News From Around The County
HEMET — Families and children enjoying a Halloween afternoon at Hemet’s Mary Henley Park were sent scrambling for safety when more than a half-dozen officers flooded into the park after receiving reports of a man with a gun at the location. A Hemet area community news reporting group captured video of the tense incident, which they later shared online with […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 11:20 a.m. See original story, photos, and video below. SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a man who died in a fiery head-on crash into a San Jacinto tree yesterday morning, Tuesday, Oct. 30. The deadly crash happened on N. Alessandro St., south of Ramona Expressway. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified 20-year-old, San Jacinto resident, Jacob […]
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WINCHESTER — Witnesses say two teens are lucky to be alive after the pair were involved in a head-on crash with a repo truck towing a third vehicle in the unincorporated community of Winchester last night. The tremendous impact ripped the entire front of the teens’ sedan off and sheared the motor from the car – launching both the heavy […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. See original story and photos below. BURNEY — New details are coming to light after an unoccupied Burney home was destroyed by an early morning blaze yesterday, Monday, Oct. 29. In response to an SCNS request for information and details about the fire, Burney Fire Protection District Chief Monte B Keady explained that despite […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Oct. 26, 11:50 a.m. See original story, photos and video below. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who first attempted to escape from Hemet Jail and later fought with officers and hospital staff at Hemet Valley Hospital. SEE ALSO: Officers save woman who hanged herself at Hemet Jail After a request for information about the two violent […]
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BANNING — Officials are searching for a gunman after a teen was shot during what witnesses described as an “out of control brawl” at a Banning apartment complex early Wednesday evening, Oct 24. The fight and shooting that left a 16-year-old with a non-fatal gunshot wound happened at the Peppertree Apartments, between E. Nicolet and E. Williams streets, and west […]
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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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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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HEMET — No injuries were reported after a small sedan veered off the roadway, mowed down a metal fence outside a Hemet assisted care facility, and smashed head-on into a metal light pole this afternoon, Saturday, Oct. 20. Officials are still working to determine the cause of the crash, which ended up in the parking lot of The Village Assisted […]
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HEMET — Three people were injured in a two vehicle, head-on wreck Thursday afternoon, Oct. 18. All three victims, including a 75-year-old Hemet resident who was trapped inside her wrecked SUV and later airlifted in critical condition, were seriously injured in the wreck The major-injury crash happened on Florida Ave., between Lake St. and New Chicago Ave., according to Hemet […]
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