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Leslee Riddell’s cabin in Orange County’s Holy Jim Canyon was one of just seven to survive the Airport fire in September. Now, she’s doing everything she can to prepare the historic structure from the threats that winter storms and newly burned hills can bring: Floods, debris flows and mudslides.Thirty-four cabins were destroyed in the wildfire. Riddell’s cabin is nestled in the Cleveland National Forest only a few miles from where the blaze began, and sits at the bottom of a potentially slippery, 1,000-foot canyon wall, making it particularly vulnerable.“Everyone seems to think that our backyard is probably the worst of…

As recently as the early to mid-20th century, workers at ports were unloading cargo by hand. The introduction of heavy machinery like forklifts and container cranes drastically reduced the number of dockworkers that would otherwise be required. In the mid to late-20th century, when the shipping industry was revolutionized by the introduction of standardized containers, unions resisted the reduction in the required labor force by going on the longest strike in US shipping history, lasting 130 days and shutting down 56 ports on the West Coast. Dockworkers have a long history of resisting technology and innovation. A few years ago, I was…

By Manfred W. Keil and Ivan Kolesnikov | Inland Empire Economic PartnershipOne of the most highly regarded measures of an economy’s health is real Gross Domestic Product growth. We want to compare how the Inland Empire fared relative to other regions within the Southern California Association of Government area — Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and Imperial counties. Which region grew the fastest recently?While we assume most readers have some interest in the economic well-being of our region and indeed, are in jobs related to the economy, many of you primarily look at headline-generating unemployment rates or employment growth rates when…

Q: Hello Honk: I’m getting conflicting results searching for legalities of flashing brake lights. I find them super annoying and distracting especially in traffic. Are they legal? – Natalie Merrow, Costa Mesa A: Maybe. Honk has seen them on the roads once or twice, and he found them a bit distracting, too. Others likely see them as a safety measure, telling those behind, “Dudes, I am slowing down!” Brian Kinsey, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol out of the San Juan Capistrano outpost, doesn’t recall seeing them out in the asphalt jungle. But he was kind enough to look…

SACRAMENTO — The Lakers, who have statistically had the league’s third-best best defense over the last 1½ weeks entering Thursday, knew they would be tested in their consecutive matchups against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center.They passed the first leg of the exam, beating the Kings, 113-100, on Thursday night in the first of two matchups over three days in Sacramento.They’ll square off again on Saturday afternoon.“This might be my favorite win we’ve had all season,” first-year Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “Just because we weren’t efficient offensively, but because of our crashing, because we limited them in transition,…

INGLEWOOD — What a response the Chargers mounted with their 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium.What a recovery. A wholesale turnaround from the Brandon Staley era, including that embarrassing 63-21 loss in last season’s Thursday night game against the Las Vegas Raiders, a defeat that dropped the Chargers to 5-9 and cost Staley (and General Manager Tom Telesco) his job, clearing the way for Jim Harbaugh to come aboard and infuse the organization with enthusiasm unknown to man.What a rebound. After two consecutive losses coming into this Thursday’s game, the Chargers muscled out a…

DALLAS — Norman Powell scored 29 points, James Harden added 24 and Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 15 rebounds as the Clippers beat a short-handed Dallas Mavericks team, 118-95, on Thursday night in the Mavericks’ first game this season playing without star guards Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving.Doncic sat out with a left heel contusion, Irving with right shoulder soreness, in the first of a two-game series between the teams that will conclude Saturday night.First-year Maverick Klay Thompson scored 22 points, his first game leading the team in scoring. Spencer Didwiddie added 19 in his first start of the…

Business, government and community leaders had an opportunity to see how San Bernardino County is empowering tomorrow through the transportation, healthcare, technology and innovation and manufacturing industries at the 2024 State of the County on September 18th. The event, which drew nearly 1,400 attendees, began with a video presenting the county’s annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures from five key industries: entertainment ($1.2 billion), healthcare ($12 billion), manufacturing ($9.6 billion), logistics ($1.2 billion), and technology and innovation ($3.9 billion). Overall, San Bernardino County’s GDP is more than $123 billion annually. Among the attendees was Dr. Dev GnanaDev, chair of surgery…

INGLEWOOD — Quarterback Justin Herbert threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and the Chargers overcame a halftime deficit to seize a 34-27 victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium. The victory all but assured the Chargers of an AFC wild-card berth.Herbert rallied the Chargers from a 21-13 halftime deficit to a 27-24 lead with a 19-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Derius Davis and a 2-point conversion pass to Joshua Palmer. In the end, it was difficult to know which pass was the more remarkable throw with 12:23 remaining in the game.First, Herbert rolled to his left…

In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy have grieved at his absence, despaired at silence from the Syrian government and prayed that promises from three U.S. presidents would turn into actions that brought Austin home. Now, more than any moment since he was taken from us, we have a reason to believe that Austin may return. The government of Bashar al-Assad has fallen in Syria. Rebels and others are opening the gates of Assad’s many prisons, and the world is watching as captives walk from their cells to freedom. We…