Steven Cuevas

A Riverside entrepreneur wrapped up his first week of hands-on disaster relief near Sendai, Japan. He’s distributing home heating fuel to blacked-out parts of the region paralyzed by last week’s earthquake and tsunami.

Multimedia museum exhibit "Pulse and Hammer" at Riverside’s Sweeney Gallery uses vinyl sculptures, performance art and audio experiments to address issues that transcend borders.

The Riverside City Council Tuesday night approved the creation of a Japanese earthquake relief fund for its battered sister city of Sendai. The city is also donating $100,000 from its general fund.

Riverside County prosecutors have reached a plea deal that will allow a serial child killer to avoid the death penalty in California. Joseph Duncan already faces multiple death sentences in Idaho. He’s now pleaded guilty to killing a 10-year-old boy in Riverside County.

Riverside has launched a relief effort for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Riverside’s maintained long and deep ties with the ravaged coastal city of Sendai.

Riverside County prosecutors could be close to reaching a plea deal that would let a convicted child killer avoid the death penalty - at least, in California. Joseph Duncan already faces execution in Idaho for a string of murders. He's also charged with killing a 10-year-old boy in Riverside County.

A Coachella Valley man accused of kidnapping and robbing actor Jeremy London last year has admitted to false imprisonment and stolen vehicle charges.

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.

Riverside’s Mission Inn is a favorite stop of tourists traveling through Southern California. It’s also a popular destination for US Presidents.

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.

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.

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.