News From Around The County
Three different remote-area rescues that were all reported in just over a four-hour period strained fire and law enforcement resources, Saturday, Aug. 26. The three different and unrelated rescues took place in Lake Elsinore, San Jacinto and Mountain Center. One of the incidents resulted in one victim with major injuries and the other two both resulted in minor injuries. Two […]
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VALLE VISTA — Authorities are currently investigating a possible hit and run, believed to involve a pedestrian and possibly two vehicles. The major-injury, hit and run collisions happened Monday evening, Aug. 28, along a dark section of Highway 74 near First Street in Valle Vista. The same stretch of highway has been the site of several other recent, major-injury and fatal vehicle versus […]
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RIVERSIDE — Seven people were forced to undergo decontamination and were hospitalized and the entire Riverside County Sheriff’s Administration building was evacuated after officials located a “suspicious letter” that contained a “white powder-like substance,” this morning, Monday, Aug. 28, according to officials from multiple involved law enforcement and fire agencies. “Currently there are seven personnel who have officially been decontaminated,” Riverside County Sheriff’s […]
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FRENCH VALLEY — What began as a neighbor dispute erupted in gunfire during a volatile incident that happened in a newer and otherwise quiet, residential neighborhood, Friday, August 25. The shooting, which resulted in one person being transported to an area hospital with “non life-threatening injuries,” happened in the 38000 block of Talavera Court, between Murrieta Hot Springs and Pourroy Roads, in French Valley. “At this […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Aug. 27, 11 p.m. RIVERSIDE — In spite of life-saving efforts made by both law enforcement and fire officials, a pedestrian – believed to have been struck by a vehicle – died at the scene, Wednesday, Aug. 23. The deadly incident was reported in the area of Martin Luther King Boulevard, west of Canyon Crest Drive, in Riverside. According to […]
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EAST HEMET — Authorities from multiple local law enforcement agencies pursued a man in a stolen pickup truck through Hemet, the East Hemet area and through Valle Vista. The suspect managed to elude officials after launching at high-speed deep into an orange grove in the area of Bautista Canyon Road, near Fairview Avenue, Saturday, Aug. 26. The late-night pursuit ended not far from the […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Aug. 21, 12 a.m. WILDOMAR — Sheriff’s officials have released additional information and confirmed a victim was crushed to death by their own SUV after a single-vehicle, rollover traffic accident, Sunday, Aug. 27. The early-morning, fatal crash happened at the intersection of Lemon and Orange Streets, east of the I-15 Freeway, in Wildomar. According to several residents who live at or near […]
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COACHELLA — A deputy shot at and later arrested a man who fled from him Saturday, Aug. 26. The early-morning, officer-involved shooting and arrest began in the in the 52-100 block and ended in the 51-800 block of Harrison Avenue, near Avenue 52, in Coachella. The alleged suspect, who was later identified by officials as 35-year-old, Chad Willis Lisenby, of Coachella, was not hit […]
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WINCHESTER — With so many serious and fatal accidents involving vehicles and pedestrians that have recently plagued the San Jacinto valley and surrounding areas, the California Highway Patrol recently conducted what they called a Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation in the unincorporated community of Winchester, west of of Hemet. The safety enforcement program, which was designed to focus on motorists and pedestrians who failed to yield the right-of-way or who took […]
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RIVERSIDE — At least three people were hospitalized after a UPS truck overturned, landing on top of a compact sedan, crushing it almost beyond recognition, Wednesday morning Aug. 23. The early-morning accident happened in the eastbound lanes of the 60 Freeway near the downtown Riverside area, between Main and Orange Streets. City of Riverside Police and Fire officials, California Highway Patrol officers and American Medical Response medics […]
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