CARTOONS: A taste of reality

Also: Putin and Rio

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ERRANT DRONES: Relief for firefighting obstruction in the air

Firefighters and lawmakers have been droning on about the need for drone pilots to steer clear when aircraft splash bubble-gum-colored fire retardant or clear water on wildfires. But the message doesn't seem to be getting through.
Stray drones...

ALEXANDER: From Norco to Rio for Taylor Sander

Playing volleyball in the Olympics wasn't a lifelong goal, Taylor Sander says now. Yet he anticipated that this weekend's flight to Rio de Janeiro would be emotional, as will be everything that follows over the next three weeks of Olympic...

Checklist: Legal Steps to Take After a Death

The death of a close friend or family member is often very difficult emotionally. You would probably like to retreat and deal with your grief immediately. But someone has to make sure that everything is organized. That is why it's a good idea to know about what needs to......

BASEBALL: Steven Wright, the knuckler and extreme weather

ANAHEIM -- Steven Wright is scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox Sunday at Angel Stadium, and the current forecast for that afternoon is a high of 83 with little if any humidity.
For him, this is good. The most difficult outings the knuckleball pitcher...

GOLF: Cal State Open to stay at Bear Creek

MURRIETA --- The California State Open golf tournament will make Bear Creek Golf Club its home for the second consecutive year in 2017, and maybe more afterward.
Both the golf club and the Southern California PGA, which runs the long-running state...

Dog in a Hot Locked Car: Teen Faces 5 Years in Prison for Animal Cruelty

Dogs may be our best friends, but humans are not always very friendly to their dogs. One woman in Virginia, 19, left her pet puggle -- a cross between a beagle and a pug -- in a hot car parked outside a pet store in Falls Church. According to......

ALEXANDER: Antonio Gates remains a Chargers constant

SAN DIEGO - Antonio Gates has been a Charger so long, he was around when Qualcomm Stadium was considered a reasonably decent football facility.In his rookie year, 2003, the Chargers finished 4-12, the year before the franchise started a run of five...

Woman Faces Life in Prison for Fake Rape Fantasy Ad Responses

Some people can't take a break up and they want to make their exes pay when their love doesn't last. But a 29-year-old California woman is learning the hard way that revenge is a dish best not served at all. Michelle Hadley could spend her life in state prison......

JIM'S MINUTE: The Midsummer Swap Meet is underway

The non-waiver trade deadline is Monday, and SoCal's teams are taking different approaches ...
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CORONA: How Kimberly Long is rebuilding her life after murder conviction's reversal

On Day 1, her first meal outside prison was a huge steak at Applebee's.
On Day 15, she renewed her driver's license and registered to vote – a right that had been stripped away when she was a convicted felon.
By the end of her first month of...

CA Lawsuits Target Disparity in Service Pricing for Men and Women

Have you ever noticed that some kinds of businesses charge women more for the same services as men? California lawmakers noticed this a while ago and called for an end to the gender discrimination in pricing for haircuts and other services in 1995. But the disparity in prices for......

CARTOONS: A change of clothes we can believe in

Also: Debbie's out, Keane's in

What Injury Cases Go to Arbitration?

Not all personal injury cases make it in front of a jury. Some are dismissed outright, but the vast majority are settled before the need for a trial. These settlements can happen after negotiation between the parties or through some means of alternative dispute resolution like arbitration or mediation. Whether......

ALEXANDER: Aztecs' cornerback Kazee is humble, but a hitter

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State cornerback Damontae Kazee capped a season of honors in 2015 when he was named the Mountain West Conference's defensive player of the year.He didn't want it.“I wanted to give it to the whole defense,” the graduate...

Who wore it best? Cosplayers strut their stuff in Comic-Con masquerade contest

Comic-Con held its 42nd annual Masquerade Costume competition this weekend.
More than 100 costumes re-created from various sources and genres, as well as original designs, were on display Saturday, many accompanied by music and choreography.
The...

NJ High Court Says Cops Can't Stop Drivers for Legal High Beam Use

A driver having the high beams on alone on an empty city street at night is not a valid basis for a traffic stop, at least not in New Jersey. The state's highest court affirmed rulings below, finding that the search of a passenger in a car stopped on......

ALEXANDER: Five questions for Chargers fans to ponder

They may be entering their final season in San Diego. Or not.They may be poised to rebound dramatically from a 4-12 season and last place finish in the AFC West, their worst season since 2003. Or not.There are a lot of scenarios in play for the 2016...

SAN BERNARDINO: Helping the homeless

Mary's Mercy Center can move forward with the first comprehensive center for homeless men in the central San Bernardino Valley. The San Bernardino City Council voted 4-2 Monday night to approve the center. The center will be built in phases,...

