News From Around The County
Two dozen firefighters battle a mobile home blaze that destroyed one residence. One person suffered minor injuries trying escape the fire. Olga Gomez photo SAN JACINTO – A mobile home blaze destroyed a single-family residence in the 300 block of Potrero Street in San Jacinto Sunday, Nov. 13. The fire was reported at 6:37 p.m., at the Cottonwood Estates, a […]
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HEMET – Numerous residents have been evacuated from the Columbia Courtyard Apartments and Columbia Street has been closed between E. Devonshire and E. Florida Avenues after several palm trees were reportedly set ablaze by an unknown man Sunday, Nov. 13. The apartments that were evacuated are located at 157 Columbia Street in Hemet. Calls began flooding into City of Hemet emergency dispatchers about […]
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RIVERSIDE – Three people were shot, one in the head, after an early morning rolling gun battle erupted between two cars Saturday, Nov. 12. The shootings happened about 4:37 a.m., in the 1200 block of University Avenue at the intersection of Iowa Avenue in the City of Riverside. The Riverside Police Department’s Communications Center received several 911 calls from citizens reporting a […]
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RIVERSIDE – City of Riverside firefighters are crediting several good Samaritans with saving a man from a fiery death after the driver lost control of his car and smashed into a palm tree Monday, Nov. 7. After the car plowed into the tree it burst into flames. The fiery wreck happened at 1:03 p.m., in the area of Alessandro Boulevard and Mission […]
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MURRIETA – A Murrieta police officer arrested a Bell Gardens resident after a traffic stop of a stolen car Nov. 10. The officer made the stop in the area of Clinton Keith Road and the I-215. The officer was on patrol about 2:45 a.m., when he observed a vehicle stopped at a red light. While the officer was watching, the two […]
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Children whose parents are in the military often have to deal with their parent’s absence while they are away on military duty serving our country. That often leaves children of military parents attending school functions such as plays, recitals, sporting events, and performances knowing their parent will not be in the audience or in attendance to support them. One such […]
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RIVERSIDE – Police officers arrested a man who had been standing in front of his residence while armed with a rifle Thursday, Nov. 10. The seven-hour long standoff happened in the normally quiet, tree-lined, 9700 block of Belmont Drive in the Arlington area of Riverside. At the end of the standoff officer arrested the suspect, who was identified as Tommy […]
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HEMET – Police officials announced they have identified and arrested five of six people involved in the brutal and senseless beating of a 14-year-old. The young trick-or-treater was attacked Halloween night, Oct. 31. (Click link to view original story.) The attack happened on Mustang Way in Hemet shortly after 9 p.m. Hemet police officials initially explained the teenager was walking […]
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Family members of a man killed in a double shooting last week are holding a candlelight vigil for their loved one tonight Nov. 10. The vigil is planned for 5:30 p.m. and will be held near where the young man was found after he was fatally shot, on W. Acacia Avenue between S. Gilbert Street and S. Palm Avenue. The fatal […]
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