Category: riverside

7-Eleven Asks LA-Area Stores to Close as Police Continue to Search for Gunman

LOS ANGELES—Officials at 7-Eleven’s corporate office encouraged all Los Angeles-area stores to close again on Tuesday night as police continue to search for suspects involved in robberies at six Southern California 7-Eleven stores Monday. Two victims in Orange County—a store clerk in Brea and a 24-year-old man in Santa Ana—were fatally shot July 11 during…


7-Eleven Asks LA-Area Stores to Close as Police Search for Gunman

LOS ANGELES—Officials at 7-Eleven’s corporate office encouraged all Los Angeles-area stores to close again on Tuesday night as police continue to search for suspects involved in robberies at six Southern California 7-Eleven stores Monday. Two victims in Orange County—a store clerk in Brea and a 24-year-old man in Santa Ana—were fatally shot July 11 during…


8-Year-Old Girl Hit in Face by Cell Phone While Riding Roller Coaster

LOS ANGELES—An 8-year-old girl from Riverside who was hit in the face by a cell phone while riding a roller coaster at Magic Mountain needed 10 stitches to close the wound, and her family is looking for answers to how it happened, according to media reports. Josh Evans told Fox 11 his daughter was hit…


California Lawmaker Attempts to Make Drug Overdose Antidote More Accessible

Assembly Bill 1627 by Assemblyman James Ramos (D-Highland) would create a pilot program to teach participants—like mothers, fathers, and friends, for example—how to administer naloxone during an opioid overdose. “The loved ones of those who have fallen to fentanyl want to know we are doing all we can to end this plague,” Ramos said in…


California Lawmaker Seeks to Make Drug Overdose Antidote More Accessible

State Assemblymember James Ramos (D-Highland) has introduced a proposal that would create a pilot program to teach participants—such as mothers, fathers, and friends, for example—how to administer the lifesaving treatment naloxone during an opioid overdose. “The loved ones of those who have fallen to fentanyl want to know we are doing all we can to…


Middle- and Low-Income Families Pay the Price for High Inflation: Economist

With the nation’s inflation rate at its highest in 40 years, an economist from UCLA says middle- and low-income families bear the brunt of the burden. Inflation in the Los Angeles area, which also includes Long Beach and Anaheim, rose 8.5 percent in the year through March—on par with the national rate—the Bureau of Labor…


Wildfire Erupts in Cleveland National Forest

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif.—A wildfire broke out in the Cleveland National Forest near the Riverside-Orange county line Wednesday, quickly chewing up an estimated 400 acres of terrain but not immediately threatening any homes. The non-injury blaze was reported shortly before noon along Holy Jim Trail, roughly halfway between Lake Elsinore in Riverside County and Trabuco Canyon…


Nearly All Southern California Counties Delay 2022 Homeless Count

A myriad of Southern California counties have delayed their counting of the homeless following the winter surge in COVID-19 cases. The event—known as a point-in-time count—provides an annual snapshot of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and is required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the last days of January of every…


Southern California Counties Delay 2022 Homeless Count

A myriad of Southern California counties have delayed their counting of the homeless following the winter surge in COVID-19 cases. The event—known as a point-in-time count—provides an annual snapshot of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and is required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the last days of January of every…


California Law Enforcement Continues to Fight Against Early Release for Violent Criminals

A number of law enforcement officials are continuing their fight against the early release of violent criminals following the court order that blocks state prison officials from doing so. “[State officials] have it in their mind that releasing people from our institutions is somehow criminal justice reform, but it isn’t,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike…