Daniel Magallanes News Today

Seven men accused of beating a man to death in the San Miguel County jail in 2021 have taken plea deals.

Two major wildfires erupted in California in late July, prompting evacuations and sending smoke across the western states.

One man pleads guilty, six others await trial in 2023

Continuing our top stories of 2020 are three stories with a big effect on the environment and wildlife. Several fires west of the Morongo Basin blanketed our area with smoke for days. The Apple Fire started July 31, caused by burning carbon from a diesel truck’s exhaust off of Oak Glen Road in Cherry Valley. The fire burned more than 33,000 acres and threatened evacuations of Morongo Valley and Pioneertown. The Dome Fire in the Mojave Preserve burned 43,000 acres of thick Joshua tree forests;...