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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say six people were hospitalized after a vehicle careened off Hwy 79 south of Beaumont Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. Initial and unconfirmed early reports from the scene indicated several people may have been ejected from the small passenger vehicle as it overturned multiple times down a steep and rocky embankment while traveling through Lamb Canyon, just […]
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CORRECTION: An early version of this article included a photo of a man who was involved in a different Riverside County Sheriff’s pursuit of another stolen vehicle, who was not involved in this separate and unrelated incident. SAN JACINTO, Calif., — A wanted parolee-at-large with warrants for three counts of spousal abuse/domestic violence, child endangerment, battery, and violation of state […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — Citizens and criminals alike were surprised – some pleasantly, others not so much – to see a mounted patrol-led Quality of Life/High Visibility enforcement operation sweep through the San Jacinto area earlier this week. The operation resulted in twenty-eight warrants being served and thirteen arrests, according to officials. Such Quality of Life operations, both big and […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — Two people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle head-on crash in San Jacinto Tuesday morning, Jan. 11. The major injury accident, which at least one witness said was the possible result of road rage and racing, happened on the Ramona Expressway, just east of Lyon Street. The crash forced the hours-long closure of the expressway and […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Jan. 8, 11:03 a.m., With release of Coroner’s information. Originally Published: Thursday, Jan. 6, 10:18 a.m. SAN JACINTO, Calif., — Authorities say a young bicyclist has died after being run over by a commercial pickup truck and trailer in a residential San Jacinto neighborhood yesterday morning, Wednesday, Jan. 5. The deadly accident happened in the 400 block of Bryce Canyon […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — A speed flyer who crashed into a steep mountainside above the Soboba Indian Reservation was rescued during a technical hoist operation near Soboba Flight Park, in the area of Soboba Road and State Street Saturday morning, Jan. 1. Speed flying is an advanced discipline of paragliding that uses a small, high-performance paraglider wing for fast descents. […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — One person was killed and another was hospitalized after a two-vehicle collision in San Jacinto Sunday evening, Dec. 26. The fatal crash happened at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and Sanderson Avenue and forced the hours-long closure of the intersection, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Found dead in Mountain Center with “unexplained injuries”, […]
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PERRIS, Calif., — At least one person was injured and hospitalized after a two-vehicle traffic collision at the intersection of Dunlap Drive and San Jacinto Avenue in Perris Monday afternoon, Dec. 20. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Perris teen ID’d after deadly hit and run rollover crash Perris murder investigation continuing – Victim, 29, ID’d Murrieta pedestrian, 22, killed while crossing Winchester […]
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Filed Under: Random Acts of Kindness SAN JACINTO, Calif., — With overnight temperatures dipping this week into the high 30s and low 40s, a recent 911 call from an elderly San Jacinto man – left “freezing in his home” after his heater broke and he could not afford to replace it – had a happy, and warm, ending after local […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif., — Authorities say a Quality of Life enforcement operation in San Jacinto led to the arrest of forty-five people for various crimes; including eleven felony warrants, sixty-nine misdemeanor warrants, eleven on-view felony arrests, and five on-view misdemeanor arrests Saturday, Dec. 11. The day-long operation also resulted in one gun being seized, three stolen vehicles recovered, twenty-six traffic citations […]
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