A proposed 750,000-square-foot fulfillment center project in Palm Springs cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday. The Palm Springs Planning Commission voted to move ahead with the project with a number of conditions. Some of those conditions deal with concerns about air quality because of increased truck traffic. The center would be built near Indian Canyon
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Lisako Neriki Ancheta and Yumi Asada, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — The Japanese capital is set to introduce a four-day workweek for government employees, in its latest push to help working mothers and boost record-low fertility rates. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says the new arrangement, which begins in April, could give employees three
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Iran is poised to “quite dramatically” increase its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium as it has started cascades of advanced centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Friday. The comments from Rafael Mariano Grossi came just hours after Iran said it conducted a successful space launch
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Malik Thomas had 22 points in San Francisco’s 78-61 win over Saint Louis on Thursday. Thomas added six rebounds for the Dons (7-2). Marcus Williams scored 15 points while shooting 5 for 11 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line and added five assists.
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A year after forming a new effort to generate funding for infrastructure improvements in eastern Coachella Valley communities, Riverside County will update the public on how the initiative is going. The Public Financing Authority for the Eastern Coachella Valley Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) will meet on Tuesday, December 10 following the Board of Supervisors
Continue ReadingFULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — Devin Askew’s 16 points helped Long Beach State defeat Cal State Fullerton 73-56 on Thursday. Askew had six rebounds and three steals for the Beach (2-8, 1-0 Big West Conference). Kam Martin scored 11 points while going 4 of 8 (3 for 6 from 3-point range). TJ Wainwright shot 4 for
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. But he left something behind: a backpack that was discovered in Central Park. Three days
Continue ReadingIRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Justin Hohn’s 19 points helped UC Irvine defeat Cal State Bakersfield 82-66 on Thursday. Hohn also contributed eight assists for the Anteaters (9-0, 1-0 Big West Conference). Jurian Dixon scored 17 points while going 4 of 9 from the floor and 9 for 13 from the line and added three steals.
Continue ReadingSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones’ 22 points helped UC San Diego defeat UC Santa Barbara 84-76 on Thursday. Tait-Jones had six rebounds for the Tritons (7-2, 1-0 Big West Conference). Nordin Kapic scored 19 points while going 6 of 16 from the floor, including 1 for 9 from 3-point range, and 6 for
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Barrington Hargress’ 27 points helped UC Riverside defeat Cal State Northridge 68-64 on Thursday. Hargress had four steals for the Highlanders (5-4, 1-0 Big West Conference). Kaleb Smith scored 14 points while shooting 5 for 12 (1 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Kuminga scored a career-high 33 points and made two crucial layups over the final 1:04, and the Golden State Warriors snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Houston Rockets 99-93 on Thursday night. Andrew Wiggins added 23 points and Brandin Podziemski grabbed 12 rebounds for the
Continue ReadingBy James Legge, CNN (CNN) — Two Americans and a Canadian who went missing after they attempted to summit New Zealand’s highest mountain are presumed dead, local police said Friday, as they suspended search operations. Kurt Blair, 56, Carlos Romero, 50, and the Canadian national were reported overdue from their planned ascent of Mount Cook
Continue ReadingBy Jomana Karadsheh, Gul Tuysuz, Brice Laine, Lauren Kent and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Syria (CNN) — The goal of Syria’s rebel coalition, as it wrests another major city from government control this week, is ultimately to overthrow authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant leader of the main group driving the
Continue ReadingCNN By Eyad Kourdi and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people appear to have fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight into Friday, as anti-regime rebels push further south on the road to the capital Damascus. Videos from overnight into Friday showed hundreds of vehicles lining the highway out of Homs, as
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to records after data suggested the job market remains solid enough to keep the economy going, but not so strong that it raises immediate worries about inflation. The S&P 500 climbed 0.2%, just enough top the all-time high set on Wednesday, as it closed a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and feared her car had broken down, only to realize later that it was an earthquake so powerful that it triggered a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of the U.S. West Coast. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Valerie Starkey was driving through Northern California to visit relatives when she suddenly felt shaking and feared her car had broken down, only to realize later that it was an earthquake so powerful that it triggered a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of the U.S. West Coast. The
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — The reopening this weekend of Notre Dame is a succession of ceremonies to breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate the recovery from its devastating fire in 2019. High points will be the ceremonial reopening of the cathedral’s massive doors, the reawakening of its thunderous organ and the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about. In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s one of the most famous corporate leaders in the world, delivering products embraced by billions. But it’s the haters that companies like Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta worry about. In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year
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