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With a warm handshake, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a two-day summit at a California desert estate Friday, aiming for closer personal ties as they took on high-stakes issues including cybersecurity and North Korea’s nuclear threats. Under a shaded walkway as temperatures surged above 100 degrees, the two leaders – in

Southern California Edison’s decision today topermanently pull the plug on its San Onofre nuclear power plant is not expectedto have much of an impact on Riverside Public Utilities customers, cityofficials said. RPU has a 1.79 percent stake in the San Onofre facility, whichcomplemented the city’s renewable — or “green” — energy portfolio, butofficials do not

On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Border Patrol station arrested five men smuggling over 260 pounds of marijuana into the United States. At around 2:00 p.m., after agents tracked five men through a remote desert area. The five men illegally entered the United States from Mexico 19 miles west

Three people were injured — one of them seriously — in atwo-vehicle crash today in Indio. The crash was reported about 6 a.m. near Fred Waring Drive and JeffersonStreet. Both vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Jeep Cherokee, had major damageand the driver of the Corolla had to be cut out of the wreckage, according

President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America’s phone records and foreigners’ Internet use, declaring “we have to make choices as a society.” Taking questions Friday from reporters at a health care event in San Jose, Calif., Obama said, “It’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 percent security and also then

Police say a gunman who killed four people in Santa Monica before officers shot him dead acted alone, and investigators have released a man who had been detained as a “person of interest.” Sgt. Richard Lewis, a Santa Monica police spokesman, said at a news conference Friday night that the man was questioned and released,

Governor Jerry Brown met with local leaders today in Palm Springs, including Rep. Raul Ruiz and Palm Springs Councilman Scott Hines. They ate at Lulu California Bistro.

A car drove through the front window of Azadero Los Carrales restaurant this morning near the corner of Harrison and Ave 50 in Coachella. There were no injuries, but obviously a certain amount of damage done to the restaurant. Azadero Los Carrales shut down as the investigation into the cause of the accident got underway.

Southern California Edison’s parent company announcedtoday it is shutting down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northernSan Diego County near the Orange County line, the latest chapter of a saga thatbegan with a small leak of radioactive steam. Ted Craver, chairman and CEO of Edison International, SCE’s corporateparent, cited uncertainty about when the two

California corrections officials say convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, has died in prison. San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says Ramirez died Friday morning. Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and ’85, and sentenced to death. Satanic symbols were left at murder

Chinese President Xi Jinping is officially in the Coachella Valley. His motorcade arrived at the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Xi’s motorcade pulling into the Hyatt Regency Xi Jinping’s motorcade was met by hundreds of protesters at the entrance to the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells Xi’s limousine travels along

After 22 years, the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies announced it’s final season. The show will close it’s doors May 18th, but before the curtain goes down, their ‘Last Hurrah’ promises to be quite a spectacle. It’s all of the glitz and glam of a Las Vegas review, but starring performers who lived in the golden

Dozens of snapshots of local leaders and Chinese delegates tell the story of an Inland Empire community working hard to “make it happen.” “We see the traditional difficulties of new business startup,” adds Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit, who represents part of the county from the Coachella Valley to Blythe. Benoit admits a federal visa

President Xi Jinping meets his American counterpart, Barack Obama, tomorrow after stops in the Caribbean and Latin America as the leader of a more confident China following a decade of explosive economic and trade growth. From Trinidad to Mexico City, Xi presented Beijing as an important partner for developing countries and a source of markets

Tidwell ConcreteConstruction of Indio was one of four general contractors on four public works jobs inCentral and Southern California that were cited heavily for wage violations, state Labor Commissioner Julie Su announced Thursday. Tidwell alone was fined a total of $276,955. Tidwell Concrete Construction, hired by the San Diego Community CollegeDistrict to build the Miramar

Supporters of Tibetan liberation and the spiritualmovement Falun Gong are holding protest rallies Friday and Saturday tocoincide with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with President BarackObama in Rancho Mirage. Hundreds of people are expected to attend rallies near Bob Hope andGerald Ford drives today and Saturday. Supporters and practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual enlightenmentmovement

(AP) – Un jefe policial de Arizona que abri el camino para que las policas locales en todo el pas asumieran el control de la aplicacin de las leyes de inmigracin est reconsiderando sus redadas, y se espera que otros funcionarios policiales que siguieron su ejemplo eventualmente tambin se replieguen. El alguacil del condado de

El presidente de China y primera dama llegaron al aeropuerto internacional de Ontario esta tarde, fueron recibidos por el alcalde de Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa. Se espera que hoy jueves 6 de junio ya se encuentre el presidente de China y su esposa, en la famosa finca “Sunnyland”. Mientras tanto y como le informamos ayer,