News From Around The County
UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:15 p.m., With confirmation of victim’s identity, additional details. MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating after a man’s lifeless body was found in a large, open, Menifee field earlier today. Family members later confirmed to RCNS that the body found was that of Rick Flasco, a 64-year-old, missing Menifee man. According to his family, Flasco had not […]
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One person sustained minor injuries this morning after a pickup truck pulled out onto Highway 299E and was struck broadside by a vehicle that had been traveling along the rural, two-lane highway. The accident happened just east of mile marker 21.00, between the unincorporated communities of Beiber and Juniper Junction, in Lassen County. The crash was just one of three […]
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HEMET — A bicyclist was hospitalized with minor injuries after a vehicle pulling out of a Hemet parking lot struck the man this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 23. The collision, which knocked the man off his bike and onto the ground, happened on N. Franklin St., between Florida Ave. and St John Place. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Huge Murrieta active shooter […]
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UPDATE: Oct. 26, 3 a.m. FALL RIVER MILLS — Officials have identified a woman who died after she was ejected from an SUV that overturned during a solo-vehicle crash on Hwy 299E, west of Pit No. 1 Powerhouse Road in Fall River Mills. The victim was identified as 20-year-old, Erica Adrienne Tooley, of Wenatchee, Washington. According to a coroner’s release, […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Oct. 22, 3:45 p.m., With Cal Fire body cam footage (See below.) SAN JACINTO — A family was displaced by a residential fire that broke out at a San Jacinto home earlier this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 17. No injuries were reported after the fire that left the home, located on the 500 block of Rosario Ave., between Main […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Oct. 22, 2:45 p.m. See original story below. MONTGOMERY CREEK — CHP updated at 2:42 p.m. that a vehicle that overturned on westbound SR-299E near Moose Camp Rd. was off the roadway and not blocking any lanes of traffic. Despite the overturned vehicle being off the rural, two-lane mountain highway, area residents and commuters were reporting brief delays […]
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RIVERSIDE — Officials are at the scene of a multiple-vehicle crash that caused a SigAlert to be issued for the 91 Freeway, west of Arlington Ave. and near Madison St., in Riverside. The SigAlert was initially issued for the eastbound lanes but was later updated to include the westbound lanes of travel. At 1:20 p.m., CHP’s incident log indicated the […]
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COACHELLA — A felon who officials allege repeatedly fired a weapon at a neighbor’s Coachella residence was arrested yesterday morning, Sunday, Oct. 21, after officials served a search warrant at the alleged suspect’s home and located firearms and ammunition. Although nobody was struck or injured by the gunfire the victim’s home, which is located on the 84000 block of Calendula, […]
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MURRIETA — Authorities are warning Murrieta area residents to be prepared for a huge, multi-agency, active shooter and mass casualty drill at Murrieta Mesa High School, Tuesday afternoon and evening, Oct. 23. The regional mass casualty training exercise, which is scheduled from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m, after school lets out for the day, is intended to test critical communication […]
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HAPPY VALLEY — Authorities investigating a disturbance that led to a shooting at a Happy Valley residence yesterday morning, Saturday, Oct. 20, arrested the alleged shooter for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. The victim, who was shot in the chest, sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to officials. The disturbance and shooting happened on the 5400 block of […]
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