By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
December 21, 2020
Jordan Gerbich
A former Santa Maria Valley man has pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge for fatally shooting a northern elephant seal on a beach in San Luis Obispo County.
The guilty plea via a video conference hearing Monday came four months after Jordan Gerbich, 30, who now lives in Utah, was charged with one count of taking a marine mammal, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
In September 2019, the corpse of a northern elephant seal was found on a beach near San Simeon, close to a popular viewing area along Highway 1 where visitors can observe elephant seals, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in press release.
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thank you sir for your time. we will see if you find them in time too. the chairman there from iowa. we look forward to that hearing tomorrow. thank you for sharing your time with us again sir. shannon: thousands of people forced out of their homes as firefighters battle a pair of california wildfires. two fires are burning in different parts of santa barbara county. about 20 buildings have been destroyed. more than 45 square miles have burned. hot, dry conditions keep on filling the flames. what we have here is a backing fire that is burning down with very low intensity. it is highly susceptible to changes in humidity like we are seen as a moves in. shannon: more than 2,000 firefighters are working to contain the alamo fire. that s already burned thousands of acres, and so and smoke jumpers and idaho are parachuting into worse errors tried to contain the flames there.
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68 major fires burning tonight. thousands of families, even young campers escaping the fires. children in tears and there are red flag warnings up tonight in at least six states. abc s senior national correspondent, matt gutman, from california. reporter: tonight, with those fires ripping across california, the aerial assault. more than 6,000 firefighters deployed. some 8,000 evacuated statewide. the alamo fire north of santa barbara, consuming 45 square miles. the nearby whittier fire engulfing this highway. the blaze so fast it trapped a group of 90 campers and 50 counselors over the weekend. they had flames directly in front where they could not access these children. reporter: a bulldozer finally breaking through to kids like 9-year-old finnegan mcweeney. we drove straight through the fire. there was these trees super high that were exploding. reporter: with towels on their heads and tears in their eyes they were bused to safety. i m going to see if my house is still he
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