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The CIF Southern Section earlier this week released its honors for the 2024 high school football season.Three Inland players were selected as a player of the year in their respective playoff divisions.Murrieta Mesa senior lineman Isaiah Casillas was chosen the Co-Defensive Player of the Year in Division 6. Casillas helped the Rams capture a section title for the first time in program history. He led the defensive unit with 13 sacks and 42 tackles for loss and was second with 107 total tackles. Casillas shared the award with Glendora senior linebacker Austin Coronado.Two Inland players were selected as a player…
By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the nation’s premier spy agency must do a better job of staying ahead of global threats posed by Russia, China and other adversaries.John Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, told lawmakers that if confirmed, he would push the agency to do more to use technologies like artificial intelligence while also expanding the agency’s use of human intelligence collection.“We’re not where we’re supposed to be,” Ratcliffe told the Senate Intelligence Committee.Republicans praised…
Over the weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order suspending the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act for victims of the Los Angeles-area wildfires so they can rebuild faster. This is a laudable move, but hints at the need for broad and permanent regulatory relief for all construction in California. “Just issued an Executive Order that will allow victims of the SoCal fires to not get caught up in bureaucratic red tape and quickly rebuild their homes,” Newsom announced on X after issuing the order. His description of such policies as “bureaucratic red tape” is both…
Despite the threat of strong winds, crews battling the Eaton fire made significant gains overnight and now have containment lines around nearly half of the fire, authorities said on Wednesday morning, Jan. 15.The fire remained at 14,117 charred acres, but it was 45% contained, Angeles National Forest officials said.Firefighters were bracing for another potentially challenging day as a red flag warning for dangerous fire weather will be in effect until 6 p.m. for all areas in Los Angeles County except the western San Gabriel Mountains, which will be under a red flag warning until 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, according…
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, will face sharp questioning from Democratic senators at a confirmation hearing Wednesday expected to center on concerns that Trump will look to use the Justice Department’s powers to seek retribution against his adversaries.Bondi, a former Florida attorney general who was part of Trump’s legal team during his first of two Senate impeachment trials, encounters a skeptical reception from Democrats concerned by her perceived loyalty to Trump. Republicans, by contrast, eagerly welcome her as a course correction to a…
REDLANDS — Under a full moon, Redlands East Valley boys soccer coach Mario Urbano got his birthday wish.Beaumont’s goalie is unable to make the leaping save of a Redlands East Valley goal in a Citrus Belt League boys soccer match in Redlands on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Redlands East Valley’s Isaiah Harper #4 takes the header over Beaumont Myles Quick #19 in a Citrus Belt League boys soccer match in Redlands on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) Redlands East Valley’s Jayden Perkins #2 battles for the header against Beaumont…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka’s second-round match at the Australian Open could not possibly have started in a worse way. All of 21 minutes in, she sailed a forehand service return well long and, just like that, trailed 5-0.Osaka strode to the sideline for the changeover, plopped herself down and draped a white towel over her head, blocking out all sights and leaving her with just her thoughts. She stayed like that throughout the break between games, even maneuvering a water bottle under that towel to take a drink.This was not a match against some unknown opponent, someone Osaka knew…
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis WriterMELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka thought for a few moments after losing a lopsided first set Wednesday (Tuesday PT), and it gave her the perspective she needed to turn things around and reach the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022.“I just told myself … if she beats me, 6-1, 6-1, then she’s the greatest player ever,” Osaka recalled after her 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 second-round victory at the Australian Open over No. 20 Karolina Muchova. “Yeah, I just tried to tell myself to fight.”That she did, the four-time major…
LOS ANGELES — He came hurtling down the lane with every bit of force in his 6-foot-7 frame, Iowa guard Josh Dix the only barrier left standing in Saint Thomas’ way. And Thomas did not dodge, nor duck, nor dip: he went through, finishing a second-half layup straight over Dix’s frame, the fiery USC forward sneering and flexing in his general direction after a layup dropped home.And a referee’s whistle blew, issuing a technical foul.Time stopped, suddenly. The good vibrations, inside this Galen Center, flattened. Thomas held hands up, mouth agape, the kind of unforced error that could have suddenly…
An arson-caused brush fire that broke out on Tuesday in the Santa Ana River bottom in Riverside scorched 2.6 acres amid mild Santa Ana winds before it was stopped.The non-injury blaze, called the Scout fire, was reported at 12:03 p.m. in the area of Mission Inn Avenue and Indian Hill Road, adjacent to a homeless encampment, according to the Riverside Fire Department. Before it was controlled, for safety reasons Mt. Rubidoux was evacuated and Mission Inn Avenue was closed, blocking travel to and from Jurupa Valley.The agency said multiple city and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department engine and hand crews…