Month: August 2007

The city manager for Desert Hot Springs is out of the job after just 16 months on the job, city officials announced Friday. According to a news release from the city, Ann Marie Gallant submitted her resignation from her post on Thursday. “The City wishes her the best in her future endeavors,” the city stated.

A scientist who went to high school in Riverside County before attending Cal State Fullerton is scheduled to blast off aboard the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday on her first flight into space. Lead Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell, who will celebrate her 38th birthday in space on Tuesday, will coordinate three space walks during the 11-day

Barry Bonds now stands alone as baseball’s all-time home run hitter. The San Francisco Giants slugger hit career homer 756, surpassing Hank Aaron on the all-time career home run list. Bonds hit the record-clinching home run in the5th inning against Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik.

The search for the suspect that robbed the nearby Soboba Casino in San Jacinto is over. The Riverside County Sheriff says they arrested the main suspect, 25-year-old Rolando Ramos, at a hotel near the Los Angeles International Airport. Ramos was a surveillance technician at the casino. Police say Rolando Ramos planned the entire heist from

A former Riverside County resident who has been the English voice of Al-Qaida in several recent videotapes has a new message being broadcast on the internet. Adam Gadahn says in a tape released over the weekend that the organization will target American embassies outside the U.S. He effectively singles out missions and diplomats in the

While many are worried about the safety of our bridges, folks also want to know what it takes to build a bridge these days. California has over 24,000 bridges. More than 3,700 of them were built around the same time as the 1967 bridge span at the Interstate 35W Bridge in Minneapolis. As years go

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While officials said Thursday it’s too soon after the deadly Minnesota bridge collapse to know if there are lessons to be learned from the tragedy that could be applied to Riverside County bridges, they assured drivers that local roadway spans are safe and undergo regular inspections. Possibly the county’s most spectacular new bridge under construction