LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless woman whose angelic singing in a Los Angeles subway was captured on video is being offered praise and help.
About $70,000 has been raised on GoFundMe sites since a police officer captured Emily Zamourka, 52, clutching a push cart and bags full of her possessions as she sang Puccini in a Koreatown subway station...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has banned flavored tobacco products including e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco and menthol cigarettes.
The county's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the ban after protests from business owners and advocates of vaping who say e-cigarettes help people quit smoking. The vote came on a second reading after initial approval last week.
The ordinance...
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RIVERSIDE - The Riverside County agency that investigates child welfare concerns is undergoing reforms aimed at reducing the county's liability exposure because of a breakdown in procedures intended to prevent youngsters from being put at risk, according to a report released today by the Executive Office.The external review of the Children's Services Division was composed following a...
Detectives were investigating a death in Fallbrook Tuesday afternoon, a sheriff's deputy said.The death occurred on Live Oak Park Road sometime Tuesday morning.Sheriff's Lt. David Gilmore said the incident was being investigated as a "suspicious death," but had no further details on the circumstances surrounding the death or on the victim's identity.Live Oak Park Road was closed down between...
BILL BARROW
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter celebrated his 95th birthday on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that milestone as he continues his humanitarian work and occasionally weighs in on politics and policy.
Carter still lives in tiny Plains, Georgia, and planned no public celebrations on Tuesday. But he's had plenty to say recently, warning that...
CAMP PENDLETON — A brush fire broke out Tuesday, Oct. 1 in the impact area of Camp Pendleton and while smoke may be visible to residents in the valley, the fire poses no threat to nearby communities.
There was no information about how the fire started.
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RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors on Tuesday, Oct. 1 approved a $354,000 contract with a Temecula consulting firm to study the county's development impact fee program and determine how much will be available in the coming years and where that revenue might best be spent.
The professional services agreement with Temecula-based Willdan Financial Services was authorized without comment...
Local business owners and government officials commemorated the retirement of Alice Sullivan who has led the Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce for almost as long as Temecula has been an incorporated city with a celebration at the Pechanga Resort Casino Grand Ballroom Monday, Sept. 30.Sullivan announced in May that she planned to retire after serving the Temecula community for...
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RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors signed off on Tuesday, Oct. 1 on a $1.8 million contract with a civil engineering firm to analyze the quality of the more than 2,200 miles of roads and highways maintained by the Riverside County Transportation & Land Management Agency.
"These inspectors are going to go out and inspect every single road...
COLLIN BINKLEY
AP Education Writer
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions process, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit that reignited a national debate over affirmative action.
U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs said in her decision v that Harvard's admissions process is "not perfect" but passes constitutional muster. She said there is...