Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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RIVERSIDE - A cold winter storm saturated Riverside County today, bringing gusty winds to the Coachella Valley, heavy snow to the mountains and rain to valley areas. A winter storm warning for higher mountain areas was in effect until 10 p.m. The snow level will fall to around 3,000 feet by this afternoon, and snowfall rates of two inches or more per hour are possible through tonight, according to the National Weather Service. ''The snow showers will gradually taper off late (tonight),'' an NWS advisory said. ''However,... Full story
SAN DIEGO - Documents that critics contend show Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries knew in 2005 about steam quality issues in replacement generators designed for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station were released today by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Edison officials insisted, however, that the company ''would never'' have installed equipment at the plant that was unsafe or unreliable. According to Friends of the Earth, an anti-nuclear group fighting plans to start one of the reactors at... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A late-winter storm chilled and soaked the San Diego area today, bringing widespread downpours, stiff winds and heavy mountain snowfall. The unsettled atmospheric system out of the Pacific Northwest delivered plentiful precipitation across the county through the morning and into the mid- afternoon, when the showers began to dwindle in coastal and inland-valley communities, according to the National Weather Service. As of 5 p.m., the east-moving dark clouds had dropped anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to...
TEMECULA - An outage in Temecula early today drained 411 residents and businesses of power, according to Southern California Edison. The outage was reported at 1:19 a.m. and occurred at a location in the Riverside County city that was not immediately known. Unlike other SoCal Edison outages where power is temporarily disrupted to replace old equipment today's outage was not planned. A problem with equipment was listed as the cause on the utility's web site. Power is expected to be restored by 6 p.m., according to SoCal...
PERRIS - Because of foul weather, the U.S. Forest Service canceled planned eagle counts tomorrow in several mountain locations but will go ahead with counts at Lake Perris and Silverwood Lake. Snow and road conditions forced rangers to forgo eagle tallies at Big Bear Lake, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Gregory and Lake Hemet. However, the census is still on for 8 a.m. Saturday at Lake Perris and Silverwood Lake. The Forest Service requested that Riverside County volunteers join them at the Lake Perris Regional Indian Museum, 17801...
MURRIETA - A probationer accused of assaulting a physically disabled family member in front of sheriff's deputies and briefly barricading himself inside the woman's San Jacinto home to avoid arrest was charged today with two counts of assault resulting in great bodily injury and other felonies. Frank Leonard Campos, 52, was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly abusing the relative, whose identity was not released, at her home in the 900 block of Santa Fe Avenue. Along with the assault counts, Campos is facing... Full story
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Moreno Valley school board member Mike Rios was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for running a sex-for-money operation out of his home and filing fraudulent auto insurance claims. Rios, 42, was convicted Feb. 8 of a dozen counts of pimping, five counts of pandering and six counts of insurance fraud. He has a separate case pending in which he's charged with two counts of attempted murder and illegal possession of a weapon, with sentence-enhancing gun use allegations, for allegedly shooting at two men who...
SAN DIEGO - The median sales price of homes in San Diego County soared last month compared with February 2012, according to statistics obtained by City News Service today from the San Diego Association of Realtors. The median price of a detached home last month was $410,000. One year earlier, it was $360,000, according to the SDAR data. Also last month, 1,508 houses sold, compared witho 1,504 in the same month last year. The February 2013 total was about 50 sales below the mark of the previous month. The SDAR said the median... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego-based Bumble Bee Foods announced today that it is expanding a voluntary recall on specific codes of five-ounce Chunk White Albacore and Chunk Light Tuna products. The recall, first announced on Wednesday, was issued because the products sold between Jan. 17 and March 6 don't meet the company's standards for seal tightness. Loose seals or seams could result in product contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens and lead to illness if consumed, according to Bumble Bee. The company said there have...
SAN DIEGO - Sentencing is scheduled today for three young men convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a college student who was lured to a late-night robbery in Paradise Hills by a Craigslist ad for a laptop computer. Rashon Abernathy, 19, faces up to 60 years to life in prison. Friends Seandell Jones and Shaquille Jordan, also 19, face a sentence of 50 years to life. The defendants were convicted in the May 11, 2011, robbery-murder of 18- year-old Garrett Berki, a 2010 graduate of La Jolla High School. Berki's... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A cold winter storm saturated San Diego County today, bringing heavy snow and gusty winds to the mountains, plus rainfall and a possibility of thunderstorms everywhere else. A winter storm warning for higher mountain areas was in effect until 10 p.m. The snow level will fall to around 3,000 feet by this afternoon, and snowfall rates of two inches or more per hour are possible through tonight, according to the National Weather Service. ''The snow showers will gradually taper off late (tonight),'' an NWS advisory...
