News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO — A suspicious package, found yesterday morning, Tuesday, Aug. 15, near the Riverside County Department of Child Support Services and County Probation offices brought a flood of law enforcement officials, bomb squad technicians and several bomb squad robots to inspect the item. After inspecting the package, which was found in the 1000 block of State Street in San Jacinto, authorities […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Aug. 4, 5 p.m. Officials release photos of “person of interest” in brutal, concrete-slab attack SAN JACINTO — Authorities have released images of a man they say is a “person of interest” in the brutal, concrete-slab attack that left a 44-year-old San Jacinto man in critical condition. The victim’s identity has not been released by officials. The violent […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials are investigating the cause of a traffic collision that left one person dead and five others injured Thursday, July 27. The deadly collision happened at the intersection of N. Sanderson Avenue and N. Ramona Boulevard, south of Ramona Expressway, in San Jacinto. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Linda Cato, 68, of San Jacinto as the person who was killed in the fatal […]
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SAN JACINTO — A bicyclist died after being struck by a car and then a pickup truck Tuesday evening, June 6. The fatal accident happened along a dark section of San Jacinto Avenue near Shaver Street in San Jacinto. The same section of road has been the site of several other recent major and fatal collisions. Last night’s fatal accident […]
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UPDATED: June 3, 7:30 p.m. SAN JACINTO — Firefighters have contained a vegetation blaze that burned for about nine hours and charred nearly 30 acres near Soboba Road in an unincorporated area of San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Public Information Officer Tawny Cabral updated that the fire had been contained shortly before 9 p.m. Officials have not provided any other updates […]
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SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s investigators conducting surveillance related to reports of a “sexual predator” seen prowling in a San Jacinto neighborhood arrested a man they reportedly caught “peeping” into house windows, Wednesday morning, May 3. Authorities made the early-morning arrest on the 300 block of Hazeldell Avenue in San Jacinto. The neighborhood where the man was arrested is west of […]
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SAN JACINTO – Just days after a woman’s lifeless body was discovered on the side of a San Jacinto road Saturday, April 29, sheriff’s officials announced the arrest of two men, accused in the victim’s shooting death. (Click link to view original story and initial updates.) The victim’s body was found on the 2600 block of Esplanade Avenue. Although sheriff’s officials […]
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UPDATE: May 3, 7 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the pedestrian who was killed while crossing San Jacinto Avenue, Tuesday morning, May 2. Officials identified the victim as Darrick Peters, 21, of Hemet. According to officials, Peters died after he was struck by an SUV. Peters was pronounced dead at the scene of the traffic accident at 5:31 a.m. Officials are […]
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UPDATE: May 3, 2 p.m. Officials announce arrest of two men charged with Latoya Calhoun’s murder UPDATE: May 1, 1:30 p.m. Coroner officials have identified a woman whose body was found along the side of a San Jacinto roadway Saturday, April 29. Officials identified the victim as 40-year-old, Latoya Calhoun. Coroner officials did not indicate a last known address for Calhoun, however […]
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UPDATE: April 27, 3:30 p.m. See original story and video below. Riverside County Sheriff’s officials provided an update regarding a toddler who was found wandering along the 34000 block of Gilman Springs Road by a passing motorist yesterday, about 4:30 p.m. Luis Navarro first spotted the girl, described as about two to three years old, as she was wandering along the busy roadway. […]
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