ALEXANDER: Joanna Hayes - Olympian, Bruin … and Trojan?

The idea was to talk to Joanna Hayes, proud alumna of Riverside North High and gold medalist in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, about her Olympic experience and what she'd say to a first time Olympian about how to handle it.But...

CARTOONS: Reduce, reuse, reconsider

Also: Cruz blues, Pokemon Go, Turkey woes

Can My Spouse Purchase or Carry a Gun for Me?

While Second Amendment guarantees the right of all citizens to keep and bear arms, there are limits to Second Amendment protections. States can, for example, limit the type of weapons people can buy, regulate the licenses and background checks required to buy and carry firearms, and may even disqualify certain......

Can My Lawyer Turn Me In?

A lawyer can only adequately represent her client if she knows all the facts. On the other hand, a client may be wary of telling his attorney everything, for fear of it reflecting poorly on his case or that the attorney will turn around and spill the beans to prosecutors......

MORENO VALLEY: City may buy street lights

Moreno Valley may try to solve a long-standing gap in paying for street lights by purchasing them from Southern California Edison.
Edison has given the city an Oct. 27 deadline to buy about 10,000 street lights that the utility owns and operates,...

Is Plagiarism a Form of Copyright Infringement?

A speech delivered by Melania Trump, wife of presidential candidate Donald Trump, garnered all kinds of attention for all the wrong reasons at the Republican National Convention this week. As many have pointed out, a large segment of her speech seems to have been lifted from a speech given first......

CHARGERS: City attorney seeks expedited decision on stadium vote

SAN DIEGO - A ballot measure which could decide the fate of the San Diego Chargers may go up in smoke - and it all depends on the outcome of a legal battle involving medical marijuana in Upland.
San Diego's city attorney is asking the...

Penalties for Shooting a Coyote

Whether you're a rancher or a suburban mom, seeing a coyote can be a bit frightening. Shepherds have always tried to keep them away from their flocks, and as neighborhoods expand, seeing a coyote lope down a street or through a city park becomes more common. So are you free......

ALEXANDER: Gerhart, Luck gave Stanford's McCaffrey good advice

The world according to Jim:-- It probably shouldn't be surprising that Stanford's Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey said he discussed how to handle the hubbub with the Cardinal's most recent Heisman runners-up, Toby Gerhart and...

3 DUI Statistics You Should Know

Welcome to FindLaw's DUI Law series. If you have been charged with a DUI, know someone who has, or just want to know about the law and how to protect your rights during a DUI stop, please come back each week for more information. Drunk driving is dangerous and can......

A Win for Nature: Fed Court Strikes Navy Sonar Program

Nature's lawyers won a victory for marine life last week. The Natural Resources Defense Counsel and other activists had challenged a U.S. Navy sonar detection program that places loudspeakers in the ocean, creating walls of sound that travel hundreds of miles and have been found to harm marine mammals. The......

ANGELS: Tropeano could be headed for Tommy John surgery

ANAHEIM – The unfathomable run of bad luck to strike the 2016 Angels pitching staff has continued.
A day after Nick Tropeano felt some discomfort in his right elbow, an MRI on Tuesday revealed he has a medium to high grade tear of his ulnar...

BOXING: Featherweight Valdez is offbeat but on track

Oscar Valdez lives in an offbeat world filled with dreams of raising alligators and of course, winning the featherweight world championship.
Take a bite out of that.
“I have two alligators,” said Valdez, 25, adding that they live on a farm.
With...

Over 50 Former Wrestlers Sue WWE Over Brain Injuries

It's not just the NFL that has a concussion lawsuit problem. Jimmy Snuka and 50 other retired wrestlers filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., claiming the enterprise "placed corporate gain over its wrestlers' health, safety and financial security, choosing to leave the plaintiffs severely injured and with no......

ALEXANDER: Arreola chastened, but not done yet

Two days after getting his face tenderized by Deontay Wilder's left hooks and jabs, Chris Arreola seemed to understand his current place in the boxing world.Through all of these years of fights and the constant striving for another shot at the...

Can Police Force Catheterized Urine Collection in DUI Cases?

How determined should authorities be to collect evidence from a reluctant suspect? Should they be allowed to strap someone down on a hospital gurney and take urine using a catheter without the person's permission but with a warrant? What if the warrant doesn't specify catheterization but simply authorizes police to......

CARTOONS: Nails in the campaign coffin

Also: Clinton's VP, Nice, Sanders

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION: Does California's delegation matter to national GOP?

When the California Republican delegation lands in Cleveland this week ahead of the party's nominating convention, it'll head more than an hour west to the Kalahari Water Park Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, where members were assigned lodging by the...

