California Dolphin

The highly anticipated Mr. and Miss Cardinal City pageant is set to take center stage on Saturday, September 21, 2024, and San Bernardino High School (SBHS) is calling on local businesses and individuals to step forward and sponsor this iconic event. The annual pageant, which will take place at Indian Springs High School, promises to be more than just a night of glitz and glamour—it’s an opportunity to spotlight the leadership, community service, and academic excellence of SBHS students. Behind the scenes, contestants will spend countless hours honing their skills and giving back to the community before they grace the stage. From rigorous practice sessions for the opening number to performing hundreds of hours of community service, the participants embody the spirit of San Bernardino. On pageant night, one young man and one young woman will be crowned Mr. and Miss Cardinal City, representing the school and community for a full year of service, with the support of their court. This remarkable initiative is the vision of Jaime Rios, a dedicated SBHS staff member of over 21 years, who sought to bring positive attention to

Inland Empire

Rialto Resident’s Leadership Secures Riverside County Superior Court Approval to Investigate Animal Cruelty Crimes

On July 17, 2024, the Riverside County Superior Court officially granted Guardian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) the authority to investigate animal cruelty cases, marking a major step forward in protecting vulnerable animals. This decision, five years in the making, allows Guardian SPCA to act as a Humane Officer with the power to investigate animal abuse, neglect, and felony animal crimes—a growing issue both locally and across the nation. Rialto resident and Guardian SPCA CEO, James Martinez, who is also an Army veteran and law enforcement officer, welcomed the ruling, emphasizing the urgent need for additional resources in the fight against animal cruelty. “Due to increased crime rates, local law enforcement agencies have found it increasingly difficult to effectively investigate allegations of animal cruelty and abuse,” Martinez said. “Unfortunately, instances of animal cruelty are on the rise.” Martinez’s team, which includes former law enforcement officers, military veterans, and a veterinarian specializing in forensic investigations, has spent five years building Guardian SPCA’s foundation. With a focus on addressing both animal cruelty and domestic violence, the organization also provides job training for youth

Health Inland Empire San Bernardino

San Bernardino County Nurses Report 125 Unsafe Incidents in 2024 at ARMC as Result of Chronic Staffing Shortages

Registered nurses working for San Bernardino County spoke out during public comment at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, August 6, voicing urgent concerns over severe patient safety issues stemming from chronic short staffing. Over the past six months, nurses at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) have reported more than 125 incidents of unsafe patient care due to a lack of sufficient staff. The nurses, represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU), are demanding immediate action to address these issues, citing the county’s failure to recruit and retain nursing talent. “This is unacceptable,” said Diana Lucatero, a registered nurse in ARMC’s medical intensive care unit. “We must stand behind our hospital’s mission statement and make the necessary changes to provide our community with a hospital that focuses on maintaining the highest standards in patient care. The safety of our patients needs to be the top priority.” Currently, more than 300 nursing positions remain vacant at ARMC, highlighting what the nurses call a crisis in care that is driving many to leave the profession. They are demanding a new contract as their current

Indio Police to Conduct DUI Checkpoint Friday Night

The Indio Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday at an undisclosed location, according to a statement released Wednesday. The checkpoint will be held from 7:30 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. inside the city limits of Indio, the department said. Officers will be looking for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment in addition to checks for proper licensing. “DUI Checkpoints have been an essential part of the phenomenal reduction in DUI deaths that we witnessed since 2006 in California,” said Christopher J. Murphy, who directs the Office of Traffic Safety. “But since the tragedy of DUI accounts for nearly one-third of traffic fatalities, the city of Indio needs the high visibility enforcement and public awareness that checkpoints provide.” Impaired driving includes driving under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, some prescription medication and over-the-counter drugs. DUI charges can carry punishments of jail, license suspension, insurance increases, fines, fees, DUI classes and other expenses that can exceed $10,000, the department said.

