News From Around The County
HEMET — School District and Sheriff’s officials announced the arrest earlier today of a 16-year-old girl who allegedly scrawled a threat against Hemet High School – and more directly, the school’s principal. The threat was left on a tiled wall inside a stall within a girl’s bathroom on the school’s campus. The arrest of the Hemet High School student where the threat was made […]
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HEMET — There were no reported injuries after what was originally reported as a head-on, three-vehicle crash Tuesday evening, Feb. 27. The non-injury accident was just one of many reported as rain swept across the San Jacinto Valley yesterday. SEE RELATED: No injuries after truck fails to stop at intersection plows into car City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with AMR […]
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HEMET — With fears, rumors and veiled threats swirling around several San Jacinto Valley and Inland Empire area schools and photographs of a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall at Hemet High School circulating on social media, a 7th grade girl’s report today of hearing gunshots at Diamond Valley Middle School brought authorities from throughout the valley rushing to locate, […]
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HEMET — Officials from two San Jacinto Valley law enforcement agencies worked together Monday night to diffuse an armed standoff and safely apprehend a distraught man. According to witnesses the man had repeatedly fired a handgun into the air and was threatening to hurt himself. Hemet PD officers responded to an apartment complex on Rosalia Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m., after both city and county emergency […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after rain-slicked roads and failing to fully stop at a posted stop sign led to a two-vehicle wreck in Hemet, Tuesday afternoon. The accident was just one of many reported as rain swept across the San Jacinto Valley throughout the day. For more information about City of Hemet’s CERT program, including online manuals, online certification […]
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SAN JACINTO — Firefighters knocked down an RV blaze that threatened other vehicles and structures Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 27. Although at least one RV was destroyed by the fire and several others were damaged, there were no reported injuries related to the fire, which happened at 800 W. 7th Street, west of S. State Street, in San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County […]
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CORONA — A woman was hospitalized after her car careened off a freeway, went down an embankment and crashed into a ravine, Sunday night, Feb. 25. The solo-vehicle crash happened along southbound I-15, between Magnolia and Ontario Avenues, in Corona. California Highway Patrol, City of Corona Fire Department and AMR were dispatched to the scene after callers reported the wreck. When […]
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HEMET — A driver who smashed into and destroyed a traffic signal was later arrested for driving under the influence, Saturday evening, Feb. 24. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the intersection of Girard Street and Florida Avenue shortly before 8 p.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle that had lost control and […]
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HEMET — A man who plowed into a fire hydrant before crashing through a home’s chain-link fence and brick wall was apprehended after fleeing from the scene of the crash, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 25. In spite of fleeing and attempting to alter his appearance, officers were not fooled and arrested the subject for DUI, hit and run and other charges. City […]
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UPDATE #5: Saturday, Feb. 24, 12:10 p.m. SEE ORIGINAL REPORT AND PREVIOUS UPDATES BELOW HEMET — Officials have announced that a missing man who reportedly suffers from Alzheimer’s related dementia was found nearly 15 hours after he wandered away from his Hemet home. The missing man reportedly wandered away from his home wearing only pajama bottoms and a T-shirt, and without shoes […]
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