News From Around The County
SAN GORGONIO PASS — Officials arrested a Bakersfield parolee they say spent an hour “harassing and annoying” a 16-year-old girl traveling by herself on a Greyhound bus early Monday morning, May 27. According to CHP, the victim was traveling home to Los Angeles along the westbound I-10 through the San Gorgonio Pass area after attending Comic Con; a comic book […]
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BANNING — A man and woman headed to a Banning middle school to pick up their daughter were hospitalized after their vehicle hit the center divider, spun out, and overturned down a steep embankment in Banning yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, May 22. Yesterday’s crash, which resulted in one victim suffering major injuries, happened just before the 22nd St. off ramp on […]
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BANNING — A 33-year-old Rialto man has died after losing control of his vehicle and careening off the I-10 Freeway and into a tree in Banning early this morning, Thursday, May 23. Heavy rain and excessive speed for the conditions were determined to be contributing factors in the deadly crash, according to CHP. Although the victim was wearing his seat […]
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BEAUMONT — A security guard with an umbrella and a second school employee were apparently struck by lightning at a Beaumont middle school as a storm system moved through the San Gorgonio pass area Wednesday afternoon, May 22. The security guard was rushed to an area hospital, while the second victim declined further medical treatment after the lightning strike, which […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, May 15, 2:30 p.m., With additional details from Beaumont PD BEAUMONT — Officials have released additional information about last Saturday afternoon’s major injury, DUI traffic collision in Beaumont, that happened at the intersection of Beaumont Ave. and 6th St. Four adults and two juveniles were hospitalized, including two who were critically injured and three who suffered major injuries, […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, May 16, 10:45 a.m. BEAUMONT — Officials have identified a woman who died when she was partially ejected and crushed by her overturning pickup truck, last Wednesday, May 8. The deadly crash happened on SR-60, just east of Jack Rabbit Trail, about halfway between Gilman Springs Rd. and Lamb Canyon/SR-79. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have since identified the […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m. See Original Story below. HEMET — A second victim has died after a deadly DUI-related crash earlier this week, Wednesday evening, May 1. The fatal, three-vehicle collision happened at the intersection of Warren Rd. and Florida Ave. The alleged drunk driver, Faalele Rosemarie Patea, 25, of Moreno Valley – who was already on parole […]
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In “Today’s lighter side of the news…” A feisty, black-footed ferret found flung on the footsteps of Banning City Hall last month has found a new home at Phelan’s Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the lives of abused, neglected, and abandoned exotic animals through rescue, rehabilitation and education. The frisky, four-legged fur-ball was […]
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BEAUMONT — Arson investigators are looking into a “suspicious” residential structure fire that erupted at a Beaumont home Friday morning, April 12. The blaze, which destroyed the home, happened in the 35000 block of Stockton St., in the Fairway Canyon area. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Three seriously injured after Nuevo head-on wreck Officials investigating Mead Valley murder Valle Vista home […]
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DESERT CENTER — Authorities remain at the scene of a wreck involving an overturned tractor-trailer big-rig that forced a SigAlert and is continuing to cause delays of several hours on the eastbound I-10. The rollover crash, which may have involved a second vehicle, happened near Red Cloud Mine Rd/Exit 182, this morning, Saturday, March 23, according to a CHP incident […]
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