Two people suffered minor injuries in a crash that took place as two Lamborghini Huracans were street racing in Murrieta, police said today. The crash happened at around 6:30 p.m. Friday on Jefferson Boulevard, according to the Murrieta Police Department. Police said the luxury cars were racing at high velocities when one of them
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio UrÃas, who was suspended 20 games for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy in 2019, has been arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence, authorities said today. Â Â The 27-year-old starter, who led the National League in wins in 2021 and earned run average in 2022, was arrested late
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August 2023 was fairly normal temperature wise. 17 days of the month saw temperatures above average and 13 days saw temperatures below the seasonal average. One day saw temperatures matching the seasonal average. Two days, Aug. 28th and 29th, saw record-tying heat at 118°F. The average daily high temperature for Palm Springs during August, 2023
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A 29-year-old was killed when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by an on-duty Riverside County District Attorney’s investigator in Riverside, police said today. Riverside Police Department officers and Riverside Fire Department paramedics responded to the intersection of Arlington and Rutland avenues around 7:50 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a collision, according to
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On a day when another bus of migrants from Texas arrived in Los Angeles, the City Council today approved a motion asking the City Attorney’s Office to investigate whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott committed any crimes when he sent 42 migrants on a 23-hour bus ride to downtown Los Angeles in June. The motion requests
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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ AND JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire danger warning was set to take effect in Northern California late Tuesday because of strong winds and low humidity, prompting Pacific Gas & Electric to warn roughly 8,500 customers their power could be shut off in an effort to prevent
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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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