News From Around The County
HEMET — An alert parent and quick reacting school resource officer are being credited with defusing a volatile situation and ensuring the safety of students at Hemet’s Little Lake Elementary this morning, Thursday, Feb. 7. Today’s disturbance caused a teacher to issue a brief lock down, which was later lifted, allowing the campus to return to its normal daily activities. […]
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HEMET — Authorities are searching for a woman they say fled the scene after hitting a middle school student as he was walking to school earlier this morning, Wednesday, Feb. 6. Although the teen was hospitalized with moderate injuries he has since been sent home where he is recovering, the victim’s mother later told RCNS. Police are now asking for […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 11 a.m., With additional details. PALM SPRINGS — Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies, special teams, and task forces, are assisting Palm Springs PD with what is believed to have possibly been a quadruple homicide late Sunday, Feb 3. Palm Springs Police Chief Bryan Reyes said during a news conference yesterday afternoon that the murders, which […]
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Chef, restaurateur, New York Times bestselling author, and Emmy Award-winning TV host Guy Fieri is once again bringing the nation’s finest BBQ pit bosses to the biggest country music event ever staged. The 13th annual Stagecoach Festival is back Friday, April 26th through Sunday, April 28th at Indio, California’s Empire Polo Club with an extraordinary epicurean spectacle! LEADING THE DESERT […]
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WHITEWATER — Officials have identified a man who died after he was struck by a vehicle while checking on damage from an earlier, non-injury traffic collision Saturday evening, Feb. 2. The fatal collision happened on the westbound Interstate 10, about one mile west of Haugen-Lehmann Way, in the unincorporated community of Whitewater. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials yesterday identified James Kenrod, […]
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TEMESCAL VALLEY — Two people were airlifted off a remote Temescal Valley trail and later transported to an area hospital after an off-road accident involving four people early Sunday morning, Jan. 27. The remote-area rescue happened in the hills above Horsethief Canyon off Bosley Ln., according to fire officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Pedestrian dies after MoVal collision Murrieta tow […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A pedestrian died after he was struck by a car in Moreno Valley early Monday morning, Feb. 4. The fatal accident happened near the intersection of Heacock St. and Fawn Ave., between Cottonwood and Dracea avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Murrieta tow yard blaze destroys a dozen or more vehicles MV couple in stolen SUV ejected in […]
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RIVERSIDE — A Moreno Valley man who had blamed his employer, Riverside Community Hospital, for contributing to the death of his wife after a deadly traffic crash six years ago has been arrested and charged with stealing nearly $3 million worth of medical supplies from the hospital where he formerly worked. After his wife’s death, Oscar Orlando Bernal, 38, of […]
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CHICO — A man who went to a Chico apartment with the promise of meeting a girl he met while using an online dating app was injured when he was robbed at knife-point by a man and woman last night, Saturday, Feb 2. The victim managed to escape the apartment after he was robbed of all his money. As […]
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MURRIETA — Fire and police officials are investigating a destructive blaze that ripped through a Murrieta tow yard early this morning, Sunday, Feb. 3. The fast moving fire left more than a dozen cars destroyed or heavily damaged at United Towing Service, in the 26000 block of Adams Avenue, on the city’s south end. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: County-wide Pot […]
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