The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary, the first Latino and immigrant to serve at the helm of the department. His confirmation will fill a critical role in the new administration and he’ll be expected to swiftly begin rolling back Trump administration immigration policies while juggling the response to a global pandemic and national […]
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[bc_video video_id=”6171681488001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”Hkbio1usDM” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] You’ll usually see Cardiff limousines and vans on the way to an A-list party, the Palm Springs Film Festival or Coachella, but now they drive to a different location. “We go to the food bank and we pick up a certain amount of boxes, […]
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The Segway PT, which earned a place in pop culture but never realized its creators’ world-changing ambitions, will come to an end this summer. China-based Ninebot, which acquired Segway in 2015, will halt production of the PT, short for Personal Transporter, on July 15. Twenty-one staffers will be laid off at its Bedford, New Hampshire plant. Fast Company […]
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The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Friday to its lowest amount since Dec. 26, 2017, decreasing 2.3 cents to $3.052. The average price has dropped 23 consecutive days, decreasing 41.4 cents, including 2.9 cents on Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. […]
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The Transportation Security Administration says, a record number of guns were confiscated at airport check points last year. Officers found more than 4,400 guns either on passengers or in their carry-on bags, and most of the time the guns were loaded. That’s an increase of about five percent compared to 2018. “The continued increase in […]
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One of the Coachella Valley’s favorite festivals is back this Saturday, November 16, 2019. SunLine is transforming five bus stops into outdoor concert stages for a city-to-city music tour along the primary artery of the Coachella Valley, Highway 111. The 111 Music Festival will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at designated stops […]
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A top Uber executive attempted to defuse concerns about a potential existential threat to its business shortly after lawmakers in California approved a new bill that will make it more difficult for employers in the state to classify workers as independent contractors. Tony West, Uber’s chief legal officer, said Wednesday that the company believed a […]
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Riverside County supervisors Tuesday formally declared their opposition to a proposal to install express toll lanes on the Riverside (91) Freeway between Corona and the 60/91/215 interchange, based mainly on lack of justification for the lanes. “If we were adding capacity, I would feel different,” Supervisor Karen Spiegel said of the Riverside County Transportation Commission […]
