Palm Springs Elementary Students Share Art with Mexican Students

A virtual exchange of creativity and ingenuity highlighting architectural artwork created by third and fourth graders in Palm Springs and its sister city in Mexico is on tap next week. The event will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Vista Del Monte Elementary School, 2744 N. Via Miraleste, in Palm Springs, and is the culmination […]

Netflix Wins Free Speech Lawsuit Over `Last Chance U’

Netflix Inc., Conde Nast Entertainment LLC and a producer of the documentary series “Last Chance U” were protected by the First Amendment in the portrayal of six former college football players who sued for defamation and false light invasion of privacy, a judge ruled Thursday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lynne M. Hobbs granted an […]

Fatal Shooting in Baldwin Park

Police Friday are investigating a fatal shooting in Baldwin Park where a person was found dead inside a vehicle. Baldwin Park Police Department officers responded at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to North Larry Avenue and Nubia Street, south of Arrow Highway where they found the victim inside in an SUV suffering from a gunshot wound, NBC […]

One Dead in South LA Hit-and-Run

An investigation is underway Friday after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run collision as she crossed a street near the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 12:45 a.m. Friday to Florence and Towne avenues regarding a collision involving a pedestrian. According to witnesses at the […]

Authorities ID Pedestrian Killed in Westlake Hit-and-Run

A 45-year-old man who was killed when he was struck by a vehicle that was involved in a collision with another vehicle while he and another victim were walking on a sidewalk in the Westlake area of Los Angeles was identified by county authorities Friday. The victim was identified as Todd Cawyer, according to the […]

Sentencing Friday for Man Charge with Pedophilia

Sentencing is set Friday for a resident of the Westside of Los Angeles for using websites and apps such as Snapchat to meet and entice children to engage in sexually explicit conduct via video-chat then take screen shot images and videos of them. Mark David Wallin, 44, of the Del Rey area pleaded guilty in […]

Average RivCo Gas Price Rises

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose Friday for the ninth consecutive day, increasing a half-cent to $4.698. The average price has increased 11.4 cents over the past nine days, including nine-tenths of a cent Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. […]

Harbor Gateway Hit-and-Run Driver At-Large

A pedestrian was killed Thursday evening in a collision with a vehicle in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood. California Highway Patrol officers were called at 9:45 p.m. to West 228th Street and Normandie Avenue where they located the pedestrian, CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig told City News Service. The pedestrian- whose name, age or gender were not […]

Netflix Wins Free Speech Battle Over `Last Chance U’

Deliberations Begin in Trial of Man Accused of Shooting Outside Woodcrest Pub

Jury deliberations got underway Thursday in the trial of a 24-year-old man accused of shooting and seriously wounding two men during a brawl in a Woodcrest pub parking lot, then fleeing south of the border, where he was apprehended and returned to the U.S. Bryan Corona of Moreno Valley was arrested in September 2023 following […]

Menifee Fire Spreads 60 Acres

A brush fire that erupted Thursday near the south end of Menifee consumed almost 60 acres before it was partially contained. The non-injury “Baxter Fire” was reported at 3:25 p.m. Thursday in the area of Baxter Road and Kingsnake Avenue, just east of Interstate 215, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency stated […]