By DUG BEGLEY, The Press-Enterprise

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Radiation from three explosions at nuclear power plants in Japan is not expected to affect America's mainland, but the fallout of concern from nuclear power critics has already landed on U.S. shores.

PRIMM, Nev. - After a day at the recent Terrible's Primm 300 race in the southern Nevada desert, Dante Amis's faded jeans were unusually clean. They didn't have a spot of dirt on them, because Amis couldn't get beyond a fence line 30 feet from the race.

Think that girl in the next lane is going to let you merge? Think again.

A recent study has found teenage female drivers are catching up to their male counterparts when it comes to aggressive driving and surpassing them in speeding and talking or texting behind the wheel.

The death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury she sustained while skiing has reminded some parents to be more vigilant about making sure their children wear helmets.
But many concede that getting kids to strap on a helmet is tough.
Winifred Higgins, of Calimesa, Calif., said she often has to remind her 11-year-old great-granddaughter to wear headgear.

When the 1940 Chevy convertible George Holder was trying to sell at the Pomona, Calif., Swap Meet was built, a gallon of gasoline cost 18 cents. At today's prices, that will move the car about a half-mile.Collecting cars has always been a high-dollar hobby, enthusiasts say, but $4-plus-a-gallon gas and other economic woes are pricing them out of their passion.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Each day a handful of contractors commute by helicopter from Corona to a remote site in the Cleveland National Forest, sent to find out whether commute times between Riverside and Orange counties can be cut. As they drill deep into the Santa Ana mountainside separating the counties, they'll determine if a proposed tunnel linking Corona and Irvine is possible.