Animal Rights Advocates Announce Lawsuit Against County for Euthanasia Policy

Coachella Valley animal welfare activists Wednesday announced a lawsuit against the Riverside County Department of Animal Services for what they allege are ongoing violations of a California law that prohibits euthanasia of impounded dogs and cats that have adoption potential, saying the county is possibly the worst nationally in carrying out pet terminations to make space in shelters. “This is a ground-breaking case that seeks to overhaul Riverside County Department of Animal Services through comprehensive court-ordered relief consistent with the Hayden Act, as well as the substantive recommendations of local animal advocates who have fought tirelessly for change,” Rancho Mirage-based attorney Walter Clark said in a statement. Clark’s firm is representing four area residents who are long-time animal welfare and safety advocates. The parties were not identified but are expected to appear at his office Thursday morning for a briefing to detail the foundation for the civil action. The suit specifically names Department of Animal Services Director Erin Gettis, seeking a permanent injunction against policies she has overseen since her appointment to head the agency four years ago. “We have not yet received this lawsuit.

Photos: Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles throughout the years

OAKLAND — Al Attles, who coached the Warriors to the greatest upset in NBA Finals history as part of more than six decades with the franchise, died on Tuesday at his East Bay home. He was 87. “Alvin Attles did not just epitomize what it meant to be a Warrior – he was Mr. Warrior,” the team said in a statement. “His tenacious playing style earned him the affectionate nickname of ‘The Destroyer’ on the court, but it was his gentle soul, grace and humility off the court that served as a guiding light for the organization for more than six decades.” Attles is best known for shocking the basketball world by guiding the plucky Warriors to the NBA title in 1975. With just one star, Rick Barry, the team finished with a 48-34 regular-season record. But the Warriors found their groove during the playoffs that culminated with a 4-0 sweep over the highly favored Washington Bullets. See fully story by Daniel Brown here: SAN FRANCISCO – 1960’s: Al Attles #16 of the Golden State Warriors poses for a portrait circa 1960’s in San Francisco

Taylor Swift calls cancellation of Vienna shows ‘devastating’ and explains her silence

LONDON (AP) — Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellation. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.” She thanked authorities — “thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives,” she wrote — and said she waited to speak until the European leg of her Eras Tour concluded to prioritize safety. “Let me be very clear: I am not going to speak about something publicly if I think doing so might provoke those who would want to harm the fans who come to my shows,” she wrote. In the wake of the cancellations, Swift’s representatives did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Associated Press and other news organizations and her social media pages had gone dormant. “In cases like this one, ‘silence’ is actually

Kurtenbach: 4 under-the-radar lessons from 49ers training camp

I know you’re sick of Brandon Aiyuk and Trent Williams talk. I’m sick of it too. Will they, won’t they, will there be a trade, is a signing imminent? We’ve discussed these players’ contract standoffs ad nauseam. And it’s put a pall on the entirety of 49ers training camp which effectively, if not officially ended Wednesday. At some point, there will be resolutions with Aiyuk and Williams. (I think. Don’t hold me to this.) In the meantime, some other things happened over the last month that might have flown under the radar. Here are four camp developments — heralded or not — I think will have a big impact on the Niners’ 2024 season: A missed opportunity Related Articles San Francisco 49ers | With final cuts looming, 49ers defense has depth and options San Francisco 49ers | Can ex-Stanford LB Robinson crack 49ers’ 53-man roster after turning down his shot elsewhere? San Francisco 49ers | 49ers rookie digging in as likely season-opening starter after veteran’s surgery San Francisco 49ers | Will Shanahan choose Allen or Dobbs as 49ers’ backup QB? San Francisco 49ers | Kurtenbach:

Staring down NL’s toughest schedule, SF Giants can’t complete sweep of MLB’s worst team

SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb has been sick for a week now, but that hasn’t stopped him from dominating every time he’s taken the mound for the past month. The Giants’ ace went eight innings Wednesday afternoon in front of 28,375 at Oracle Park, allowing two runs, but they weren’t able to complete a three-game sweep of the majors’ worst team. Reeling off three wins in a row entering Wednesday, the Giants had a chance to match high-water marks by moving three games over .500 with a fourth straight win. But like every past opportunity this team has had to build on that momentum, they squandered it as soon as Webb departed the game. Entering a tied ballgame in the top of the ninth inning, Erik Miller and Spencer Bivens combined to allow four runs to send the Giants to a 6-2 loss. “We’re at a point in the season where we can’t let games slip away,” Webb said. “It was a much-needed win today to get the sweep and we came out flat. Plain and simple.” It only gets harder from here. Beginning Friday