CARTOONS: Notorious RBG

Also: Nice, Trump VP, Sanders endorsement

ALEXANDER: Fiancee's urging kept Cal's Wilson going

DeVante Wilson is scheduled to wed Brittany Tull a week from Monday, shortly before beginning fall practice with the California Golden Bears.That is fitting.The former Corona High and Riverside City College defensive lineman is a senior at Cal, and...

BRITISH OPEN: Stenson, Mickelson will duel on Sunday

TROON, Scotland - Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson delivered what everyone expects out of a major championship.They matched birdies and improbable par saves. Momentum could change with any shot. The lead changed four times over four hours of golf...

Pokemon or Prison? You Gotta Pikachoose

Yes, this whole Pokémon Go thing is crazy. It's got more daily users than Twitter, players are battling over the White House, and weather websites are telling users how to take advantage of lightning to catch Electrabuzz. Suffice it to say, while Pokémon Go may seem like just a......

Car Accident Back Pain: 3 Legal Steps to Take

This is another in our series on car accident claims. Many of us experience an accident, but do we really know what do to, how to get help, or what our rights are? This series can help. It's almost become clich� to complain about back or neck pain after a......

CARTOONS: Trump's campaign cannonballs

Also: Dallas, NRA, Theresa May

Federal Judge Rules Against Cell Phones as Secret Tracking Devices

A stingray, or cell site simulator, is a device that mimics the activity of a cell phone tower and provides authorities with location data. This week, a federal judge in New York ruled that such evidence requires a search warrant. Cell phones may not be secretly turned into tracking devices, US District......

ONTARIO: Airport handover nearly done

Legislation that would help facilitate the transfer of LA/Ontario International Airport to local control has now passed both the House and the Senate.
The bill, which was approved by the Senate Wednesday afternoon on a 89-4 vote, was part of a...

ALEXANDER: Does Arreola have a Rocky moment in him?

Riverside boxer Chris Arreola is an honest practitioner in a sport that is often lubricated with hype.So imagine the reaction when Arreola, on a conference call interview last week to promote Saturday night's World Boxing Council heavyweight...

Texas U. Profs Challenge New Campus Concealed Carry Gun Law

It's summertime and the livin' should be easy for college professors, who often have the season off. But last week, instead of enjoying summer vacation, a few University of Texas professors were busy filing a lawsuit in preparation for the coming semester. Next month, a new law goes into......

7 Unexpected Costs of Going to Jail

Jail seems like enough of a burden in and of itself. You lose your freedom, perhaps your job and future employment possibilities, contact with your loved ones, and jail isn't always the safest place to be. As it turns out, incarceration can be expensive as well. It may not seem......

BASEBALL: More from Steven Wright

Additional highlights – i.e., stuff that didn't make today's column -- from Monday's media conversation with Boston Red Sox All-Star Steven Wright, pride of Moreno Valley Valley View:(What has this ride been like?)“It's been fun. It's...

BASEBALL: James Cordes steps down as REV coach to join staff at RCC

Just five weeks after leading Redlands East Valley to the CIF-SS Division 2 championship game, coach James Cordes announced his resignation Monday after eight years as head coach at the school to take a job as an assistant coach at Riverside City...

Is It Legal for Police to Use Bomb Robots to Execute Dangerous Suspects?

Normally, when you think of good guys using tech to take out bad guys, you think of drone strikes on terrorists overseas. And, intentionally and sometimes accidentally, those drone strikes have started to hit a little closer to home -- targeting and killing American citizens, but not on American soil,......

MMA: UFC sold for $4 billion; Dana White to stay on

LOS ANGELES - The UFC has been sold for approximately $4 billion to a group led by Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG.
UFC President Dana White confirmed the sale of the mixed martial arts promotional company in text messages to The Associated Press on...

SAN DIEGO: The five coolest things about the MLB All-Star Game FanFest

You don't need a ticket to the All-Star Game to celebrate the festivities that have taken over the city -baseball heaven is across the street in the San Diego Convention Center and open to the public for a fraction of the price that it costs to go...

BANNING: 3 arrested, 1 sought after body found in field

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of killing someone and dumping the body in a Banning field, and a fourth suspect is at large, Banning police announced Sunday, July 10.
Police are trying to find Maxamillion Bernard Eagle, a 38-year-old...

ALEXANDER: Petco is a fitting stage for All-Stars

SAN DIEGO - Major League Baseball's 87th All-Star Game comes to San Diego this week. It is, without question, the biggest national sporting event to hit the self-proclaimed America's Finest City since … well, since San Diego's last Super...

CARTOONS: Jupiter jumps on the campaign trail

Also: Clinton's checkered past and police bias

DALLAS: Shooting suspect told police he wanted to kill white officers

An Army veteran killed by Dallas police after the sniper slayings of five officers during a protest march told authorities that he was upset about the police shootings of two black men earlier this week and wanted to exterminate whites, “especially...

