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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 13, 7 p.m. See original story below. LA QUINTA — Officials investigating this morning’s deadly shooting in La Quinta say they have arrested the man responsible for shooting two people before leading officials on a pursuit that ended in Ontario, where he shot himself. The shooting, which left one man dead and a woman with non-life threatening […]
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BIG VALLEY SUMMIT — Emergency personnel are at the scene of a fiery, single-vehicle accident involving a pickup truck that overturned between McArthur and Nubieber earlier this evening. The crash happened on SR-299, near Big Valley Summit, according to a CHP incident log. CHP and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene at 7:14 p.m., after receiving reports of an […]
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Correction: An earlier version of this report listed this school as being in Winchester. It is actually in Murrieta. MURRIETA — A malfunctioning air conditioning unit caused a fire scare this morning after firefighters received reports of a possible structure fire at a Murrieta elementary school. The incident happened at Lisa J. Mails Elementary on the 35000 block of Briggs […]
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BURNEY — Firefighters managed to quickly knock down a small, half-acre, brush and tree fire that erupted earlier this afternoon on Burney’s west end, north of Highway 299. A man believed to be a transient was seen running from the area behind Las Colinas Mobile Estates, off Main St. in the area of Tamarack Ave., shortly after the fire broke […]
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UPDATED: Aug. 10, 9 a.m. See originals story, updates, photos, and videos below. FALL RIVER MILLS — Cal Fire officials updated this morning that the Hat Fire burning in Fall River Mills had more than tripled in size overnight, growing from 800 acres shortly before 10 p.m., the 2,500 acres at 7:30 a.m. Firefighter’s efforts had managed to achieve 15% […]
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HEMET — Hundreds of Hemet residents were left without power overnight after an SUV lost control and smashed into a power pole, late yesterday afternoon. The impact brought the pole crashing down on top of the SUV, crushing its roof in, and left power lines dangling dangerously low to the street, trees, bushes, and nearby homes. According to witnesses, the […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Aug. 3, 5:14 p.m. FALL RIVER MILLS — Firefighters managed to quickly knock down a small fire that was reported this afternoon between Fall River Mills and McArthur. The grass fire broke out along Highway 299, on the south side of Mountain Valley’s new clinic. Within minutes of arriving at the scene, firefighters reported the fire was under […]
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FRENCH VALLEY — A 71-year-old woman was found dead by firefighters after extinguishing an early morning structure fire at a French Valley home this morning. Officials spent about 45 minutes knocking down the blaze, before discovering the victim’s body inside the fire-damaged residence, located on the 30300 block of Savannah Oaks Dr., southeast of Winchester and Murrieta Hot Springs Roads. […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, July 26, 5 p.m. With 50 photos and videos A man suspected of setting a series of wildfires in southwest Riverside County and Federal areas along State Highway 74 in the San Bernardino National Forest was arrested Wednesday afternoon, July 25, according to police and fire officials. One of the blazes the arsonist is suspected of setting is […]
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MONTGOMERY CREEK — A fast-moving blaze burning in Montgomery Creek has forced the evacuation of the entire town, law enforcement and fire officials have advised. According to a CHP incident log, Tuesday afternoon’s wildland fire was first reported around 3:20 p.m., and as of 4:30 p.m. had already charred more than 50 acres. According to Shasta-Trinity Cal Fire, the blaze […]
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