A student was placed on interim suspension on Friday, May 3, and could face criminal charges for storing an assault rifle and ammunition at a UC Riverside Campus dorm, along with a journal depicting graphic images, officials said on Sunday. A search warrant was executed by campus police on Friday after evidence of a weapon was found on campus, university officials said in a message to students. An assault rifle registered to the student, five high-capacity magazines and ammunition were found in the dorm in the North District residential apartments. A journal was also found containing hand-draw ..read more

A man armed with a handgun was fatally shot by police in Ontario on Sunday, May 5, after threatening the family of his ex-girlfriend and leading authorities on a pursuit that injured two people, police said. Around 10:30 a.m., a 911 caller reported that his sister’s ex-boyfriend was outside their residence in the 400 block of Maple Street threatening to come inside the home unless the sister went outdoors, said Ontario Police Sgt. Joseph Estrada. The man was sitting inside his vehicle when officers arrived and refused to exit. “We learned he has a history of domestic violence involving a gun w ..read more

One man remained in custody Saturday after a gang task force raided a site in Beaumont and seized 17 firearms along with firearm manufacturing machinery, authorities said. Officers served a search warrant in the 300 block of 12th Street at 9 a.m. Thursday as part of an ongoing firearms investigation, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The department said its Gang Task Force seized 17 firearms, various firearm components in varying stages of assembly, firearm manufacturing machinery, several firearm suppressors, four ballistic plate carrier vests with steel ballistic plates ..read more

A 52-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison for beating to death two teenage nephews in their Arcadia home and for attacking his estranged wife with a wood-cutting tool at the couple’s La Cañada Flintridge residence. Pasadena Superior Court Judge Jared Moses sentenced Deyun Shi on Thursday, May 2, to life in prison without the chance for parole for killing Anthony Lin, 15, and William Lin, 16. Besides two life sentences, Shi also received four years for the attack on his now-former wife, Amy Lin. “The only time I can see my sons now is in my dreams,” David Lin told the court ..read more

Kristin Jones | KFF Health News (TNS) More than 60 years ago, policymakers in Colorado embraced the idea that early intervention could prevent child abuse and save lives. The state’s requirement that certain professionals tell officials when they suspect a child has been abused or neglected was among the first mandatory reporting laws in the nation. Since then, mandatory reporting laws have expanded nationally to include more types of maltreatment — including neglect, which now accounts for most reports — and have increased the number of professions required to report. In some states, all ..read more

Q. I was wondering why there are two different surface materials used in the construction of the new lanes on the 405 Freeway in Orange County. It makes for a rough ride in the areas where the two surface types adjoin. I’m sure it’s a common practice, but I’ve just noticed it on the 405 in the Fountain Valley/Westminster area with the recent completion of the freeway widening. – John Doyle, Newport Beach A. The ol’ wise one enjoys guiding the Honkmobile on a ribbon of pristine black asphalt, with white lane lines glistening. He does not particularly like driving on the rougher concrete freeway ..read more

An undercover drug operation called “Street Sweeper” in Riverside over a three-week span has led to more than 100 arrests of people for alleged crimes including suspected selling of drugs, thefts, and drug possession, police said in a statement released Thursday Officials said that community members and businesses recently had complained to police about increased criminal activity. In response, Riverside police conducted an undercover drug purchase operation along the Magnolia Avenue corridor between Van Buren Boulevard and Pierce Street, the police statement said. During the operation, office ..read more

With commencement ceremonies a week away and pro-Palestine protests continuing, USC implemented updated campus-entry procedures Thursday as it remains under a state of heightened security. According to the university, all parking garages will remain open, and entry to the campus will be available at three locations — McCarthy Way and Figueroa Street; Watt Way and 34th Street; and McClintock Street and Childs Way. Entry will still be limited to students, faculty, staff, registered guests and “known vendors with confirmation of work.” Student, staff and faculty ID cards will be scanned at the en ..read more

Over the past week, Fabiola, a sophomore at Columbia, joined an encampment on her university’s quad, risked suspension and disrupted campus life, all in an effort to draw attention to the Palestinian cause. She describes stopping Israel’s deadly siege of the Gaza Strip as a moral duty — an urgent imperative around which she has reoriented her life. But as she participated in one of the most visible protests on the planet last week, Fabiola decided to hold one very important thing back: her identity. Thinking of her international student visa, she stretched a black surgical mask over her face ..read more

LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from his arrest last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park. Urías, 27, was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor, complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, pay a domestic violence fund fee, not possess any weapons, not use any force or violence, pay restitution to the victim and abide by a protective order, Ivor Pine of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office told City News Service. A s ..read more