By , | and | | The Press-EnterpriseA crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots has been identified as the firefighter while fighting the El Dorado wildfire, started by a smoke bomb ignited during a gender-reveal event in a Yucaipa park.Charles Edward Morton, 39, died Thursday while battling the blaze in the San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino National Forest officials said. He had worked as a firefighter for 18 years, 14 with the U.S. Forest Service.“Charlie was a well-respected leader who was always there for his squad and his crew at the toughest times,” U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki...…By , | and | | The Press-EnterpriseA crew boss with the Big Bear Hotshots has been identified as the firefighter while fighting the El Dorado wildfire, started by a smoke bomb ignited during a gender-reveal event in a Yucaipa park.Charles Edward Morton, 39, died Thursday while battling the blaze in the San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino National Forest officials said. He had worked as a firefighter for 18 years, 14 with the U.S. Forest Service.“Charlie was a well-respected leader who was always there for his squad and his crew at the toughest times,” U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki...WW…

By | Southern California News GroupThe cost to taxpayers for each gun homicide in San Bernardino is $2.3 million, a criminal justice reform group working with the city said in a study made to find solutions.Homicides went up more than 15% year-over-year in April, while San Bernardino’s overall crime rate fell by 14%.“Our calls significantly dropped in April,” San Bernardino police Sgt. John Echevarria, a department spokesman said Thursday. “Everyone was doing the stay-at-home thing, and keeping to themselves.”In the first full month of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place...…By | Southern California News GroupThe cost to taxpayers for each gun homicide in San Bernardino is $2.3 million, a criminal justice reform group working with the city said in a study made to find solutions.Homicides went up more than 15% year-over-year in April, while San Bernardino’s overall crime rate fell by 14%.“Our calls significantly dropped in April,” San Bernardino police Sgt. John Echevarria, a department spokesman said Thursday. “Everyone was doing the stay-at-home thing, and keeping to themselves.”In the first full month of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place...WW…