News From Around The County
CABAZON – A Florida resident was killed in an early-morning, single-vehicle accident when he lost control of his motorcycle on Interstate 10 Nov. 6. The fatal accident happened near Railroad Avenue, about two miles east of Main Street in Cabazon, according to a California Highway Patrol official. The location of the accident was east of the Desert Hills Premium Outlets, Morongo […]
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RIVERSIDE – CAL FIRE/Riverside County firefighters had to fight a structure fire at the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center – a place where they are more accustomed to training how to fight fires at – Saturday, Oct. 22. The training facility, which is run by the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, provides law enforcement, fire, and correctional based public safety training courses. It […]
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UPDATE: 10/24/2016 4:30 p.m. TEMECULA – Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit and Southwest Station, in conjunction with Cal-Fire’s Arson Unit, announced today that a fire at a Temecula area care facility that killed five people was arson related. Additionally, four of the five people found at the residence after the fire sustained injuries consistent with gun shot wounds, […]
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UPDATE 10/23/2016 8:35 p.m. With additional information regarding victim’s rescues and current conditions. RIVERSIDE – Three elderly victims were pulled from a burning residence Saturday Oct. 22. The three were trapped in a residential fire in the 11600 block of Hartford Court in the La Sierra area of Riverside. City of Riverside firefighters and police officers responded to multiple 911 […]
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UPDATE: 10/18/2016 2:40 p.m. With information from HUSD HEMET – Hemet Unified School District bus drivers receive many hours of training each year to prepare them for different emergency scenarios they may encounter, according to HUSD Public Information Officer Alexandria Cass. Today, Cristina Dever, Sysonna Allen, and Gabriel Figueroa’s emergency training was put to the test. The three HUSD bus drivers were […]
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Deputies make a cautious approach to a residence where an elderly man in medical distress fired at least two rounds from an unknown type weapon in an attempt to bring medics to his aid. Robert Carter photo UPDATE: 10/07/2016 9:52 a.m. With additional information from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. VALLE VISTA – Reports of shots fired from a home in the […]
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The driver of the Toyota that caused the nearly head-on collision sustained major traumatic injuries. She was later arrested for DUI. Aric Bell photo HEMET – A woman sustained major injuries when a vehicle she was driving drifted into the opposing lanes of traffic and collided nearly head on with a vehicle occupied by a family of five, according to […]
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WILDOMAR – A Cal Fire/Riverside County fire engine sustained major damage while working on a traffic collision call when it was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 15 in Wildomar Sunday morning, Oct. 2. Firefighters were providing medical aid for those injured in the first collision when it was struck from behind. The first accident was reported just before 7 a.m. Paramedic Engine E-94 from the City of Lake […]
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A recreational trailer was quickly destroyed as a vegetation fire near Eaton and N. Lyon Avenues grew into a raging blaze. William Whelan photo UPDATE:10/05/2016 2:52 a.m. Officials announced the apprehension of two minors, accused of starting a field fire that quickly grew into a city-wide emergency. The small vegetation fire began Friday, September 30, just after 6 p.m., in […]
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A City of Hemet firefighter from Engine Company 2 – one of the first to arrive at the fire – is seen battling the residential blaze. Courtesy photo from Hemet Fire Department – by Joe Fanaselle HEMET – City of Hemet firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a residential fire in the area of West Whittier Avenue and South Santa […]
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