News From Around The County
Guest Writer Spotlight: Richard Lewis In the Dilbert cartoon there is a character named Dogbert who is the evil human resources director for the company where Dilbert works. For those of you that are unfamiliar with Dogbert, here is a quote that pretty much summarizes how he feels about people – specifically his employees. As he put it, “I’m tired […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities have confirmed the death of a toddler, after the two-year-old girl was fatally run over in the driveway of a Menifee home Thursday afternoon, June 10th. The deadly accident, which happened on Whembly Circle, occurred when a 35-year-old man was pulling out of his residential driveway and ran over the young victim with his right front tire. […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say four people, including three juveniles, were arrested after a man was fatally shot at a Riverside park Wednesday night, June 9th. The deadly shooting happened at Bryant Park, located at 7950 Philbin Avenue, according to Riverside Police Department officials who have since said the victim was robbed and shot during what appeared to be a gang-related […]
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Re-Published: June 11, Due to technical glitch with original article. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A man who officials say was “obviously experiencing a mental health crisis” was talked back from the ledge of a freeway overpass where he was found with a cord wrapped around his neck in Riverside Tuesday afternoon, June 8th. City of Riverside Police Department officials later credited […]
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SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — In a surprising move less than two years after being appointed to the top law enforcement official in Shasta County, Sheriff-Coroner Eric Magrini announced he will be stepping down from the position to become assistant CEO for the county. The announcement follows on the heels of his deputies issuing a vote of no-confidence against him earlier […]
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UPDATED: Friday, June 11, 10:30 a.m., With additional details, arrest information. Originally Published: Feb. 17, 12:32 p.m. COACHELLA, Calif. — Authorities today announced the arrest of a man suspected of shooting a victim multiple times in Coachella last February. The alleged suspect, Eduardo Lopez, 27, of Coachella, remains in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, on a sole count […]
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Authorities yesterday announced that former Shadow Hills High School basketball coach Ryan Towner, 35, was arrested Thursday morning, June 10th, after accusations that he raped a teenage girl surfaced last April. The incidents reportedly occurred between August 2017 and July 2018, and although the 16-year-old victim is a former player, it was not immediately clear if Towner was her coach […]
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ANZA, Calif. — Authorities say three people were injured, including one person who was airlifted with serious back injuries, after two separate and unrelated motocross crashes in Anza yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 9th. The pair of accidents happened at Cahuilla Creek Motocross in the 50100 block of Hwy 371. One of the crashes involved two riders who crashed into each […]
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FRENCH VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a San Jacinto man who had affixed red and blue flashing lights and a siren on his pickup truck and made at least one traffic stop while impersonating an officer in French Valley was arrested at his residence yesterday morning, Wednesday June 9th. In addition to the alleged suspect’s red and blue lights in […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the chest and then drove him to a Moreno Valley hospital was arrested after the man died within minutes of being brought into the hospital’s emergency room early Tuesday morning, June 8th. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: “Battered and bruised, but alive,” Hemet PD rescues N. Hollywood kidnap victim, arrests […]
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