Greg Rodriguez has won his election to the Desert Healthcare District Board, Zone One seat. Rodriguez is currently the deputy director of government affairs and community engagement for Riverside County’s Housing and Workforce Solutions Department. He’s taking over the seat held by Les Zendle, who chose not to seek re-election. Rodriguez will continue to hold
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say two police officers and a suspect have been shot in the city of Louisville after the officers stopped an allegedly stolen vehicle. Louisville Metro Police say in a social media post that one officer was wounded in the leg Tuesday night, and the other in the hand.
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Veronica Miracle, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Los Angeles officials on Tuesday moved to cement the city and its schools as sanctuaries for immigrants and LGBTQ youth as the city positions itself to push back strongly against President-elect Donald Trump’s platforms on immigration and gender. The Los Angeles City Council, which
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20th Annual CVEP Summit to provide new details on Coachella Valley economic outlook We’re learning more about the Coachella Valley’s economic outlook with the release of a new economic report made during this year’s annual Coachella Valley Economic Partnership Summit in Rancho Mirage. 2024 marks the 20th straight year of the annual CVEP Summit, presented
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Linda McMahon is Donald Trump’s choice for Education secretary. McMahon led the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first presidency, and she supported his campaigns with financial contributions and her leadership of outside groups. Before entering politics, McMahon ran World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE, with her husband Vince McMahon. McMahon is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LA PAZ, Boliva (AP) — Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump into a winning political message. But Tuesday, President Milei found himself at the
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, told Republicans on a prayer call Tuesday that “the battle is just beginning,” as he faces questions about his confirmation after a past sexual assault allegation surfaced that he denies. Hegseth’s comments made during the call, which was hosted by
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As the holiday travel season inches closer, drivers opting to take rental cars to their dream destinations should take precautions to ensure they arrive safely and on-time. The American Automobile Association, or AAA, projects that nearly 72 million Americans will be traveling by car this year, which includes those traveling in rental cars. In the
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A 36-year-old Thermal man who repeatedly sexually molested a young girl over a period of years was convicted today of nearly a dozen felony charges. A Riverside jury deliberated just over a day before finding Alfonso Gonzalez Meraz guilty of four counts each of forcible lewd acts on a child and sexual assault of
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a trade deficit in October for the fourth month in a row, as a weak yen and rising energy prices kept import costs high. The Finance Ministry said Wednesday that the red ink totaled 461 billion yen, or $3 billion. Japan’s exports expanded 3.1% in October
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A vital humanitarian organization said it will suspend activities in Haiti’s capital on Wednesday following a “series of threats” by local police, in a move that threatens to bring a further deterioration of conditions in the Caribbean nation that has struggled for years with gang warfare and political turmoil.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After almost a year of testimony, prosecutors in Atlanta rested their case against the two remaining defendants in a gang and racketeering trial that had included rapper Young Thug before he pleaded guilty. The sweeping gang and racketeering indictment led to the longest trial in Georgia’s history. Both Deamonte Kendrick,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s complex tax reform package, intended to deliver large income and corporate tax cuts, has faced pushback from a range of lawmakers, lobbyists and local governments. The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committee responded to those concerns on Tuesday by introducing significant changes
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Two women who claim they were paid for sex by former Rep. Matt Gaetz provided House ethics investigators with “numerous” photos related to time they spent with the Florida Republican, a lawyer for the women said Tuesday, including from an alleged 2019 trip to New York. The women said
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The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 14.5 tons of cocaine in San Diego today, which the agency said was seized in recent months from seafaring drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew of the USCG cutter Munro unloaded the 29,000-plus-pound haul of narcotics — which would have been worth an estimated $335
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
Continue ReadingAP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Distant, ancient galaxies are giving scientists more hints that a mysterious force called dark energy may not be what they thought. Astronomers know that the universe is being pushed apart at an accelerating rate and they have puzzled for decades over what could possibly be speeding everything up.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is urging Libya and other nations to help arrest six men allegedly linked to a brutal militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020. Karim Khan told the U.N. Security Council
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes and pushed businesses to cut jobs. “With
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Organizers of the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival today confirmed that Malcolm Washington and Coralie Fargeat would be among those honored at Variety’s Creative Impact Awards. The filmmakers will be officially recognized on Jan. 4 at the Parker Palm Springs as part of the publication’s “10 Directors to Watch” series. Names from past
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