News From Around The County
TEMECULA, Calif. — An Iowa man who allegedly carjacked the vehicle of a good Samaritan who tried to help him after a single-vehicle crash in unincorporated Temecula Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1 was arrested the next day while trying to re-enter the United States after having fled to Tijuana, according to officials. The crash that led to the carjacking happened near […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, July 30, 3:20 p.m. See Original Story below. TEMECULA, Calif. — Officials investigating two back-to-back assaults of women using a popular Temecula biking and hiking trail announced today the arrest of a man they say was responsible for at least one of the separate and unrelated incidents. Officials investigating the attacks, both of which happened on the Santa […]
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TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say a bomb threat called in to Temecula’s Department of Motor Vehicles office on the 27000 block of Diaz Rd. caused the government building to be evacuated and shut down for several hours, Thursday morning, July 2. The phoned-in threat also forced area residents and businesses to shelter in place until officials with bomb-sniffing K-9s thoroughly […]
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CORRECTED: The victim killed in this collision was driving westbound on Madera De Playa Rd. when this accident occurred, not northbound on Calle Contento, as originally reported. From CHP’s incident report: “On Saturday, May 16, 2020, at approximately 1650 hours, Party # 1 (Jeffers) was driving Vehicle # 1 westbound on Madera De Playa Road and was approaching a stop […]
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TEMECULA, Calif. ─ Temecula Mayor James “Stew” Stewart, Temecula City Manager Aaron Adams and CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Chief Shawn Newman welcome John Crater as the newly appointed Division Fire Chief for the City of Temecula, effective May 11, 2020. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: DUI, reckless driving may have led to fatal Hemet crash SWAT standoff follows San Jacinto shooting […]
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TEMECULA, Calif. — In February 2020, a recently founded nonprofit called MetaCoders launched in-person coding classes in Temecula. Groups of 5-6 students were being taught in Saturday coding classes at Temecula United Methodist Church and coding summer camps were scheduled at the CSUSM Temecula campus. But the COVID-19 pandemic had other plans. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Governor allows food vendors […]
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TEMECULA — Families are invited to discover the joys of gardening together when the Little Sprouts Seed Library launches again this Spring at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library (30600 Pauba Road). LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Murder investigation leads to arrest of Hemet man UPDATE: Perris triple murder suspect captured in […]
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TEMECULA — CBRE’s Kirk Brummer announced today the National Retail Partners-West (NRP-West) has completed the sale of Bel Villaggio I-II & Bel Villaggio III in Temecula, California, adjacent retail centers, leased to a complementary mix of internet resistant tenants consisting of restaurants, retail and “daily needs” goods and services. The combined sale price was $26,100,000. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Shooting […]
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UPDATED: Feb. 26, 9 a.m. See Original Story below. PERRIS — Officials investigating the Feb. 2 shooting death of a Temecula man at a Perris gas station say they have arrested the man they allege was responsible for the man’s murder. The victim, who was later identified as 21-year-old, Gelder Funes-Lopez, was fatally shot while pumping gas at the Arco […]
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TEMECULA — A Hemet man was killed when he lost control of his speeding motorcycle and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer big-rig, Thursday evening, Jan. 30. Alcohol intoxication was considered a contributing factor in the deadly crash, which happened on Hwy 79/Temecula Parkway, between Butterfield Stage and Anza roads, in an unincorporated area just east of Temecula, CHP has since […]
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