The Imperial Irrigation District set a new record in customer electric energy demand during a heat wave that saw temperatures soar to 117 degrees, the utility said today. A new benchmark of 1,177 megawatts was recorded between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sept. 5, according to the utility, eclipsing the previous record by approximately
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana election officials say ballots on the state’s online election system for overseas and military voters initially did not include Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate for president. The Secretary of State’s Office says the system went live Friday and one person had voted before a second voter reported
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A Nov. 12 trial date was confirmed today for a 39-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a Banning girl. Jesus Virgen Rubio of Adelanto was arrested in April 2022 following a Banning Police Department investigation. Rubio is charged with two counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old, as well
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department. Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker spoke Monday. The Justice Department last week announced
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Police Department says that it is investigating whether excessive force was used when an officer shoved a woman who protested the conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon at a peaceful rally over the weekend in central Florida. The police agency said Monday that officers were called Saturday afternoon to
Continue ReadingAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Struggling Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis is looking for a CEO to succeed Carlos Tavares, but the company says it’s just part of a normal leadership succession plan. Tavares has been under fire from U.S. dealers and the United Auto Workers union after a dismal first-half financial performance. The
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has handed a six-year prison sentence to an American man convicted on charges linked to his attempt to illegally take his 4-year old son out of Russia. The court in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region said Monday that the convict, whose name wasn’t given, visited Kaliningrad in July 2023 to
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A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder over the weekend after a welfare check at his home in Yucca Valley. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called out to conduct a welfare check Saturday afternoon at a home on the 57500 block of Redondo Street. Deputies located a man
Continue ReadingBy Danny Freeman and Nicki Brown, CNN Johnstown, Pa. (CNN) — Eian Anderson was dreading coming back to campus this fall. “I was thinking, how can I convince some 18-year-old, fresh out of high school, ‘Hey! Come spend the whole day talking to people you don’t know over the phone for Joe Biden’?” the 22-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal jury in Texas on Monday rejected voter intimidation allegations against all but one of a group of former President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus on an interstate days before the 2020 election. Only one of the six Trump supporters who were sued in
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Miriam Ordonez YUMA, Ariz. (T3) – Una persona murió a tiros en un tiroteo en el que participó un oficial el viernes por la noche en Yuma. El Departamento de Policía de Yuma (YPD) dijo que recibieron un informe alrededor de las 6:30 p.m. sobre un “disturbio físico doméstico” en el área de S. Ragen
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 has been found guilty of murder. He is the latest person to fail in an attempt to be acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Jurors found Ahmad Alissa guilty on Monday. As a result, instead of remaining in a state
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Volunteers spent a few hours scrambling across fire-ravaged mountainsides Saturday, planting hundreds of seedlings. The tiny trees are part of a monumental recovery effort in the wake of the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history. The 2022 blaze was spawned by a pair of botched prescribed burns that federal forest managers intended
Continue ReadingBAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — Divers are searching a Michigan river, days after the discovery of a school janitor’s body parts in the waterway. Justie Stilwell’s disappearance and death have been unsettling in Bay City where the 41-year-old worked at Handy Middle School. Stilwell was reported missing on Sept. 18, the same day that a
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to suppress pro-Palestinian speech and campus protests across the state earlier this year. The Council of University of California Faculty Associations made the allegations in a complaint filed last week with the
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — This is the 24th season in a row that there will not be a repeat World Series champion, and Bruce Bochy knows firsthand how hard it is trying to win back-to-back titles — or even getting back to the playoffs the following season. “I should know because I’m
Continue ReadingBy Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board meeting became contentious on Monday as two members of the Republican-controlled board defended their reasons for approving a controversial new election rule requiring county election officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast on Election Day. Friday’s vote was 3-2, with three Donald Trump allies supporting the
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A San Diego native who helped disarm the gunman who perpetrated a deadly mass shooting inside a Colorado nightclub will be awarded the Carnegie Medal, which recognizes civilians who perform acts of heroism, it was announced today. Richard M. Fierro, a Mira Mesa High School and San Diego State University graduate, helped subdue the shooter
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won’t give backers his crucial support. Sen. Mike McDonnell of Omaha said in a statement Monday that he still opposes awarding Nebraska’s five electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, like 48
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