News From Around The County
A jack-knifed big-rig on the northbound I-15 Freeway near SR 79 south has reportedly caused a major back up through the Temecula Valley. Northbound traffic is backed up several miles, with evening commuters stuck in heavy congestion well past the Rainbow Valley Boulevard exit. Southbound traffic is backed up in the area as well, with commuters slowing to see the […]
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UPDATE: May 17, 11 a.m. CORONA – Officials arrested a 67-year-old Corona resident after the man allegedly demanded prescription medication at gunpoint from a Norco area pharmacy. After fleeing from the scene of the robbery, the elderly man held authorities at bay for several hours during a barricaded standoff. (Click link to view original story) The incident, which began Tuesday afternoon, May 16, […]
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CORONA – Details are still emerging after an armed robbery and hours-long standoff forced the evacuation of several residences Tuesday evening, May 16. The standoff happened on the 2600 block of Castle Rock Circle, north of Corydon Street and west of River Road, in Corona. The incident began just before 4 p.m., after a man allegedly robbed a pharmacy on the 2800 block […]
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RIVERSIDE – Officials are crediting several good Samaritans with extinguishing a truck fire and saving at least one person after a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Monday evening, May 15. The fiery wreck happened in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Streeter/Grand Avenue near Mountain View Avenue in Riverside. It was not immediately known how many occupants had been inside the truck when […]
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TEMECULA – California Highway Patrol officials announced that as part of their ongoing efforts to improve pedestrian safety in Southwest Riverside County they will be conducting a traffic enforcement operation that will focus on traffic safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists on streets near Temecula area schools. The enforcement operation will take place Wednesday, May 17, at Lisa J. Mails […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – Officials are investigating after a man died when he reportedly fell from a moving vehicle Saturday, May 13. The fatal, early-morning accident happened on the 2800 block of Armstrong Road south of Sierra Avenue, east of the Oak Quarry Golf Club and north of the 60 Freeway, in Jurupa Valley. The victim was later identified as Julian Ibarra, 22, […]
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MENIFEE – Three adults and a juvenile were displaced by an early morning fire that destroyed a Menifee mobile home Tuesday, May 15. The home where the devastating blaze erupted is on the 33400 block of Lindenberger Road in Menifee. Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and American Medical Response medics responded to the blaze about 3:43 a.m. Twenty-five firefighters from five […]
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TEMECULA – A man who was reported missing Saturday, April 8 was found safe and uninjured Saturday, May 13. The man was found just over one month after he was reported missing. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Temecula Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing team began searching for Mabry after he was reported missing by his family. Deputies found the […]
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FRENCH VALLEY – Family and friends of a 45-year-old Winchester resident are in mourning after learning that sheriff’s officials located the missing man’s body in French Valley Sunday afternoon, May 14. The discovery ended a nearly two-week search for the missing man. Alfredo “Fredo” Rodriguez, who was a teacher at Lake Elsinore’s David A. Brown Middle School and baseball coach, was last […]
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UPDATE: May 15, 6 p.m. An online jail records search revealed Joshua Cody Benson, 26, of Hemet, was the man arrested after the pursuit of an off-road motorcycle Sunday, May 14. Benson was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of recklessly evading police, felony evading, driving with a suspended license and violation of state parole. Because […]
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