A United Airlines plane lost a tire today while taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, but the flight landed safely in Denver with no reports of injuries or further mechanical problems. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, United flight 1001 departed LAX around 7 a.m. Monday, and the crew “reported that the plane lost
Continue Reading
A change of plea hearing was delayed today until Aug. 5 for a druggist from Riverside County accused of using his pharmacy to submit more than $300 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims for prescription medications that were medically unnecessary, often not provided to patients and obtained through the payment of illegal kickbacks. Kyrollos Mekail, 36,
Continue Reading
By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — When 24-year-old Arielle Penick fled her home in Oroville, California, from the Thompson Fire Tuesday, she says it brought back memories of evacuating Paradise during the 2018 Camp Fire. “We just see a pummel of smoke in the sky. And the PTSD from the Camp Fire kicked in instantly,
Continue Reading
The State Parole Board has rescinded early parole for a convicted child rapist from Riverside County. Cody Woodsen Klemp, 68, will remain in prison to continue to serve his 170-year prison sentence. Klemp was convicted in 1994 of 40 felonies involving the repeated rape of an underage victim. The teenager had been in the care
Continue Reading
Three men remained jailed today in connection with the death of a 68-year-old woman who was run over and killed during an attempted armed robbery at the upscale Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach. Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton; Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster; and Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles; were all
Continue Reading
El Centro Sector agents assisted San Bernardino Police Department and Riverside County Sheriff’s Office in a joint operation arresting 51 subjects. Officers seized: $325,000 20 stolen vehicles 20 rifles and handguns and ammo 425 pounds of methamphetamine 48 gallons of liquid methamphetamine $8 million worth of recovered stolen cargo 1 operational meth lab
Continue Reading
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has introduced a new online case management system that provides faster response times. The modern digital system provides drivers, as well as their attorneys, with a more convenient way to interact with the Driver Safety office at the DMV by eliminating the need to visit a DMV Driver
Continue Reading
A 23-year-old Riverside man suspected of maintaining an illegal fireworks stash weighing about a half-ton, as well as a sawed-off shotgun, was out of custody today on a $35,000 bond. The suspect was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside last month on suspicion of possession of destructive devices, possession of unlicensed
Continue Reading
Starting tomorrow, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads across Riverside County to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency’s annual Fourth of July weekend crackdown. This statewide “maximum enforcement period” (MEP) will begin at 6 PM on Wednesday and conclude on Sunday at
Continue Reading
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has announced more than $25 million in grant funding to 102 law enforcement agencies, local government agencies, crime labs, and nonprofit organizations today. These grants are the result of Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which has tasked the CHP with administering grants for
Continue Reading
A sentencing date was pending today for three ex-lawmen and a tow company operator who perpetrated a scam that involved the deputies steering business to the proprietor in exchange for bribes. After deliberating barely two days, a Riverside jury on Friday convicted former Riverside County sheriff’s Lt. Samuel Flores, former sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Martin Christolon
Continue Reading
Firefly Aerospace is set for their Noise of Summer mission taking place tonight, launching the Alpha FLTA005 out of the Vandenberg Space Force Base, located near Lompoc, California. Liftoff is tonight at 9:03 P.M. PDT. The livestream will begin T-30 minutes to liftoff. https://youtu.be/F6nYZEVsMc0 This mission supports Firefly’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with
Continue Reading
Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top California Democrats want to advance legislation to crack down on retail theft, announcing they plan to send the measure to voters in November despite a tough-on-crime initiative already backed by retailers and law enforcement. The lawmakers’ plan, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, seeks to put fewer people behind
Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Sunday announced they plan to put two bond measures on the ballot in November, one that would ask voter approval to borrow $10 billion for climate programs and another that would borrow $10 billion to build or repair public schools. If passed by the Legislature later this week,
Continue Reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket of the NROL-186 mission is set to launch Friday night and will be visible throughout the Coachella Valley. The rocket will launch from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The two-hour launch window will be open at 8:14 P.M. PT Click here
Continue Reading
Reported hate crime events in California decreased by 7.1% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with such crimes based on sexual orientation rising by 4.1% and those against Black residents decreasing by 20.6%, according to a report released today in Los Angeles by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. “While it is heartening to see
Continue Reading
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two giant pandas from China have safely arrived in Southern California, where they will be cared for as part of an ongoing conservation partnership, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Friday. The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will spend the next several weeks acclimating to their new home in
Continue Reading
A 38-year-old Riverside County man who distributed fentanyl out of his apartment, sending packets of the powerful synthetic opiate through the U.S. mail, was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison. Â Â Ignacio Alcala pleaded guilty in November in downtown Los Angeles to four federal charges: two counts of distribution of fentanyl, and one
Continue Reading
A San Bernardino County man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring with people to distribute hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills throughout the United States, the Department of Justice announced. Court documents state that on March 17, 2021, George Anthony Manzo, a 37-year-old man
Continue Reading
The long-planned but oft-delayed effort to build a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles reached a major milestone today with approval of the final environmental impact report on the line’s stretch between Palmdale and Burbank. Â Â The 38-mile segment was the final one between the two major cities awaiting final environmental approval.
Continue Reading