Arrested for Resisting Arrest: What You Need to Know

Luckily for many of us, the absurdities of the criminal justice system are an abstraction. If charges sometimes seem farcical from a distance, we don't worry because we don't think we'll be arrested. But some cases highlight issues in the system that cannot be ignored, and with protests happening......

ANGELS: Santiago continues impressive run as Halos win third straight

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Hector Santiago considered the enormity of the job the Angels face if they are going to get back in the race with less than half a season to go.
Then he smiled.
“You don't expect seven scoreless innings from me,” he...

Justice Department Investigates Police Killing of Alton Sterling

Cell phone videos captured by citizen reporters show us cops on the job. Sometimes what we see is awful. Yesterday, such a video emerged, showing footage of two Louisiana police officers shooting Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, father of five, as he's pinned on the ground. The Daily......

JIM'S MINUTE: Garza returns to hometown; what next for UCR?

Working in your hometown is a powerful lure, which is why UC Riverside is now looking for a softball coach. What direction do they take to replace Linda Garza?
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The End of Money Bail?

Even if you've never been arrested, you've probably heard enough to know that the first thing you probably want to happen is to get bailed out. Bail is an exchange of money for a criminal defendant's freedom pending trial. The payment is designed to ensure a defendant's appearance at subsequent......

ALEXANDER: Reign's Amadio benefits from Kings' development camp

EL SEGUNDO - This is when, and where, kids start to become professionals.The concept of an NHL team's “development camp,” a gathering of young prospects in mid-July, is a recent phenomenon. It consists of a few days in which the parent...

Stalking Requires Intent to Cause Emotional Suffering, Federal Court Rules

Intent is an important element of criminal law and most crimes have an intent element, called mens rea. This refers to a defendant's mental state. A defendant must have the requisite intent to be convicted of a crime -- an act alone will usually not suffice. So if you......

CARTOONS: Clinton crackdown cracks up

Also: Rio concerns and isolationist Jupiter

What to Know About California's New Gun Laws

Just ahead of Independence Day weekend, California's governor addressed the pressing issue of gun ownership. He signed six gun control bills and vetoed five measures, including one that would have allowed people to petition courts for a temporary restraining order on gun ownership for seemingly dangerous coworkers. The legislation,......

EDITORIAL: Blood and Breathalyzers

As drivers were warned numerous times over the July 4 holiday weekend, driving drunk not only is dangerous and could kill people, but also brings severe penalties. Just before the holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared up what penalties can be...

JUNO: Jupiter has new visitor - a solar-powered spacecraft

PASADENA - Soaring over Jupiter's poles, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the solar system's largest planet on a mission to peek behind the cloud tops.
The final leg of the five-year voyage ended Monday when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft fired...

LOTTERY: $454 million Mega Million jackpot lures non-Lotto players (UPDATE)

An estimated $454 million will be at stake in the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday, July 5, making it the third-largest Mega Million jackpot of all time and No. 7 on the highest prizes lists.
The large amount was enough to prompt Tabatha Flickinger, the...

BOXING: Golden Boy fight card includes Gomez-Cano main event

Those boxing fans old enough can recall when Sugar Ray Leonard ruled the boxing world with flashing fists and speed afoot inside the prizefighting ring. The younger generation may know him as the analyst of the Contender reality television series....

#USImmigrationLaw: What If I Overstay My Visa?

You got a visa so that you could enter the United States lawfully and return without trouble. But now the clock is ticking and your visa is about to expire, and you're wondering what happens if you stay here anyway. The consequences of overstaying a visa can be very......

Should I Take Car Accident Pictures?

This is another in our series on car accident claims. Many of us experience an accident, but do we really know what do to, how to get help, or what our rights are? This series can help. If you've been in a car accident, you should do everything you can......

Jury Awards $70M in Johnson & Johnson Risperdal Lawsuit

A Philadelphia jury awarded $70 million to a boy who developed breasts after using antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The drug is manufactured by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and the jury found that the companies failed to adequately warn doctors and consumers about the risk of gynecomastia in male patients.......

7 Questions About Criminal Trials, Answered

The vast majority of police interactions and criminal charges are settled long before trial and never see the inside of a courtroom. Those that do, however, can be long, complicated affairs. From setting a trial date to deciding who can testify and choosing a jury, criminal trials can be confusing,......

CARTOONS: Happy Independence Day!

Also: Liberty as a two-way street and the Brexit Revolution

NBA: Kevin Durant leaves Thunder, gives Golden State look of super team

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Kevin Durant decided his best chance for "growth" means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join the star-studded, record-setting Golden State Warriors and play alongside Splash Brothers Stephen...

CARTOONS: GOP having second thoughts

Also: Clinton and Lynch's turmoil on the tarmac