LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme in which he sought benefits for his son in exchange for supporting lucrative government contracts with the University of Southern California School of Social Work. Mark Ridley-Thomas, most recently a city councilmember, was sentenced
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Trial proceedings scheduled for an ex-cop accused of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man in a Corona Costco, as well as critically wounding the victim’s parents, were postponed today to the end of October. Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 34, of Corona, is charged with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm resulting
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Camp Pendleton-based Marines were aboard the Osprey aircraft that crashed in Australia, killing three service members and injuring 20 others, it was announced today. Sunday’s MV-22B Osprey crash occurred during a “routine training exercise” on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, according to a statement from Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. Â Â The three Marines
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KESQ’s Chief Meteorologist Haley Clawson and First Alert Meteorologist Kelley Moody sat down to discuss the tropical development of Hilary and how the forecast evolved in the days before landfall.
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By AMY TAXIN and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general sued a Southern California school district Monday over its new policy requiring schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns, the latest blow in an intensifying battle between a handful of school
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In many places, like Florida, sinkholes aren’t an uncommon occurrence. In Florida, much of the bedrock is made of limestone, a sedimentary rock. The problem with sedimentary rocks like limestone is that they can easily dissolve in acidic water. When rain falls, small amounts of gasses can dissolve into the water, turning the water ever
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By Oren Liebermann and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The pilot of a US Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet that crashed Thursday night near San Diego has been confirmed dead, according to a statement from the unit. The pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft. Search and rescue teams sent out after the
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state. The new rule applies only to drivers signing up to transport passengers with Uber’s
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Investigators were working today to unravel what prompted a retired Ventura Police Department sergeant to go on a shooting rampage inside a famed Orange County biker bar, killing three people and injuring six others before being killed in an apparent shootout with responding sheriff’s deputies. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified the gunman Thursday morning
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At least 10 people were shot at Cook’s Corner, a famed biker bar in Orange County Wednesday night. Authorities said three people were killed as well as the shooter. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. at Cook’s Corner in the 19100 block of Santiago Canyon Road. Video from the scene clearly showed multiple bodies
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 A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges stemming from the kidnapping and death of a young woman who was attacked at Penn Park in Whittier and whose body was found a day later in Riverside County. Gabriel Sean Esparza of Whittier is charged with one count each of murder, kidnapping
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A resident of San Bernardino County with underlying health problems who tested positive for West Nile virus has become the county’s first WNV-associated death of 2023, officials announced on Wednesday. County officials said there have been seven WNV cases within the county this year. In 2022, San Bernardino County detected four WNV cases, including one
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As we all continue our cleanup of the Coachella Valley in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary, I wanted to take a deeper look at exactly how much water flowed through the valley. I looked into how much water our washes saw from Hilary and how much water they can handle. Credit: Peter Daut The
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As of the latest update, Hurricane Hilary remains a powerful category 4 hurricane. The latest reading have the storm’s minimum pressure as 946mb and has a sustained wind speed of 130mph. The storm is also moving to the north-northwest at 13mph. Hilary has grown and strengthened very quickly. It became a tropical storm, and was
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Southern California rarely sees tropical weather. However, every now and again we get some remnants of a tropical storm, bringing plenty of rain. What’s even rarer though, is a tropical storm making a direct landfall in California. Credit: National Weather Service – San Diego Since records began, there have been two tropical storms which made
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Congressman Raul Ruiz advocated today for the repurposing of Banning Municipal Airport. In 2016, the city of Banning commissioned an Airport Feasibility Study to analyze the future of the airport, according to Ruiz’s office. The study showed a 71% reduction in traffic over the five years prior to 2016, and today the airport holds just
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Currently, Hilary is still over 1,000 miles south of California and several hundred miles off the west coast of Mexico. Earlier today, Hilary became a tropical storm and was formally named. As things stand now, Hilary will almost certainly become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. As of the latest forecast, Hilary is expected
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Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges including obstruction of justice, wire fraud and lying to federal investigators stemming in part from his actions during an aborted city effort to sell Angel Stadium, according to court documents filed today.  “While serving as Anaheim’s mayor, Mr. Sidhu took a series
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Authorities today identified an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot by police on a golf course in Fontana. Alejandro Diaz, 45, of Fontana, was shot at about 3:55 p.m. Tuesday at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in the 16600 block of Clubhouse Drive and later died at a hospital, according to
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The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors voted unanimously for Jamie Asbury, current IID Energy Department Manager, to serve as the next General Manager of the nation’s largest irrigation district and third-largest public power provider in California. After an extensive recruitment process, which began in January following the announcement of then-General Manager Henry Martinez’s intent
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