OUSD Board of Education Members Vote Themselves A 400% Pay Increase
Last week, without any discussion or explanation to the public, the Orange Unified School District Board of Education voted to raise their maximum monthly pay from $400 to $2,000 – an increase of 400%. OUSD includes the communities of Orange, Villa Park, Anaheim Hills and parts of Garden Grove..
South OC Steps Up To Address Homelessness
City officials in Laguna Hills and Rancho Santa Margarita voted this month to keep bolstering plans pioneered by the City of Mission Viejo to tackle homelessness in the region. The program aims to offer housing placement, mental health resources, rehabilitation services and one-on-one assistance to residents working...
Department of Justice Investigates Lethal Force Encounter in Riverside
RIVERSIDE, CA — On Thursday, January 22, 2026, at approximately 10:00 A.M., an incident involving the use of lethal force occurred at 3782 Tyler Street in Riverside. Personnel from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, assigned to the Specialized Enforcement Division, were attempting to serve a felony,...
Kaiser Strike Returns to Fontana, Riverside, Ontario as Union Cites Staffing, Kaiser Says Pay...
An open-ended strike by Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care professionals began Monday morning, Jan. 26th, across California and Hawaii, with picket lines forming in the Inland Empire outside Kaiser facilities in Fontana, Riverside and Ontario — the latest escalation in negotiations that also led to a...
Blythe hospital votes to move ahead with Riverside County negotiations
A new era is on the horizon for Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe as its healthcare district voted to move ahead with negotiations with Riverside County to take over daily operations at the emergency room. The three Palo Verde Healthcare District board members unanimously authorized district counsel and other...
Border Patrol surveillance cameras approved over California city
The cameras were approved after a tense, hours-long city meeting.
Pregnant woman killed by drunk driver in Anaheim
Daniel Ramos, 24, of Riverside, had been at the wheel of the Lexus and "exhibited objective signs and symptoms of impairment," Anderson said.
Southern California police arrest Arizona man they say grabbed luxury bags and ran
An Arizona man is behind bars after he allegedly met people to buy luxury bags he found online, then fled with the bags without paying. The Irvine Police Department said on social media that detectives connected two similar thefts, one that occurred at Woodbury Town Center earlier this month and another at Carlson...
Animal advocates file injunction against Riverside County to pause euthanasia for space practices
COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) - Animal advocates, represented by Walter Clark Legal Group, have filed an injunction against the Riverside County Department of Animal Services to pause all euthanasia for space practices. It comes a year and a half into the activists legal fight against the county's euthanasia...
Man Dies Impaled on 10 Freeway Guardrail in West Covina
A 36-year-old Chino man who was killed on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in West Covina when he was impaled by a guardrail while driving backward on the right shoulder of the road was identified Monday. The crash occurred about 4:50 a.m. Sunday on the eastbound freeway just west of...

















