News From Around The County
MENIFEE, Calif. — Although few details have been released, authorities today confirmed an unattended death investigation is continuing after a child was found deceased inside a Menifee home Thursday morning, July 8. Officials were alerted to the death when a person at home in the 30500 block of Pine Creek Drive called 911 and reported finding the minor unresponsive inside […]
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MURRIETA, Calif. — A man with a lengthy criminal record with prior sexual assault arrests throughout California, Arizona, Texas and Oregon was arrested again in Murrieta after allegedly grabbing and trying to kiss a teen as she sat in a vehicle parked outside a Murrieta medical office yesterday morning, Thursday, July 8. Officers had been responding to reports of a […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Already on felony probation for an earlier 2016 DUI conviction, a Moreno Valley woman who admitted she was drunk when she plowed into the back of another vehicle–killing two Beaumont men, was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday, July 8. The parolee was traveling in excess of 100 mph at the time of […]
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BURNEY, Calif. — A large contingency of fire crews remain at the scene of a wildland vegetation fire that is under control, but still burning in the unincorporated Intermountain area community of Johnson Park, just east of Burney. Although fire crews from multiple area agencies and fire stations from as far away as Susanville and Redding were initially dispatched to […]
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Guest Writer Spotlight: Marcus Lansky As our nation slowly recovers from the ongoing, more than 14-month long COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis, you might be a supervisor gearing up to bring your team back to work in person or you could be an employee preparing to return to your regular, in-person work routine. But with coronavirus concerns continuing, you […]
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Already online for business in Washington, FamilyGrab is a free-to-use “Meal Marketplace” offering local food vendors a place to list their family food options for hungry customers and is set to launch in Riverside County in the coming weeks. In anticipation of their rapidly approaching launch date, the successful and growing business is encouraging local food […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Officials say a speeding Tesla that ran a red light in Moreno Valley smashed into a hatchback, causing the second vehicle to overturn late Tuesday night, July 6. The hatchback’s driver was killed when they were ejected from their rolling vehicle. The deadly accident, which sent three other people to the hospital with minor injuries, happened at […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities say a man who called 911 and reported that he had just shot his wife then turned his gun on himself while shocked emergency dispatchers listened in early yesterday morning, Wednesday, July 7. Officials are calling the double fatal shooting a murder-suicide, but have not released any known reason why the shooting may have occurred or […]
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REDDING — Authorities in Redding have asked for the public’s help re-vitalizing a forty-five-year-old, cold case murder investigation involving a Redding teen whose lifeless body was found dumped in a creek back in the summer of 1976. The young victim, 15-year-old, Terri Lynn Ray, had been stabbed fifteen times – once for every one of the short years she had […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Faced with an unruly and belligerent crowd during the arrest of a documented gang member with a criminal history of weapons-related offenses, Riverside police officers were forced to halt and relocate their investigation to their downtown police station to ensure the safety of their personnel early Sunday morning, July 4. The man who was arrested was found […]
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