Far North

Sequoia Park Zoo Says Sad Good-bye to Sumo, the ‘Original Red Panda’

The Sequoia Park Zoo today announced Sumo, one of the original red pandas to call the Eureka facility home, has died at the age of 15. According to an announcement on the zoo’s Facebook page, Sumo’s passing was “not entirely unexpected due to his advanced age” — the species’ typical lifespan in the wild is eight to 10 years — but “no less heartbreaking for the staff, volunteers, and guests who loved and cared for him.” Sumo and his brother Shifu arrived at the zoo to much fanfare in 2010. While Shifu was later transferred to another zoo, Sumo and mate Stella Luna produced two litters together, “increasing the red panda population by three beautiful daughters: Mohu, the eldest, followed by Masala and Cinni,” the post states. (As many readers may recall, Masala prompted a massive local search effort and made national news after escaping from the family enclosure in November of 2015, escaping capture for several days before being found safe and sound.) Red pandas are an endangered species and the zoo credits Sumo for helping “share the story of red pandas and their

San Diego

75-year-old man found dead inside Boulevard home ID’d

A 75-year-old man found dead inside a home in Boulevard after he suffered a head injury over the weekend was identified Wednesday as Arthur Stephen Andreatta. Deputies found Andreatta Saturday after they received a call from Cal Fire to assist them with an “unresponsive man” inside a residence on Tierra del Sol Road near Hi Pass Road around 3:30 p.m., sheriff’s homicide Lt. Michael Krugh said in a news release. Andreatta died before sheriff’s arrived at the home, Krugh said. The motivation and the circumstances of the man’s death remained unclear Wednesday afternoon, Krugh said. Homicide investigators asked that anyone with information about the case call (858) 285-6330 or after hours at (858) 565-5200. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.

San Diego

Driver being chased by San Diego police dies after crashing on SR-94

A suspected hit-and-run driver being pursued by San Diego police Tuesday evening died after losing control and crashing on a freeway transition road in the Fairmount Park area, officials said. The crash and resulting investigation prompted California Highway Patrol officers to close freeway lanes in the area for more than seven hours. The pursuit began shortly after 7:30 p.m. when officers spotted the driver heading the wrong way on Pershing Drive in Balboa Park that hit another vehicle and didn’t stop, San Diego police Officer Sarah Foster said. The driver was on south state Route 15 and on a transition road to west SR-94 when he crashed shortly before 7:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt said. The driver failed to negotiate a curve and instead drove straight, hitting a sign and then overturning several times. The vehicle ended up in the westbound lanes of SR-94, Bettencourt said. “Unfortunately in that transition, the Prius was unable to negotiate that turn and crashed,” CHP Officer Ray Scheidnes told OnScene TV. The driver suffered significant injuries in the crash and was transported to a hospital where

San Diego

As complaints mount at troubled Carlsbad apartments, city council moves to intervene

Carlsbad council members want the city to remove the Windsor Pointe affordable housing development’s current management company, as safety concerns mount after the police chief visited Tuesday and found security lacking. Police Chief Christie Calderwood said she drove up about 8 a.m. to check on the Oak Avenue apartments, one of two locations for the complex that is the source of near-daily 911 emergency calls. As she approached, she saw a barefoot woman watching the complex from the street, Calderwood said in a presentation Tuesday night to the Carlsbad City Council. Then the woman darted across the street, threw a bag over the locked emergency access gate to hit a push bar on the inside, and walked through the gate. Calderwood said she followed the woman onto the property but didn’t see her again. Walking around, she entered residential areas unchallenged and couldn’t find a security guard or the manager who was supposed to be on duty, she said. Calderwood said she called a posted contact number to report the problem, then went to the other Windsor Pointe location a few blocks away on Harding

RFK Jr. considering ending presidential campaign, sources say

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering dropping out of the race, two sources told CBS News. The development comes on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, with former President Bill Clinton set to take the stage. Nancy Cordes and Robert Costa have all the latest from Chicago.

