MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators mounted dozens of raids against illegal marijuana retailers in Los Angeles this week, the largest crackdown to date against the city's thriving black market, officials announced Friday.
The state has been under pressure from California's legal industry to do more to stop the underground pot economy, which in Los Angeles...
MURRIETA (CNS) - An ex-con who abducted and gunned down a 40-year-old San Jacinto woman over an unpaid debt was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.A Murrieta jury in October deliberated less than a day before finding 42-year-old Traevon Denae Stewart guilty of the 2017 slaying of Latoya Calhoun.Stewart was convicted of first-degree murder,...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A woman accused of running over and killing a 53-year-old pedestrian while driving under the influence in Perris pleaded not guilty today to second-degree murder.Lizbet Diaz, who also is charged with probation violations, was arraigned before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Eric Keen, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Jan. 31 at the Riverside Hall...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A 27-year-old Riverside Unified School District teacher's aide who sexually abused multiple children over several years was sentenced Friday to 20 years to life in state prison.Fernando Figueroa pleaded guilty Nov. 15 to three counts of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old, and in exchange for his admissions, the Riverside County District Attorney's...
RANCHO MIRAGE (CNS) - Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will hold two campaign rallies in Riverside County next week, two of at least three California stops planned in the coming days.Sanders will speak in Rancho Mirage on Monday, followed by appearances in both Moreno Valley and San Diego on Dec. 20."Californians understand that only Senator Sanders...
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Five people were injured today, including three children, in a collision between a school bus and cargo van in Lake Elsinore.The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Morro Way, according to the California Highway Patrol.Officer Mike Lassig told City News Service that a 38-year-old man at the wheel of...
BETH HARRIS
AP Racing Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jockeys riding in California wouldn't be able to strike a horse to make it run faster or be allowed to whip in an overhand motion under a proposed amendment approved by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday.
The rule now goes to a 45-day public comment period after which the regulatory body...
MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTINA LARSON
Associated Press
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (AP) — Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco.
Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech...
DAVID BILLER and LEO CORREA
Associated Press
TRAIRAO, Brazil (AP) — Night falls in Brazil's Amazon and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.
After pulling onto a darkened highway, the truckers chug to their turnoff into the woods,...
GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won the majority he needs to push through Brexit, but he faces another big challenge from Scotland, where the independence-minded Scottish National Party and its leader Nicola Sturgeon have surged to a commanding position. Here is a look at the factors that will make this a vexing issue...