Seven Temecula-area restaurants will duke it out for the title of “best burger” during the Battle of the Burgers contest at Pechanga Resort Casino next weekend.Crush and Brew, Café Champagne, Cork Fire Kitchen, Devilicious Eatery, Mad Madeline’s Grill, Matt G’s and Siggy’s will compete in the event Saturday, Oct. 19, co-sponsored by Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula Valley Unified School...
JOHN LEICESTER, JOE McDONALD and MATT O'BRIEN
Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Under pressure from China, Apple has removed a smartphone app that enabled Hong Kong protesters to track police. It has cut off access in mainland China to a news app that extensively covered the anti-government demonstrations. And it has made it harder to find an emoji representing...
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people's identities before releasing data, state officials proposed Thursday.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced draft regulations that also spell out ways people can ask for their personal information to be deleted from company databases.
The rules are being drafted to...
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California voters could decide next year whether to create new county courts to steer homeless people to mental health and drug addiction treatment programs.
Former Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Democrat, proposed a ballot measure on Thursday aimed at providing services to people who commit crimes like defecating in public or using drugs.
"When someone breaks...
AMIR VAHDAT and MEHDI FATTAHI
Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — They had to sit well apart from the men, and the stadium was practically empty, but thousands of Iranian women in merry jester hats and face paint blew horns and cheered Thursday at the first FIFA soccer match they were allowed to freely attend in decades.
In what many considered...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - One week from Thursday, people in government offices, businesses and schools throughout Riverside County will stop everything for a minute to "drop, cover and hold on'' during a statewide earthquake preparedness drill, now in its 11th year.
The Great ShakeOut of 2019 is scheduled for 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17.
"Damaging earthquakes ... can occur at any time...
LAKE MATHEWS (CNS) - A wildfire that erupted Thursday about a mile west of Lake Mathews blackened roughly 25 acres amid stiff winds.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 12:05 p.m. in the 20300 block of Eagle Canyon Road, near Cajalco Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Multiple engine crews from the county and Corona Fire Department encountered flames...
MORENO VALLEY (CNS) - A wind-driven fire just north of Moreno Valley that blackened about 350 acres was 10 percent contained this morning and all evacuation orders were lifted.
The blaze was reported at 12:55 p.m. Thursday on Reche Canyon Road, near Reche Vista Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
Fire officials said the blaze started with a trailer...
Fall is officially here, and it’s a scary time of year with Halloween bearing down on us rather quickly. Of course, no matter what the occasion, the gloves are off now that league games are officially underway as the local high school football season rolls into Week Seven, which also means it’s a pivotal week for the standings. With...