SAN JACINTO (CNS) - One person died when two vehicles collided Monday in San Jacinto, authorities said.The crash was at 3:46 p.m. at Gilman Springs Road at State Street, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.One person was pronounced dead at the scene and paramedics took one moderately injured crash victim to a hospital by ground ambulance, fire officials...
ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOCELYN GECKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires snap in blizzards and hurricanes, causing dayslong outages. Everywhere, power poles topple in all kinds of disasters, blocking escape routes.
Around the U.S., dealing with the vulnerability of overhead...
WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos (pah-puh-DAHP'-uh-luhs), a former Trump campaign aide and key figure in the FBI's Russia probe, says he's running for the California Congressional District seat vacated by Democrat Katie Hill.
Papadopoulos made the announcement Monday on Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends." He filed paperwork last month after Hill announced her resignation amid an ethics probe into...
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EBay is selling StubHub to ticket seller viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash.
The transaction is part of a review that eBay undertook earlier this year following pressure from an activist investor. The San Jose, California-based company then said it was also reviewing options for its classified ads business.
EBay Inc. bought StubHub in 2007 for $310 million. Both...
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to double the number of mental health treatment beds available across the country and increase access to virtual mental health counseling.
Harris will roll out her mental health platform Monday at a South Carolina event with radio host Charlamagne Tha God, who has spoken about his own mental...
BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The World Surf League's 2019 women's championship tour is heading for a high-stakes finish wrapped up in red, white and blue.
Three Americans — Carissa Moore, Lakey Peterson and Caroline Marks — will be surfing for their country's two Olympic berths as well as the world championship at the Lululemon Maui Pro.
"I...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — McDonald's has agreed to a $26 million settlement of a long-running class-action lawsuit over wages and work conditions at corporate-run locations in California.
The settlement agreement released Monday estimates it covers about 38,000 individuals.
The lawsuit filed nearly seven years ago against McDonald's Restaurants of California Inc. made an array of claims including failure to pay minimum...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Winds are gusting up to 94 mph (151 kph) in the central Sierra ahead of a winter storm that's expected to bring up to 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow to the top of the mountains around Lake Tahoe by the middle of the week.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for...
SACRAMENTO – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced a new CHP Registration Enforcement and Guidance (CHP REG) program to reduce out-of-state registration violators. The CHP REG program replaces the Californians Help Eliminate All The Evasive Registration Scofflaws (CHEATERS) program.
Since the program’s inception in 2004, the CHP has recovered approximately $26 million in registration fees. In 2018, the CHP surpassed $3.2...
CANDICE CHOI
AP Food & Health Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Go ahead and rinse your cranberries, potatoes and green beans. But food experts say don't — repeat don't — wash the turkey before popping it in the oven on Thanksgiving Day.
They say that could spread the germs lurking on your turkey in the kitchen sink or nearby food. But...