Steven Cuevas
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Almost two dozen young people injured Monday in a bus crash in the San Bernardino Mountains are still hospitalized. They belong to a Korean American Presbyterian congregation in Pasadena.
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Riverside’s Mission Inn is a favorite stop of tourists traveling through Southern California. It’s also a popular destination for US Presidents.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has postponed further testing of the Seven Oaks Dam near San Bernardino. The dam was to undergo a series of high pressure releases all this week. Engineers are closing the floodgates because of rain.
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California State Senator Bob Dutton is leading a bipartisan effort to transfer control of Ontario International Airport. The Rancho Cucamonga Republican has introduced a bill that would give control of Ontario International to a regional airport authority.
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A dam that’s designed to protect people from catastrophic floods is getting its first major test this week. On Tuesday, engineers began sending millions of gallons of water rushing from Seven Oaks Dam near Highland.
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A new art exhibit at the Pitzer College galleries in Claremont asks viewers to consider the clothing on their backs – and the labor that made it. “Worker” immerses people in the dim, claustrophobic world of garment sweatshops.
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Riverside County has agreed to pay a $50,000 reward to a witness who helped deliver a notorious convicted arsonist to justice. The anonymous person helped authorities prosecute an out-of-work mechanic for purposely starting a wildfire that killed five firefighters five years ago.
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Muslims in the city of Temecula have won final approval to build the first major Islamic mosque in Southwest Riverside County. After a marathon nine-hour meeting Tuesday night, the Temecula City Council denied an appeal by opponents, who claim the mosque would become a haven for Islamic extremists.
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The Temecula City Council has approved the construction of a new mosque. The vote came after midnight, at the end of a heated public meeting. Some residents don't want the mosque to be built.
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The Huntington Library is wrapping up a colorful exhibit about the late L.A. writer Charles Bukowski. The library is the permanent home of his manuscripts and artwork. Bukowski’s San Pedro home may become a living literary archive to the hard drinking, hard-living poet.
Stories by Steven Cuevas
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