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BANNING – A second major incident involving the mass evacuation of a Riverside County Department of Public Social Services office has occurred, this time in Banning Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 10:44 a.m. Both incidents occurred within a five-day period and both involved employees and/or public being sickened and forced to evacuate DPSS buildings. The two offices are about 45 miles […]
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Written for Valley News. Click link below for full story. Six firefighters entrapped by raging Blue Cut wildfire, two injured
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UPDATE: 08/15/2016 10:15 a.m. With information from Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department Written by Trevor Montgomery With William Hayes HOMELAND – Despite the efforts of Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters, an abandoned building burned to the ground Sunday, August 14. The building was located on the corner of SR 74 and Cortrite Avenue on the border of the unincorporated communities of […]
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UPDATED: 08/13/2016 2:45 a.m. With additional information from victim’s family. MORENO VALLEY – A 47-year-old woman was killed in a three-vehicle, rollover traffic collision Thursday, August 11. The fatal accident happened on the eastbound SR60, about one mile east of Gilman Springs Road, in an unincorporated area east of Moreno Valley. California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first […]
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MURRIETA – A two-car collision at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Jefferson Avenue left one car destroyed by a raging fire Aug. 3. City of Murrieta firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the location at about 1:12 a.m. after several witnesses and passing motorist called the City of Murrieta’s Communications Center to report the accident. The […]
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HEMET – Multiple engine companies and officials from the Hemet Fire Department and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the report of a residential structure fire Saturday, Aug. 6. The fire was reported in the 4500 block of Brookside Drive near Harbor Court in Hemet. Fire personnel were dispatched to the fire at 12:13 p.m. after nearby citizens began […]
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PERRIS – A 52-year-old Perris resident was killed in a single-vehicle multi-injury rollover traffic accident Sunday, July 31. The fatal accident happened in a large, open field adjacent to the 800 block of San Jacinto Avenue in Perris. The field where the accident occurred is south of Dunlap Drive and east of the I-215 Freeway. One passenger, the 52-year-old male, succumbed […]
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UPDATE: 07/30/2016 2:50 p.m. With Coroner’s release of information MORENO VALLEY – Very few details have been released after a 3-year-old Moreno Valley boy died in a pool accident Saturday, July 23. The drowning happened in a residential pool in the 13000 block of Lakota Street in Moreno Valley. The two-story residence where the drowning occurred is located in a quiet […]
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HEMET – A truck driver died earlier today after he suffered a medical emergency and crashed a tandem trailer semi-truck, Wednesday, July 28. The single-vehicle, fatal traffic accident happened on Highway 79, shortly after 2:30 p.m., south of Olive Street and north of Domenigoni Parkway. The area of the accident is located just south of the unincorporated community of Winchester According to […]
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UPDATE: 7/28/2016 1 p.m. Juvenile located and safely recovered IDYLLWILD – With assistance from Riverside County’s Aviation Unit, a ground deputy was able to locate a 16-year-old juvenile who called 911 this morning, July 28 at about 11:37 a.m. to report he had become separated from a group he was camping with near Idyllwild. Although it turned out he […]
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