Riverside CA

California regulators reject plans to shut down the Ivanpah Solar Project along Interstate 15 at the Nevada border. The solar plant, once seen as a model for the future, is now viewed as a $2.2 billion boondoggle.

Humpback whales were spotted feeding on a giant bait ball of anchovies off the coast of San Diego, a rare sight in Southern California, as they migrate south to Baja California to breed.

A 27-year-old man from Southern California was arrested early Sunday in connection with a downtown Sacramento shooting that wounded two people hours earlier, according to the Sacramento Police Department. The suspect, an Apple Valley resident from San Bernardino County, was taken into custody by California Highway...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A federal grand jury indicted two Mexican nationals in an alleged real estate fraud and money laundering scheme that prosecutors say stole more than $930,000 from buyers of vacant land in Southern California. Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez are accused...

A new survey of public high school principals across the U.S. found widespread, heightened distress among students from immigrant families amid ICE raids.

On October 27, 2025, Hayley Foo, a junior at Great Oak High School in the Temecula Valley Unified School District, was named the 2026 Riverside County Teen Poet Laureate. This is the first time in five years that a student from Temecula Valley Unified has received this award. The honor is given by the Riverside...

The family of a Riverside County man is suing Royal Caribbean Cruises, alleging the crew made several negligent decisions that contributed to his death on board.

(This story was updated with new information.) Three 18-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after someone in a car fired a gun at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were on a call in Thermal. The deputies were not hit, but a round struck a patrol car. Deputies were dispatched...

A man sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the murder of a Fontana teenager in 2009 will likely soon be released after serving just 15 years behind bars.

Police in Burbank arrested a food delivery driver accused of stealing toys donated to a Toys for Tots drive – twice in one day. The thefts happened Dec. 3 at a business at 2550 N. Hollywood Way, across from Hollywood Burbank Airport. Employees told police the suspect made a food delivery and, shortly afterward, they...