Home prices declined across Riverside County in December 2023, mirroring a statewide trend, while statewide home sales in 2023 experienced their steepest decline since 2007, the California Association of Realtors said today. The median price of an existing single-family home in Riverside County in December was $607,500, down from $620,000 in November but higher
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A 58-year-old transient who ignited the 2013 Silver Fire near Banning, which blackened more than 20,000 acres and injured multiple people, pleaded guilty today to over a dozen felony charges and was immediately sentenced to 16 years in state prison. During a hearing at the Banning Justice Center, Stephen Patrick Medlock admitted 14 counts of
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer A federal appeals court has decided to revive a U.S. sales ban on Apple’s premium watches while it referees a patent dispute revolving around a sensor, raising the specter that the company will pull the devices from stores for the second time in less than a month. The ruling
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will not ban tackle football for children under 12 after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly promised he would not sign the bill if it were to reach his desk, blocking a proposal that had become a proxy for parental rights in a presidential election year.
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The NBA is bringing the 2026 All-Star Game to the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is set to open in time for the 2024-25 season. “I was giddy when I heard it was possible and even giddier when the NBA said we were getting
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was charged with voluntary manslaughter in a fatal on-duty shooting of an unarmed man pleaded no contest to lesser charges Friday under a plea deal. Andrew Lyons, 39, pleaded no contest to assault with a semi-automatic firearm and assault under the color of
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By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A skier said she would be back on the slopes Thursday, a day after she was buried by an avalanche that roared down a mountain at a California resort near Lake Tahoe, leaving several people trapped and a 66-year-old man dead. It was the first U.S.
Continue Reading BY SCOTT SONNER AND STEFANIE DAZIOAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — An avalanche roared through a section of expert trails at a California ski resort near Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, killing one person with three others injured as a major storm with snow and gusty winds moved into the region, authorities said. Authorities planned to provide more details
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By ADAM BEAM and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to ban tackle football for children under 12 to reduce the risk of brain injuries under a bill that cleared a key legislative hurdle on Wednesday. A legislative committee voted 5-2 during a public hearing to
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s budget deficit is not as bad as previously thought, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, but it’s deep enough that it could delay a minimum wage increase for more than 400,000 health care workers and force spending cuts across various housing and climate programs. Most of
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The District Attorney’s Office today declined to file any felony charges against then-Dodger pitcher Julio Urías stemming from his September arrest outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park on suspicion of domestic violence. The case, however, was referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for consideration of a possible misdemeanor case. A City Attorney’s
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By Sid Garcia Click here for updates on this story CLAREMONT, California (KABC) — A woman survived nearly five days in a wrecked pickup truck after she veered off a road near Mount Baldy and plummeted at least 100 feet down a cliff, according to authorities. The woman was airlifted to safety around 12:30 p.m.
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By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to just over two years in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Wenheng Zhao, who is also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, was sentenced Monday to 27 months by a
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Controller Malia M. Cohen wants Congress to change the tax code to cap deferred payments, a change that could ensure the state is owed more money from Shohei Ohtani. Cohen made the request four weeks after the two-way star and the Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a record $700 million,
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A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty to molesting two underage girls and possessing child pornography was sentenced today to 21 years and eight months to life in state prison. Jose Apolonio Soto Jr., 52, who worked as a sheriff’s deputy for nearly 25 years, was arrested last year after a search
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The family of Ashli Babbitt, the San Diego woman who was shot and killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach, filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit today in San Diego federal court against the U.S. government. The lawsuit alleges Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was “ambushed” by the U.S. Capitol
Continue Reading A Riverside County lawmaker introduced legislation today that would bar undocumented state residents from accessing taxpayer-funded health insurance amid the yawning state budget deficit. Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Norco, said that the goal of Assembly Bill 1783 is to end universal health insurance for all undocumented foreign nationals, which became the law on Jan. 1 under
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers return to work on Wednesday for the start of an election-year legislative session dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the state’s struggling budget. The budget is a big issue every year in California, which is the nation’s most populous state
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN, TRÂN NGUYỄN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to patients in other states will be protected from prosecution. Workers will receive more paid sick leave on the heels of a big year for labor. And companies can’t fire employees for using marijuana
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places will take effect on New Year’s Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. Our recent coverage in Coachella Valley: Uncertainty lingers after federal judge temporarily halts California concealed carry restriction law A U.S. district
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