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Driver suffers broken leg & other injuries after Redding crash – Arrested for DUI

REDDING, Calif., — Authorities say a man suspected of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs suffered a broken leg and other significant injuries after a solo-vehicle crash […]

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Jehovah’s Witnesses set to return to door-to-door ministry after 30-month pandemic pause

Submitted by Jehovah’s Witnesses – Public Information Desk Jehovah’s Witnesses will resume their trademark door-to-door ministry beginning September 1; the two-and-a-half-year suspension of the work will end just in time […]

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Gunshot fired after deputies enter Moreno Valley home leads to murder-suicide investigation

MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a welfare check led to a murder-suicide investigation after a man fatally shot himself moments after deputies entered a Moreno Valley home and located a […]

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Moreno Valley pedestrian pushing shopping cart across street killed after struck by pickup

MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a pedestrian pushing a shopping cart filled with bottles has died after being struck by a pickup truck in Moreno Valley on Friday evening, […]

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Perris hit and run injures boy, 9 – Suspect arrested with witnesses’ help

PERRIS, Calif., — Authorities say a man who fled the scene of a traffic collision involving a nine-year-old boy was arrested after other motorists witnessed him leave the scene and […]

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Officials seek help identifying Anderson package thief

ANDERSON, Calif., — Officials in Anderson are continuing to ask for the public’s help identifying a man who was captured on home surveillance footage stealing a large delivery package from […]

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Montgomery Creek woman, 25, killed in head-on collision with big rig near Fall River Mills

FALL RIVER MILLS, Calif., — Authorities say a 25-year-old Montgomery Creek woman was killed after being involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer semi-truck early Saturday morning, Aug. 12. […]

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Suspect killed during domestic violence attack in Cottonwood – Charges not expected against woman who fired fatal shot

COTTONWOOD, Calif., — Authorities say a domestic violence related incident led to the fatal shooting of a Cottonwood man Sunday, August 7. According to officials, the woman alleged to have […]

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Op/Ed: Competitive Bidding: Helping California Businesses Thrive – by Senator Ochoa Bogh

Here in Sacramento, one of the many (many, many) things we learned during the pandemic is that when the state has to procure goods and services during a declared state […]

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Driver flees from Banning traffic stop, leading to double-fatal collision – Victims, 75 & 24, ID’d

BANNING, Calif., — Authorities have identified two men who died as a result of a two-vehicle crash in Banning Friday evening, July 29. Two other people were injured in the […]

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PALM DESERT: Four, including 2 children, hospitalized after hotel pool electrocution

June 2, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

PALM DESERT — Four people, including two children, were hospitalized after a freak, unexplained electrocution at one of the Marriott Shadow Ridge Resort’s pools, Wednesday, May 31. The resort and hotel where the incident occurred is at 9003 Shadow Ridge Road in Palm Desert. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and American Medical Response medics responded to the resort about 4 p.m., after a […]

PERRIS: Citizens credited with extinguishing car blaze after fiery, head-on wreck

June 1, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

PERRIS — Sheriff’s officials are lauding citizens who reportedly used garden water hoses to extinguish a vehicle fire after a two-vehicle, head-on wreck that sent three people to the hospital, Thursday, May 25, Officials later identified Edgar Mejia Quinones, of Perris, as the driver who reportedly caused the collision. Quinones is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol at the time […]

HEMET: Two-vehicle crash sends three to hospital

June 1, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

HEMET — Three people were hospitalized with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash, Tuesday, May 30. The minor-injury traffic collision happened at the intersection of S. Lyon and W. Stetson Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to the scene of the crash about 2 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the accident. According to 911 […]

HEMET: Suspected drunk driver smashes into car, destroys light pole

June 1, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

HEMET — A suspected drunk driver who was driving with a suspended license was taken into custody after he smashed into the rear-end of another vehicle in an early-morning, two vehicle wreck Wednesday, May 31. The accident, that sent a second car careening into a concrete light pole, happened on Florida Avenue east of Elk Street in Hemet. City of […]

PERRIS: Meadowbrook man arrested after shooting man in head during argument

May 31, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

PERRIS — A man accused of shooting a Meadowbrook resident in the head and then later brandishing a handgun during a second, unrelated incident, was arrested shortly after the Sunday, May 28 shooting. The shooting happened at the victim’s residence in the 22000 block of Shaw Court, in an unincorporated area of Meadowbrook, southwest of Perris. After he was shot in […]

Riverside County and Surrounding Area News

TEMECULA: Teen run over, seriously injured, by own truck while “ghost riding”

May 31, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

TEMECULA – A teenager’s horseplay while driving a pickup truck resulted in the boy suffering major injuries Sunday evening, May 28, about 8:25 p.m. The 16-year-old victim was injured while participating in a dangerous new trend called “ghost riding” that has reportedly already resulted in many injuries and deaths across the country. The accident happened on Mandarin Lane near Nora Circle […]

DESERT CENTER: 4 local residents, including 2 beloved coaches, killed in head-on wreck with big rig

May 30, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

DESERT CENTER — Family, friends and loved ones throughout southwest Riverside County and beyond are mourning the deaths of four local residents who died yesterday in a head-on, traffic collision, involving a small sedan and a big rig. The four killed in the wreck were all in the sedan and included three women from Murrieta and a man from Corona. According to […]

“4 million view milestone,” my pending move from RivCo and the future of RCNS

May 30, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

FIRST OF ALL…..THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY READING MY NEWS REPORTS AND STORIES!!!! I RECENTLY HIT MY 4 MILLION “UNIQUE VIEWS” MILESTONE GOAL!!!! <<<STAND BY FOR A TINY BIT OF BRAGGING AND SELF-CONGRATULATING – LOL>>> Having just finished my 19th month after creating Riverside County News Source, it is so impossible for me to fathom having my news […]

UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: Convicted sex offender pleads guilty to attacking jogger

May 29, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATE: Monday, May, 29, 7 p.m. RIVERSIDE – A convicted sex offender and Riverside-area transient who stood accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was jogging near Mount Rubidoux in Riverside pleaded guilty Friday, May 26, to misdemeanor sexual battery. Kenneth Lee Washington, 29, had been charged with grabbing and groping a woman as she passed him on Mission Inn Avenue, just […]

Riverside PD’s AIR-1 makes dangerous “one-skid landing” rescue from Sugarloaf Mtn

May 29, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

If page fails to load properly or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Department’s Aviation Support Unit made an incredibly difficult rescue of a stranded hiker look easy when the helicopter’s pilot made not one, but two separate mountainside “one-skid” landings during a Friday, May […]

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