News From Around The County
MENIFEE — A woman who crashed into a drainage culvert while driving home walked away uninjured last night. Witnesses and good Samaritans who stopped to help the victim later said the woman was “shaken up, but OK.” According to officials who investigated the single-car crash, the victim possibly misjudged a turn and drove into the ditch, stranding and disabling her […]
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PALM DESERT — Authorities identified, tracked down, and arrested a Palm Desert man they allege grabbed the buttocks of two teens on different days at the same Palm Desert business. Both alleged incidents happened at the Walmart located at 34500 Monterey Avenue in the city of Palm Desert. In both cases, officials say 45-year-old, Brian John Averett, grabbed the buttocks […]
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HEMET — Officers who responded to reports of a man walking in a residential Hemet neighborhood while waving two machetes quickly located and apprehended the man after a brief struggle earlier this evening. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: HEMET: Man detained after stabbing at apartment complex Officials warning of lighting danger after AZ teens struck by lightning UPDATED: Shovel-wielding man who […]
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HEMET — Officials are investigating a stabbing that happened earlier this evening at the Green Tree Park Apartments in Hemet. The complex is located on the 1000 block of Devonshire Ave., between N. Lyon and N. Palm Avenues. The victim, who was reportedly stabbed in the chest, was later transported to an area hospital and the alleged suspect was detained […]
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BURNEY — Firefighters managed to quickly knock down a small, half-acre, brush and tree fire that erupted earlier this afternoon on Burney’s west end, north of Highway 299. A man believed to be a transient was seen running from the area behind Las Colinas Mobile Estates, off Main St. in the area of Tamarack Ave., shortly after the fire broke […]
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RIVERSIDE — A mother and daughter heading to an area casino for a day of fun were killed early Friday morning, Aug. 10, after a suspected DUI driver entered the eastbound 91 Freeway heading westbound and plowed head-on into the victim’s car. After the impact, the victim’s car burst into flames and good Samaritans who were first at the scene […]
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ANDERSON — A deputy who stopped to talk to an Oregon transient loitering in the area of the Anderson Teen Center Sunday, Aug. 5, later arrested the man after learning he was a registered sex offender who had failed to register in California after leaving the Hillsboro, Oregon area. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATED: FRM “Hat Fire” at 2,500 ac. with 15% […]
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UPDATED: Aug. 10, 9 a.m. See originals story, updates, photos, and videos below. FALL RIVER MILLS — Cal Fire officials updated this morning that the Hat Fire burning in Fall River Mills had more than tripled in size overnight, growing from 800 acres shortly before 10 p.m., the 2,500 acres at 7:30 a.m. Firefighter’s efforts had managed to achieve 15% […]
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EL MIRAGE, Ariz. — Two teens are reportedly in stable condition after they were struck by lightning during a monsoon in El Mirage Wednesday night. The two boys, reported to be 13 or 14-years-old, were struck by lightning at a park as a large storm rolled through town, El Mirage Police Department said yesterday. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: HEMET: Toddler […]
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BURNEY — Burney and Johnson Park residents are expressing anger and frustration over the theft of a boy’s bicycle from a local business earlier today. The bike was stolen from in front of Dollar General, at the intersection of Main St. and Mountain View Rd, in Burney. Calling the theft “outrageous,” the boy’s mother later explained her son had gone […]
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