UPDATED: Man charged with DUI, murder, after fiery wreck that killed woman, 28

UPDATED: Tuesday, Apr. 10, 9 p.m. SEE ORIGINAL STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW FRENCH VALLEY — An allegedly intoxicated man who officials say ran a red light and plowed broadside into a car was briefly hospitalized and then arrested Sunday, April 8. The DUI-related accident caused a fiery, four-vehicle, chain-reaction accident that killed a Winchester woman. The accused drunk driver remains in custody on $1 million bail. Riverside […]

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FRENCH VALLEY: 44 charges involving 2 victims after sex offender arrested today

FRENCH VALLEY — Sheriff’s officials announced today the arrest of a second registered sex offender within as many days within the southwest Riverside County area. Although there is no indication the two arrests were related, the two men live just 12 miles apart and both were arrested within about 40 hours. The man arrested today is facing 43 charges related to […]

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FRENCH VALLEY: Dispute between neighbors leads to one shot, one detained

FRENCH VALLEY — What began as a neighbor dispute erupted in gunfire during a volatile incident that happened in a newer and otherwise quiet, residential neighborhood, Friday, August 25. The shooting, which resulted in one person being transported to an area hospital with “non life-threatening injuries,” happened in the 38000 block of Talavera Court, between Murrieta Hot Springs and Pourroy Roads, in French Valley. “At this […]

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Community invited to annual Valley-Wide Easter egg hunts

Families throughout the Hemet, San Jacinto and French Valleys and surrounding communities will want to mark their calendars for Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District‘s upcoming 2017 Easter egg hunts. Valley-Wide is offering events at three different locations this year. Valley-Wide’s three events are scheduled to be held at the Diamond Valley Lake ball fields at 1801 Angler Avenue, near Domenigoni Parkway in […]

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Three, including 1 juvenile, stabbed in French Valley

FRENCH VALLEY – Three people, including a juvenile, were stabbed at a house party Sunday, Sept. 11. The triple stabbing happened in the 38000 block of Sevilla Avenue in the unincorporated community of French Valley east of Murrieta. The residence where the incident occurred is north of Murrieta Hot Springs Road and east of Pouroy Road. It is also located adjacent to […]

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UPDATE: Sheriff deputy arrested after 20-hour French Valley standoff

UPDATE: 09/02/12:15 a.m. With booking information A jail record search revealed Alcide Galley Jr. was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. He is currently being housed at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. He is being held in lieu […]

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One killed in fiery, solo-vehicle accident in French Valley

FRENCH VALLEY – A 34-year-old Temecula resident died in a fiery, single vehicle wreck May 24, when the man reportedly lost control of his pickup truck and struck a tree. The fatal accident occurred at 7:22 p.m., on Golden Rod Road just south of Willows Avenue. Golden Rod Road in the area where the accident occurred has a long, sweeping […]

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