News From Around The County
LAKE ELSINORE — Authorities are investigating after a kayaker found a man’s lifeless body floating in Lake Elsinore yesterday afternoon, Friday, Jan. 25. The victim’s body was eventually pulled from the lake’s murky waters and an autopsy has been scheduled. Sheriff’s officials have since said no foul play was suspected, but admitted they had not yet determined the cause of […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A 27-year-old Moreno Valley man died after being involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision in Moreno Valley late Wednesday evening, Jan. 23. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Cottonwood Ave. and Lasselle St. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Joseph Peters IV as the man who died in the crash. A coroner’s release indicated Peters succumbed […]
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MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating a chain reaction, rollover traffic collision that happened in Menifee this morning, Friday, Jan 5. The minor-injury crash, which left one vehicle upside down on its roof and sent one person to the hospital, happened at the intersection of Newport and Evans roads. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Not guilty plea after Menifee road rage […]
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And in “Today’s Lighter Side of the News…” TEMECULA — In the wake of a bungling bank robbery and arrest of a 56-year-old, San Diego man this last weekend, the ever-helpful deputies assigned to patrolling the southern-most Riverside County city of Temecula have offered some sage, seemingly obvious advice for other, would-be bank robbers looking to make a living off such […]
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SHASTA COUNTY — In response to “several major collisions” along the SR-299 corridor in recent months, California Highway Patrol announced today on social media that they are conducting a “Speed Enforcement Detail” focused on nabbing motorists who drive recklessly or in excess of the posted speed limit. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: One dead, home destroyed, after fatal Burney blaze Pair […]
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MIRA LOMA — A horse that broke free and was running loose through the streets of Mira Loma west of Jurupa Valley was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 22. After evaluating the horse, which reportedly suffered two broken legs and other traumatic injuries, animal control officers euthanized the seriously injured animal. The driver of the car that struck […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 24, 12 p.m., With additional details of suspect’s arraignment. MENIFEE — A felon who officials allege fired a weapon at two people during an apparent road rage incident in Menifee before leading officials on a short pursuit last week pleaded not guilty to numerous felony charges at his arraignment yesterday, Jan. 23. He is due back in […]
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HEMET — Reports of several squatters who refused to exit an abandoned and boarded up multi-family dwelling in Hemet and were reportedly throwing rocks at a pair of City of Hemet Code Enforcement officials who had responded to the home to check for trespassers led to a barricaded standoff this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 22. The abandoned multi-family building in the […]
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BURNEY — Details are still trickling in after a fatal fire that ripped through a residence at Burney’s Los Colinas Mobile Estates early this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 22. One area news agency, KRCR 7 News, has reported at least one fatality related to the fire, which destroyed a double-wide mobile home. The park, which is located along Highway 299E at Tamarack Ave. […]
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MT. SHASTA — Authorities are investigating a vehicle burglary that happened outside a popular Mt. Shasta restaurant last night, Sunday, Jan. 20. Officials are now asking for the public’s help identifying a woman captured on surveillance video using credit cards stolen from the vehicle to purchase “a large amount of alcohol” from a Weed liquor store after the burglary. A […]
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