News From Around The County
UPDATED: Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m. See Original Story below. HEMET — A second victim has died after a deadly DUI-related crash earlier this week, Wednesday evening, May 1. The fatal, three-vehicle collision happened at the intersection of Warren Rd. and Florida Ave. The alleged drunk driver, Faalele Rosemarie Patea, 25, of Moreno Valley – who was already on parole […]
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BURNEY — More details have emerged after Tuesday afternoon’s head-on, rollover traffic collision involving a U.S. Forest Service Hotshot crew and a passenger vehicle in the small mountain Intermountain community of Burney. This week’s crash injured eleven people, including all ten crew members of the Interagency Hotshot fire crew, which is based out of Redding and was reportedly returning to […]
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REDDING — An alleged intoxicated driver who crashed into two cars and a light pole before kicking his way into a Redding residence and attacking the homeowner – biting him repeatedly in the face and body – was arrested after violently resisting and fighting with officers who responded to the emergency. The crashes and violent attack happened Wednesday evening, May […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, May 1, 1 p.m. With additional details from scene regarding detonation and road re-opening. BELLA VISTA — Bomb Squad members and other authorities are at the scene of a possible pipe bomb that was reportedly discovered this morning, Wednesday, May 1. Radio traffic and witnesses at the scene have indicated the suspicious device was found by a CalTrans […]
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PERRIS — A knife-wielding man who critically injured another person in Perris last night, Tuesday, April 30, was later fatally shot by a deputy who responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. The fatal incident happened in a residential neighborhood in the 1800 block of El Nido Ave, between Evans Rd. and Dunlap Dr. LEADING THE RCNS […]
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WRITER’S NOTE: From the outset, this accident was declared by the on-scene Incident Commander to be a “Mass Casualty Incident”, or MCI. A mass casualty incident, sometimes called a multiple-casualty incident, is any incident in which emergency medical resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties. The term does NOT refer to fatalities, […]
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INDIO — A man who officials say has a history of domestic violence and is “well-known” to local officers was shot and injured early this morning, Tuesday, April 30, after threatening to kill his family as well as any officers who responded to his home. The shooting, which followed reports of a domestic violence-related incident, happened at a residence in […]
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PALM DESERT — An elderly pedestrian was fatally struck while crossing a busy Palm Desert road Monday evening, April 29. The victim was not using a designated cross walk when the deadly crash happened in the area of Town Center Way and Hahn Rd. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Murrieta man, 23, ID’d after fatal Wildomar crash UPDATE: Homeland motorcyclist, 42, […]
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BURNEY — Nearly two months after a man’s lifeless body was found inside Burney Creek, officials are still working diligently to learn the identity of the victim. Although a full determination of the man’s cause of death is still pending toxicology results, foul play is not suspected to be a factor in the unidentified man’s death, according to Shasta County […]
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WILDOMAR — A driver died in a solo-vehicle crash in Wildomar yesterday afternoon, Sunday, April 28, after his vehicle left the roadway and plowed through several stationary objects before smashing head-on into a cinder block wall. Yesterday’s deadly crash happened on Bundy Canyon Rd., west of Almond St., near Elsinore High School. Although their investigation is ongoing, alcohol or drug intoxication […]
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