As Yun Chuan (yoon chu-an) and Xin Bao (sing bao), the first giant panda bears to arrive in the United States in 21 years, welcomed droves of pandamaniacs at the San Diego Zoo today, special guests made sure they were on hand. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who proclaimed Thursday as California Panda Day, was joined
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Dozens of animals — from goats to exotic birds, as well as larger pets — were seized from an Aguanga property after investigators discovered the creatures living in a state of abandonment and in need of medical attention, authorities said today. The seizure occurred Wednesday in the 44000 block of Bonny Lane, near the point
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Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday had a message for local governments: clean up homeless encampments now or lose out on state funding next year. Standing in front of a cleared homeless encampment in Los Angeles, Newsom vowed to start taking state funding away from cities and counties that
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Associated Press A California woman is charged with taking a cache of weapons, including a sword, a steel whip and a knife into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to court records unsealed Wednesday. Kennedy Lindsey had a short sword, a steel tactical whip,
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CalMatters California put hundreds of millions of homelessness dollars at risk because of its “disorganized” and “chaotic” anti-fraud policies, according to a critical federal audit. The audit released Tuesday analyzed California’s Department of Housing and Community Development, which oversees the state’s homelessness programs. It gave the California agency its lowest possible ranking, finding that it
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A Perris Valley Airport skydiving instructor who was fatally injured, along with her student, after encountering a fierce wind gust while descending to land, causing a hard impact with the ground, was identified today. Devrey LaRiccia, 28, of Menifee died Friday afternoon following the hard landing in an open field used by Skydive Perris in
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A murder case going back more than three decades, involving a 25-year-old Long Beach woman whose remains were located in Perris, remains active, with authorities today asking anyone who might have information to come forward. Jacqueline “Jackie” Danette Ebel was killed in December 1988. Her murderer’s identity and whereabouts are unknown, according to the Riverside
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By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Chevron is moving its headquarters out of California, the company announced Friday. The oil giant said it would be relocating its corporate offices from San Ramon, where they have been since 2002, to Houston. This will be the first time Chevron will be headquartered outside of California
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A second statue of the late Laker legend Kobe Bryant could be ready for public viewing by this weekend, with a report today indicating the team plans to unveil the latest artwork outside Crypto.com Arena in a private ceremony Friday. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported that the statue will depict Bryant and his 13-year-old
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land, according to an Air Force investigation released Thursday. The CV-22B Osprey crash killed eight Air Force Special
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An Orange County man allegedly linked to wire transfers made by Dodger star Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for running an illegal gambling business, prosecutors said today. Mathew Bowyer, 49, of San Juan Capistrano, is expected to plead guilty to charges of operating an unlawful gambling
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An anti-human trafficking sting at last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con International resulted in 14 arrests of people seeking to purchase sex and the recovery of 10 potential sex trafficking victims, authorities announced today. The operation involved law enforcement officers working undercover as sex buyers in order to identify traffickers and victims, as well as
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By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, buoyed by a recent US Supreme Court decision, issued an executive order Thursday calling on state officials to begin taking down homeless encampments. The move to begin dismantling thousands of encampments throughout California comes after the high court ruled last month in
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A boost in California National Guard troops at the southern border, including in San Diego County, helped authorities seize more than 1 million fentanyl pills and over 400 pounds of fentanyl powder last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said today. In June, the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force seized 1,068,219 pills and 423 pounds
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Three unions representing about 14,000 Disneyland employees and Disney have reached a tentative labor agreement today and avoided a strike, according to officials. “Cast members have fought hard for the past four months and this tentative agreement would not have been possible without the strength we all showed throughout this process and the unwavering support
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Visitors to the San Diego Zoo can mark a date on their calendar today to see the two giant pandas recently flown to Southern California from China — Aug. 8. That’s the day Yun Chuan (pronounced yoon chu-an) and Xin Bao (pronounced sing bow) — the first pandas to enter the United States in 21
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A San Bernardino County man has been arrested for owning an illegal weapon and ammunition. On Tuesday, deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station coordinated with the California State Parole Fugitive Task Force in a joint operation to locate wanted felons. California State Parole was actively looking for Dakota Blaise-Parra, a 25-year-old resident of Twentynine
Continue Reading A former Navy sailor who drove drunk and the wrong way on Interstate 8 in Point Loma, crashing head-on into another vehicle and killing its driver, was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison. Eric Ramos Cortez, 27, was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for the Dec. 20, 2021, crash that killed
Continue ReadingBy Joy Benedict Click here for updates on this story RIVERSIDE, California (KCAL) — After more than 80 years, the remains of a 26-year-old killed overseas during World War II are being returned to the United States for burial at Riverside National Cemetery. Private First Class Charles Powers was enlisted in the U.S. Army when
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By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. The announcement by Schiff, who is running for US Senate in California, makes him the first Democrat to urge Biden to step aside since the
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