News From Around The County
UPDATED: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2:37 p.m., With further details from Hemet PD UPDATED: Thursday, Dec. 13, 3:13 p.m., With additional information from REMSA See original and updated stories below. HEMET — Officials have released further information about this afternoon’s REMSA emergency notification, saying in part, “…officers worked with hospital staff and determined the threat was a hoax.” It is believed […]
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RIVERSIDE — With help from a police aviation crew, a private pilot managed to land safely after suffering a mechanical problem yesterday evening, Sunday, Jan. 18. According to a Tweet from Riverside PD’s Air Support Unit the pilot was preparing to land at Riverside Municipal Airport, northeast of Van Buren Boulevard and Arlington Avenue, when he radioed the airport’s control tower that he had an issue with […]
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BLYTHE — A pilot and passenger walked away uninjured after a plane they were in crashed into an agricultural field Tuesday, Oct. 3. The aircraft went down in a shallow irrigation ravine near a single-lane road, in the area of N. Intake Boulevard and 6th Avenue, in Blythe. Neither occupant has been identified publicly. SEE RELATED: PERRIS: Plane smashes into fuel tanker in Perris Valley […]
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UPDATE: April 26, 4:45 p.m. BANNING – Banning police and Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating after a plane suffered a “hard landing” at Banning Municipal Airport Monday, April 24. The crash happened about 1:40 p.m. The pilot and sole occupant of the single-engine, 1981 Cessna 210 aircraft at the time of the crash was not seriously injured, according to Federal Aviation […]
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Darrell Roberts, who was intending to fly from French Valley to San Diego, was arrested after making an emergency landing in a Whittier parking lot. Roberts reportedly ran out of fuel after flying wrong direction into LA County. The Tribune photo A 58-year-old Winchester resident was arrested for flying under the influence after the pilot made an emergency landing in the […]
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Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source Eleven Southern California counties and thirteen public health agencies are taking part in the state’s largest bio-terrorism drill ever. The drill is set to begin today, Nov. 16, and continue through Friday, Nov. 20, according to Jose Arballo Jr., Senior Public Information Specialist for Riverside County. The training event has been […]
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Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source With the high winds once again blowing through our area, the Riverside Fire Department has been very busy responding to multiple emergency calls for downed power lines and small fires as a result of the heavy winds causing trees to fall onto utility lines. On Magnolia Ave between Adams and Wayne Ct., […]
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