• April showers continue across Southern California this weekend

    A chilly spring storm system moving into Southern California on Saturday was expected to bring drizzles by 3 p.m. followed by a quarter to half an inch of rain through Sunday. "The latest storm total is looking to be around one quarter inch up to 1 1/2 [inches] for mountain areas," said meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld, of the National Weather Service Oxnard station. Snow was forecast for the mountains above 6,000 feet, with up to 10 inches falling on the highest peaks and a dusting of up to an...

  • Kicking off the weekend with another storm

    It's the quiet between two storms early this afternoon, with a bit of a breeze gusting up to 30-50 mph especially south/east. Most sunny skies across the state, except across the Four Corners as that's where the storm is approaching from. It will begin to bring rain to the northwest corner of the state early []

  • Blue Demons Head to Omaha for Weekend Matchup

    DePaul softball hits the road for the penultimate series of the season as

  • US has another batch of weapons headed to Ukraine

    Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US announces largest ever batch of Ukraine aid The announcement comes after the U.S. began sending $1 billion in new weapons to Ukraine earlier this week. © Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the new

  • Steelhead trout, once thriving in Southern California, are declared endangered

    Southern California’s rivers and creeks once teemed with large, silvery fish that arrived from the ocean and swam upstream to spawn. But today, these fish are seldom seen. Southern California steelhead trout have been pushed to the brink of extinction as their river habitats have been altered by development and fragmented by barriers and dams. Their numbers have been declining for decades, and last week California’s Fish and Game Commission voted to list Southern California steelhead trout as...

  • Heavy rainstorms kill 4 people in southern China

    BEIJING >> Heavy rainstorms that swept across southern China over the weekend killed at least four people in riverside cities, while a search was underway for 10 others missing, state media said Monday.

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    Authorities searching for survivors after plane crash in Southern California

    Authorities are searching for survivors after a plane crash in San Bernardino County Saturday night. Preliminary information from the FAA indicates the aircraft, a twin-engine Gulfstream AC95

  • Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert during Coachella

    A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this weekend

  • Another hammering predicted as Sheffield United head to Newcastle United

    Sheffield United are preparing to face Newcastle United this weekend in a fixture that could see them relegated back to the Championship. The Blades have not had a realistic chance of survival for some time, with injuries and poor recruitment curtailing their campaign before it really began. Chris Wilder and his staff will already be preparing for next season, but there is still some Premier League business to take care of first, with four fixtures remaining. The first of the four comes against...

  • WATCH: Massive fire breaks out on historic Southern California pier

    A massive fire broke out at a vacant restaurant at the end of the Oceanside Pier in North County San Diego on Thursday afternoon, the Oceanside Fire Department confirmed.  The nearly 2,000-foot-long wooden pier was built in 1888, and is a focal point of the beachside Southern California city not far from Camp Pendleton.  "The Oceanside Fire Department is currently engaged in fighting a fire on the Oceanside Pier," the department wrote on social media Thursday. "We are asking all citizens to...

  • Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California officials releasing more of them?

    Jennifer Castellon shook, tapped and blew on a box to shoo out more than 1,000 mosquitoes in a quiet, upscale Inland Empire neighborhood. The insects had a job to do, and the pest scientist wanted every last one out. Their task? Find lady mosquitoes and mate. But these were no ordinary mosquitoes. Technicians had zapped the insects, all males, with radiation in a nearby lab to make them sterile. If they achieve their amorous quest, there will be fewer baby mosquitoes than there would be if...

  • This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

    See the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the sales week that ended April 21.