Fact-checking Trump’s connections to Project 2025

Donald Trump’s campaign is actively distancing itself from Project 2025, but CBS News’ data journalism team found more than a third of Project 2025’s 735 proposals were aligned with Trump’s past policies and current promises. John Kelly, vice president of data journalism for CBS News and Stations, has more.

Historian Doug Brinkley on 2024 DNC, division in the U.S.

Doug Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and a professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley joined CBS News to discuss the current state of unity in the country, Bill Clinton’s speeches at Democratic National Conventions and comparisons between this year’s DNC and 1968.

Watch live as DNC Day 3 features speeches from Walz, Clinton, Pelosi

Gov. Tim Walz will formally accept the vice presidential nomination on the third night of the Democratic National Convention.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly on verge of dropping presidential bid

CHICAGO — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears on the verge of dropping his bid for the presidency, a long-shot candidacy that became even more difficult to pursue given the burst of enthusiasm for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Kennedy has called a news conference for Friday in Phoenix, with a press release saying the one-time Democrat and scion of one of the nation’s great political dynasties will “address the nation … about the present historical moment and his path forward.” The announcement came as news outlets reported Kennedy would leave the race and following interviews in which his vice presidential running mate, Nicole Shanahan, speculated about an end to their independent race for the White House. Shanahan said in an interview with a YouTube personality that the duo might withdraw from the race, with Kennedy potentially throwing his weight behind former President Trump, the Republican nominee. The Bay Area tech lawyer also said that the independent ticket might stay in the race in hopes of creating a viable political movement for a future White House run. She added: “But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris

Ashanti has ‘been waiting to be a mom for a long time.’ With Nelly, she welcomes a baby boy

Looks as if Ashanti has a new baby to sing about: her first child, with rapper Nelly. The “Baby” singer announced Monday that she and the “Hot in Herre” rapper had recently welcomed their baby. She flaunted her post-partum figure for an Instagram video shared Monday. “Four weeks post-partum, you have no idea what this body can do,” she says, wearing labor recovery shorts. In her caption, Ashanti reflected her life plans, joking how they haven’t been “always on time.” Before they became parents together, Nelly and Ashanti were exes. Before splitting in 2013, the “Body on Me” collaborators had dated on and off for 11 years. They rekindled their romance in September 2023 and got married that December. “I’ve been waiting to be a mom for a long time now but nothing could prepare me for EVERYTHING motherhood brings!,” Ashanti wrote, adding, “I’m so proud of my body for giving me my baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.” Ashanti, 43, and Nelly, 49 welcomed Kareem Kenkaide Hayes on July 18, a representative confirmed to People. “The proud and happy parents are so in love with

Las facturas de electricidad en el sur de California están aumentando. Aquí te explicamos por qué y cómo ahorrar dinero

No es de extrañar que los habitantes del sur de California estén viendo aumentar sus facturas mensuales de electricidad este verano. A medida que el aumento de las tarifas se ha ido acompañando del aumento de las temperaturas, ha habido informes anecdóticos de que, para algunos consumidores, las facturas se han disparado, incluso en cientos de dólares. Y los californianos están buscando respuestas. ¿Por qué están aumentando los costos? Hay varios factores que influyen en los precios de la electricidad en Estados Unidos, incluido el costo de construir, financiar, mantener y operar las centrales eléctricas y la red eléctrica, así como las condiciones climáticas y las regulaciones estatales, según la Administración de Información Energética de Estados Unidos . En California, la fuerza impulsora detrás de los aumentos de tarifas es la recuperación por parte de las empresas de servicios públicos del costo de la mitigación de incendios forestales, las mejoras de transmisión y distribución y los incentivos para la instalación de energía solar en los tejados, según un informe trimestral reciente de la Oficina de Defensores Públicos de la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de California.

Bronfman ups bid for control of Paramount to $6 billion