Category: Community Reporters Corner

HEMET: DUI suspected, jaywalker critical, after vehicle vs pedestrian accident

HEMET — Just days after the “successful” roll out of Hemet PD’s new Pedestrian Safety Campaign, aimed at curbing vehicle versus pedestrian accidents and educating both the walking and driving public about pedestrian related traffic laws, officials are once again investigating a collision between a vehicle and jaywalking pedestrian who reportedly “ran straight out into traffic” before being struck earlier this […]

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HEMET: One hospitalized after 4-vehicle, chain-reaction, head-on pileup

HEMET — One person was hospitalized earlier this evening after a four-vehicle, chain-reaction, head-on collision. The accident, that caused the temporary closure of Florida Avenue during rush hour traffic, happened at the intersection of Florida and Taquitz Avenues, in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with AMR medics responded to the scene of the accident shortly before 6 p.m., […]

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Top 25 stories that helped propel RCNS beyond 6 million views in first 30 months

As Riverside County News Source (RCNS) passes 6 million unique views and its first 2 1/2 years in operation as a provider of free, fair and well-rounded news reports and community interest stories I thought I would share some of the RCNS headlines that have made a big splash in Riverside County since RCNS officially began covering news stories in […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Well-known area Realtor, motorcyclist – seriously injured in hit and run – recovering

UPDATE: Thursday, Apr. 12, 4:30 p.m. HEMET — Area real estate agent Greg Treadwell, injured yesterday afternoon when another Hemet resident plowed into the 70-year-old man’s motorcycle and fled the scene, is recovering and grateful for the outpouring of love and support he has been receiving from the community he has called home for much of his adult life. Although […]

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HEMET: Cat, burned and left not breathing, rescued from house fire-revived

HEMET — Photographs of a local firefighter reviving a small cat – rescued from a burning Hemet home earlier this evening – have been circulating online like an Internet wildfire and have many residents wanting to know how the lucky kitty is doing. Not surprisingly, photos of the cat’s lucky rescue have also left many across the San Jacinto Valley and beyond […]

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HEMET: No injuries after recklessly speeding SUV overturns

HEMET — No injuries were reported after an SUV lost control and overturned, crashing into a wrought iron fence at the corner of a vacant building Sunday evening, Apr. 1. Two occupants who were in the speeding truck when it careened out of control and rolled reportedly fled the scene, but both were quickly located and apprehended. The hit and run […]

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HEMET: DUI suspected in solo-vehicle wreck

HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested Monday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle and crashing through a chain link fence. The non-injury accident happened on N. Gilbert Street just south of Menlo Avenue. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the location about 1:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a single-vehicle traffic collision. […]

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HEMET: Menifee man arrested in fatal hit and run that killed new father

HEMET — A man who fled the scene after fatally hitting a 20-year-old skateboarder on Florida Avenue, late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, has been arrested, according to Hemet police officials who announced the man’s arrest earlier today. After hitting the victim, who was later identified as Juan “Johnny” Cuevas Jr., of Hemet, the driver never slowed down and continued eastbound on Florida Avenue,  […]

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HEMET: Officer’s call for help brings officials flooding into neighborhood

HEMET — An officer investigating reports of a fight between two brothers soon found himself involved in his own fight earlier this afternoon, when one of the siblings resisted the officer during the investigation. Nearly a dozen officers responded – with lights flashing and sirens wailing – to a call for assistance placed by the officer. The person who fought […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Officials identify skateboarder killed by hit and run driver

HEMET — Officials have identified a 20-year-old skateboarder who was fatally struck by a hit and driver late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Girard Streets in the City of Hemet. After fatally hitting the man, the unidentified driver fled the scene of the deadly collision, leaving the dying man’s lifeless body in the middle of the roadway. […]

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