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Riverside County sheriff’s, coroner’s offices will be split

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs SB 1379, which is slammed by Sheriff Chad Bianco as political payback.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill from Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, left, that separates the Riverside County coroner’s office from the sheriff’s department. Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, strongly opposed SB 1379. (Cervantes file photo by Rich Pedroncelli, The Associated Press; Bianco file photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)

Assembymember James Ramos, D-San Bernardino, left, sings a traditional Cahuilla song as Chairman Isaiah Vivanco, of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, watches at the Morongo Tribal Council Chambers near Cabazon on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (File photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Native American Day is new paid state holiday in California

A jury on Oct. 1, 2026, recommended that Louis Gabriel Lucero, 42, be sentenced to death for the 2020 murders of Erlinda Villareal, 42, and her two sons, ages 9 and 12, of Victorville. (Courtesy of San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department)

Jury recommends death for Victorville man who murdered woman and 2 sons

Hahn Nguyen,75, of Anaheim was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty and animal abandonment on Oct. 1, according to police. (Photo Courtesy of the Santa Ana Police Department)

Woman who ran over puppy with minivan arrested, Santa Ana police say

The best things we ate at Southern California restaurants in August 2026. (Brock Keeling, Carolyn Burt, Todd Harmonson and Mercedes Cannon-Tran, SCNG)

The best things we ate at Southern California restaurants in September

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Local News

Weezy Wold, a former reporter and photographer for The Press-Enterprise, is seen later in her life. (File photo by David Bauman, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Who was Moreno Valley’s Weezy Wold?

The former Press-Enterprise reporter and photographer the March Beacon newspaper at then-March Air Force Base,...

Crime and Public Safety

Hundreds of students, friends pay their respects as they lay flowers, and candles at a makeshift memorial during a memorial to mourn the death of a student identified by loved ones as Xavier—who died after falling from a fourth-story building on campus in front of Benjamin Franklin High School in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, October 1, 2026. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)

At vigil, friends and family members mourn LAUSD senior who died after fall from Highland Park school building

Family members of the student want accountability from LAUSD and the school, where they say the teen was bullied for years.

high school football

Vista del Lago junior quarterback Josiah Dupree-Boyd, left, and junior wide receiver Jaelynn Brown are the one two punch the Ravens in Moreno Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Longtime connection putting on a show for Vista del Lago High’s football team

Friends and teammates since youth football, quarterback Josiah Dupree-Boyd and receiver Jaelynn Brown continue to put up big numbers for the Ravens.

Opinion

Irma Leon stands at a voting booth at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School library in San Bernardino on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (File photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)

Southern California News Group endorsements for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election

All year, members of the editorial board and Opinion team have been busy interviewing and surveying hundreds of candidates for public office across Southern California.

Check out Inland Empire photographers’ favorite images from September 2026

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Business

Lyft on Thursday, Oct. 1 agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle allegations the company misclassified its drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Lyft to pay $272 million for misclassifying its drivers

Roughly $237.1 million is going to Lyft drivers after the agreement is approved by a...

Things To Do

Carly Rae Jepsen (pictured performing onstage during the All Things Go music festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on Sept. 30, 2023) will headline the Kia Forum on Thursday, April 22, 2027.
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Carly Rae Jepsen sets first Kia Forum headlining show for April

The pop singer will bring her Day and Night Tour to the Kia Forum on...

Sports

The Ducks’ Tristan Luneau, left, controls the puck as the Kings’ Kenny Connors defends during the third period of a preseason game Sept. 23, 2026, at Honda Center. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ducks sign Tristan Luneau to 6-year, $43.2 million extension

The 22-year-old, whose deal with a $7.2 million annual average value matches that of a...

2026 Elections

FILE – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive before a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Democratic group offers a new framework for the US-Israel relationship as party rifts deepen

Democrats face internal divisions over Israel, with some candidates advocating ending military aid.

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