News From Around The County
UPDATE: Thursday, July 26, 5 p.m. With 50 photos and videos A man suspected of setting a series of wildfires in southwest Riverside County and Federal areas along State Highway 74 in the San Bernardino National Forest was arrested Wednesday afternoon, July 25, according to police and fire officials. One of the blazes the arsonist is suspected of setting is […]
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HEMET — As additional details emerge about Sunday night’s fatal hit and run involving an elderly victim using a mobility scooter, shock over the callousness of the alleged suspect and grief for the victim and his family continue to reverberate throughout the San Jacinto valley and surrounding communities. According to officials, the alleged driver was a wanted parolee and believed […]
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HEMET — Authorities responding to reports of an intoxicated woman armed with a knife eventually detained the uncooperative subject after using Tasers to subdue her earlier today. The incident happened at Heather Lakeside Estates on the 1300 block of W. Menlo Ave. and Traci St. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: SAN JACINTO: ATV rider dies after ejected from quad Officials investigating […]
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SAN JACINTO — A garage and shed were destroyed by a fast-moving blaze at a San Jacinto home earlier today. Two residents and their pets were displaced by the fire, that fire happened at a single story residence on the 800 block of Windsong Lane, between N. Ramona Blvd and W. Ramona Expressway, in San Jacinto. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: […]
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HEMET — A minor injury traffic collision sent a geyser of water soaring 50 feet into the air and drenched firefighters and city workers attempting to shut off water to a fire hydrant that was dislodged when a car crashed into it. The accident happened early yesterday evening, on State St. south of Chambers Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: HEMET: […]
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HEMET — A wanted parolee was arrested earlier this afternoon after leading officers on a short chase and trying to elude officials by leaping from his vehicle and climbing onto the roof of a nearby apartment. Officials eventually coaxed the man down from the roof and promptly arrested him. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: HEMET: “Lover’s quarrel” leaves car heavily vandalized […]
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HEMET — Officers responding to reports of a woman destroying a car earlier today found a heavily vandalized hatchback and a couple whose argument led to the incident that left the car inoperable. The incident happened near the Amberwood Apartments on the 2000 block of Acacia Ave. near S. Raymond St., and did not result in any arrests after the […]
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HEMET — Officials are investigating after a driver plowed into a home and fled the scene earlier this afternoon. No one was inside the residence at the time of the hit and run crash, which happened on the 1100 block of Johnston in the area of Camino Del Sol in Hemet. A man was reportedly arrested a short distance from […]
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ANZA –This past Friday the 13th was very unlucky indeed for one local farming family, who is now pleading for the safe return one of their cows after it was stolen from their high desert property. The Jersey cow was stolen from Sage Mountain Farm on the 55500 block of Hwy 371, between Bautista Canyon Rd. and Bahrman Rd., in […]
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HEMET — A drive-by shooting in Hemet this afternoon left three people hospitalized with gunshot injuries. One of the victims was airlifted with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest and the other two sustained non life-threatening gunshot injuries, officials at the scene have said. The triple shooting happened around 2:45 p.m., on the 100 block of S. Franklin St., […]
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