News From Around The County
HEMET – A man suspected of using a “Molotov Cocktail” to set fire to the front porch of a mobile home in the 1100 block of north Kirby Street was arrested after he inadvertently set fire to his own arm and clothing Monday, Nov. 14. The man, who was later identified as Raymond John Morrison, 37, of Apple Valley, was located and […]
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HEMET – A boy was struck by a truck when he ran into traffic on Florida Avenue near Buena Vista Street Monday, Nov. 14. The child, who has not been identified, was transported to a trauma center with head injuries. His current condition has not been updated. According to witnesses at the scene the juvenile and several other boys, whom […]
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Two dozen firefighters battle a mobile home blaze that destroyed one residence. One person suffered minor injuries trying escape the fire. Olga Gomez photo SAN JACINTO – A mobile home blaze destroyed a single-family residence in the 300 block of Potrero Street in San Jacinto Sunday, Nov. 13. The fire was reported at 6:37 p.m., at the Cottonwood Estates, a […]
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HEMET – Numerous residents have been evacuated from the Columbia Courtyard Apartments and Columbia Street has been closed between E. Devonshire and E. Florida Avenues after several palm trees were reportedly set ablaze by an unknown man Sunday, Nov. 13. The apartments that were evacuated are located at 157 Columbia Street in Hemet. Calls began flooding into City of Hemet emergency dispatchers about […]
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HEMET – Police officials announced they have identified and arrested five of six people involved in the brutal and senseless beating of a 14-year-old. The young trick-or-treater was attacked Halloween night, Oct. 31. (Click link to view original story.) The attack happened on Mustang Way in Hemet shortly after 9 p.m. Hemet police officials initially explained the teenager was walking […]
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UPDATE:2 p.m. With additional photographs and video from the scene UPDATE:1 p.m. With additional photographs from the scene SOBOBA – At least two people were injured after a small plane crashed into a ravine off of Indian Truck Trail, southeast of Soboba Road Thursday morning, Nov. 10. The plane came to rest upside down at the end of a residence […]
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UPDATE: 11/11/2016 8:37 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in last Wednesday’s two-vehicle traffic collision as Humberto Avila Olvera, 55 of Cathedral City. The deadly collision happened on Soboba Road, 1.3 miles west of Chabela Drive in San Jacinto. According to a coroner’s release, the wreck occurred at 5:05 p.m. Olvera succumbed was pronounced dead at the scene […]
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SAN JACINTO – Two men carjacked a vehicle from a man after threatening him at gunpoint Monday, Nov. 7. The incident happened in the 100 block of South Ramona Boulevard in San Jacinto. The suspects have not been identified or apprehended. The victim escaped the ordeal without injury. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station responded to the location […]
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UPDATE: 11/09/2016 3:30 p.m. HOMELAND – Coroner’s officials have released the name of the motorist killed in yesterday’s fatal, three-car, head-on traffic collision; as well as their preliminary findings into how the accident occurred. The victim killed in the collision has been identified as Jaime Bautista, 41, of Hemet. Coroner’s officials listed Bautista’s time of injury as 2 p.m. He succumbed to […]
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Reporting/Pictures: Dillon M – Hemet Valley News HEMET – On Monday Evening, 11-7-16, HPD, HFD, and AMR responded to a Multi-Vehicle, Hit and Run Traffic Collision on Florida x Gilmore. Reporter Dillon M was on scene within 3 minutes of the collision, due to having heard the collision happen from his location on Florida x Kirby. Upon arrival of our […]
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