March 19, 2024
TOP STORIES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a senior delegation to Washington in the next few days to discuss an alternative strategy to an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah, White House national security adviser said.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seems likely to reject a Republican-led effort that could reshape how politicians communicate with major social media companies.
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito once again extended his freeze of a Texas law enabling state law enforcement to arrest people they suspect are illegally entering the United States from Mexico.
WASHINGTON - A complete ban on asbestos was introduced by the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, making the U.S. one of the last Western countries to outlaw the carcinogenic chemical.
INLAND EMPIRE - (INT) - More sunshine is being promised for the opening days of spring.
RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Two poachers are pleading guilty to shooting and killing wild burros on the Mojave Desert.
SAN BERNARDINO – (INT) – The nation’s geographically largest county is getting better connected.
RIVERSIDE – (INT) - Scientists with UC Riverside’s department of nematology have discovered a flatworm commonly known as a liver fluke.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Riverside County is now the nation’s tenth most populous county.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Healthcare has emerged as one of the Inland Empire’s fastest-growing employment sectors.
CATHEDRAL CITY – (INT) – Arson investigators have taken over a probe into the cause of a deadly fire at the former Elks Lodge.
FONTANA – (INT) – Fontana city officials claim ‘significant progress’ among street vendors to comply with health and safety regulations.
TEMECULA – (INT) – The next generation of freeway ramp meters will make their debut on Interstate 15 in the Temecula-Murrieta area.
SAN BERNARDINO – (INT) – A week after the Super Tuesday primary election, more than 10-thousand ballots have yet to be counted.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – More people are looking for work across the Inland Empire than at any time in the past three years.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – The financially beleaguered Rite Aid stores is closing eight outlets in the Inland Empire.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) - The wildflower season is expected to be an impressive one.
RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Riverside has landed at #12 among the nation’s fifteen least-religious cities.
INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Local law enforcement agencies are ratcheting up efforts to secure grants to sideline illegal off-road vehicle enthusiasts.
RIVERSIDE – (INT) – A draft of Riverside County’s 2024 Traffic Relief Plan (TRP) is up for public review and comment.
SOUTHLAND – (INT) – There is growing evidence that the current edition of El Nino is on its last lap.
HOLLWYOOD - “Kung Fu Panda 4” remains victorious at the box office.
LOS ANGELES – (INT) – Television viewers and motorists throughout Southern California are well acquainted with Larry H. Parker.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) – New estimates reveal a modest reversal of recent downward job trends in California.
SHERMAN OAKS - A landslide has damaged multiple homes in Sherman Oaks.
Eric Carmen, Raspberries frontman and "All by Myself" singer is dead.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has launched a 'brain healthy' education and awareness campaign.
SOUTHLAND – (INT) – The South Coast AQMD has capped another season of ‘no burn’ days.
SACRAMENTO - (INT) - A survey of 95 potential groundwater basins across California has been completed.
The University of California has drawn a quarter-million applicants for fall 2024.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Missing Persons DNA Program has reached a milestone.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) - Recent cumulative enrollment data shows that at least 4-percent of California’s students experienced homelessness at some point last school year.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California is taking advantage of this winter’s storms to expand its water supplies.
SOUTHLAND – (INT) – With the proliferation of new warehouses, the AQMD has begun enforcing limitations on emissions of nitrogen oxide.
Two million dollars will help Fontana’s developing technological advancements to improve transportation safety. The federal grant is earmarked for smart traffic signal technology. (INT)

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department teamed up with Homeland Security and police in West Covina to seize more than two tons of methamphetamines. The drugs were recovered on March 13th from undisclosed locations in Riverside and Los Angeles counties. The seizures capped an investigation into the transportation and sales of methamphetamine. (INT)

The Loma Linda VA is opening a community-based outpatient clinic in Hemet on March 18th. Located on East Latham Avenue, the clinic will offer healthcare and support services for thousands of veterans, their families, and caregivers in the local area. (INT)

An electronic dance festival, dubbed Beyond Wonderland, is likely to attract thousands of concert-goes to the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino. The 2-night event opens March 22nd. Beyond Wonderland debuted in Mexico in 2017. (INT)

Metrolink is stepping up in the battle against sex traffickers. Traffickers frequent transportation hubs, such as bus stops and train stations, to recruit vulnerable females. Transit systems, including public transportation, are used to move victims between locations. Metrolink says it is improving staff training and tracking and sharing data. (INT)

The California Public Utilities Commission is moving forward on a plan to put electric distribution cables underground. Southern California Edison, which serves a large portion of the Inland Empire, would submit undergrounding plans covering 10-years. (INT)

Installation of public and shared private electric vehicle chargers has reached 100,000 in California. That figure is in addition to over 500-thousand at-home chargers. One in every four new cars sold last year in California were zero-emission. (INT)

The Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) says those riding the new microtransit buses in Hemet and San Jacinto have exceeded expectations. GoMicro has carried more than 50-thousand passengers since its launch in January 2023. That’s 42-hundred boardings a month. (INT)

Another massive solar power project has been proposed in the Riverside County desert. It would cover 27-hundred acres of public land adjacent to another 990 acres of private land north of Desert Center. The Easley Renewable Energy Project could generate and store up to 400 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy. (INT)

San Bernardino is launching its new Mobile Veterinary Clinic. It will be debuted Tuesday (March 19th) at Seccombe Lake Park. The clinic will travel throughout the city to conduct spay and neuter procedures, vaccinations and microchipping. It was made possible by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. (INT)

Riverside is taking another step toward affordable housing. The city is creating a Local Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the 42nd of its kind in the state. It will allow the city to apply for as much as $1.5 million in matching housing trust funds from the state and federal government. Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson says affordable housing “is one of the most pressing issues” of our time. (INT)

Moreno Valley is being applauded for the largest public works project in the city’s history. Over the past 2-years, MoVal has repaved and rehabilitated 190 miles of city streets at a cost of 50-million dollars. The League of California Cities praised the project’s cost-effectiveness, financial sustainability, employment of emerging technologies, improvement of pavement conditions, and efficient utilization of resources. (INT)

A senior deputy district attorney has been appointed to the Riverside County Superior Court bench. Previous to joining the DAs office, Sophia Choi was a deputy county counsel in Riverside for 13 years. Ms. Choi fills a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John Evans. (INT)

One-hundred-five California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers have been sworn-in and are being deployed across the state. The CHP is the largest ‘public-facing’ state law enforcement agency in the United States with over 6,500 sworn officers. (INT)

An alleged classroom assault on a student at EJ Marshall Elementary School in Chino has put a teacher on administrative leave. Ray Crummitt, 62, was arrested on suspicion of child abuse following the incident on Monday (March 4th). (INT)

More than 300 students representing 19 high schools from throughout San Bernardino County participated in this year’s Academic Decathlon. Of the 53 competing teams, Chaffey High School Team Black claimed first-place overall in the County. Nine decathletes from the winning team will go on to represent the County at the California Academic Decathlon State Competition in Santa Clara from March 22-24th. (INT)

The Joshua Tree National Park is gearing up for March and April, the busiest months of the year. 2023 was another record-breaking year with nearly 3-point-3 million visitors, a 7 percent increase over 2022. (INT)

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