RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Airports in Riverside County will receive more than $11.1 million in government aid to help respond to plunging demand created by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced Tuesday. The airport receiving the most funding in the region is Palm Springs International with $11 million; Jacqueline Cochran Regional […]
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Hospitals around the U.S. are on high alert as new patients walk through the doors. Health officials from local hospitals say they’re getting alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every day about the dynamic disease. Eisenhower Medical Center said it updated its electronic medical record with a new question: Have you traveled […]
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San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that’s creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras. Government agencies around the U.S. have used the technology for more […]
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Canadian air traffic controllers have bought hundreds of pizzas for their American counterparts over the past few days in what has become an industry-wide show of support during the U.S. government’s partial shutdown. Peter Duffey, the head of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, said Sunday the initiative began Thursday when employees at Edmonton’s control […]
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Thermal, CA A single-engine plane overshot a runway Monday while landing at Thermal’s Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, but the pilot and sole occupant was unharmed. The mishap was reported about 2:15 p.m. The Piper PA-46, which departed from Tucson, Arizona, veered off the right side of the runway after touching down and tipped up on its nose, according to […]
