Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Friday:

• A man looking for his romantic rival barged into a house with a gun, but fled when a bigger gun was pulled on him, witnesses say.

• A local professor once babysat for Nancy and Ronald Reagan. Find out what he thinks of today's Republican presidential field.

• A man who fell asleep and dropped a lit cigarette on a couch is charged with child endangerment.

• An accident outside a local high school left two people injured.

Look for these stories and more in Saturday's Press Enterprise.