News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say that a rifle-wielding man who had been chasing his estranged wife while threatening to kill her before leading Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers on a dangerous high-speed chase was fatally shot after crashing his vehicle and refusing to surrender Friday afternoon, Jan. 29. The deadly incident began at a business in the […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Rancho Viejo Middle School’s eighth-grade social science instructor Samia Muhareb was recently featured as a “Superstar Teacher” in SMORE, an educational blog celebrating classroom success using the Document-Based Question (DBQ) learning model. The DBQ model provides a method of teaching evidence-based, argument writing so students can learn the skills of primary source document analysis, gain historical thinking […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Officials are searching for the driver of a vehicle who fled the scene after smashing into a utility pole in Redding early Thursday morning, January 28. The crash, which sheared the pole near its base, happened during heavy rain in the area of Cypress Ave. and Bechelli Ln. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Human remains discovered near Cottonwood, […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Jan 30, 11:13 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. Originally published Jan. 29, 1:11 p.m.: Few details, many questions, after Moreno Valley murder MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities are continuing to investigate the murder of a teen who was found fatally shot inside a vehicle in Moreno Valley Wednesday evening, Jan. 27. The discovery was made in the […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — CHP and Caltrans officials have called for the full closure of SR-89, between the junctions of Interstate 5 near Mt. Shasta and SR-299E east of Burney. Additionally, all traffic already stuck along the now-closed 60-mile stretch is being turned back, “wherever possible”, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Human remains discovered near Cottonwood, investigation continuing Redding […]
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CABAZON, Calif. — Two people were critically injured and remain hospitalized after an argument in Cabazon led to a shooting in a parking lot near the Cabazon Outlet Mall Sunday morning, Jan. 24. The alleged gunman, since identified as Erick Michael Jones, a 43-year-old resident of North Las Vegas, was arrested later the same afternoon, after leading officers in San […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m. See Original Story below. PERRIS, Calif. — Riverside County Sheriff’s officials have released additional information regarding their ongoing investigation into the death of a newborn baby, whose lifeless body was discovered at a trash processing center in Perris last Friday afternoon, Jan. 22. The gruesome discovery was made in the 1700 block of Goetz […]
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COTTONWOOD, Calif. — Authorities today confirmed they are continuing their investigation after human remains were discovered in an unincorporated area just outside Cottonwood’s city limits, in Shasta County last week. The remains were found in the area of Cottonwood Creek near the Interstate 5 overpass, Saturday, Jan. 23, according to officials. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Sheriff’s Office, NWS urges residents […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 9:45 a.m. With Sheriff’s release of information.UPDATED: Friday, Jan. 30, 3:36 p.m., With additional details. See Original Story and Photos below. HOMELAND, Calif. — Authorities this morning released additional information regarding a deadly deputy-involved shooting that happened in the unincorporated community of Homeland last night, Tuesday, Jan. 26. The fatal encounter occurred at a private residence […]
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LAKELAND VILLAGE, Calif. — Authorities and family members say two young children, ages 1 and 2, were killed, while another four victims were critically injured and remain hospitalized after a deadly fire tore through a Lakeland Village home in the Lake Elsinore area yesterday afternoon, Monday, Jan. 25. Three family dogs were also killed in the blaze, which took about […]
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