News From Around The County
OASIS – At least a dozen people were sickened by an unknown substance at a greenhouse Monday, Jan. 9. The emergency was reported in the 82000 block of Johnson Street in Oasis. Oasis is an unincorporated community located to the southeast of the cities of Coachella and Indio and northwest of the Salton Sea. Firefighter/paramedics and other emergency first responders were dispatched […]
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RIVERSIDE – Bomb Squad personnel from Riverside Police Department’s Technical Services Unit were called to Fairmount Park after receiving reports of an explosion, Friday, Jan. 6. Bomb squad members located a “destructive device” inside a trash can near the boathouse at the park’s Lake Evans, an official explained in a press release about the incident. Officials first responded to the park about 2:45 […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Officials announced the re-arrest of a man suspected in at least seven incidents of exposing himself and sexually assaulting females in and around Gateway Park in Sunnymead Ranch in Moreno Valley. The incidents happened over a ten-day period in December and the victims ranged in age from 22 to 40 years old, according to authorities. The alleged suspect, who […]
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UPDATE: 1/9/2016 4:30 p.m. With coroner’s release of information MURRIETA – A 23-year-old Chula Vista resident died when he was struck by at least four vehicles on the southbound Interstate 215 Freeway Sunday, Jan. 8. The man was killed about 8:20 p.m., while he was attempting to run across lanes of traffic after his vehicle broke down on the freeway, according to […]
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HEMET – Several people sustained minor injuries and one victim was transported to an area hospital after a three-vehicle traffic collision Sunday, Dec. 8. The minor-injury accident happened at the main entrance to the Page Plaza/Walmart shopping center off Sanderson Avenue south of Stetson Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police Departments responded to the scene of the […]
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HEMET – At least two people were injured in a two vehicle traffic collision Sunday, Jan. 8. The accident happened in the intersection of Florida Avenue and Buena Vista Street in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials responded to the accident shortly after 2:30 p.m., after several citizens called 911 to report the injury collision between a black […]
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CABAZON – A ruptured gas main forced the evacuation of several businesses and a restaurant, including the well-known Cabazon Dinosaurs museum and roadside attraction Wednesday, Jan. 4. The gas line was ruptured in the 50000 block of Seminole Drive in Cabazon. Firefighters and law enforcement officers responded to the scene of the ruptured gas line about 12:45 p.m., after a construction crew […]
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Officials spent eight hours going door-to-door meeting citizens during the operation. Riverside Sheriff photo MORENO VALLEY – Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police station’s Community Services Unit and Burglary Suppression Team spent Saturday Jan. 7, meeting with the public to educate them about reducing residential and vehicle burglaries. During the operation, which was conducted between 11 a.m. and […]
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DESERT CENTER – A victim sustained major injuries and was airlifted to a hospital in serious condition after a single-vehicle, rollover accident involving a recreational vehicle Friday, Jan. 6. The RV overturned on Interstate 10 west of Eagle Mountain Road in Desert Center. Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters responded to the solo-vehicle traffic accident about 2:25 p.m. after Riverside County emergency […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A man was arrested during an operation aimed at reducing residential and vehicle burglaries Saturday, Jan. 7. The subject was arrested in the area of Eucalyptus Avenue and Day Street in Moreno Valley, according to Riverside County Sergeant Aaron Kent. The man, identified as Christopher King, 27, of Moreno Valley, was contacted by deputies from the Riverside County […]
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