WRIGHTWOOD (CNS) - Mountain highways remain open as motorists head to local snow play destinations to take advantage of recent snowfall, though some chain requirements are in force.Earlier this week, a storm dropped more than two feet of snow on Big Bear Mountain Resort and more than three feet at Mountain High Resort.All non-four-wheel-drive vehicles without snow-tread tires heading...
AGUANGA (CNS) - Two people were injured Sunday when a motorcycle left the roadway and crashed into a ditch in a remote location north of Aguanga.The crash was reported at about 11:45 a.m. at Sage and Bach roads, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.One person suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a hospital and another suffered moderate...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Hundreds of new California laws take effect with the start of the new year, including measures stemming from the devastating wildfires that have swept the state. Others address animal rights, criminal justice, businesses and health care. Among them:WILDFIRES
— In a step to curb greenhouse gas emissions, California becomes the first state to require new homes to...
Associated Press
MARTINEZ (AP) — One of the longest-running newspapers in California printed its final edition on Sunday, ending 161 years of publishing news about the city of Martinez east of San Francisco.
Rick Jones, the Martinez News-Gazette's editor, said he wasn't certain whether the news outlet covering the city of nearly 40,000 will continue publishing online.
The News-Gazette began publishing in...
PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press
FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Coastal Maine has a lot of seaweed , and a fair number of cows. A group of scientists and farmers think that pairing the two could help unlock a way to cope with a warming world.
The researchers — from a marine science lab, an agriculture center and universities in northern New England...
DAVID A. LIEB
Associated Press
The new year will bring new charges for some owners of electric vehicles, as an increasing number of states seek to plug in to fresh revenue sources to offset forgone gas taxes.
In Hawaii, the charge will be $50. In Kansas, $100. In Alabama and Ohio, $200.
New or higher registration fees go into effect Wednesday for...
TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — In 2019, Florida Banana managed to eclipse Florida Man. From alligator antics to naked people doing wacky things, Florida did not disappoint in the weird news department this year.
(So. Many. Naked. People.)
In December, a Miami couple spent more than $100,000 on the "unicorn of the art world" — a banana duct-taped to...
JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — When the family-friendly Hallmark Channel recently pulled, under pressure from a conservative group, a set of ads featuring a kiss between two happy brides at the altar, backlash was swift — to say the least.
Within hours, stars like Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner were tweeting in protest to their many followers,...
TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the next challenge. He played in eight straight finals. No NBA player won more games or more MVP awards over the last 10 years than he...
DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump starts the new year knee-deep in daunting foreign policy challenges at the same time he'll have to deal with a likely impeachment trial in the Senate and the demands of a reelection campaign.
American troops are still engaged in America's longest war in Afghanistan. North Korea hasn't given up its nuclear...