August News

On my wedding day in May 2008, I wore a simple string of pearls. The necklace had descending pattern to it, small beads at the top, larger beads where it draped over my neck.

Under political fire over a new rule that requires church-affiliated employers to include free birth control in employee health plans, President Barack Obama on Friday revised the regulation to accommodate religious groups.

State workplace safety officials say three Southern California employers have been fined more than $500,000 in an August 2011 explosion at a worksite in Sylmar that left two people severely injured.

His topic will be the story of Riverside County's many parks. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the library of Diamond Valley Middle School, 291 W. Chambers St., Hemet.

In an effort to quell a political battle over a new birth control policy that some call an infringement on religious liberties, President Obama announced a compromise plan Friday morning.

Normally this is done at a wine dinner or special event where several wines are paired with several different dishes.

Three real estate investors from Northern California have plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions.

Media tour of the Annenburg Retreat at Sunnylands: Media is given a tour of the Annenburg Retreat at Sunnylands which will be open to the public on March 1. Feb.

Data released from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that January of 2012 was the fourth-hottest January on record, and was also unusually dry, according to a release from the AccuWeather.com website.

Crime statistics obtained by The Alpenhorn News this week from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department show a dramatic surge in the numbers of burglaries and vehicle break-ins reported throughout the mountaintop region in recent months.

Petaluma City Schools is launching a new kinder prep program that will be open to all children who will turn five by the end of this year.

A state agency's report says the Indiana State Fair's executive director and other officials took part in an emergency exercise last July that eerily foreshadowed weather conditions a month later that caused a deadly stage collapse.

AmeriCorps volunteers Kristen Gangl and Breanna A. Chandler, who are taking part in a watershed stewardship project, check the depth of a section of the Santa Clara River west of the Highway 101 bridge, between Ventura and Oxnard on Monday.

A psychiatrist faces one charge of unlawfully touching a female patient while he worked for the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, court records show.

Tuesday's Fillmore Unified School Districts Board Meeting went into great detail about the needed changes to start next year.

A state appeals court panel Wednesday upheld the convictions of two men for the August 2007 slaying of a transient at a park in Porter Ranch.

Parents fighting the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District's early start had a setback last week when an appeal was rejected by a county education agency.

An attorney has filed a lawsuit seeking reimbursement for taxpayers of the $102 million settlement made by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors in 2006 with Rancho Cucamonga-based developers Colonies Partners LP.

When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in their classrooms, a new principal in the front office and new workers serving lunch.

This undated image provided by the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office shows Rickie Fowler.