TRACY, Calif. - A convoy fit for a president arrived at a Tracy home Monday morning to surprise a 13-year-old who recently returned home from the hospital after a cardiac arrest at school last month. Dozens of Tracy police cruisers, two motorcycles and an armored truck rolled up in front of Heather Freligh’s house to escort her to school and let her ride in the bearcat. Tracy police Officer Alex Contreras, who did lifesaving CPR on Heather knocked on the door and hugged the

SACRAMENTO — An awards ceremony at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday recognized youth heroes and those who helped them help others. Malyna Torres-Melton, 13, couldn't find her phone so she grabbed her friend Mckenna Adamo's to act fast in helping their classmate Heather Freligh. "It was really scary. We didn't know what was going on," Adamo said. Heather woke up in the hospital not knowing what happened. The quick thinking and heroism that got her there w

A Tracy eighth-grader is recovering after a near-fatal medical emergency last week, which brought first-responders to a classroom at Freiler Elementary School to revive her. Heather Freligh, 13, was in class right after lunch on Friday when she suddenly went into cardiac arrest, slumped over at her desk and then fell to the floor. Her father, Derek Freligh, said that quick action by school staff, who immediately administered CPR, and classmates who called 9-1-1, saved her lif