News From Around The County
MENIFEE — Menifee City Manager Armando G. Villa has announced the appointment of former Lompoc, CA Police Chief Pat Walsh, as the city’s first Chief of Police. Chief Walsh was selected from a competitive pool of 49 applicants spanning from 9 states and 2 foreign countries. Chief Walsh rose to the top following an intense 6-week selection process that included […]
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BURNEY — More than 115 students, parents, and teachers, came together for Burney Elementary’s second annual family STEM Fair, last night, Tuesday, March 27. The STEM Fair featured numerous interactive and hands-on STEM-based displays and experiments; including the opportunity for attendees to see how crystals are formed, to see how hot air balloons work, and how to create enough energy […]
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REDDING — A wanted felon who authorities say stole a motorcycle and led officers on a short pursuit was later arrested with assistance from a CHP aviation unit and a Redding PD K-9 early Monday morning, March 25. The 25-year-old Oroville resident, later identified as Cory Ray Arguello, was eventually discovered hiding inside a trash can and was taken into […]
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TEMECULA — Comic book enthusiasts throughout the Temecula valley and beyond are invited to join SoCal Games & Comics for an “epic,” 3-hour event this May 4, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library, at 30600 Pauba Road, in the City of Temecula. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Kicked and beaten, RPD officer hospitalized by […]
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A motorist died this morning, Tuesday, March 26, after a solo-vehicle rollover crash near the Cactus City rest area along the eastbound I-10. The deadly crash happened about half-way between Indio and Chiriaco Summit, near the Frontage Road exit 162, according to California Highway Patrol. LEADING THE DESERT-AREA HEADLINES: Hwy 111 bicyclist critically injured after plowing into stopped van Overturned […]
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INDIAN WELLS — A bicyclist was hospitalized and remains in critical condition after the rider smashed into the back of a mini-van on Hwy 111 between Province Way and Cook Street Monday morning, March 25. Despite earlier media reports that the motorist had struck the bike rider, officials later clarified that it was the bicyclist who struck the stopped Dodge […]
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RIVERSIDE — A Riverside police officer who responded to reports of an in-progress home invasion was hospitalized after trying to apprehend the alleged suspect early Sunday morning, March 24. The female officer, “who was knocked down and kicked several times as she was defending herself,” managed to put out an emergency request for priority assistance, as the man disappeared into […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider was rescued from a San Jacinto mountainside and hospitalized today after crashing earlier this morning. The accident and remote area rescue happened at Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying, in the 200 block of Soboba Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AZ man identified after fatal wreck at Soboba Sand Drags Hemet couple arrested after MoVal child […]
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BURNEY — A felon on probation was arrested again after an early morning encounter with deputies, Friday, March 22. The probationer, later identified as Quentin Winn, 44, of Hat Creek, was arrested after a traffic enforcement stop for a minor vehicle code violation led deputies to the discovery of a stolen rifle, ammunition, and methamphetamine. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: No […]
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HEMET — A driver escaped serious injury but the vehicle she was driving was totaled after the woman reportedly lost control, jumped a curb, and plowed head-on into a large tree in Hemet this morning, Sunday, March 24. The minor-injury crash happened on E. Menlo Ave., west of Buena Vista St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AZ man identified after fatal […]
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