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| December 8, 2025 |
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TOP STORIES
Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have gone Instagram official.
More than a third of the people arrested by ICE officers have no criminal histories.
SOUTHLAND – (INT) – Typical drivers continue to lose time to traffic congestion.
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has changed which days Americans can visit national parks for free.
LAKE PERRIS - (INT) - A father has died trying to save his son at Moreno Beach.
 INLAND EMPIRE - (INT) - An upper level ridge of fair weather high pressure will keep Southern California’s weather on the warm and dry side.
 INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Property tax bills for the 2025-26 fiscal year are up for payment.
PALM SPRINGS – (INT) – ‘Warehouse mania’ may be spreading east from the Inland Empire’s metro area.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Riverside is aglow with the annual Festival of Lights.
 VICTORVILLE – (INT) – A shootout between sheriff’s deputies and an armed individual in Victorville Wednesday (December 3rd) claimed the suspect’s life.
 TRONA – (INT) – A pilot with the famed Air Force Thunderbirds is recovering after ejecting from his F-16.
 RIVERSIDE – (INT) – Riverside and thirty-seven other counties have won a civil lawsuit against Panda Express.
 WASHINGTON – (INT) – Inland Empire Congresswoman Norma Torres has criticized President Trump’s pardon of the former President of Honduras.
 LOMA LINDA – (INT) - The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed nearly 52-thousand homeless Veterans.
 A semi-autonomous fire suppression drone, is designed to supercharge firefighters.
 FOREST FALLS – (INT) – It’s likely to be weeks before flood-ravaged Route 38 above Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains is reopened to Big Bear.
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PALM SPRINGS - A landmark Palm Springs restaurant is up for sale.
 Riverside ranks in the top one-third of US cities where consumers are most diligent with their credit cards.
 SIMI VALLEY - The victim of a suicide in Chino is the primary suspect in double homicide.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – The state set an interim goal to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured in statewide traffic crashes.
 SACRAMENTO - (INT) - Only 10% of demands on the State Water Project will be met.
 SAN FRANCISCO – (INT) – Californians are growing more concerned about food insecurity.
 HOLLYWOOD - Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have teamed with AI audio company ElevenLabs.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Scaling back government services is being felt in California.
 SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD) is celebrating a historic milestone.
 Researchers found that the populations of some bird species grew rapidly after fires.
 California is the second-most energy-efficient state.
 California scores comparatively low among the states with the greatest student debt.
 SOUTHLAND – (INT) - Another La Nina winter is shaping up for California.
 California is on the cusp of an unprecedented demographic shift, with projections indicating a dramatic increase in the older adult population by 2040.
Two suspects from Highland are jailed on suspicion of committing a Thanksgiving murder in Moreno Valley. Investigators did not say what led them to Marquise Hall, 34, and Tyiesha Sweeney, age 28. Cesar Gaita, 57, was fatally shot on Heacock Street. (INT) A Riverside County drug dealer is prison-bound for selling multiple narcotics over several months to a man who died. Quinn McKellips, 39, of Winchester will not be eligible for parole for 15-years. Killed with a lethal dose of fentanyl in 2020 was Calin Sender. (INT) Bicyclists will line up Sunday (December 7th) for the IronMan La Quinta 70.3. The cyclists will follow a newly designed course from La Quinta to Thermal. Law enforcement will be present to ensure the safety of participants, spectators, and motorists. (INT) Walking the Santa Ana River Trail near Riverside may require some detours over the next several months. Levees are being rehabilitated to maintain long-term flood protection for Riverside and Jurupa Valley. During construction, the trail will remain open. (INT) Not even half of San Bernardino County’s registered voters (44%) cast ballots in California’s highly publicized Congressional redistricting measure on November 4th. A final tally issued Tuesday (December 2nd) showed that 54% favored Proposition 50. Election officials noted that turnout was improved over some statewide primaries. (INT) A missing persons investigation has shifted into high gear now that a woman’s body found off Highway 138 at Twin Peaks has been identified. Sheriff’s investigators said Monday (December 1st) that the coroner will determine what happened to Aryan Papoli, 58, of Newport Beach. Her body was found November 18th about 75 feet below an embankment. (INT) Metrolink’s Perris Valley Line is getting an upgrade. The Riverside County Transportation Commission has approved construction of a second passenger loading platform at the Perris-South Metrolink Station. 