Category: Community Reporters Corner

Boy, 12, airlifted with serious head injuries after offroad vehicle crash in Menifee neighborhood

MENIFEE, Calif., — A juvenile remains hospitalized today after suffering serious head injuries as a result of an offroad vehicle crash in a Menifee residential neighborhood early Thursday evening, Feb. 10. The accident, which involved one juvenile using a gas-powered quad to tow a second juvenile on a non-operating, plastic toy quad, happened on the 23700 block of Cypress Place, […]

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Suspect, 53, shot at end of Hemet high-speed pursuit of stolen vehicle – Two in custody

HEMET, Calif., — Authorities say a dangerous high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle turned foot chase in Hemet ended with the driver being shot and the passenger apprehended last night, Thursday, Feb. 10. Citing the early and ongoing nature of the investigation, officials have not specified what led to the shooting, saying additional details would be released as they became […]

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$1.5 million in damages reported after Riverside VW business, multiple vintage cars destroyed by blaze

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — A well-known VW repair and restoration business that has been serving the Riverside community since 1976 was destroyed by a swift-moving fire that tore through their building Wednesday evening, Feb. 9. The business has since been identified as CarCraft, a business touted for their high-performance VW engines and their German Auto Service, which specializes in both partial […]

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Deputies track down Burney student who claimed they were going to “shoot up the whole school” – Determine threat “not credible”

BURNEY, Calif., — Burney parents, students, and teachers alike are breathing a sigh of relief tonight after learning hours ago that a social media threat made toward Burney High School and its students was deemed not credible by sheriff’s officials. That determination was made after deputies tracked down the student who made the threat and determined they had no means […]

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Man arrested for DUI after wrong-way 91 Freeway crash in Riverside injures five people, three critically

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Despite multiple 911 calls reporting a wrong-way driver on the 91 Freeway early this morning, officials were not able to get ahead of or stop the vehicle before it crashed head-on into another vehicle in Riverside Sunday, Feb. 6. The wrong-way driver was arrested at the scene and later booked into jail on DUI charges related to […]

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No injuries reported after Wildomar fire leaves home heavily damaged

WILDOMAR, Calif., — Authorities say no injuries were reported after a residential structure fire left a Wildomar home significantly damaged yesterday afternoon, Monday, Jan. 31. The destructive blaze occurred in the 34000 block of Orange Street, south of Bundy Canyon Road and west of Interstate 15. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Fall near Tahquitz Peak in Idyllwild leads to victim’s death […]

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Exploring Shasta County History: The Harlan D. Miller Memorial Bridge at Dog Creek

In 1926, a general engineer named Charles E. Andrew began the construction on the brand-new 234-foot open spandrel arch shaped Dog Creek bridge which is located in the Sacramento River Canyon, 30 miles north of Redding at Dog Creek, and just east of present-day Interstate 5. This bridge was designed by a general engineer named Harlan D. Miller, of Oakland, […]

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UPDATE: DUI and excessive speed cited in Lake Elsinore crash that killed Murrieta man

UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 31, 3:22 p.m., With additional details and arrest information. Originally Published: Sunday, Jan. 30, 10:13 a.m. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif., — Authorities say a local man was killed in a solo-vehicle rollover traffic crash in the Tuscany Hills community of Lake Elsinore late Friday evening, Jan. 28. The fatal crash happened on Summerhill Drive, about a half-mile north of […]

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Sheriff’s CSO & 3 arrestees hospitalized after Riverside DUI hit and run flips transport van – Man later arrested

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say four people, including a Sheriff’s Community Service Officer and three arrestees, were hospitalized after a DUI hit and run collision that caused the transportation van they were in to overturn in Riverside early Friday morning, Jan. 28. The alleged drunk driver who fled the scene after the collision was later arrested after officers followed a […]

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UPDATE: Hemet K-9 injured during apprehension of murder suspect accused of shooting family member

UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 27, 7:22 a.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif., — A man suspected of gunning down a family member during a heated argument inside a Hemet home early Tuesday morning is in custody following a violent struggle yesterday afternoon that left Hemet PD’s newest police service dog, K-9 “Bosco” injured. Both the K-9 and suspect, 24-year-old Koron […]

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