A veteran CHP officer fatally injured when struck by a car driven on the right shoulder of the 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore was described Sunday as a “beloved sergeant” who mentored officers and “loved the Highway Patrol and his family.” Sgt. Steve Licon of the CHP Riverside Area. (Photo courtesy CHP) Sgt. Steve Licon,…
INDIO — A worker who fell 60 feet to his death while setting up a stage for the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio was identified Sunday by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office Christopher Griffin, 49, of San Diego, was the man who died Saturday, the office said. Festival…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police said on Sunday they had rescued an American woman and her driver who had been kidnapped by gunmen in a national park. The two “are in good health” and “in the safe hands” of security officials, police said in a Twitter update. Authorities gave no more details. Ugandan security teams…
The flames erupted just after sunrise on a high canyon wall, far beyond the reach of earthbound firefighters. As powerful winds sent embers rocketing through the Sierra Nevada foothills, and closer to the towns of Magalia, Concow and Paradise, fire crews radioed anxiously for aircraft. “Any news…
San Gabriel Councilman Chin Ho Liao likes to make himself available to the residents he represents. He’s not shy about giving out his cellphone number to residents who want to air their concerns. But the problem with picking up every call, he said, is that many of them are the same: a recording which sometimes…
At the age of 19, Nipsey Hussle took the money he earned hustling on the streets of South Los Angeles and bought a plane ticket to his father’s homeland — a tiny country in eastern Africa that fought a brutal war to secure its place in the world as Eritrea. That trip split his life…
Nearly 16 years ago, Desirree Haro was standing in a Harbor City alley with friends when a car drove by, spraying bullets. The 15-year-old was the only one hit and died later at a hospital. At first, her mother, Teresa Haro, phoned investigators once a week seeking answers about who killed her…
By Sammy Caiola, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative Increasing Coverage SB 29/AB 4 Introduced by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) / Asm. Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) These bills would extend Medi-Cal eligibility to all income-eligible adults regardless of their immigration status. The state’s Legislative Analyst’s…
Dr. Anjali Mahoney, regional medical director for AltaMed, chats with patient Teressa Silver, 60, at the Huntington Beach office on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. About 20 percent of the patients who visit this clinic are uninsured, Mahoney said.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Dr. Anjali Mahoney, regional medical director for AltaMed, in Huntington Beach…
On April 8, 1949, 3-year-old Kathy Fiscus fell down a 14-inch-wide abandoned water well. The rescue attempt attracted heavy local and nationwide news coverage.
