Hospitalizations across the state continue to climb to all-time highs. According to California public heath websites, there were 618 more patients hospitalized, bringing the total…
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Biden wins Electoral College to cement victory, rebuffing Trump lawsuits
By Mark Niquette | Bloomberg Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by…
Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
By MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON >> Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over…
Pro surfing contest suspended after staff members test positive for coronavirus in Hawaii
Pro surfing is back on dry land. The first professional surfing contests of the year saw a massive wipe out after World Surf League staff…
Elaborate sand art brings joy, connection with nature
These artists aren’t from outer space, but their creations are simply out of this world. Extreme low tides on Sunday made for the perfect canvas…
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
By MARK SHERMAN | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Presidential electors have begun casting the votes that will formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next…
Lawsuit alleges mother found son’s body two days after Riverside County deputies fatally shot him
When Rico Robles bailed out from a stolen pickup and travel trailer at the end of a police pursuit through a rural canyon east of…
New laws aim to better protect nursing home residents, essential workers from infectious outbreaks
When the coronavirus pandemic struck, some health care workers resorted to wearing trash bags over their clothes and bandanas around their faces in a desperate…
Gmail, YouTube down briefly as Google suffers outage
LONDON — Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube…
Master spy writer John le Carre dies at 89, agent says
LONDON — John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics…
Coronavirus: Orange County surpasses 100,000 cases, with 3,121 new ones, 14 new deaths on Dec. 13
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 3,121 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Dec. 13., increasing the cumulative total in the county…
COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic U.S. effort
PORTAGE, Michigan — The first of many freezer-packed COVID-19 vaccine vials made their way to distribution sites across the United States on Sunday, as the…
Wildfire explodes to 900 acres south of Beaumont
A 900-acre fire was spreading south of Beaumont early Sunday, fire authorities in Riverside County said. The wildfire, dubbed the Sanderson fire, was first reported…
Health vs. wealth: How does California score on coronavirus lockdowns?
There are no right answers in the pandemic’s wealth vs. health debate. Our nation’s leaders face gut-wrenching decisions when juggling how to control coronavirus while…
Q&A: How COVID changed our homebuying preferences
Agents owned their real estate data in the 1980s when Leslie Appleton-Young joined the California Association of Realtors as an economic researcher. Home listings were…