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PERRIS: Citizens credited with extinguishing car blaze after fiery, head-on wreck

PERRIS — Sheriff’s officials are lauding citizens who reportedly used garden water hoses to extinguish a vehicle fire after a two-vehicle, head-on wreck that sent three people to the hospital, Thursday, May 25, Officials later identified Edgar Mejia Quinones, of Perris, as the driver who reportedly caused the collision. Quinones is suspected of having been under the influence of alcohol at the time […]

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PERRIS: Meadowbrook man arrested after shooting man in head during argument

PERRIS — A man accused of shooting a Meadowbrook resident in the head and then later brandishing a handgun during a second, unrelated incident, was arrested shortly after the Sunday, May 28 shooting. The shooting happened at the victim’s residence in the 22000 block of Shaw Court, in an unincorporated area of Meadowbrook, southwest of Perris. After he was shot in […]

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TEMECULA: Teen run over, seriously injured, by own truck while “ghost riding”

TEMECULA – A teenager’s horseplay while driving a pickup truck resulted in the boy suffering major injuries Sunday evening, May 28, about 8:25 p.m. The 16-year-old victim was injured while participating in a dangerous new trend called “ghost riding” that has reportedly already resulted in many injuries and deaths across the country. The accident happened on Mandarin Lane near Nora Circle […]

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“4 million view milestone,” my pending move from RivCo and the future of RCNS

FIRST OF ALL…..THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY READING MY NEWS REPORTS AND STORIES!!!! I RECENTLY HIT MY 4 MILLION “UNIQUE VIEWS” MILESTONE GOAL!!!! <<<STAND BY FOR A TINY BIT OF BRAGGING AND SELF-CONGRATULATING – LOL>>> Having just finished my 19th month after creating Riverside County News Source, it is so impossible for me to fathom having my news […]

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UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: Convicted sex offender pleads guilty to attacking jogger

UPDATE: Monday, May, 29, 7 p.m.   RIVERSIDE – A convicted sex offender and Riverside-area transient who stood accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was jogging near Mount Rubidoux in Riverside pleaded guilty Friday, May 26, to misdemeanor sexual battery. Kenneth Lee Washington, 29, had been charged with grabbing and groping a woman as she passed him on Mission Inn Avenue, just […]

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TEMECULA: “Vigilant resident’s” 911 call results in arrest of felon with firearm, stolen laptop

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   TEMECULA — Officials are crediting a “vigilant resident” who spotted and called in a report of suspicious activity Friday, May 26, as resulting in the early-morning arrest of a convicted felon. The man, who was […]

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UPDATED: COACHELLA: Search for suspect who shot deputy multiple times continues

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   UPDATE: Saturday, May, 27, 4 p.m. COACHELLA — Sheriff’s officials have identified, but are still searching for at least one man they say was involved in the May 25 shooting of a Riverside County sheriff’s […]

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Man punches puppy in face in front of shocked deputies

YUCCA VALLEY — A man who was seen by an anonymous witness kicking a four-month-old puppy down a Yucca Valley street and then observed by responding deputies as he held the puppy down while punching it in the face was arrested Wednesday, May 24. The dog, described as a German Shepard puppy, was taken to a veterinarian for treatment of […]

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CORONA: High-tech aviation crash rig quickly extinguishes vacant lot, house fire

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   CORONA — A downed power line in an empty lot could have burned an adjacent home to the ground, were it not for a high-tech, aviation-based, crash truck that happened to be parked at an […]

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UPDATED: BEAUMONT: Lamb Canyon blaze now 120 acres, 50% contained

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   UPDATE: Thursday, May 25, 6:45 p.m. BEAUMONT — At 6:39 p.m., Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Specialist Tawny Cabral updated that the “Lamb” fire has now spread to 120 acres and is 50 percent contained. “Full […]

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