News From Around The County
BURNEY — Authorities are searching for a driver who may have left the scene of a vehicle accident that sparked a car fire earlier this evening, Friday, Sept. 7. The vehicle blaze quickly spread to nearby vegetation, according to a CHP incident log. The single vehicle accident happened in the area of Jack Rabbit Flat and SR-299. The highway, normally […]
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RED BLUFF — Officials are investigating a single vehicle, rollover traffic collision that claimed at least one life earlier this afternoon in Red Bluff. The deadly crash happened on a narrow bridge in the area of Rawson Rd. and Chard Ave., according to scanner traffic and a CHP incident log. Both Rawson and Chard have bridges that sit barely a […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 8, 10:15 p.m. See original and updated stories and photographs below LAKE ELSINORE — Officials have identified three women killed in a head-on collision that happened yesterday afternoon, Friday, Sept. 7. The deadly crash happened on SR-74 between Trellis Ln. and Riverside St., in Lake Elsinore. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: 14 victims, including 10 minors, rescued after […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Authorities have obtained a $1 million arrest warrant for a man they allege was responsible for killing a homeless man and burning his body in a trailer fire last May. During an exhaustive investigation, sheriff’s homicide investigators developed leads and gathered information that eventually led them to identifying 37-year-old, August Nielsen III, of Jurupa Valley as the […]
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TEMECULA ─ Temecula Presents is inviting all Temecula residents and visitors to join them and go “Exploring Together” as they collaborate with the California Chamber Orchestra for the 2018-2019 Classical Series at Old Town Temecula Community Theater. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: 14 victims, including 10 minors, rescued after Hemet sex trafficking ring busted, 3 arrested UPDATE: Boy, 7, who fell into […]
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BURNEY — Officials are investigating a suspicious residential structure fire that erupted yesterday at an abandoned Burney home less than half mile from Burney’s Fire Station 17. The home, at 36764 Woods Ave, near Oak St. and behind Pit River Mini Mart, previously caught fire and burned in mid-April. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Road rage may have led to Oak […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5:43 p.m., With additional details and information UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 6, 1:25 p.m., With lane closures updated See original story below. OAK RUN — Officials updated shortly before 1:20 p.m. that both directions of travel on SR-299 were re-opened and the victims had been transported from the scene and were headed to Mercy Medical Center in […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Sept. 8, 8:22 p.m., With coroner’s release MORENO VALLEY — Officials have identified a Hemet man killed Tuesday evening, Sept. 4, in a two-vehicle collision between a passenger vehicle and construction truck on the 60 Freeway in Moreno Valley. The deadly collision happened just east of the Theodore Street off ramp, just days after a solo-vehicle wreck that left […]
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HEMET — Authorities say they have broken up a Hemet-based sex trafficking ring that preyed upon juveniles and forced both women and girls into a life of sexual exploitation and daily emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. During their more than 8-month investigation officials say they identified and rescued fourteen victims, ten of whom were discovered to be juveniles as young […]
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RIVERSIDE — Target shoppers in Riverside were surprised when police officers from around the city converged on the business after receiving reports of a “man with a gun” at the store, early Sunday evening, Sept. 2. The Target where the call originated is on the 3500 block of Tyler Street. Officers say they never located the person reported to be […]
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