News From Around The County
An officer prepares to head towards the shooting that has reportedly killed 2 officers and wounded a third. Screenshot from KMIR UPDATE: 10/09/2016 6 a.m. “Today, Palms Springs lost two brave officers. They go out every day and put the boots on the ground for everybody in this community,” Palm Springs Chief of Police Reyes emotionally said, his voice cracking. […]
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UPDATED: 10/02/2016 1:15 p.m. BEAUMONT – Riverside County coroner’s officials have identified a man who was shot and killed by a Beaumont police officer Saturday, Sept. 17. The deadly shooting happened in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the 1600 block of E. Sixth Street near Highland Springs Avenue in Banning. According to coroner’s officials the man was identified […]
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BANNING – Central Homicide Investigators are conducting what the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is calling a “suspicious death” investigation after an inmate died while in custody at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility Saturday, Sept 17. The facility is located at 1627 S. Hargrave Street in Banning. The victim, who has only been described as a white male adult was found “suffering from traumatic […]
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The first arriving engine company reported a 15,000 square foot strip mall with a well-established fire burning in the attic space. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire photo BEAUMONT – Two firefighters suffered minor, but unspecified, injuries while battling a two alarm structure fire at a strip mall in the 400 block E. 6th Street in Beaumont Sept. 11. Both injured firefighters were transported by […]
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UPDATE: 09/03/2016 5:30 p.m. At 3:25 p.m. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Jody Hagemann provided an update to the ongoing fire operation at a commercial structure that burned in Banning. One 30,000 square foot abandoned concrete building was destroyed in the blaze, according to Hagemann. Fire personnel were expected to be at the scene for several hours, until […]
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UPDATE #8 8/30/16 9:45 p.m. The Bogart fire – which is now considered to be “human-caused” – has burned an estimated 1,000 acres and is about 10% contained, according to Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Spokeswoman April Newman. In a potential sign of the direction of their investigation – and belief the cause of the fire was possibly related to juvenile activity – in […]
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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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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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BANNING – An inmate being held at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning was discovered missing during an hourly headcount The woman’s disappearance led to an hours-long search Wednesday, Aug. 10. The inmate, who has only identified as a 19-year-old woman, is in custody for theft-related offenses. Officials have not yet released where the inmate was arrested or how long […]
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UPDATE #4 4/12/2016 2 p.m. Writer’s note: An early version of this incident referenced a gold mini-van as possibly related to this investigation. That turned out to not be the case and I updated my report last night accordingly. I apologize for any confusion this error might have caused. BANNING – Banning Police officers responding to the report of […]
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