News From Around The County
BEAUMONT, Calif. — A woman has died after a single-vehicle rollover crash in an unincorporated area of Beaumont, just east of Moreno Valley, late Sunday evening, Dec. 13. The fatal accident happened on the eastbound 60 Freeway, west of Jack Rabbit Trail, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two women dead, third injured after Hemet hit and run – […]
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He Fixed My Car, and My Christmas Glen Gillette In 1958, I was a first-year high school teacher in Beatty, Nevada. On Dec. 22, I headed home to Idaho in my 1951 Hudson to spend Christmas with my parents. Just south of Fillmore, Utah, a radiator hose broke and the car started to overheat. I hitchhiked into Fillmore and got […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — A wanted woman who was being sought after being identified in a November Anderson robbery was found dead from an apparent drug overdose, according to officials who had issued a warrant for the woman’s arrest and had been actively searching for her. Officials did not specify if the woman’s overdose was possibly related to her robbery warrant […]
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ANDERSON, Calif. — Authorities say a man who was walking on the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the area of State Highway 273 and Happy Valley Road in Anderson was killed when he was struck by a train early Sunday morning, Dec. 13. The victim died from massive head trauma, according to sheriff’s officials who investigated the deadly incident. LEADING THE […]
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Author: Jeremy Tuggle – Education and Community Engagement Manager – Shasta Historical Society Simeon Fisher Southern, a native of Stephensburg, Kentucky, was born to Stephen Fisher Southern and Rebecca (Duncan) Southern, on September 6, 1822. As a boy, Simeon grew up on his father’s farm as a farmhand assisting his father when he wasn’t attending school. Southern was often referred […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Dec. 12, 11:50 p.m., With additional details and photos HEMET, Calif. — Two women were killed and a third was seriously injured when an allegedly intoxicated driver plowed into the back of their vehicle as it sat at a red light in Hemet early this morning, Saturday, Dec. 12. Although none of the women have been publicly identified, […]
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Strangers Carried Us Home Rafael Villalobos I joined the Army on Dec. 15, 1959, when I was 17. Five days later, I had the choice of going home for Christmas or staying at Fort Carson, Colorado, and pulling KP duty for 15 days. A fellow recruit and I wanted to go home, but we didn’t have enough money for bus […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — A woman who reportedly ran a red light in a Perris industrial area and plowed into the passenger side of a tractor-trailer combo was killed early this morning, Saturday, Dec. 12. The deadly crash, which was captured on the truck driver’s dash-camera, happened at the intersection of Indian Avenue and Markham Street and forced the hours-long closure of the […]
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MURRIETA, Calif. – Vitality Bowls, which offers açaí bowls, smoothies, fresh juice and panini, has signed a lease with local entrepreneurs, Michael, Stephanie and Daniel Struckhoff, to open the renowned superfood café in Murrieta. With plans for a Spring 2021 opening at 29910 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, in the Vons center, the Struckhoffs are already planning on opening additional locations […]
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A String of Blue Beads Fulton Oursler Peter Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day Jean Grace opened his door. You may have seen something in the newspapers about the incident at the time it happened, although neither his name nor hers was publicized, nor was the full story told as I tell it here. Pete’s shop […]
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