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| March 27, 2025 |
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TOP STORIES
 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to impose an additional 25 percent tariff on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of imported cars, hitting key trading partners and allies like Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Japan and Germany.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration effort to regulate “ghost gun” kits that allow people to easily obtain parts needed to assemble firearms from online sellers.
The Social Security Administration on Wednesday said it would postpone controversial changes to phone service and partially relax new rules on identity verification.
LOS ANGELES - To get by these days, more young adults turn to a likely source for help: their parents.
SAN BERNARDINO – (INT) – Major improvements for San Bernardino’s second-largest park are underway.
SAN BERNARDINO – (INT) – When it comes to paying down debt, residents of San Bernardino have a problem.
 SOUTHLAND - (INT) - Southern California is undergoing an episode of weather ‘whiplash’.
 COLTON – (INT) - Prosecutors have closed their review of a video-taped incident at Jehue Middle School.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Government leaders, local officials and homeowners are digesting the implications of new 'fire maps.'
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – The California Employment Development Department (EDD) is projecting more than 100,000 job openings in education across the Inland Empire.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Three arrests were announced Friday (March 21st) involving a scheme to smuggle narcotics into a Riverside County jail.
 ONTARIO – (INT) - Ontario is projected to become San Bernardino County’s largest employment center with the next 10-years.
 RANCHO CUCAMONGA – (INT) – It’s been determined that the death in December of a 10-year-old Rancho Cucamonga boy was the result of fentanyl and xylazine toxicity.
 VICTORVILLE – (INT) – Murder charges have been filed against a young San Bernardino motorist accused in deputy's death.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Riverside and San Bernardino counties are among only fifty in the US with populations that have exceeded one million.
 BIG BEAR – (INT) – The non-profit Friends of Big Bear Valley says that one of the three eaglets born just days ago probably was a victim of the snowstorm that struck the San Bernardino Mountains last Thursday.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Ground was broken in Riverside Tuesday (March 4th) on the Northside Agricultural Innovation Center.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – New developments show the Inland Empire remains one of the strongest and most-in-demand industrial markets in the United States.
 TEMECULA – (INT) - The American Entertainment Hall Of Fame SPC has set its 2025 Induction Ceremony.
SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Available water in the State Water Project has inched up to its best of the season.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California immunization rates for kindergarten students remain higher than the national average.
 HOLLYWOOD - “Snow White” may be the fairest of them all.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) - California is moving forward with a groundbreaking satellite data project to track and reduce methane emissions.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Falling gasoline prices may be running on fumes.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) - Development in wildland areas is putting people in harm’s way.
 COTTONWOOD, CA – The identity of December’s 1-point-2 billion dollar lottery jackpot winner has been announced.
 OAKLAND – (INT) - Attorney General Rob Bonta is warning Californians of the proliferation of fraudulent cryptocurrency websites.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Californians are bracing for the financial impact of Trump’s import tariffs.
 OAKLAND – (INT) - The California Department of Justice (DOJ) has ranked the Top Ten consumer complaints.
 SAN FRANCISCO – (INT) – Californians are most likely to say political extremism or threats to democracy is the most important problem.
 ANZA BORREGO – (INT) - Southern California’s shortfall of rain this winter has disappointed some nature-lovers.
 California is on the cusp of an unprecedented demographic shift, with projections indicating a dramatic increase in the older adult population by 2040.
 LOS ANGELES – (INT) – The California Department of Public Health says it is expanding efforts to make things easier for fire victims.
