Officials say the explosion and crash-landing of a hot air balloon over Southern California wine country left four people hospitalized, one with severe burns. The Riverside County Fire Department says the balloon was carrying five people when it went down …
An 83-year-old jewel thief is back behind bars in Southern California. The Desert Sun of Palm Springs says Doris Payne was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of lifting a $22,000 ring from a Palm Desert store on Oct. 21. She remains …
An 85-year-old man who lost part of his leg after a public bus hit him in a Southern California crosswalk settled a lawsuit Monday for $15 million – just before a jury reached a verdict that would have given him …
Southern California fire officials say a decade’s worth of dead trees stacked along a mountain highway are being removed. The San Bernardino County Fire Department announced Wednesday that property owners removed tons of logs in the past year and the …
ICW Group Insurance Companies has entered into an exclusive partnership with Sistemas Medicos Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (SIMNSA), to offer workers’ comp medical treatment to Southern California employees. SIMNSA enjoys an excellent reputation among the Hispanic community, appealing to those …
The driver of a Hummer that struck down and killed a Southern California bicyclist has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Fifty-year-old Satnam Singh, the owner of a Santa Paula liquor store, pleaded guilty last month to …
A swarm of low to moderate magnitude earthquakes has hit Southern California, approximately 30 miles north of the Mexican border, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. Concentrated in Imperial County a few miles north of the city of Brawley, …
Interior areas of Southern California and parts of the Sierra Nevada are in for high heat and increased fire danger this week, forecasters said Monday. The National Weather Service said a strong, upper-level high centered over the Great Basin will …
A think tank estimates that a widespread power outage cost the San Diego-area economy more than $100 million. The National University System Institute for Policy Research said Friday businesses lost about $70 million, largely because they had to close. Some …