San Bernardino National Forest is sending ground and air resources to respond to a vegetation fire off of Highway 74 in Pinyon Pines Friday afternoon. The fire burned approximately 3-acres with forward progress stopped at around 5:45 p.m., according to San Bernardino National Forest. The blaze is 20% contained. The fire in Pinyon Pines area
Continue ReadingOpinion by Don Lincoln “The Truth is Out There” is the tagline for “The X-Files,” the Fox Network television show that aired during the 1990s. It explored the paranormal and unexplained, but to a very large degree, it focused on the idea that not only does extraterrestrial life exist, but it has repeatedly visited Earth.
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When preseason training camp rolls around for our local high school football teams, one head coach will be notably missing. Xavier Prep’s James Dockery will instead be with the Washington Football Team for the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship. The four-year NFL veteran will reunite with his former head coach Ron Rivera in Washington.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN Español) — En la madrugada del jueves colapsó parcialmente el edificio Champlain Towers en Surfside, Florida, cerca de Miami. Al momento se desconoce el paradero de 159 personas tras el colapso parcial del edificio de 12 pisos y más de 130 apartamentos. Entre los desaparecidos hay venezolanos, uruguayos, colombianos, paraguayos y
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN A cranium hidden at the bottom of a well in northeastern China for more than 80 years may belong to a new species of early human that researchers have called “dragon man.” The exciting discovery is the latest addition to a human family tree that is rapidly growing and shifting, thanks
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More than a dozen Riverside County fire stations now have microchip scanners available to residents who find lost dogs and cats and want to determine whether the pets have microchip identification tags that reveal where they belong, it was announced today. “We’re getting so much great help from the public these days in getting lost
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Where are you now, Mars Ingenuity helicopter? While it seems like the little chopper has been quiet, it turns out that Ingenuity has aced more of its flights — and even got a software update to fix an annoying issue that impacted some of its previous outings. The 4-pound helicopter has
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Where are you now, Mars Ingenuity helicopter? While it seems like the little chopper has been quiet, it turns out that Ingenuity has aced more of its flights — and even got a software update to fix an annoying issue that impacted some of its previous outings. The 4-pound helicopter has
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Indiana must continue paying pandemic unemployment benefits to roughly 230,000 Hoosiers until a lawsuit challenging the early termination of the compensation is decided, a state judge ruled Friday. Jobless workers filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s order to cease the payments — including the $300 weekly
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Lauren Dezenski, CNN The Republicans eyeing presidential bids in 2024 must strike a delicate balance: Attract President Donald Trump’s supporters without running afoul of Trump himself, who is considering a run of his own. Former South Carolina Gov. and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley tried to walk that line this week — while she
Continue ReadingBy Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, President Biden announced he and a bipartisan group of senators reached a long-sought deal on infrastructure, but there are caution signs ahead. Meanwhile, the spotlight remained on the Capitol riot as more January 6 videos were unveiled, the House announced an investigation and the first defendant was sentenced. Monday
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN In the key battleground state of Arizona, Republican legislators this week moved to weaken the authority of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, by limiting her ability to defend election lawsuits. Late Thursday, the Arizona House passed a series of GOP-backed election measures, which were included in
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Sheriff’s deputies will be screening vehicles and looking for intoxicated drivers tonight in Palm Desert. The planned DUI checkpoint will take place in an undisclosed location in the city beginning at 7 p.m. and continuing until about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Varon Potter said deputies will search for
Continue ReadingOpinion by Nicole Hemmer The Supreme Court’s latest free-speech ruling involves a cheerleader, Snapchat and a string of four-letter words. Denied a spot on the varsity cheer squad in early 2017, 14-year-old Brandi Levy took to Snapchat to vent her frustration. “F**k school f**k softball f**k cheer f**k everything,” she wrote on a photo she
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A Sky Valley resident accused of gunning down a man in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Jeffrey Burgess, 42, was arrested Tuesday stemming from the shooting reported earlier that morning. Burgess was arraigned at the Banning Justice Center before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez, who set the defendant’s
Continue Reading Eight people in Rock Hill, South Carolina have been arrested during protests sparked by video of the violent arrests of Ricky and Travis Price. Ricky was denied bail, and is in a wheelchair with multiple injuries at the local jail.
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A ridge of high pressure is building over the west coast. This weather pattern will bring a warming trend to the Coachella Valley through the weekend with temperatures climbing 10° above normal. An Excessive Heat Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for Sunday morning through Monday evening. Temperatures up to 116° are
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,
Continue ReadingBy Barbara Wojazer, Lorraine Poupon and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A Frenchwoman who admitted to killing her husband after nearly two decades of abuse left court a free woman on Friday evening to loud applause from well-wishers — concluding her ordeal that has appalled many in France. Valérie Bacot was sentenced to four years in prison,
Continue ReadingA Frenchwoman who has admitted to killing her abusive husband fainted with apparent shock and relief in court after hearing the sentence sought against her by prosecutors. The prosecution has asked for a sentence of five years in prison for Valérie Bacot, with four years of the term suspended, a lawyer for the accused said. If confirmed, Bacot would walk free, as she has already spent a year in detention, the lawyer, Nathalie Tomasini, explained to French media. CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports.
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