CHEVEL JOHNSON
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans' historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said.
Nearby buildings were evacuated and officials said the building and a 270-foot (82.3-meter) construction crane still looming over the site were considered unstable....
PERRIS (CNS) - One person was killed Friday night in a crash in Perris.
The fatality was reported about 8:05 p.m. in the 22500 block of Old Elsinore Road near Aloha Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The initial report to authorities was for a Honda CRV that crashed into a brick wall, a CHP dispatcher said.
Additional details about the...
MURRIETA — Ginger Greaves, Executive Director of the Santa Rosa Plateau Foundation Inc. has organized a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the nonprofit organization raise money to make repairs to the reserve that was damaged by the Tenaja Fire in that started on Sept. 4.
The fire ravaged 1,926 acres in total and did significant damage to the reserve, causing it...
MURRIETA (CNS) - A 54-year-old man accused of transporting more than $200,000 worth of cocaine and fentanyl into Riverside County was charged Friday with two counts of possession of controlled substances for sale and other drug charges.
Jose Isabel Ramirez was arrested Wednesday by U.S. Border Patrol agents following a traffic stop on Interstate 15 in Temecula.
Along with the possession...
MURRIETA (CNS) - Four of seven people accused in the gang-related torture-killing of a 31-year-old Wildomar man whose remains were dumped in the Cleveland National Forest pleaded not guilty Friday to murder and other charges.
Roberto Ramon Camacho, 43, Christina Mesa, 30, Cristian Gabriel Meza, 28, and Alejandro Villegas, 25, were arrested over the last six weeks in connection to...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, MATTHEW LEE and ADAM GELLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump's ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressured the State Department to oust her from her post and get her out of the country.
Yovanovitch told lawmakers investigating Trump's dealings with...
DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants awaiting deportation hearings, under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he had signed.
The Democratic governor said the measure helps fulfill a promise he made to end private...
Retired Menifee City Councilmember John Denver, sometimes called the “Father of Menifee” by longtime friends, was honored by the city council by renaming Rancho Ramona Park to the John Denver Park in special ceremonies Wednesday, Oct. 2.A Menifee and Perris Realtor, Denver was one of the city’s first council members when the city incorporated in 2008 and served on...
Gene Wunderlich, one of four final candidates, was appointed to fill the vacant seat for Murrieta City Council Tuesday, Oct. 1. He will be sworn in at the council meeting Nov. 5 and will serve until November 2020.Out of state, Wunderlich was unable to attend the live interview process but turned in a formal letter that reflected his testimony...