The National Weather Service issued an updated report at 4:02 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms in effect until 4:30 p.m. for Yosemite. The storms are packing wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches). “At 4:02 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Tioga Pass, or…
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By DAVID BAUDER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration appointee overseeing the Voice of America has outlined job cuts that would reduce employment at the state-run news organization from over 1,000 people to 81. The Voice of America, which has delivered news to countries all over the world for the…
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The Chargers signed Bud Dupree to a two-year contract worth as much as $6 million in May 2024, with the goal of adding experience, leadership and skill to their stable of standout edge rushers. The team announced Wednesday it had signed him to a one-year contract extension for identical reasons. Dupree’s new deal is reportedly…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, June 4 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL…
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A Santa Clarita man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking the personal computer of an employee of the Walt Disney Co. last year in order to illegally download confidential data from the Burbank-based company. Ryan Mitchell Kramer, 25, entered a plea in downtown Los Angeles to federal counts of accessing a computer and obtaining information, and…
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A Whittier man told a detective that a Fullerton College student was still alive after he shot her in the head while at Penn Park in Whittier, put her in the bed of his Tacoma and drove her to Moreno Valley where he tried to rape her twice on Aug. 20, 2023. Gabriel Esparza couldn’t…
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By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam abolished its long-standing two-child limit on Tuesday to try and reverse declining birth rates and ease the pressures of an aging population. The National Assembly passed amendments scrapping rules that limit families to having one or two children, state media Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The…
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Butterflies need our help. During the past four decades, scientists have documented a 1.6 percent decline per year in the number of butterflies in the southwestern United States. Doesn’t sound like much? Consider how that figure compounds over the years. “This means that since 1977, scientists have observed a whopping 64 percent drop in butterfly…
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As a San Francisco transplant in Landers, CA, Danielle Wall didn’t exactly plan to become the High Desert’s go-to snake wrangler. But one encounter with a rattlesnake in the middle of the road — paired with a lifelong soft spot for misfits and misunderstood creatures — changed her trajectory. What started with a stick and…
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