uSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s chief medical examiner is leaving for a new job in California’s Central Valley.
The San Francisco Examiner says Dr. Michael Hunter plans to step down in early July.
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to appoint him as that county’s first independent chief medical examiner. The county is hiring his company — of which Hunter is the sole proprietor — for about $1 million a year.
Previously, the Sheriff’s Office oversaw coroner’s cases.
Hunter became San Francisco’s chief medical examiner in 2015 and was credited with reducing a huge case backlog. But he also faced criticism from the public defender’s office, which questioned the quality and ethics of his office.
Hunter also hosts a cable TV reality show called “Autopsy: The Last Hours of.”
uPG&E LEAK SHUTS DOWN ALL ACE TRAINS: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials say all Altamont Corridor Express trains connecting the Central Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area have been canceled due to a gas leak in Livermore.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman Karly Hernandez tells the San Francisco Chronicle that company contractors discovered the issue overnight.
She says the utility has deemed the area safe and sent a gas leak survey crew to the scene to investigate the disruption.
ACE service, which runs between Stockton and San Jose, is expected to be restored by Friday.
KXTV-TV reports there are more than 28,000 people in Stockton who travel daily from the city to the Bay Area.
u1 DEAD, 9 HOSPITALIZED AFTER LOS BANOS HAZMAT SPILL: LOS BANOS (AP) — One person has died after a hazardous material spill in central California, and nine others were taken to a hospital for treatment.
Merced County Sheriff’s Deputy Daryl Allen says the spill happened around noon Thursday in a rural area near Los Banos.
He says sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene and found the person who had died, along with another person who was being treated for exposure. Two ambulance staff and six deputies were also being treated for possible exposure.
Officials could not immediately say what the chemical was or how the spill occurred. Allen said it appeared to be an agricultural spray.
The California Department of Forestry and Environmental Protection was working to identify the hazardous material.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEX WITH TEEN: FOLSOM (AP) — A Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old boy.
Authorities say 44-year-old Shauna Bishop turned herself into Folsom police on Thursday. She was booked and later released.
An investigation began in May and authorities had obtained an arrest warrant. Bishop could charges of child molestation and unlawful sex.
It’s unclear whether she has an attorney.
Bishop is a five-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office. She’s been on paid leave since the investigation began.
Authorities say Bishop didn’t meet the teen through her work and the alleged sexual acts occurred while she was off-duty.