News From Around The County
HEMET, Calif. — A pregnant woman was critically injured and her unborn child was killed after a two-vehicle, head-on traffic collision in Hemet Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16. Officials say excessive speed and reckless driving led to the rollover crash, which happened in the area of Esplanade and Palm avenues and led to the hours-long closure of the roadway. LEADING THE […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Aug. 16, 2:30 p.m. See Original Story, Photos and Video below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials in Hemet say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old San Jacinto man last night was fatally shot by officers after the alleged suspect confronted them while armed with a handgun after a police pursuit earlier this morning, Sunday, Aug. […]
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NORCO, Calif. — Authorities say twenty men were arrested as a result of a day-long, Anti-Human Trafficking related prostitution sting at a hotel on the 3000 block of Hamner Ave. in Norco, Thursday, Aug. 13. The 12-hour “sex trafficking demand reduction” operation was conducted by members of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT), in partnership with personnel from […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Officials have identified a motorcyclist who died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision while riding on the Ortega Highway (SR-74), just west El Cariso Village, early Friday evening, Aug. 14. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: One killed, two airlifted after motorcycles crash on Hwy 74 Jurupa Valley […]
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WHISKEYTOWN, Calif. — Authorities who spent several hours searching for a missing swimmer at Whiskeytown Lake say they located the man’s body Thursday evening, Aug. 13. The victim, since identified as 67-year-old, Charles Michael Colburn, of Weaverville, was discovered near the intersection of Highway 299 and Whiskey Creek Rd., according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Two confirmed dead […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 15, 12:15 p.m. See Original Story below. SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Officials have confirmed that two people were killed in a fiery, head-on collision that happened on Hwy 299W just east of Buckhorn Summit, near the Shasta/Trinity County line yesterday afternoon. Officials have since reported a Toyota sedan was traveling east on SR-299W when, for reasons still […]
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Miners struck the lucrative quartz vein of the National mine in 1869, at Rich Gulch, and the vein became a heavy producer of gold in the Old Diggings mining district. This caused additional probing and exploratory operations which led to miners sinking winze’s and driving tunnels, drifts and raises on the property which were also dug out by miners using […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating a Jurupa Valley shooting that left one man dead and another man with gunshot injuries Thursday afternoon, Aug. 13. The deadly shooting happened near Little Caesar’s Pizza in the Jurupa Springs shopping center on the 8900 block of Limonite Ave., near Collins St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two dead after fiery, head-on Ramona Expressway […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Aug. 12, 3:45 p.m., with additional details from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. UPDATED: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1:30 p.m., with release of suspect’s name and CORRECTED to reflect the type of weapon used, since described as a screwdriver. Originally published on Saturday, Aug. 8: Repeatedly stabbed during Rancho Mirage scuffle, deputy fatally shoots man RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Authorities […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Riverside County Sheriff’s officials today announced the death of a recruit, who passed away during training at the department’s Ben Clark Training Center on Davis Ave. in Riverside, Tuesday morning, August 11. The recruit, who was employed by an outside agency, was attending the sworn sheriff’s academy at the large, multi-agency public safety training center, according to authorities […]
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