Inland Empire

San Francisco-based vacation rental company Airbnb announced Tuesday it will provide temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees worldwide. The effort will be funded by Airbnb, its chief executive Brian Chesky, and donations to its charity Airbnb.org, the company said in a blog post.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the White House has approved California’s request for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration, submitted yesterday, to bolster the ongoing emergency response to wildfires and support impacted communities in Lassen, Nevada, Placer and Plumas counties.

Want to change your thinking? Change your life? Tried churches that are more religious than spiritual. Try the Center for Spiritual Living in Hemet. “We teach spiritual practices that will change your life,” so says Senior Minister Reverend Rhonda Tretsven. The law of attraction, meditation, self-awareness, tuning in to your intuitions just to name a few. She goes on, “Learn to really love, accept, and forgive through God’s love - not judgment, if you are a good person. That includes couples living together, members of the LGBT and 4-20 community, parents, etc. YES! You are welcome. Of course, folks living a ‘traditional’ lifestyle are welcome also. Please know, wherever you are on your spiritual path, you are welcome here.”

The Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) Art Gallery will present an online Art Talk featuring artist Tulsa Kinney from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. The event is supported by the MSJC Foundation.

A California judge said Wednesday that she anticipates a two-week hearing early next year before she decides if Scott Peterson deserves a new trial in the 2002 death of his pregnant wife.