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A particularly-worrisome mussel species has snuck into North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — sparking what many are calling an immediate threat to California’s most significant watersheds. Golden mussels, an invasive freshwater bivalve that has devastated ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, were recently discovered near the Port of Stockton. Limnoperna fortunei appear to have also found their way many miles downstream into O’Neill Forebay of the San Luis Reservoir, where officials in Merced County have been rapidly conducting genetic testing. “The species poses a significant immediate threat to the ecological health of the Delta and all waters of the state, water conveyance systems, infrastructure and water quality,” according to a public alert by the California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “This discovery is the first known occurrence of golden mussels in North America.” These mussels likely infiltrated California by a ship traveling from an international port and are likely to spread throughout the Delta and through the water infrastructure associated with the Delta, officials said in

Two teenagers are dead and one is hospitalized with serious injuries following a suspected DUI crash in Riverside on Saturday, officials confirmed. Riverside Police said calls came into the department around 5:40 a.m. reporting a crash on Wood Road, north of Van Buren Boulevard. First responders arrived and found one of the two involved vehicles on fire. After putting out the flames, police said they found two people deceased inside. According to the preliminary investigation, three teenagers were in the car that caught on fire, a gray Lexus sedan, and the other car involved was a blue Scion with an adult male as the sole occupant. Police have not released any of their identities. The investigation shows a 17-year-old boy was speeding in the Lexus northbound on Wood Road when he ran a red light at Van Buren Boulevard. The man driving the Scion was crossing east in the intersection on a green light and crashed into the Lexus. Two teens were killed and one was left seriously injured during a high-speed suspected DUI crash in Riverside on November 2, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Two teens were

November 2, 2024 / 5:51 PM EDT / AP Prosecutors in Ohio have announced reckless homicide charges against two police officers in the death of a man who was handcuffed and left face down on the floor of a social club in Canton while telling officers he couldn’t breathe. Stark County prosecutor Kyle Stone told reporters Saturday that the charges against Canton officers Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch were brought by a grand jury in the April 18 death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident taken into custody shortly after a vehicle crash that had severed a utility pole. Police body-camera footage showed Tyson, who was Black, resisting and saying repeatedly, “They’re trying to kill me” and “Call the sheriff” as he was taken to the floor, and he told officers he could not breathe. Officers told Tyson he was fine, to calm down and to stop fighting as he was handcuffed face down, and officers joked with bystanders and leafed through Tyson’s wallet before realizing he was in a medical crisis. The county coroner’s office ruled Tyson’s death a homicide in August

A settlement `in principle’ has been reached in cross litigation between Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger and the group’s creator regarding the 2022 cancellation of a proposed group reunion tour. Robin Antin, the choreographer who started the Pussycat Dolls, sued Scherzinger in September 2021, alleging the singer wrongfully refused to participate in the group’s planned reunion tour unless she was granted full creative control and a larger share in the group’s business venture. The tour was canceled in early 2022. In their court papers, Antin’s attorneys called Scherzinger’s ultimatums a form of “extortion’ that were “materially different” than those the parties had agreed upon under a February 2019 contract. The attorneys in the case filed joint papers on Friday with Judge Mark H. Epstein notifying him of a settlement “in principle” that they said is “subject to the execution of certain written agreements.” No proposed terms were divulged. Scherzinger, now 46, countersued Antin in August 2022, stating that Antin breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger, severely damaged (the Pussycat Dolls’) goodwill and wasted the funding for the planned PCD reunion tour, ruining PCD’s ability

A former Loyola Marymount University women’s soccer coach has dropped her wrongful termination lawsuit in which she alleged she encountered resistance to her directives from the athletic department on down to her students. Jenny Bindon’s Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit had a host of other allegations, including breach of contract, retaliation, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On Thursday, her attorney filed court papers with Judge H. Jay Ford III asking that Bindon’s case be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not state if a settlement was reached or if Bindon was not pursuing the case for other reasons. Bindon was hired in December 2019 as the sixth head coach in program history. During her two seasons with LMU, she posted an overall record of 1-26-1. In the 2020-21 season — which was played during the spring semester due to the coronavirus pandemic — the Lions posted a 1-7-1 record. As a player, Bindon represented the New Zealand national team for 10 years, collecting 77 caps, the most by a goalkeeper, men’s or women’s, in that nation’s history.

In the final, frenetic days of the 2024 campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are crisscrossing the country, keeping up a dizzying schedule of rallies, public appearances and media interviews as they make their final pitch to voters in critical swing states. Trump is campaigning aggressively in North Carolina, with three weekend rallies in the state, where elections officials have scrambled to ensure voters are able to cast their ballots in counties devastated by Hurricane Helene in September. Harris, after rallies in Atlanta and in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, is set to spend Sunday in Michigan, a “blue wall” state where Trump eked out a victory in 2016 before narrowly losing to Joe Biden four years later. Harris is scheduled to appear in and around Detroit on Sunday before an evening rally at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Controversial remarks by Trump — who said in Wisconsin last week that, “whether the women like it or not,” he would protect them — reverberated throughout the weekend, as did a bizarre moment during a Friday night rally in Milwaukee in which the

  1m ago First Lady Jill Biden plans to campaign in North Carolina First Lady Jill Biden plans to travel to North Carolina on Monday where she will attend political events, the White House said on Saturday. According to a preliminary schedule released by her team, the first lady will arrive Monday morning in Greensboro, North Carolina.  From there she will travel to different political events in Winston-Salem, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill. US First Lady Jill Biden waves as she exits the plane upon her arrival at the Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek on February 22, 2023.  TARA METTE/AFP via Getty Images North Carolina has emerged as a top battleground state in the 2024 presidential election. Both candidates had campaign events in the state on Saturday and Kamala Harris’ plane was parked by Donald Trump’s plane at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.  President Biden also headed to North Carolina on Saturday afternoon with his granddaughter Natalie.   35m ago Harris, Trump planes in tarmac standoffs in Wisconsin, North Carolina in final push in battleground states C Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

Residents of a mountain community in Riverside County are being advised to evacuate or shelter in place after a propane truck leaked Saturday morning.  According to Cal Fire, crews were dispatched to the 53100 block of Mountain View Drive in Pine Cove, located in the San Jacinto Mountains west of Palm Springs and Cathedral City, around 9:30 a.m. Saturday on reports of a semi-truck leaking propane gas.   Evacuation orders were subsequently put in place for those living on Mountain View Drive, a dead-end street off CA-243.  An evacuation order is in place for residents of Mountain View Drive in the Pine Cove community. The red exclamation point indicates Mountain View Drive, while residents of a street due south, Walters Drive, are advised to shelter in place. (X/@CALFIRERRU) Residents in the area of Walters Drive – located due south of Mountain View Drive – are being advised to shelter in place and refrain from using any type of ignition source, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said on X just before 11:15 a.m.  Artist won’t eat, sleep while working on Fernando Valenzuela mural: ‘That’s what it