News From Around The County
HEMET – City of Hemet firefighters made quick work knocking down a blaze that destroyed an abandoned vehicle Friday, April 22. The fire was reported on Kirby Street near the intersection of Stetson Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Fire and Police personnel responded to the vehicle fire about 6 p.m., after several citizens called 911 to report seeing the fire or seeing thick, choking, […]
Read more
CORRECTED: An earlier version of this report indicated the 14-year-old girl left trapped inside the vehicle was the suspect’s daughter, which was not the case. UPDATE: April 22, 9 p.m. JURUPA VALLEY – Several people were injured this morning in an early-morning, DUI-related, two-vehicle traffic collision. The DUI wreck happened Saturday, April 22, at the intersection of Camino Real and Limonite […]
Read more
UPDATED: April 22 4:15 p.m. CORONA – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have identified a motorcyclist who was killed in a single-vehicle wreck when the rider struck a curb and smashed into two trees Saturday evening, April 15. The deadly accident happened on River Road near Cota Street in Corona. Officials identified the victim as Joseph Castro, 29, of Perris. His time of injury was […]
Read more
PALM DESERT – An elderly woman died after apparently drowning in a jacuzzi Saturday morning, April 22. The incident happened in the 500 block of Tomahawk Drive, within the Indian Ridge Country Club, in Palm Desert. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders rushed to the location about 9 a.m., after a 911 caller reported finding the victim inside a […]
Read more
MURRIETA – Officials were left dealing with a “sticky mess” after a pickup truck and a big rig hauling asphalt slurry collided. The collision caused the big rig to overturn, spilling slurry across the roadway Thursday, April 20. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near the junction of Interstates 15 and 215. The crash, which was first reported at 12:07 […]
Read more
WRITER’S NOTE: I am looking for family or friends willing to discuss this incident and share some thoughts, memories and/or anecdotes about the victim with me. I am working to put together enough information for a follow-up story to this tragic death; however, I need some back ground information. We can either speak on the record or off. I can be […]
Read more
Two deputies were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after a traffic collision at Margarita Rd. and Temecula Parkway. Bill Williams photo TEMECULA – Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21. The accident, that sent both deputies to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened […]
Read more
WILDOMAR – A mobile home was destroyed and a family was left homeless when a fire broke out at a mobile home Tuesday, April 18. The residential structure blaze happened in the 24000 Manzanita Street, south of Cottonwood Canyon Road and west of Oak Avenue, in Wildomar. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Wildomar Station […]
Read more
UPDATED: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. See original story below. RIVERSIDE — A Riverside attorney and his wife were convicted Monday, Dec. 3, of more than 60 counts of extortion, grand theft, burglary, and stalking. Some of the allegations were considered by the jury as hate crimes because the couple targeted small businesses owned by minorities and immigrants, typically Asian […]
Read more
CORONA – A hatchet-wielding man, who attacked several people, including an off-duty Corona police officer, was arrested after a vehicle pursuit wound its way from Corona to Garden Grove, in Orange County Friday, April 7. The initial hatchet attacks happened in a business in the 200 block of DuPont Street in Corona. At the end of the vehicle pursuit, officers identified […]
Read more