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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Gilman Hot Springs

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A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon one mile from Gilman Hot Springs in Riverside County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 3:11 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 6.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was three miles from San Jacinto,…

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Pedestrian struck, killed running across 5 Freeway in San Juan Capistrano

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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed Friday night while running across the San Diego (5) Freeway in San Juan Capistrano. The crash was reported about 8:45 p.m. on the northbound San Diego Freeway at the Junipero Serra Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses told the…

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Fire trucks are supposed to have 2 license plates but some don’t

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Q. I have noticed that most government vehicles have front and back license plates. Even cops! Even ambulances! But not so with fire trucks. I don’t see a legal carve-out for this omission, and they sure look good without one up front. But what gives? I don’t see cops pulling over Engine 51 on the…

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250 year anniversary: Spanish forts and missions in California

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California Colonized Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. The Russians are coming Spain had laid claim to territory in what would become California, Arizona and New Mexico more than 150 years before…