Immigrant youth without permanent legal status would get a shot at paid work in Congress under a bill scheduled to be introduced Wednesday, April 3. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, and two other senators are introducing the “American Dream Employment Act,” which would amend current law to allow DACA recipients paid internships and other employment in…
A mountain biker lost control as he rocketed into a corner about three miles deep into a trail along Carbon Canyon in Brea on Monday, March 25. He went down hard in a remote area, was unable to get back up and sustained injuries to his neck and extremities that were likely to leave him…
More than three months after a combative Alejandro Jose Felix Hernandez was subdued by police with batons and fists at a San Bernardino gas station, county coroner’s officials have reopened an investigation into his death because they were never informed of the encounter with police. Alejandro Jose Felix Hernandez (Courtesy photo) Hernandez’s death on Feb….
Two federal lawmakers are calling for the suspension of horse racing at Santa Anita Park until investigators determine the cause of 23 horse deaths in the last four months. Growing outrage over the repeated deaths has put the industry in a perilous position and cast a national spotlight on the famed Arcadia horse racing venue….
By Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith and Monica Davey CHICAGO — Chicago became the largest U.S. city ever to elect a black woman as its mayor as voters on Tuesday chose Lori Lightfoot, a former prosecutor, to replace Rahm Emanuel. When she takes office in May, Lightfoot also will be the city’s first openly gay mayor. Lightfoot, who has never…
Thirteen parents accused in a college admissions scheme, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, are scheduled to appear for the first time in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, where a judge will set the conditions of their release. The parents, all charged with conspiracy to…
Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire prepares to ride with driver Zach Veach in an open-roof Indy Car during media day for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Press-Telegram reporter Chris Haire after riding with driver Zach Veach in an open-roof Indy Car…
Authorities in California say two teenage boys were electrocuted while trying to rescue a dog from an irrigation canal at an orchard. KTXL-TV reports the Solano County sheriff’s office said that when they walked into a canal Monday in Dixon to save the dog, one of the boys touched an electrified…
Frustrated by continual delays in refurbishing the Whittier Narrows Dam, U.S. Rep. Grace Napolitano summoned the commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to her office in Washington D.C. last week. Her tete-a-tete with Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite produced the same refrain the agency has been telling the 1 million people threatened by…
California regulators voted Tuesday to strengthen state safeguards for thousands of wetlands and streams that are about to lose federal protections in a Trump administration rollback of the Clean Water Act. Nearly 90% of California’s historic wetlands have been filled in or plowed under, and the…
