2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (188+ words) HEMET — The Hemet City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, approved Resolution No. 2026-153 appointing Cameron Phillips Extra Help Fire Chief effective Sept. 14, 2026. Consent Calendar 18.L, Staff Report No. 26-292, approved a temporary at-will employment agreement for Phillips as a CalPERS retired annuitant under…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (369+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants to blow up the California Department of Motor Vehicles entirely, and he made his case Tuesday outside a DMV office in West Hollywood, framing it as the next front in his campaign to lower…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (504+ words) Democrats once wore the mantle of innovation proudly. John F. Kennedy pledged a moon landing. Bill Clinton and Al Gore championed the dawn of the internet age. Barack Obama saw technology as a tool for improving American lives and reforming government…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1007+ words) California health officials have taken a major step toward reining in medical costs, giving a state watchdog agency new authority to fine hospitals, physician groups and insurers that blow past spending limits designed to keep health care within reach for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) California voters may soon get another chance to weigh in on how the state responds to federal cuts in scientific research funding — this time at the ballot box in March 2028. After appearing all but finished earlier this year, a $7.5 billion…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (335+ words) San Diego County officials are moving forward with an ambitious, locally funded plan to tackle one of Southern California’s most persistent environmental health crises: the decades-long flow of raw sewage from the Tijuana River into South County communities. Board Chair…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Gov. Gavin Newsom is once again weighing whether to let students without legal immigration status take jobs on California’s public college and university campuses — a question that has simmered in Sacramento for four years and could soon land back on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) A phony political poll fooled reporters, campaign staffers and even the mayor’s own team last week, raising fresh alarms about how easily fabricated data can spread through the news cycle and potentially manipulate online betting markets tied to elections. There…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1092+ words) Los Angeles has long carried a reputation as a city hopelessly wedded to the automobile, where traffic is a daily grind and public transit is treated as an afterthought or a punch line. Trains that seem to go nowhere, crowded…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (763+ words) For more than six years, a Southern California fiduciary allegedly doctored bank statements and misled probate courts to siphon more than $6 million from vulnerable clients under his care, according to the California Attorney General’s Office, which describes the scheme as…...