News From Around The County
UPDATED: Friday, April 9, 12:18 p.m. See Original Story below. SAGE, Calif. — Officials have identified a man whose lifeless body was discovered in the rural and unincorporated community of Sage, south of Hemet and east of Temecula, early Saturday morning, April 2. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have since identified the victim as 30-year-old, Guadalupe Diaz, of Hemet. Officials have […]
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Author: Jeremy Tuggle – Education and Community Engagement Manager – Shasta Historical Society In 1863 Colonel William Magee, a noted surveyor, miner, prospector, and resident of Shasta, California, located the quartz vein of the Original Sky Blue mine of the Middle Creek mining district. After an examination of this vein, gold was extracted from it which yielded some lucrative high-grade […]
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REDDING, Calif. — A motorcyclist who fled from a Redding traffic stop was seriously injured when he attempted to run a red light and plowed broadside into a passenger sedan Thursday afternoon, April 1. After the major injury collision, which happened at the intersection of Eureka Way and Pioneer Drive, officers determined the rider, Hunter Dorsey, 24, of Redding, had […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say a man who attempted to rob a Redding bank was nabbed within minutes of leaving the location empty-handed, after the teller refused to give him any money Monday morning, March 29. The attempted robbery happened at Banner Bank, located at 880 Cypress Avenue, which happens to be within a short, quarter-mile walking distance from the […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, March 31, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story below. CANYON LAKE, Calif. — Authorities who are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of a man whose naked and lifeless body was pulled from Canyon Lake earlier this month, have asked for the public’s help in tracking the man’s movements and whereabouts in the days leading to the Sunday, March […]
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PALM DESERT, Calif. — Authorities say a man who stabbed a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was apprehended after a violent and bloody struggle in Palm Desert Tuesday afternoon, March 30. Both the stabbed deputy and suspect, Christian Matthew Choi, 51, of La Quinta, were hospitalized after the armed encounter, which happened in the area El Paseo and Lupine Lane, near […]
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REDDING, Calif. — Authorities say an ongoing dispute between two men led to a shooting under the Clear Creek Bridge along State Route 273 in Redding early this morning, Tuesday, March 30. Within 35 minutes of the shooting, officers had located and arrested the man who now stands accused of the shooting. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Officials confirm BHO […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Residents of Lake Elsinore and the surrounding communities are invited to join several local dignitaries including City Mayor Steve Manos at an 8 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony at the City’s new Walmart Supercenter tomorrow morning, Wednesday, March 31. The event will also feature a presentation of grants to local organizations, organizers have said. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Gang Task Force personnel working in the San Jacinto Valley earlier this month announced yesterday the arrests of three felons for a variety of weapons and drug-related charges. All three arrests were the result of traffic stops and other enforcement activities that ultimately led to the seizure of several firearms, including four handguns – one of which […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, March 30, 11:13 a.m. See Original Story below. JOHNSON PARK, Calif. — In the wake of an explosion that occurred inside an RV-style travel trailer at the Lamplighter Mobile Home Park in Johnson Park last Saturday night, authorities have announced that a Butane Honey Oil lab was the official cause of the explosion that destroyed the trailer and […]
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