Indian-American Clerk shot dead in Vallejo City, California

Hindu is reporting

Surinder Kumar, a 55-year-old clerk at a '7-eleven' store in Vallejo city, was shot during a robbery, since investigators found an undisclosed amount of cash missing from the register, police said. Kumar died early Friday morning after a customer found him with gunshot wounds behind the counter, Vallejo police said.

It described the suspects as two black males, but said that no further details were immediately available. The police was also seeking public's help to find the killers of Kumar. The customer contacted police in the wee hours saying Kumar was behind the counter, bleeding and unconscious, police said.

Hindu further adds

Surinder Kumar, who immigrated to the USA from Ludhiana in 2000 along with his family, had been working the graveyard shift at the store for about six years

Our Deepest Condolences to the family and friends of Surinder Kumar.

Indian-American Postmaster

Jagdeep Grewal of Burlingame, California has been appointed as Daly City, California Postmaster.

Jagdeep Grewal becomes California's first Indian American Postmaster.

This from IndiaWest:

Jagdeep Grewal began her postal career in 1988 as a clerk in the Orinda, Calif. post office. She was appointed as postmaster for the nearby town of Pacifica in 2005 and has served as officer in charge for several Bay Area stations.

Daly City Mayor Carol Klatt also praised Grewal’s leadership skills and said she looked forward to working with her.

Winnie Groux, San Francisco District Manager, said "Jagdeep takes everything she does to heart. She absolutely cannot stand to fail."

"Jagdeep will be a great asset to Daly City," said Groux.

Five Indians killed in a fiery Christmas Day California Crash

Natarajan Vadivelu (31) driving a 2007 Pontiac along with passengers Poovarasan Thamizhvanan (28), Rajarajeswari Panneerselvam (24), Mala Sivanandam (31) and Mohit Natarajan (son of Mr. Natarajan - driver) were all killed in a fiery Christmas Day Crash.

(Check out Google Maps View of the crash area based on news accounts)

SanLuisObispo.com states

Their car veered off highway 46 near Antelope Road, on a broad curve before a downhill grade about a mile west of the Kern County line.

Investigators are saying that the women in the backseat did not appear to be wearing any seat belts and Panneerselvam was partially ejected through the car's sunroof. As well, the boy was not in a car seat and was killed on impact. The causes of the other four occupants' deaths are pending, awaiting toxicology reports. But they appear to have died in the fire that resulted from the wreck.

The occupants were citizens of India who were working as software engineers for Cognizant Technology Solutions in Southern California on work visas. They were listed as living in Cypress, Calif.