Last month, I read again with delight the second opinion piece praising the creation and continued existence of the Multi Species Habitat Conservation Plan written by two of Riverside County’s visionaries: retired supervisors Marion Ashley and John Tavaglione. These two men helped craft the MSHCP as part of the Riverside County Integrated Plan. They were also instrumental in persuading...
As Southern Californians, everyone knows not to take water for granted.Despite unusually heavy rains during the past year, residents are acutely aware that recurring droughts, dependence on imported water and climate variation all affect the availability of water locally and throughout the state.Water agencies across California collectively spend billions to upgrade infrastructure and invest in new water projects to...
PALA – The 21st annual Divine Mercy Conference will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at the San Juan Diego Center at Mission San Antonio De Pala, 3015 Mission Road, in Pala.Conference speakers will include Father Chris Alar, director of the Association of Marian Helpers; Father Charles Willingham of St. Michaels Abbey in Orange County; Jesse Romero, retired Los Angeles...
There are a lot of people who believe in being healthy and that good health is essential to a long life. Yet they hardly ever go to the gym or exercise. They rarely go to the store to buy fruits and veggies for a proper diet. Instead they often stay home to binge watch Netflix, eat fast food and...
JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Ang Lee's conversion began with "Life of Pi."
It was the director's first movie in 3-D, and he sweated anxiously over the implementation of the technology and the torturous process of adapting Yann Martel's fanciful and allegorical book set principally in a raft containing a 450-pound Bengal tiger.
Lee was excited, though, to...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Hotels in the nation's most populous state will have to stop giving guests small plastic shampoo bottles under a new law set to take effect starting in 2023.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday he had signed a law banning hotels from giving guests plastic bottles filled with shampoo, conditioner or soap. It takes effect in 2023 for...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The father of an 18-year-old Florida teen killed when his speeding Tesla slammed into a wall and caught fire is suing the company, saying the crash should have been "entirely survivable."
Police say Barrett Riley and his 18-year-old friend Edgar Monserrat died when Riley lost control of his father's car at 116 mph (187 kph)...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required a staunchly conservative political party to change its name.
Newsom announced Wednesday he had vetoed a bill that would have banned political parties from using "no party preference," ''decline to state" or "independent" in their official names.
The bill would have applied to all political parties....
YURAS KARMANAU, ANGELA CHARLTON and LYNN BERRY
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president insisted Thursday that he faced "no blackmail" from President Donald Trump in their phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry, distancing himself from the U.S. political drama and trying to claw back his own credibility.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy said for the first time that his country...
KEVIN FREKING and NOMAAN MERCHANT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday criticized a judge's ruling barring his agency from relying solely on databases that have at times led to the wrongful detention of American citizens.
Speaking Thursday at the White House, Matthew Albence called the September ruling an example of "judicial...