BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Hatch watch is underway in Southern California mountains. Three bald eagle chicks could emerge this week from eggs laid in a nest monitored by nature lovers via a popular online camera feed. The mother, Jackie, laid the eggs in late January atop a tree overlooking Big Bear Lake high
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures in 2017, federal prosecutors said Monday. The utility agreed to the settlement on Friday without admitting wrongdoing or fault
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Cocaine worth an estimated $3 million was discovered hidden in a shipment of limes at the Otay Mesa border crossing, officials said today. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at about 11:22 a.m. Thursday, CBP officers encountered a 42-year-old man driving a commercial tractor-trailer with a shipment manifested as Persian limes at the Otay
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Earlier this week, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco joined other lawmakers in Sacramento in support of several new bills dealing with public safety. Bianco told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut that one of the bills would allow judges to issue tougher penalties for criminals who use guns. He believes Californians have had enough and it’s
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — China for the first time in more than two decades is sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to receive a pair that could include a female descendent of Bai Yun and Gao Gao, two of
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By Elizabeth Wolfe and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A final round of rainfall soaked California Wednesday morning as the state grappled with road closures, evacuation warnings and water rescues from days of rain. Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California faced the most substantial risk of flooding. Here’s the latest: • Over 20
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — United Airlines says a flight heading from San Francisco to Boston had to be diverted after the plane suffered damage to one of its wings. United said Tuesday that the Boeing 757-200 with 165 passengers aboard landed in Denver on Monday to “address an issue with the slat” on one of
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden started a three-day swing through California on Tuesday as he looks to soak up more cash for his reelection bid. Going into the trip, Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that they had collected $42 million in contributions during January
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Members of the California Faculty Association have voted to approve a new contract agreement with the California State University, union officials announced today. The CFA, which represents more than 29,000 tenure-line instructional faculty, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches in the 23-campuses system, said 76% of voting members approved the agreement. “We thank members for
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday at the Genesis Invitational with an undisclosed illness after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole. PGA Tour rules official Mark Dusbabek said on the telecast that Woods had an
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By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — At least nine Los Angeles city firefighters have been injured in a semi-truck explosion and two are in critical condition, fire officials said Thursday. The semi-truck was fueled by compressed natural gas and one of the two 100-gallon tanks aboard exploded as firefighters attempted to put out a fire, Los Angeles Fire Capt. Erik
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Any chance of Tiger Woods breaking par in his first official PGA Tour event in 10 months ended with one swing Thursday and a five-letter word he wasn’t afraid to say. Shank. Woods said his back began to spasm over the final few holes in
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A 28-year-old parolee who hid in a ladies’ restroom at a Riverside hospital, recording visitors as they used the facility, was ordered today to register as a sex offender. Sergio Eduardo Quezada, an undocumented immigrant, earlier this month admitted two counts of unlawfully concealing a camera to capture video in violation of privacy laws under
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Law enforcement officials seized more than 720,000 fentanyl pills in San Diego County last week, which were discovered inside a man’s vehicle in Alpine, the California Attorney General’s Office said today. The driver’s arrest and seizures of the drugs happened Friday as part of a joint operation conducted by federal and local law enforcement.
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A former Los Angeles police officer suspected of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man and critically wounding the victim’s parents at the Corona Costco won’t be retried, officials said today. Following a hearing Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, all charges were dismissed and allegations stricken against Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 33, of Corona,
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Disneyland employees who dress up as characters or perform in parades and other attractions announced today they are moving to unionize. The employees — known as cast members at the Anaheim theme park — announced they were working to join the Actors’ Equity Association union, which represents professional actors and stage managers on Broadway and
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The top 4 candidates in California’s Senate race to fill the seat held by the late Dianne Feinstein will face off in a live debate tonight. Locals watched and shared their perspectives. News Channel 3 – What issue stood out the most and impacts the Coachella Valley the most? David Weiner (Chair – Desert Stonewall
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Federal investigators spent their first full day in the desert 75 miles northeast of Barstow and are picking up the pieces of a helicopter today that took off from Palm Springs and crashed killing six people, including an executive of a Nigerian bank, his wife and son, and the former chair of the Nigerian Exchange
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Super Bowl celebrants planning to consume alcohol or use recreational drugs before, during or after the big game this weekend should stay off Riverside County roads unless they’re sober, or they may face serious consequences, authorities said today. Saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints are scheduled around Super Bowl 58, pitting the Kansas City Chiefs against
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods confirmed Wednesday he will make his first PGA Tour start since the Masters at the Genesis Invitational next week at Riviera, a tournament he hosts. Woods posted on social media that he was “excited to be a playing host” when the PGA Tour’s next signature event with a $20
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