Morning Briefing: Medicaid, Medi-Cal changes; recent rain totals; iconic Muppet statue
Good morning! Here's what you need to know today. Temperatures are slowly warming as we approach the weekend. For Wednesday, any patchy clouds will dissipate, and sunshine will prevail. Santa Ana winds will pick back up Wednesday afternoon, triggering wind advisories. Around SoCal. 1. Changes coming for Medicaid,...
Oversight: Riverside County Groups Fight for Justice
Families of people who died in Riverside County jails are pushing for independent oversight of the Sheriff’s Department, while pointing to over $100 million in taxpayer-funded settlements and a disturbing surge of in-custody deaths. One answer activists with the Riverside Sheriff’s Accountability Coalition (RSAC) are...
Santa Ana winds bring strong gusts, freezing temps to Southern California
A Santa Ana wind event will continue to bring gusty conditions to parts of Southern California on Thursday. Video captured strong winds sweeping through areas of the Inland Empire, including Ontario and Fontana, overnight. “When we get this particular Santa Ana setup — because they’re not all the same — we tend to...
Our IE Campaign Fights Inland Empire’s Negative Stereotypes With Polling, Canvassing, Finds Voters Feel...
Tired of hearing the Inland Empire reduced to crime, homelessness and warehouses, three community-led nonprofits have launched the Our IE campaign, using polling, canvassing, billboards and roughly 900,000 digital ad impressions to shift how residents see their 49-city region — and their power to change it. The...
Grocery chain fined for marketing pesticide as a disinfectant
A Mexican retailer that operates two popular grocery chains with stores in Las Vegas has agreed to pay a total of $472,369 in fines for selling a pesticide that federal officials say was falsely marketed as a disinfectant spray, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced this week. The products were...
Moreno Valley Moves Forward With Adopting Riverside County Ordinance Regulating Kratom
The Moreno Valley City Council Tuesday took the first step in adopting a recently passed Riverside County ordinance regulating the sale and distribution of products containing kratom and its synthetic version, known as 7-Hydroxymitragynine or 7-OH. City Manager Brian Mohan said that because the city was adopting the...
Police Arrest Senior Man Suspected of Criminal Threats Against News Organization
A 71-year-old man from Palm Springs suspected of mailing explicit criminal threats to a local news organization was arrested Wednesday. The letters named individuals within the organization, which was not identified, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators initially received reports from the...
Inside LA wildfire threat as Santa Ana winds return amid Southern California weather warning
The National Weather Service Los Angeles and San Diego gave an indiction of how the Santa Ana winds could impact wildfire risk across Southern California
Union Pacific conductor killed in train accident in Ontario, NTSB says
A Union Pacific conductor was killed in a train accident Wednesday in Ontario, according to authorities.
Disneyland Cast Members Are Receiving Back Pay From the Disneyland Minimum Wage Settlement
Less than three months after an Orange County judge approved a record-setting $233 million settlement in the Disneyland minimum wage class action lawsuit, Cast Members have begun receiving their back pay. Before we get into the latest news, let’s recap how we got here. The initial class-action lawsuit was...
