News From Around The County
Filed Under: Random Acts of Kindness SAN JACINTO, Calif., — With overnight temperatures dipping this week into the high 30s and low 40s, a recent 911 call from an elderly San Jacinto man – left “freezing in his home” after his heater broke and he could not afford to replace it – had a happy, and warm, ending after local […]
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif., — A suspicious death investigation is continuing after a man was found deceased in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Desert Hot Springs early Wednesday evening, Dec. 15. The man’s body was discovered in the area of Worsley Road and Indian Canyon Drive, just east of Hwy 62, during an unknown trouble investigation, sheriff’s officials […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — Authorities who say a local man was murdered outside a Perris business Saturday evening, Dec. 18 are continuing to search for those responsible for the man’s shooting death, which occurred in the 2100 block of N. Perris Boulevard. Saturday night’s deadly shooting follows on the heels of another shooting and attempted murder of two men last month […]
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MURRIETA, Calif., — Authorities say a man accused of killing his father and fleeing to Mexico on Sunday, Dec. 12 was apprehended after trying to re-enter the United States at the San Ysidro Border Crossing on Monday. Authorities also allege the accused murderer stole a neighbor’s pickup truck in his flight for freedom. Now charged with his father’s murder, the […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Dec. 19, 1:55 p.m., With release of Coroner’s information. Originally Published: Sunday, Dec. 19, 11:09 p.m. TEMECULA, Calif., — Authorities say a pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a busy Temecula roadway early Saturday morning, Dec. 18. The victim was crossing Winchester Road west of Margarita Road near the Promenade Mall and was […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — Although few details have been released, officials have identified a local teen who was killed in a hit and run traffic collision at the intersection of Hwy. 74 and Margarth Street, between the cities of Perris and Lake Elsinore, last night, Friday, Dec. 17. Although a second vehicle that was possibly involved in the deadly hit and […]
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif., — Reports of a small child seen wandering alone and crying near a busy Palm Springs intersection kicked off a frantic search for the toddler, who was eventually located safe and later returned to his family. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Riverside woman, 55, killed, juvenile seriously injured, in Jurupa Valley crash Additional details released after plane suffers […]
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EARLY LIFE John Durwood Weast was born to Jacob Gordon Weast and Elizabeth (Reasson) Weast on January 1, 1859, at Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia. At the age of one year old in 1860, John was living with his parents at Rochelle, in Madison County, Virginia. His father was a miller by trade. He was the youngest child in their household […]
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MT. SHASTA, Calif., — Authorities say the weeks-long search for an elusive elf, who reportedly wreaked happy holiday havoc throughout the Mt. Shasta area, was apprehended last Saturday; putting an end to the merry mischief-maker’s wave of Christmas antics. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Search for missing, At-Risk Redding man, 92, continuing – Credit card misused, vehicle spotted in Sac County […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Dec. 17, 10:10 a.m., With additional information from Aviation Safety Network (ASN), other details. Originally Published: Wednesday, Dec. 15, 8:52 p.m. FRENCH VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say three occupants of a small aircraft managed to walk away without injuries after their plane suffered a hard landing at French Valley Airport Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 15. According to official reports, […]
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