IN BRIEF

ACCIDENT ON U.S. 95

Las Vegas woman dies when SUV overturns

A 26-year-old Las Vegas woman was killed when the sport utility vehicle she was riding in overturned on U.S. Highway 95 between Beatty and Goldfield on Saturday.

Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Kevin Honea said the woman was a passenger in a GMC Envoy heading north on the highway.

At around noon, the vehicle drifted off the right side of the road. When the female driver tried to steer back onto the road, she overcorrected, causing the vehicle to overturn, Honea said.

Investigators were trying to determine whether the deceased was wearing a seat belt, Honea said. Her name was not released.

4.7-MAGNITUDE TEMBLOR

Moderate quake hits Central California

A moderate earthquake jolted an inland desert area in Central California on Saturday.

The U.S. Geological survey said the 4.7-magnitude quake struck just before 4 p.m.

A preliminary report showed the quake was centered about seven miles southeast of Keeler, a town in unincorporated Inyo County next to Owens Lake.

In Alaska, an earthquake struck near Fairbanks, jolting residents. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the 3.6-magnitude quake occurred at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, about 10 miles southwest of Fairbanks. There were no reports of damage.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY INCIDENT

Oceanside police captain shoots son

Officials say an Oceanside police captain has shot and wounded his grown son after the younger man attacked his own mother.

San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Brugos says Capt. Reginald Grimsby reported the shooting at his Fallbrook home early Saturday morning.

Brugos says Grigsby told investigators that his son, Reginald "Reggie" Grigsby Jr., came to the couple's home and got into an argument with his mother. Both the mother, Desirah Grigsby, and her son were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.