Riverside County agreed to a nearly $800,000 settlement with Rebecca Spencer following her resignation as the county’s top elections official. The county accepted Spencer’s resignation as Registrar on Friday, Sept. 29, county spokesperson Brooke Federico confirmed. More: RivCo board OKs contract with new vendor for elections, despite reservations Spencer has been with the Registrar of
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Hickey, CNN When Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed to keep his leadership post, his 269-day speakership became the shortest in more than 140 years. In a historic move, the US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to oust McCarthy as speaker. The House will now need to elect a new speaker, but there is no clear alternative
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The Board of Supervisors today signed off on a $3 million-a-year contract with a ballot printing firm for upcoming elections in Riverside County, though the chairman and one other supervisor hesitated in supporting the agreement based on another vendor’s complaints about actions by the now-former registrar of voters. “There are some real discrepancies,” Supervisor Karen
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — It took only a week for the central Kansas police chief who led an August raid on the local newspaper to go from looking like he had enough support at city hall to keep his job to resigning. Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s
Continue ReadingSOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) — A major fire spread through an apartment complex for older residents in suburban Detroit, injuring three residents, severely damaging the roof and forcing crews to fight the flames with aerial hoses. TV stations posted video of fire Tuesday ripping through the roof at the three-story, cross-shaped complex known as the Meadows
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A 34-year-old child care service provider from Costa Mesa was convicted today of molesting 16 boys, aged 2 to 14, and showing another victim child pornography. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was convicted by the Orange County Superior Court jury of 34 felony sex charges related to 17 victims in crimes that prosecutors said took place from
Continue ReadingOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s House of Commons has elected a Black Canadian as its new speaker, a first. Liberal lawmaker Greg Fergus is the new speaker after a secret ballot by lawmakers. The election was triggered by the resignation of Anthony Rota, who stepped down last week after he invited and honored a man
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — McCarthy says he ‘wouldn’t change a thing,’ feels ‘fortunate’ to have served in first remarks since losing speakership.
Continue ReadingLAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says his office has charged a Las Cruces police officer with voluntary manslaughter in last year’s fatal shooting of a Black man during a confrontation at a gas station. Police Officer Brad Lunsford allegedly shot Presley Eze on Aug. 2, 2022, at a gas
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after a last-ditch, right-wing effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded. A resolution — titled a motion to vacate — was brought forward by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and passed with the support of eight
Continue ReadingBy Curt Devine, Audrey Ash and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — A retired US Coast Guard captain stepped down as president of a college in Massachusetts on Tuesday after CNN revealed that he had been accused of sexual misconduct involving several students he taught at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy a decade ago. Glenn Sulmasy,
Continue ReadingBy David Wright and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Kari Lake, who lost the 2022 race for Arizona governor but has repeatedly claimed without proof that she won, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for the US Senate in Arizona. Lake, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his address delayed medics’ response. The Seattle Times reports William Yurek, 48, died in his town house in 2021 after his son called 911 and Seattle
Continue ReadingFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday he has an ankle injury in addition to the torn left Achilles tendon that he is rehabbing after surgery. During his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” the New York Jets quarterback said he is dealing with a deltoid issue. The deltoid is the main
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A jury today found a Palm Desert woman who attempted to kill her sister and almost ran over her mother mentally competent to stand for a sanity retrial on two felony counts from when she attacked a third woman and committed arson. Jurors returned a verdict Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio finding
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — Michael Duane Zack III, who was convicted of the 1996 killings of two women he met at bars along the Florida Panhandle, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the Florida State Prison, according to the state’s Department of Corrections. Zack met with his wife and spiritual adviser
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The Board of Supervisors today approved allocating $3.5 million in federal taxpayer funds to support an affordable housing project underway in Coachella, which several Riverside County residents questioned, stemming mainly from concerns over proper use of public money. The unanimous vote in favor of appropriating 2021 American Rescue Plan Act dollars for the Placita
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — New Anaheim Ducks coach Greg Cronin knows what Trevor Zegras can do on the offensive end. During Zegras’ first day at training camp on Tuesday, Cronin sent an early immediate message — he expects significant improvement to Zegras’ defense. “We were doing some shuffle around
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater in the dry southwestern state. On Monday, Hobbs, a Democrat, said the state had canceled Fondomonte Arizona’s lease in
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona governor Katie Hobbs said this week her administration is terminating state land leases that for years have given a Saudi-owned farm nearly unfettered access to pump groundwater in the dry southwestern state. On Monday, Hobbs, a Democrat, said the state had canceled Fondomonte Arizona’s lease in
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