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Mainly cloudy skies, but no precipitation is expected. Environment Canada is forecasting mainly cloudy skies and a high of 3.Photo by Peter McCabe /MONTREAL GAZETTE Mainly cloudy skies, but no precipitation is expected. Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 3 with the UV index at 1, or low. Tonight: Clear with a low of … Read more

Denise Williams, of Adelanto, says the Inland Empire Health Plan, a county-run Medi-Cal managed-care insurer that covers her son, Markeano, does not coordinate effectively with his doctors or with another state agency that provides some of his care. Here she looks out for her 1-year-old daughter Gigi Williams, while Markeano sleeps. (Heidi de Marco / … Read more

A group of lawmakers went on a four-day trip to Maui, Hawaii and another 12 traveled to Vietnam and Taiwan in the last month. (LUCY PEMONI / Associated Press) This is the season for California lawmakers to travel across the globe, some to lush beachside resorts with schmoozing lobbyists, at no cost of their own. … Read more

Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits California is making so much solar energy that large commercial operators are increasingly forced to stop production, raising questions about the state’s costly plan to shift entirely to carbon-free sources of electricity. In the last 12 months, California’s solar farms have curtailed production … Read more

Students hosting a meal as part of a culinary apprenticeship program in Pasadena. (Liz Moughon / Los Angeles Times) Donald Trump had the right idea about education during his first administration: Judge potential employees by their skills and experience, not their degrees. Open up a world of bright futures to people who don’t have a … Read more

Illegal migrants, mostly from Ecuador, have commandeered choice spots in Manhattan to sell $10 plates of chicken and rice on the street. Leonardo Munoz A dingy Brooklyn restaurant with a laundry list of revolting health violations is at the center of an illegal vending scheme involving dozens of migrant women, who hawk meals made in … Read more

A 23-year-old Huntington Beach man was sentenced Friday to the maximum 25 years to life in prison for the murder of a former employer who had denied him a document needed for income tax purposes. Kevin Kristiansen was convicted of the July 11, 1987, murder of Annette Robertson, 51, who had employed Kristiansen as a … Read more

The man accused of stealing a $3k gold-plated rose from a church’s 9/11 memorial laughed through his arraignment on Saturday night as prosecutors listed a string of crimes that he allegedly committed within the last month. Deikel Alcantara, 21, was admonished by Judge Simiyon Haniff for his egregious behavior — fidgeting, smiling, and laughing as … Read more

Chuck Woolery hosts a special premiere of the “$250,000 Game Show Spectacular” at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2007. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal via Associated Press) Chuck Woolery, the “Love Connection” host and longtime fixture on television game shows, died Saturday at the age of 83. His death was announced on the platform X by … Read more

A Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes tried to rig his murder trial by getting a fellow inmate to plant evidence that would make the woman’s death appear to be a suicide, according to reports. Dr. James Craig wrote a jailhouse letter to a former inmate trying to persuade the ex-con to … Read more