Month: March 2013

A new poll shows that most Californians are downright gloomy about the state’s economy and very few voters think the job market will improve this year. The Field Poll released Friday found that 72 percent of California voters say the state is still experiencing bad times. While the figure is down from 88 percent last

Starting today, great white sharks will be protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act. “While targeted sport and commercial fishing for a white shark has been banned in waters off California since the mid 1990s, there were some exceptions that allowed for incidental take and take associated with research activities,” said Marci Yaremko, the fisheries

Someone was killed this morning in a house fire in Perris, authorities said. The fire broke out at 3:18 a.m. in a single-family house in the 2500 block of Jimmy Taylor Drive, said Jody Hagemann. The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on scene, she said. The age and gender of the

For more than a year, Bugsy was a familiar face at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter. Volunteers noticed the 2-year-old pit bull mix’s file disappeared and so did he. The dog was euthanized on Feb. 10, at the shelter, which volunteers say prides itself on being a no kill facility. Some say they’re angry it