Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California state Assembly approved a bill Tuesday backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking, particularly in late summer months when demand for gas goes up. The legislation would authorize state energy regulators to set requirements for companies to maintain a certain
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Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela is in a hospital with an unspecified health problem and will not be part of the team’s Spanish-language broadcasts during the playoffs, according to multiple media reports. “Fernando Valenzuela is in the hospital with health problems after stepping away from his duties with the Dodgers last week,” David Faitelson of TUDN
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. He died Aug. 21 of natural causes in Los Angeles. Amos’ publicist, Belinda Foster, confirmed
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A boost in California National Guard troops at the southern border, including in San Diego County, helped authorities seize over nine million fentanyl pills and over 5,000 pounds of fentanyl powder since the beginning of the year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced today. Last fall, Newsom announced that the number of service members would be
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A statewide report found that nearly two-thirds of school-aged children, particularly in the Inland Empire, Central Valley and far northern parts of California, fail to meet federal guidelines related to physical activity. During a State Senate Education Committee Hearing at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood Friday morning, the LA84 Foundation released the findings of its
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MIAMI (AP) — The attorney for an 18-year-old man trying to stop Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold at auction until a lawsuit is resolved believes he has a strong case. Online bidding began Friday, less than 24 hours after a Miami-Dade County Judge Spencer Eig said the process could begin —
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Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For Johnny Hernandez Jr., vice chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians in Southern California, it was difficult as a kid growing up around San Bernardino to hear two different accounts of the histories of Indigenous peoples in the state. One account came from his
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Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered a mental health evaluation for a man arrested after an explosive went off in a courthouse lobby that injured five people and who officials say had told law enforcement he had planned to kill deputies and a judge in the building. U.S. Magistrate
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee charged with starting five brush fires spent months as an inmate firefighter after being convicted of causing a fatal collision, according to officials and public records. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested last Friday at the Howard Forest Fire Station in Healdsburg, California,
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Two San Diego County men were arrested today on suspicion of cocaine smuggling after making a predawn emergency landing in a light airplane on State Route 76 in Oceanside. The pilot of the Piper PA-28 Cherokee safely landed the single-engine aircraft on the eastbound side of the highway near Canyon Drive about 1:40 a.m. Thursday
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including one that allows the court to consider stalking and animal cruelty as grounds to restrict access to firearms. The state already has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. The new laws signed by Newsom will expand restrictions
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several gun control measures Tuesday, including one that allows the court to consider stalking and animal cruelty as grounds to restrict access to firearms. The state already has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. The new laws signed by Newsom will expand restrictions
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — California avocado growers are fuming this week about a U.S. decision to hand over pest inspections of Mexican orchards to the Mexican government. Inspectors hired by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been guarding against imports of avocados infected with insects and diseases since 1997, but they have also been threatened
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Border Patrol officers seized approximately 120 pounds of blue fentanyl pills concealed in a vehicle at the Calexico port of entry. The fentanyl was found when on the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 16. A 27-year-old woman driving a white sedan went through the port’s vehicle SENTRI lane. CBP officers conducted an initial inspection and referred
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An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife had his $1 million bail revoked today for violating the terms of his release, and he was taken into custody in court. Prosecutors said Judge Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson, 73, violated the terms of his release by drinking alcohol. Ferguson’s attorney denied the allegation,
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A San Diego police officer died in Riverside County this weekend shortly after he was arrested on suspicion of DUI and released from a county jail. Lawrence Orso, 46, of Murrieta, was found unresponsive just before 10 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot outside the Cois Byrd Detention Center in the unincorporated community of French
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A San Diego native who helped disarm the gunman who perpetrated a deadly mass shooting inside a Colorado nightclub will be awarded the Carnegie Medal, which recognizes civilians who perform acts of heroism, it was announced today. Richard M. Fierro, a Mira Mesa High School and San Diego State University graduate, helped subdue the shooter
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AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush says he is suing his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to recoup money made on his name, image and likeness during his career with the Trojans two decades ago. In a brief news release from Bush’s attorneys
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California sued ExxonMobil Monday, alleging it deceived the public for half a century by promising that recycling would address the global plastic pollutions crisis. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said that even with recycling programs, less than 5% of plastic is recycled into another plastic product in the U.S. even though
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By Iris Salem, Joy Benedict and Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, California (KCAL, KCBS) — One person is dead after two small planes collided mid-air in Lancaster on Sunday afternoon. It happened at around 1 p.m. in the skies over 50th Street East and E. Avenue E, according to the
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