12-hundred feet of new track will be constructed to allow two passenger trains to board and deboard at the same time. (INT) Property owners are reminded that the first installment of property taxes becomes delinquent if not paid by December 10th. Late payments will incur a 10% penalty. Property taxes can be paid online, by phone, by mail, online payments made directly from a bank are free of charge. Payments can also be made in person at any County Treasurer-Tax Collector office in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. (INT) A week-long series of storms has put a damper on the fire season. Six areas of Riverside County that were closed to hikers have been reopened and burning permits are being issued in most rural areas of the Inland Empire. (INT) The City of Riverside has launched an AI-powered chat and voice assistant. City officials say it will provide residents with faster, easier, and more reliable access to city services and information, and is “part of a broader commitment to digital transformation and community-focused service delivery while improving internal efficiency.” Rivy is available on city’s website --- riversideca.gov (INT) Construction is underway on Phase 2B of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration, and Recreation Project. It will extend another mile from Rancho California Road to Via Montezuma to cover the lower two miles of the authorized 7.5-mile corridor. The project construction cost is $44 million. (INT) A 21-year-old ‘cold case’ murder investigation in Riverside County has been revived and the alleged suspect arrested. A review of the 2004 discovery of human remains in the hills near Idyllwild has taken sheriff’s detectives to San Mateo where James Landi, 43, was arrested on December 5th. Landi is accused of killing 18-year-old Reynaldo Burts of Hemet. A hiker found his remains in the hills near Southfork Trail and Highway 74. (INT) San Bernardino police are thanking citizens for helping to identify a motorist now under arrest for running into a group of two women and six children and leaving the scene. Chester Lamont Gordon, 27, was located 4 days later Friday (December 5th) backing his car out of his garage. There were no fatalities but a three-year-old was thrown to the ground and the vehicle dragged the stroller with the infant over 350 feet, police said. (INT) The Riverside Fire Department’s annual Santa’s Ride-Along takes to the city’s streets December 9 -18th. A fire engine canvasses neighborhoods with lights on and occasional siren bursts, stopping at select locations to hand out candy canes. (INT) Investigators have announced an arrest of a Palm Springs man for allegedly threatening employees of a local news organization. Charges of criminal threats and stalking have been levied against Johnnie Pagels, age 71. The threats were made in July 2024 in the form of mailed letters, but a sheriff’s news release did not detail specifics. Pagels was arrested Wednesday (December 3rd) when a search warrant was served at a residence on East Alejo Road. (INT) Vanessa Carder is San Bernardino’s new Director of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services. Carder has served as San Bernardino’s Acting Parks Director since May 2025. She has worked for the City of San Bernardino’s Parks Department since 2021. (INT) Riverside’s Castle Park is getting in step with the holidays. An all-new event, “A Royal Holiday at Castle Park” continues through December 28th. It features the Royal Holiday Village and fun rides all ages. (INT) Palm Springs presents its popular Festival of Lights Parade on Saturday, December 6th at 5:45 PM down iconic Palm Canyon Drive. The parade begins at Ramon Road and ends on Tachevah Road. Sparkling lights, marching bands and holiday balloons reminiscent of Macy’s classics. (INT) A new airline-style demand pricing model that rewards visitors who book early and punishes those who wait too long to buy tickets may soon be coming to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. The new pricing system allows theme park ticket prices to change based on demand — rising on popular dates, dropping on slow days and continuing to vary between the time of purchase and date of visit. Michael D. Ellzey is the new Executive Director of the March Field Air Museum at Riverside. Ellzey most recently served as Chief of Estate Operations for The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage. He will start work on December 2nd. (INT) Despite a lean rainfall year, Diamond Valley Reservoir near Hemet is still about 95% full. With this and other surface and groundwater storage, the Southern California MWD is on track to end the calendar year with a record 3.9 million acre-feet of water in storage. (INT) |
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