Category: Riverside County and Surrounding Area News

$291,000 Think Together grant to offer “Virtual Sports Programs” at 81 Southern California schools

Think Together, California’s leading nonprofit provider of afterschool, expanded learning and school improvement programs, recently announced the award of a $291,418 grant from the LA84 Foundation, a nationally recognized leader of youth sport programs focused on positive youth development. The funding will help Think Together offer free virtual sports programs to middle school youth at 81 public schools in Southern […]

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Armed felon arrested after Lake Elsinore carjacking and pursuit

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a felon armed with a handgun was arrested after first carjacking a woman’s car and then leading deputies on a dangerous pursuit that ended in the area of Machado Street and Lakeshore Drive, about three miles from where the vehicle was taken at gunpoint late Friday evening, Jan. 8. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Hemet […]

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Firefighter injured, dog saved, after Valle Vista mobile homes burn

VALLE VISTA, Calif. — Two homes, along with at least one pickup truck and several outbuildings were destroyed after a blaze tore through a Valle Vista residential neighborhood early Saturday morning, Jan. 9. Although both homes were left uninhabitable, it was later learned that two young bystanders rescued a dog that was tied to a tree within a few feet of […]

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Hemet man, 24, killed in Valle Vista four-vehicle head-on wreck

VALLE VISTA, Calif. — Officials today are continuing to investigate the cause of a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash that left one person dead and three others injured in Valle Vista Saturday afternoon, Jan. 9. The deadly accident, which according to witnesses was possibly caused by speeding and reckless driving, happened on Ramona Expressway/Mountain Avenue, about 400 feet north of Cedar Avenue. […]

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Mother of four dead after Perris DUI wreck that critically injured children

PERRIS, Calif. — A mother of four has died after she and her four children were involved in a head-on, rollover crash involving two vehicles in Perris early New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31. Officials have said a total of six people were hospitalized after the collision and that the driver who caused the crash was later arrested for DUI […]

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DUI, ice-slicked highway, lead to fatal I-5 crash in Siskiyou County

SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — A passenger was killed and a driver was seriously injured when their vehicle lost control and slammed into a tractor-trailer combo that was parked along the southbound Montague Road Interstate 5 onramp early Thursday morning, Jan. 7. Although CHP has said that temperatures at the time of the crash were in the freezing range and that […]

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Man arrested after second Redding pursuit in two days

As released by Redding Police Department REDDING, Calif. — On Friday, January 8th, 2021, at 2:39 P.M., Redding Police Officers located a stolen Honda Civic being driven on the on-ramp to eastbound State Route 44 from Airport Road. When Officers attempted a traffic stop on the stolen Honda, the single male driver fled eastbound on State Route 44 in a […]

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2 arrested, victim hospitalized after violent Siskiyou County home invasion

HORNBROOK, Calif. — Authorities yesterday reported that two men who kicked their way into a man’s home, sprayed him with bear-mace, and then began kicking him while he was down on the ground, were arrested after then stealing various items from within the victim’s home. The victim was later treated for a suspected broken arm and exposure to the bear-mace […]

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Arrested and handcuffed, Anderson felon nabbed after fleeing from deputies

COTTONWOOD, Calif. — A wanted felon was re-apprehended after fleeing from a deputy following his arrest in Cottonwood Thursday afternoon, Jan. 7. Although already arrested and in handcuffs, the alleged suspect, Lucas Andrew Mcleod, 25 years-old, of Anderson, fled from officials, leading to a multi-agency search that lasted for more than an hour. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: 4 times the legal […]

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Children removed from Anderson home, 2 arrested, after officers find “deplorable conditions”, drugs

As released by Anderson Police Department ANDERSON, Calif. — On Tuesday, January 5th 2021, at approximately 1600 hours, officers with the Anderson Police Department responded to a residence on the 2900 block of Douglas Street to conduct a probation search. One of the home’s residents, 42 year old Tiffany Louise Rogers of Anderson, was on probation from a prior case […]

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