News From Around The County
HEMET — One man’s quick decision to help out a young mom after her vehicle got a flat tire has people from throughout the San Jacinto Valley and beyond praising the good Samaritan for his generosity and random act of kindness. After hearing the woman’s truck tires were so bald she needed four new tires – a $1,400 expense which […]
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HEMET — An alert parent and quick reacting school resource officer are being credited with defusing a volatile situation and ensuring the safety of students at Hemet’s Little Lake Elementary this morning, Thursday, Feb. 7. Today’s disturbance caused a teacher to issue a brief lock down, which was later lifted, allowing the campus to return to its normal daily activities. […]
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HEMET — Authorities are searching for a woman they say fled the scene after hitting a middle school student as he was walking to school earlier this morning, Wednesday, Feb. 6. Although the teen was hospitalized with moderate injuries he has since been sent home where he is recovering, the victim’s mother later told RCNS. Police are now asking for […]
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Search warrants served at ten “illegally operating” Riverside County area pot shops yesterday morning resulted in about 142 pounds of cannabis, as well as “a large amount of cannabis edibles,” seized, according to officials. Most disturbingly, one of the illegal dispensaries raided in Hemet was masquerading in plain site as an ice cream store, complete […]
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HEMET — Two people in a stolen vehicle were taken into custody after a Hemet traffic stop yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, Jan. 30. Although it was not immediately known if either of the pair was arrested as a result of the stop, officers confirmed the silver Lexus the couple were driving had been reported stolen from Phoenix, Arizona. LEADING THE RCNS […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Authorities are investigating a double ejection, head-on crash between an SUV and a tractor-trailer big-rig combo that killed the passenger of the SUV Wednesday morning, Jan. 30. CHP now says the vehicle the couple was driving had been reported stolen when the fatal wreck occurred on Gilman Springs Road, about a half-mile east of Bridge St., in […]
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SAN JACINTO — No injuries were reported after a fire tore through a San Jacinto home earlier today, Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to one area resident, who said he lives across the street from the home that burned, the residence was possibly vacant and not believed to be currently occupied. LEADING THE SAN JACINTO VALLEY HEADLINES: Head-on SR-79 crash leaves […]
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HEMET — A man who led Hemet police officers on a pursuit deemed so dangerous that officials called off their chase, was subsequently apprehended after apparently running out of gas and attempting to flee on foot last night, Tuesday, Jan. 29. Despite calling off their pursuit, officers who were still in the area when the alleged suspect fled on foot […]
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SAN JACINTO — A two-vehicle, head-on collision in San Jacinto left one victim dead and another seriously injured late Tuesday evening, Jan. 29. The deadly crash, which involved two San Jacinto residents, happened on SR-79, 400 feet south of Gilman Springs Rd. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Zulfiqar Chaudhry, 72, of San Jacinto as the victim who passed away […]
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NORCO — Deputies arrested a man they allege was brandishing a firearm while threatening other people at a Norco sports bar early Monday morning, Jan. 28. Yesterday’s incident and arrest happened in the 1900 block of Four Wheel Dr. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Hemet woman ID’d after ejected in fatal Menifee DUI crash Officials searching for gun-wielding man who […]
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