Riverside County has a new Spelling Bee champion. She is Victoria Li, a 6th-grade student at Philistine Rondo School of Discovery in the Corona-Norco Unified School District. Victoria survived 23 rounds of competition and will represent Riverside County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland in May. (INT) A 40-year-old Calabasas woman is safe after she and her dog were rescued from an icy foot-wide trail on Mt. Baldy. Shawna Burger managed to use her cellphone to summon a sheriff’s rescue helicopter. She and the dog were airlifted from the Devil’s Backbone Trail where she’d become stranded last Saturday (March 22nd). (INT) The long arm of the law has reached into New York to arrest a second suspect accused of the sexual abuse of a minor that had been occurring for several years in Riverside. Police said Saturday (March 22nd) that Merriam Dogillo, 46, had ‘relocated’ and is currently awaiting extradition. Dogillo and William Thomas Trader, 55, a registered sex offender, are accused of the sexual abuse of a minor that had been occurring for several years. (INT) Authorities in Victorville are trying to figure out how a quantity of suspected fentanyl pills got into the child care La Petite Academy. Three children ingested the pills. One tested positive for fentanyl. The children, and two staff members, were treated at local hospitals. Sheriff investigators say the La Petite staff is cooperating with law enforcement to help determine the origin of the pills. (INT) Redlands police say that a 73-year-old man was scammed out of $25,000 by a telephone caller who claimed to be an FBI agent who had a warrant for his arrest. The money was turned over to a courier. When the victim was recontacted the next day and told he had to come up with another $35,000, police were called. Quan Lin, 53, of El Monte, was arrested when he went to the victim’s home. (INT) Two San Bernardino County spelling champions are bound for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fifth grade student, Angeline Wang, and seventh grader, Hannah Kuo, were named county champions after going more than 12 rounds with their fellow competitors. (INT) Getting public records from the City of Moreno Valley just got easier. An upgraded public records system that streamlines both requests and searches, has been launched. Visitors to Moval.org can explore the new system and search for available records. Public records can still be viewed at City Hall free of charge. (INT) Residents of Riverside and San Bernardino counties can receive complimentary Metrolink tickets for up to 90 days. The promotion is aimed at reducing freeway congestion and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Would-be riders can visit IECommuter.org/RideFree and create an account to request tickets. (INT) Blood supplies are running low across the Inland Empire. Blood drives have been cancelled since the beginning of the year and winter weather and seasonal illnesses are likely to keep some donors away. Donations of blood or platelets is encouraged by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App or visit RedCrossBlood.org. (INT) Dry weather and the first triple-digit desert heat of spring suggest that another fire season is shaping up. The last of the 25-acre Buchanan Fire is being mopped up in the Coachella Valley. (INT) A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy is recovering from a minor injury he suffered in a March 21st deadly officer-involved shooting in Needles. The officer had chased Michael Ray Richard from the scene of a residential break-in when Richard fired a handgun. During a struggle, Richard was shot and killed. The deputy, who was not publicly identified, survived with minor injuries. (INT) Police in Menifee suspect murder in the death of a 60-year-old woman in her home. Investigators say that Dixie Ortiz was stabbed once. A family member, Vicente Ortiz, 31, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. A motive for the incident on March 21st was not given. (INT) On the local education front, Dr. Resma Byrne is leaving her post as superintendent of the Alvord Unified School District in Riverside, a position she has held for less than a year. She held several prior leadership roles at Alvord since 2020. Her departure is effective April 11th. (INT) $13.7 million dollars in grant money is bound to Riverside County to acquire 74 acres of land in the Silo Hills near Hemet. It contains one of the last remaining vernal pools, one of the most threatened habitats in California. The grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) will bolster the state’s goal of conserving 30% of its land and coastal waters by 2030. (INT) One of San Bernardino’s ‘high risk’ corridors is getting some improvements. The city is getting nearly 3-million dollars to construct raised street medians along a 3-and-a-half mile stretch of E Street. The competitive grant was awarded under California’s Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP). (INT) There’s no need to feel disconnected in Moreno Valley. The City has expanded free WiFi Gardens to three additional local parks and facilities—JFK Park and Pedrorena Park and enhanced service around the Civic Center Amphitheater. That brings the overall total to 35 locations throughout Moreno Valley. (INT) Construction at the 71/91 Interchange west of Corona will force some nighttime drivers to take alternate routes. The southbound Route 71 is closed at Butterfield Ranch Road Monday through Friday nights through March 28th. The southbound 71 to eastbound and westbound 91 connectors will also be closed. Construction crews will be removing support structures from the recently constructed connecting ramps. (INT) |
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