MOJAVE >>Virgin Galactic’s space tourism rocket plane VSS Unity soared over the Mojave Desert on its third powered test flight. The company said the craft ascended Thursday at more than twice the speed of sound and reached an altitude of 32.3 miles (52 kilometers). The spacecraft was taken aloft by the carrier aircraft VMS Eve…
The attorneys representing homeless people who were displaced from tent encampments at the Santa Ana River Trail earlier this year are asking a federal judge for a temporary halt to local ordinances that allow police to issue tickets and arrest people who camp out or loiter in public spaces. The amended complaint, filed Thursday, July…
After two years and a $20 million investment, the city of Industry is cutting ties with a controversial solar project on one of the largest swaths of open space in the region. The City Council notified the developer of its decision to terminate the lease agreement earlier this month, City Attorney Jamie Casso said. The…
The last line between Josh White and the Idyllwild Inn has, it’s possible, melted away. White, the inn’s prodigal son, abandoned his family’s business Wednesday afternoon to escape the encroaching flames of the Cranston Fire, joining his wife and three children in Hemet. But, White said, he left the vacation spot in good hands: a…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans sharply escalated their months-long clash with the Justice Department as a group of 11 conservatives introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The move late Wednesday came after months of criticism…
By KEN THOMAS and PAUL WISEMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. But while politicians and businesses welcomed the deal…
Residents of Pine Cove were allowed to return to their homes late Wednesday night after the Cranston fire ripped through more than 4,700 acres, igniting the day before off of Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center, according to a Twitter post from the San Bernardino National Forest Service. Please note that Pine Cove is…
Twelve-year-old Angelo Amador won’t soon forget his escape from the threatening flames of the Cranston fire near Idyllwild. With officials warning residents to leave as the fast-moving blaze spread, the Menifee boy and seven friends piled into the back of a Chevy Silverado on Wednesday with Pastor Tim Stroup of Palmdale’s Crosswind Community Church behind…
CAMP PENDLETON — In a nearly seven-hour emotionally charged court martial hearing at the Marine Corps base, Pfc. Raymond W. Begay was convicted, Wednesday, July 25, of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of a fellow Marine at the School of Infantry. Begay, 20, a Native American who grew up on the Hoopa Reservation in…
Early this week, meteorologists said they figured Wednesday would be the hottest day of an extended Southern California heat wave. The scorching day lived up to its billing at least some of the region’s communities. At the western edge of the San Fernando Valley, the National Weather Service observed a high of 109 degrees in…
