No new activity (FEMA HQ) Disaster Declaration Activity No new activity (FEMA HQ)

Amber Alert: Child abduction alert - CHILD SAFELY LOCATED Posted: 02 Mar 2009 08:55 PM PST UPDATED: *** CANCEL AMBER ALERT - CHILD SAFELY LOCATED *** *** CANCEL AMBER ALERT - CHILD SAFELY LOCATED *** Breaking news update: Myspace profiles of suspect: Both Profiles show suspect with very young children - Kody Kaplon aka 'cocksucker' according to his inactive MySpace profile; http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=66953385 Active MySpace profile; http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndID=376499330 Originally Posted by Grande at Help find the missing cocksucker's Details Status: Swinger Here for: Friends Orientation: Gay Hometown: yreka Body type: Average Ethnicity: White / Caucasian Religion: Catholic Zodiac Sign: Aries Smoke / Drink: Yes / Yes Children: I don't want kids Education: High school Occupation: taco bell UPDATED: Booking info: Jail Docket (no photo listed) KAPLON, KODY LEE, Booking Date, 3/02/2009, Booking Number, 0900030971, DOB, 04/07/1986, Housing Unit, 1. UPDATED: KTVL reporting Kody Lee Kaplon called the Amber hotline and turned himself in, saying he did not abduct Frances. Another local news report with more details on where Kody Lee Kaplon was located and where Frances was found. http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/i...d=1&Itemid=271 UPDATED: A girl wanted in a statewide Amber Alert was found walking along a service road without clothes, Yreka police said Monday. UPDATED: Apparently suspect attended a party at the victims home(Apt.) the night before. Suspect was previously unknown to parents. Yreka Police Lt. Dave Gamache said Frances Ann Collins' parents met 22-year-old Kody Lee Kaplon during a party at their house Sunday night. The girl's father, Ryan Collins, was awakened around 4:30 a.m. by her screams and apparently saw Kaplon drive off with her. UPDATED: Area: STATEWIDE: 2:54 PM Amber Alert suspect found; Victim - Francis Ann Collins whereabouts unclear The man accused of abducting a 3-year-old Yreka girl has been taken into custody, but the whereabouts of the girl are unclear. Kody Lee Kaplon has been previously charged in Siskiyou County for petty theft, driving without a valid license, drunken driving and driving on a suspended license, electronic superior court records show. Kody Lee Kaplon was arrested this afternoon near his hometown of Hornbrook, California Highway Patrol spokesman Rick Landrum said. Authorities are still searching for the car, Landrum said. Landrum declined to say whether the girl had been found, and he referred questions about the girl to Yreka police. Yreka police didn't immediately return messages left at their office. Last seen: Miner Street, Yreka Victim: Francis Ann Collins - WFJ 3' 30lbs Brown/Brown Vehicle: License Plate: 3WKA651 92' Green Pontiac Grand Am SE, Damage on drivers side Suspect: Cody Lee Kaplon - DOB 04-07-1986 Brown/Hazel 5'7" 140 lbs Headline: ON MARCH 2, 2009, AT 04:37 AM, FRANCIS ANN COLLINS WAS ABDUCTED FROM YREKA, CALIFORNIA. THIS Description: ON MARCH 2, 2009, AT 04:37 AM, FRANCIS ANN COLLINS WAS ABDUCTED FROM YREKA, CALIFORNIA. THIS AMBER ALERT IS DIRECTED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FRANCIS ANN COLLINS IS A 3 YEAR OLD, WHITE, FEMALE, 3 FEET TALL, 30 POUND, JUVENILE WITH BROWN HAIR, AND BROWN EYES, LAST SEEN WEARING TIE DYED T-SHIRT. SUSPECT IS CODY KAPLIN, A 22 YEAR OLD, WHITE, MALE, 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING 140 POUNDS, WITH BROWN HAIR, HAZEL EYES, LAST SEEN WEARING A BLACK AND WHITE FLANNEL SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS. OTHER SUSPECT INFORMATION INCLUDES: TATTOOS: AN IRON CROSS ON LEFT HAND, YOUNG SON ON LEFT ARM AND A MUD FLAP GIRL ON RIGHT ARM. THE SUSPECT WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING A GREEN PONTIAC GRAND AM, WITH A CA LICENSE PLATE OF 3WKA651. OTHER VEHICLE INFORMATION INCLUDES: DRIVER'S SIDE DAMAGE. IF SEEN CONTACT YREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT AT (530) 841-2623. CHP ENTAC/JEL Target Area: STATEWIDE EDIS FLASH****Liscence PLATE #3WKA651***** SUBJECT: CHILD ABDUCTION ALERT *************************** FRANCIS ANN COLLINS WFJ 3 FEET BRO AND BRO 30 LBS DOB/052505 LAST SEEN WEARING A TIE DYED TEE SHIRT. VICTIM WAS TAKEN FROM HER HOME BY SUSPECT IN BURGLARY OF SAME RESIDENCE AT APPROX 0437 HOURS THIS DATE.KAPLON,KODY LEE WM DOB/040786 BRO/HAZ507/140 UNK CLOTHING DESCRIPTION TAT OF IRON CROSS ON WEB OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND FINGER YOUNGSON ON L/ ARM AND MUD FLAP GIRL ON R/ARM ADDRESS 15516 KLAMATHON RD HORNBROOK CA SUSPECT NOT AT RESIDENCE NO WEAPON SEEN3WCA651 1992 GREEN PONTIAC GRAND AM SE DAMAGE TO DRIVERS SIDE LAST SEEN AT TIME OF ABDUCTION 0437 HOURS SUSPECT LAST SEEN EASTBOUND ON MINER ST FROM 905 W MINER ST APT 69. YREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT 412 W MINER ST YREKA CA 96097530 841 2300

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