While covering a traffic accident, staff photographer Frank Q. Brown’s car almost damaged by second traffic accident.

By JONATHAN J. COOPERThe Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif.  — California would accelerate its efforts to generate most of the state’s energy from carbon-free sources and set a goal of phasing out fossil fuels entirely by 2045 under legislation approved Tuesday by the Assembly. The bill would require California utilities to get half their energy from…

By JULIE PACE and BRENDAN FARRINGTON The  Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A liberal Florida Democrat pulled off an upset victory Tuesday in the state’s primary for governor while President Donald Trump’s favored candidate cruised to victory for the GOP, setting up a fierce fall showdown in the nation’s largest political battleground. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew…

Parts of Southern California were rattled by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake Tuesday evening that was centered near La Verne but felt over a wide area. The quake occurred at 7:33 p.m. at depth of 3.7 miles. It was followed by smaller aftershocks. According to the USGS, the epicenter was three miles…

The homeless man refused to take down his tent, so the police officers decided to arrest him for resisting them. As the situation grew increasingly tense, an officer used a Taser on the man, who wore only boxer shorts, even though he was not acting violently and was not likely to be concealing…

New homes by Seville at Park Place community in Ontario on Monday, May 7, 2018. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Homes start selling in the $800,000s at Prado at Cadence Park in Irvine’s Great Park Neighborhoods. (Sketch courtesy: KB Home) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Zephyr, developers of South Cove in…

The education experts at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation used to be after the one “big idea” that could transform public school education. They tried breaking down large schools into smaller, more intimate communities. They tried using test scores to evaluate teachers. Now experience seems…

The Redlands Unified School District has agreed to settlements totaling $15.7 million in connection with lawsuits involving three teachers accused of molesting eight former students. The large settlement for the district of 21,000 students comes after repeated allegations that school officials…

A parole board has determined that a former actor who was convicted in 2010 of attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend at her San Marcos home will be released from prison. Shelley Malil, 45, who is probably best known for a small role in the movie “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” appeared…

An earthquake Tuesday night was felt throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties and the Inland Empire. Did you feel it or any of the aftershocks? Report what you felt to the @USGS (click on the earthquake you think you felt on this DYFI? page): https://t.co/zrQZ5hSzpI. https://t.co/wICN5ZGdMp — SCEC (@SCEC) August 29, 2018 Caltech’s Southern California…