News From Around The County
From California Highway Patrol: BEAUMONT, Calif. — Saving lives is the core mission of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). In order to accomplish this mission, the CHP San Gorgonio Pass Area office will use a federal grant to conduct a regional traffic safety campaign in Riverside County. The project started on October 1, 2018, and ends on September 30, 2019. […]
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From Murrieta PD/Facebook – If you’re going to be shoplifting, it’s probably prudent to not have all of your meth and heroin with you. I’m sure that John Bertrand was just holding it for a friend. #imsure – Remember our #MadLibs post? Here’s the #dealeo . Tuesday morning, Officers Miller and Devey conducted a traffic stop and contacted Charles Renovales […]
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RANCHO MIRAGE — The body of a 50-year-old, Palm Desert woman who disappeared last month after leaving her home to go to work was discovered yesterday in a Rancho Mirage field, southwest of the intersection of Monterey Ave. and Verbenia Rd. Sheriff’s officials investigating the woman’s death do not suspect foul play; however, they say the investigation into how she […]
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BEAUMONT — Beaumont and Banning residents were surprised yesterday when police officers and detectives descended on a Beaumont tanning salon during the service of a narcotics-related search warrant yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, Oct. 10. Authorities uncovered a variety of illegal narcotics and arrested two people in connection with the investigation. As the warrant was being served and officials were seen going […]
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VALLE VISTA — A motorcyclist witnesses say was speeding and riding recklessly was hospitalized Saturday afternoon, Oct. 6, after losing control of his motorcycle on a curve on Highway 74 east of Valle Vista. The accident happened along a two-lane section of the rural mountain highway, heading away from Hemet toward Idyllwild. A CHP officer later said from the scene […]
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HEMET — A San Jacinto motorcyclist died Sunday morning, Oct. 7, after a passenger vehicle pulled out in front of the rider, causing a two-vehicle crash. The deadly accident happened on to 100 block of S. San Jacinto St. near Morton Place, one block south of Florida Ave. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Marco Antonio Martinez, 28, of San […]
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BANNING — Officials are investigating after a man was struck by a train in Banning this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 10. According to witnesses, one man was detained and questioned at the scene of the major-injury accident, which happened on the tracks near San Gorgonio Ave. That person was later released. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATED: CHP reporting major injuries after […]
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HEMET — Officials are at the scene of a Hemet rollover accident that happened this afternoon, Tuesday, Oct. 9, on E. Menlo Ave., between Buena Vista St and N. Santa Fe St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATED: CHP reporting major injuries after vehicle smashes into pole, fire hydrant, bursts into flames BREAKING: CHP investigating fatal Idyllwild crash after truck plows […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 11, 10 a.m., With additional details from CHP. UPDATE: Wednesday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m. With photos and video from scene. See original story below. IDYLLWILD — Officials have identified an elderly man who died yesterday afternoon when his vehicle plowed into a tree at the intersection of Highway 243 and Foster Lake Rd. in Idyllwild. Riverside County […]
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WEED — At least one cow was killed and several others were possibly injured Sunday evening, Oct. 7, when a vehicle plowed into a herd of cattle that wandered onto SR-97 on the outskirts of the unincorporated community of Weed. The accident happened just north of mile marker 25, between Grass Lake and Little Deer Mountain Road, according to a […]
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