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SAN DIEGO -RIVERSIDE - A predicted spell of warm, windy and extremely dry conditions prompted the National Weather Service today to issue a ''red flag'' wildfire warning for San Diego and Riverside areas, effective Thursday morning through Friday evening. Over the period, ''explosive fire-growth potential'' is likely to prevail in the inland valleys and eastern highlands due to sustained Santa Ana winds up to 30 mph and gusts reaching 50 mph, amid daytime humidity levels as low as 5 percent, the NWS advised. The alert status...
RIVERSIDE - One of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was a former UC Riverside Extension student from China, campus officials confirmed today. Lu Lingzi, 23, died from injuries suffered in the bomb blasts that ripped through Boylston Street at the finish line of the marathon on Monday. ''The loss of a young person is a terrible tragedy,'' said UCR Interim Chancellor Jane Close Conoley. ''My understanding from those at Extension is that she was a talented and bright young woman who was going on to great...
RIVERSIDE - An off-duty Riverside County sheriff's deputy suspected of threatening two California Highway Patrol officers as they were detaining him on suspicion of drunken driving and then damaging their patrol car was on paid administrative leave from his job, sheriff's officials confirmed today. Brett Thomas Pendleton, 36, was arrested April 5 on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI, misdemeanor vandalism and making terrorist threats (a felony) after he was pulled over for allegedly driving under the influence. Pendleton was... Full story
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Gas & Electric announced today it will buy electricity from two solar generating sites being built in San Diego County and three solar and wind projects in Riverside and Kern counties. SDG&E executives signed contracts with Northlight Power and Silverado Power LLC, which have projects planned in San Diego County, and with TerraGen Development LLC, to buy electricity produced on wind farms in Riverside and Kern counties; and with E.ON Climate and Renewables LLC to buy power from a solar project in Kern... Full story
CAMP PENDLETON - Airborne Marines were scheduled to start two consecutive days of live-fire training at Camp Pendleton today. The training will be done in the ''Whiskey'' impact area from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. today and Thursday, according to Camp Pendleton's public affairs office. The office also said other aircraft will be dropping high explosives in the Zulu impact area from 10 a.m. until noon Thursday. Both bombing areas are near the center of the base. ''Depending on atmospheric conditions, the sound of explosions may be...