Australian TV reporter Mike Amor was hit in the head by a skateboard while recording a news item at Venice Beach in California.
Mike Amor, a correspondent for Australia’s Channel Seven, wass reporting to camera on the edge of a skatepark at the beach when a stray board hit him in the back of the head.
Just seconds after Mike Amor says to the camera: “You’d be right to be skeptical, thousands of traditional skateboarders”, a board comes flying out of the bowl and hurtling towards the unwitting reporter’s head.
The reporter was not seriously injured and carried on recording the news item shortly after the incident.
Mike Amor has had a 25-year career that has seen him cover the 9/11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the Libyan Rebellion.
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Lightning struck on crowded Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California, killing one man and injuring several people.
The lightning struck amid a rare summer thunderstorm, spreading panic among bathers and visitors.
Lifeguards fanned out across the beach and the water to attend to the injured, many of whom were treated at the scene.
Elsewhere in California, emergency crews are battling to contain wildfires that are threatening hundreds of homes.
At least 14 homes have reportedly been destroyed in the fires, which have blazed across drought-stricken grassland and forest.
Lightning struck on crowded Venice Beach in Los Angeles, killing one man and injuring several people
A fire in the Sacramento region has spread to cover an area of about 4,000 acres, while another blaze has been threatening homes around Yosemite National Park.
The man killed at Venice Beach is said to have been 20 years old. The exact cause of his death is not yet known, and it is unclear if he was struck directly.
Witnesses say the sky darkened suddenly and screams filled the air as the storm hit the beach on Sunday afternoon. Eight people were admitted to hospital.
One of the injured is said to be in a critical condition. Several people received treatment for milder symptoms, including anxiety.
Stuart Acher told KABC-TV he was hit by lightning while playing volleyball.
“All of a sudden there was a big flash of light and a boom, and it felt like someone punched me in the back of my head,” he told the station.
“It went down the whole side of my right body, and my calves sort of locked up, and I fell over. And I looked up and everybody else was, you know, falling over.”
Lightning also hit Catalina Island, near Los Angeles.
A 57-year-old man who was playing golf was injured in the strike. His condition is said to be stable.
Until the latest strike, at least 15 people had been killed this year by lightning in the US, according to the National Weather Service.
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Sharon Stone was spotted getting more than a little frisky on the beach with her Argentinian boyfriend Martin Mica in Los Angeles yesterday.
Sharon Stone, 54, got carried away as she romped with her toyboy on Venice Beach.
It started off with an innocent looking back and neck massage, with the bearded beefcake straddling her back so he could rub her shoulders, with the pair looking even closer than when they left a Vogue party in Brazil together last month.
But it soon got steamier, with Sharon Stone turning around so they could share a sizzling kiss.
However their fun on the golden sands was far from over, as he tried to give the old warhorse a gymnastic lesson.
Martin Mica demonstrated how to do a handstand, and then tried to help her perform one of her own.
Unfortunately, while Sharon Stone earned top marks for effort she definitely needed more practice.
Sharon Stone was spotted getting more than a little frisky on the beach with her Argentinian boyfriend Martin Mica in Los Angeles
Afterwards they then went for a romantic beach side stroll, and he decided to pick her up and spin her round like a ragdoll.
Sharon Stone laughed as she was given a budget tilt-a-whirl by her long-haired lover Martin Mica.
Afterwards the adventurous pair went for a walk together, before stopping off for lunch.
And they were obviously not shy about being seen in public, for they even shared a passionate kiss as they stood in the street. It was a pleasant respite for Sharon Stone following revelations she is being sued by her former nanny.
According to the LA Times former live-in nanny filed suit against Sharon Stone in Los Angeles Superior Court on alleging she was fired for accepting overtime pay and repeatedly subjected to derogatory comments about her Filipino heritage and religious beliefs.
Erlinda Elemen was fired in February 2011 when Sharon Stone learned that she was paid overtime, the suit alleges.
State law requires that non-salaried employees must be paid for additional work over eight hours per day or 40 hours per week.
But the suit alleges Sharon Stone found out that her staff had paid her overtime and accused Erlinda Elemen of “stealing” and that it was “illegal” for her to have taken the pay, and asked for the money back.
