Tag: Featured

HEMET: DUI suspected, jaywalker critical, after vehicle vs pedestrian accident

HEMET — Just days after the “successful” roll out of Hemet PD’s new Pedestrian Safety Campaign, aimed at curbing vehicle versus pedestrian accidents and educating both the walking and driving public about pedestrian related traffic laws, officials are once again investigating a collision between a vehicle and jaywalking pedestrian who reportedly “ran straight out into traffic” before being struck earlier this […]

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HEMET: One hospitalized after 4-vehicle, chain-reaction, head-on pileup

HEMET — One person was hospitalized earlier this evening after a four-vehicle, chain-reaction, head-on collision. The accident, that caused the temporary closure of Florida Avenue during rush hour traffic, happened at the intersection of Florida and Taquitz Avenues, in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with AMR medics responded to the scene of the accident shortly before 6 p.m., […]

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Top 25 stories that helped propel RCNS beyond 6 million views in first 30 months

As Riverside County News Source (RCNS) passes 6 million unique views and its first 2 1/2 years in operation as a provider of free, fair and well-rounded news reports and community interest stories I thought I would share some of the RCNS headlines that have made a big splash in Riverside County since RCNS officially began covering news stories in […]

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HEMET: 21 “jaywalkers” cited in pedestrian safety crack down

HEMET — Citing numerous recent major injury and fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accidents, one area law enforcement agency has decided to try to tackle the problem – which many from throughout the San Jacinto Valley are calling an epidemic – with a new Pedestrian Safety Campaign aimed at educating the public about laws that affect both motorists and pedestrians alike. Other […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Well-known area Realtor, motorcyclist – seriously injured in hit and run – recovering

UPDATE: Thursday, Apr. 12, 4:30 p.m. HEMET — Area real estate agent Greg Treadwell, injured yesterday afternoon when another Hemet resident plowed into the 70-year-old man’s motorcycle and fled the scene, is recovering and grateful for the outpouring of love and support he has been receiving from the community he has called home for much of his adult life. Although […]

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PERRIS: San Jacinto man arrested for murder after body found in burned car

PERRIS — Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a San Jacinto resident who has since been charged for the murder of a person whose body was found inside a burned vehicle, Monday night, Apr. 9. The victim’s body was discovered by firefighters after extinguishing a vehicle blaze in the area of Monument Parkway and Monolith Trail, southwest of Ethanac and Goetz Roads, in Perris. SEE […]

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PERRIS: Man dead after shooting, officials investigating

PERRIS — Officials are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Sunday evening, Apr. 8. The victim was fatally shot on the 2000 block of N. Perris Boulevard in Perris and died later at an area hospital, according to sheriff’s officials, who have released almost no other details regarding the shooting or their ongoing investigation. SEE ALSO: PERRIS: San Jacinto man arrested […]

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HEMET: Officials investigating after man’s body found on hiking trail

HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have confirmed they are conducting an unattended death investigation after a man’s lifeless body was found along a hiking trail Sunday afternoon, Apr. 8. The victim’s body was discovered between Hemet and Mountain Center, along a hiking trail off SR-74, about seven miles east of Bee Canyon. Area resident Cindy Haskin later explained her adult son and a friend […]

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HEMET: Officials investigating downtown stabbing

HEMET — Very few details are known and officials have not yet released any information following a stabbing in downtown Hemet, early Saturday morning, Apr. 7. Although the incident reportedly happened at Rob Kelly’s After 5 Cocktail Lounge at 133 North Harvard Street, between E. Latham and E. Florida Avenues, officials have not yet confirmed the exact location where the stabbing occurred. SEE ALSO: Hemet police […]

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MECCA: Search underway for man accused of murdering other man

MECCA — Sheriff’s homicide investigators are searching for a man they allege fatally shot another man just after midnight, Sunday morning, April 8. The deadly, early morning shooting happened on the 91000 block of 5th Street, northeast of the Salton Sea – between Highway’s 86 and 111, in the unincorporated community of Mecca. During their initial investigation officials identified the suspect as Gilbert […]

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