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Photo byPain In The PassHIGH DESERT, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A Wind Advisory for Saturday afternoon throught the night. A Gusty Wind Event is for the mountains, Victor/Apple Valley, Lucerne Valley, and the Mojave Desert locations.A weather system is going to sweep through Southern California on Saturday. Gusty southwest winds are expected with the weather system. Also there is a small chance of rain showers this afternoon.The Pain In The Pass has issued a Wind Advisory for the high desert. With winds blowing around 20-30+ mph in the Victor/Apple Valley area. Parts of the Barstow area will have…

Mariners announce sale of Single-A Modesto Nuts \n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”“Following the changes in the Minor League system in recent years, it is no longer necessary for us to own a team to be confident in our ability to remain in the Cal League, so we are transferring the team to DBH,” the Mariners said.\n\n“Diamond has built their business model around owning Minor League teams, while our baseball operations focus is on assuring the best on-field development of our young players. Exiting as owners of the Nuts allows both the Mariners and Diamond to focus on their strengths.”\n\nThe 66ers play in the California…

If you’re a list maker, the holidays can feel overwhelming. There are gifts to purchase and wrap, parties to arrange and travel arrangements to make. Have you identified the tasks on your list? Do you intend to buy gifts for your family, host holiday parties, give to your favorite charity, or travel to visit family members?And can you achieve all those goals without creating additional debt?Nearly three in 10 Americans who used credit cards to pay for holiday gifts last year (28%) still haven’t paid off their balances, according to NerdWallet’s 2024 Holiday Spending Report. Likewise, the same percentage who…

A 38-year-old Hemet man suspected of killing a Hemet woman was arrested, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.Detectives from the Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit arrested Brian Jerome Patton on Thursday on suspicion of killing Denise Maria Christina, 56, said Sgt. Rafael Victorio.Christina was found dead shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 25000 block of Minorca Street, near Palm Avenue, just south of the Soboba Indian Reservation in an unincorporated area near Hemet, according to the sheriff’s department.Victorio said patrol deputies were called to the location to investigate “a suspicious circumstance” and found the woman “with…

By The Associated PressA nonprofit leader who supports at-risk New Orleans youth. A social worker who fosters animals. A counselor and recovery coach who volunteers at organizations that fight sexual assault and domestic violence.They are among the roughly 1,540 people whose sentences were commuted or who were pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday in what was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.But not everyone was pleased by Biden’s decisions. A Republican state senator said a commutation for a woman who stole $54 million from a small town in Illinois was “a slap in the face” to…

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. (AP) — Journalism won the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity by 3 1/2 lengths on Saturday, defeating three entries from Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who was trying to win the Grade 2 race for the eighth time at the Orange County track.Ridden by Umberto Rispoli, Journalism ran 1 1/16 miles in 1 minute, 43.04 seconds. The 2-year-old colt had been supplemented to the race by trainer Michael McCarthy for $7,500 three days earlier.Sent off as the 5-2 second choice, Journalism paid $7.60 to win. There was no place or show wagering because of the five-horse field.…

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It’s a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are dead on arrival. Why? Because these doubters believe that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are completely off-limits for cuts.This is nonsense.Spending on these three programs represents roughly half of 2025’s $7 trillion budget, and more if you include Veterans Affairs spending. It’s…

By LOLITA C. BALDORWASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military service academies dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row, according to new Pentagon data, marking a sharp turnaround from an alarming surge two years ago that triggered sweeping reviews and an overhaul in leadership.The decline in reports was mirrored by a similar decrease in the total number of students who said in an anonymous survey that they experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact during the school year that ended in the spring.Defense officials, however, warned on Thursday that the numbers are still high,…

Children and Family Services (CFS) responded to an immediate response referral alleging neglect and absence of caretakers regarding two sibling girls in San Bernardino County, as well as human trafficking concerns. The CFS Social Service Practitioner (SSP) took quick action and collaborated with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Services, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and Homeland Security to safely remove the girls from their parents’ custody. Law enforcement took the parents into federal custody due to allegations of involvement in an illegal prostitution network, identity fraud and other criminal activities. The investigation…

San Bernardino Government Center. | Photo courtesy of County of San Bernardino More than 1,200 acres of vacant surplus flood control land in north Rancho Cucamonga has been converted into what could eventually be well over $110 million in revenue for future flood control projects.The Board of Supervisors, acting as the governing body of the San Bernardino County Flood Control District, on Dec. 3 agreed to sell approximately 1,252 acres of land it had declared surplus in 2009 to Rancho Etiwanda LLC for up to $93 million plus interest and potentially as much as $20 million in profit-sharing revenue.The board…