News From Around The County
HEMET — There were no reported injuries after what was originally reported as a head-on, three-vehicle crash Tuesday evening, Feb. 27. The non-injury accident was just one of many reported as rain swept across the San Jacinto Valley yesterday. SEE RELATED: No injuries after truck fails to stop at intersection plows into car City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with AMR […]
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HEMET — With fears, rumors and veiled threats swirling around several San Jacinto Valley and Inland Empire area schools and photographs of a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall at Hemet High School circulating on social media, a 7th grade girl’s report today of hearing gunshots at Diamond Valley Middle School brought authorities from throughout the valley rushing to locate, […]
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HEMET — Officials from two San Jacinto Valley law enforcement agencies worked together Monday night to diffuse an armed standoff and safely apprehend a distraught man. According to witnesses the man had repeatedly fired a handgun into the air and was threatening to hurt himself. Hemet PD officers responded to an apartment complex on Rosalia Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m., after both city and county emergency […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after rain-slicked roads and failing to fully stop at a posted stop sign led to a two-vehicle wreck in Hemet, Tuesday afternoon. The accident was just one of many reported as rain swept across the San Jacinto Valley throughout the day. For more information about City of Hemet’s CERT program, including online manuals, online certification […]
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MENIFEE — A retired piano teacher who continued tutoring and teaching piano for more than 20 years after he was convicted for committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14 was arrested again earlier today. Today’s charges involving a 7-year-old child that landed him back in jail are similar to those that led to his 1983 […]
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SAN JACINTO — Firefighters knocked down an RV blaze that threatened other vehicles and structures Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 27. Although at least one RV was destroyed by the fire and several others were damaged, there were no reported injuries related to the fire, which happened at 800 W. 7th Street, west of S. State Street, in San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County […]
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Today’s Lighter Side of the News… (If you love horses, see if you can spot and recognize the nearly 40 breeds of horses and more than two dozen horse-related references in this article. Some you may recognize, other may leave you stumped! …says the guy with only one leg. -TM) Long Beach, Calif. — An allegedly intoxicated man celebrating his […]
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MECCA HILLS — A 75-year-old man and 57-year-old woman were rescued from a popular but remote desert slot canyon, south of Interstate 10 and east of Highway 86, late Sunday afternoon. The couple was not injured, but had become lost and disoriented while hiking in the canyon, named for the countless ladders peppered throughout the trail, which are necessary to use if […]
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CORONA — A woman was hospitalized after her car careened off a freeway, went down an embankment and crashed into a ravine, Sunday night, Feb. 25. The solo-vehicle crash happened along southbound I-15, between Magnolia and Ontario Avenues, in Corona. California Highway Patrol, City of Corona Fire Department and AMR were dispatched to the scene after callers reported the wreck. When […]
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HEMET — A driver who smashed into and destroyed a traffic signal was later arrested for driving under the influence, Saturday evening, Feb. 24. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the intersection of Girard Street and Florida Avenue shortly before 8 p.m., after receiving reports of a vehicle that had lost control and […]
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