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A Cedar Ridge Apartments tenant shows a respirator she claims she sometimes needs due to alleged mold issues at the south Sacramento apartment complex . Code Enforcement is continuing to inspect the complex to determine if there are violations. PHOTO BY MICHAEL MOTT Nancy Avalos watched as her 5- and 8-year-old daughters danced and chased each other. Their laughter filled the living room. “My daughters don’t want to move out,” Avalos said in Spanish. Her voice broke. “I feel like I’ve let them down.” Avalos moved to Cedar Ridge Apartments six years ago. After sharing a living room of an apartment together, the single mother wanted to give her three daughters room to play and moved to a place they could call their own. But now the family is moving out of its two- bedroom apartment , after Avalos’ monthly rent rose from $802 to $1,086. For Avalos and her neighbors, sharp rent and utility bill increases hit the past two months as the property owner, Torrance- based Cedar Ridge Apa...

Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 @ 10:19 AM Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 3:50 PM By: Rick McCrabb - Staff Writer UPDATE @ 3:15 p.m. 8/24/17: Ashley Phillips, a friend of Douglas Mescher, the Lebanon man killed in an industrial accident , described him as “a wonderful man with a heart of gold who truly lived life to the fullest.” UPDATE @ 3:45 p.m. 8/23/17: The Lebanon man killed in an industrial accident Tuesday died from multiple blunt force trauma , according to the Warren County Coroner ’s Office. His death was ruled an accident. Doyle Burke, chief investigator for the coroner’s office, said Douglas Mescher, 30, of Lebanon, was killed Tuesday when he was struck by machinery that weighs 26 tons. UPDATE @ 1:30 p.m. 8/23/17: The results of the autopsy performed today by the Warren County Coroner ’s Office have not been released, officials said. Douglas Mescher, 30, of Lebanon, was killed Tuesday when the load he was under slid off the forks of a forklift and crushed...

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A neighbor flashing a box cutter prompted a devout Brooklyn Catholic to move to a different neighborhood — only to get stabbed to death Friday night near his new address. New details about why George Carroll and his wife chose to move away from Cypress Hills, the neighborhood they loved, added a tragic twist to his murder on a Greenpoint sidewalk. On Jan. 4, Carroll got into an argument near his former home in Cypress Hills with Steven Lissone, 34, who pulled a box cutter and yelled, “I’ll f---ing cut you!” according to police. Carroll’s friend Jason Andrew said the fight was over loud music. Cops ID suspect wanted for fatally stabbing Brooklyn man “He was complaining about some sound issues on his block,” Andrew said. “I think he thought he could walk up to anybody and say, ‘hey your music is too loud.’ ” Christina Romero Carroll created to GoFundMe page, saying that she wants to give her husband a proper Catholic burial ." src="http://asset...