RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Fresh powder from a recent storm will greet skiers and snowboarders at local slopes this weekend, though the challenge may be getting there.A storm earlier this week blanketed mountains across Southern California with up to 36 inches of snow, including Mountain High Resort in Wrightwood, which reported receiving one of its best November snowfalls in years.Caltrans...
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Officials on Saturday publicly identified an 83-year-old Austrian woman who died on Thanksgiving Day in a crash on Ortega Highway in the El Cariso community near Lake Elsinore.The solo-vehicle crash was reported at 9:05 p.m. Thursday in the 32000 block of Ortega Highway, the Riverside County Fire Department said.Runhild Wiegand, who hailed from upper Austria,...
Golden Bears advance to CIF State title game next weekThere has been no shortage of excitement this season for the Temecula Valley Golden Bears football program. They have gone from having two back-to-back 0-10 seasons, to making the playoffs last season with a 6-6 record, to beating Vista Murrieta for the first time ever this year, winning the Southwestern...
EASTVALE (CNS) - One person was killed and two others hurt Saturday morning in a three-vehicle crash on the westbound state Route 60 in Eastvale.The crash was first reported as a rollover accident with at least one other vehicle striking the overturned vehicle near the interchange with southbound Interstate 15 at 3:15 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.Paramedics...
DAVID PORTER and MIKE CATALINI
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The loosening of limits on sexual abuse claims in New Jersey is expected to create a tectonic shift in the way those lawsuits are brought, giving hope to victims who have long suffered in silence and exposing a broader spectrum of institutions to potential liability.
A law passed last spring...
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Lakers romp to 10th straight victory, 125-103 over WizardsLOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have won 10 straight games for the first time since December 2009, when Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol rode that fast start all the way to their most recent championship.
Nobody is ready to declare the current Lakers are headed for a similar...
TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 billion in investments but still needs final approval from workers.
Both sides declined to offer details on the deal, but it includes a $9,000 bonus for workers when the agreement...
ALEXANDRA JAFFE and BILL BARROW
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden's eight-day bus tour across Iowa comes with a message: Reports of his demise in the nation's first presidential caucus state have been greatly exaggerated.
Biden's aides acknowledge that he must sharpen his pitch before the Feb. 3 caucuses that launch Democrats' 2020 voting. Yet the former vice...
ARITZ PARRA and FRANK JORDANS
Associated Press
MADRID (AP) — Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year's international talks on tackling global warming.
Delegates from almost 200 countries had hoped to put the finishing touches to the rules governing the 2015 Paris accord, ironing out a few wrinkles...