Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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PERRIS (Wire Service) - A two-alarm fire in a one-story commercial building in Perris is under investigation today. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which was reported at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 2770 Perris Blvd., said Melody Hendrickson of the Riverside County Fire Department. A total of 35 firefighters responded and had the flames knocked down by 10:11 p.m., Hendrickson said. Flames and smoke were pouring through the building's roof when crews arrived on scene, Hendrickson said.... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Established authors, poets and creative writing professors will share insights regarding what it takes to get published during UC Riverside's 36th annual ''Writers Week,'' which begins Feb. 4. ''We have an amazing line-up this year,'' said Tom Lutz, a UCR creative writing professor and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. ''As Southern California's longest-running literary event, Writers Week provides extraordinary opportunities for LARB. For writers, the combination is great, especially writers...
TEMECULA - A remote area east of Temecula that's popular among target shooters can no longer be used because -- after a thorough investigation -- Riverside County sheriff's officials determined that it's private property, a spokesman said today. For years, recreational shooters have used a vacant site along Pauba Road, just off state Route 74, for target practice, believing the grounds were under the control of the federal Bureau of Land Management, which allows ''the lawful discharge of firearms,'' according to sheriff's... Full story
RIVERSIDE - UC Riverside received a record-breaking 42,178 applications for enrollment -- including an unprecedented high number of freshman submissions -- for the 2013-14 academic year, it was announced today. According to campus officials, a surge of applications to UCR for admission to classes beginning in September dovetailed with a record high number of prospective students -- 174,767 -- applying throughout the University of California system. Applications from prospective incoming freshmen to UCR totaled 33,809, a 13...
MENIFEE - More than 180 students from 19 high schools will match wits Saturday in the 30th annual Riverside County Academic Decathlon. The teams will gather at Heritage High School in Menifee and spend the day writing essays, giving impromptu and prepared speeches and participating in oral interviews with judges, according to the county's Office of Education. The second and final round of the competition will be held Feb. 2, when a ''Super Quiz'' playoff will test students' knowledge of historical and other salient events in...
FALLBROOK – On Wednesday, Jan. 23, San Diego County Sheriff's Detectives from the Fallbrook Substation arrested a man in a rape of an acquaintance that occurred on Jan. 13 in the Fallbrook area. Detectives served a search warrant early Wednesday morning and arrested the suspect, 28-year-old Fidel Bernal, at his home in the 31000 block of Silex Court, Winchester in Riverside County. Bernal was transported back to San Diego County and booked into the Vista Detention Facility on rape charges. His bail was set at $150,000.... Full story
ESCONDIDO – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public hearing relating to the Gregory Canyon Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Thurs., Jan. 31, at 6 p.m. at the California Center for the Arts, 340 N. Escondido Blvd., Escondido. The hearing, designed to receive comments on the Draft EIS, is part of the public comment period. Due to multiple requests, the Corps recently extended the public comment period for the Draft EIS, which was due to end on Feb. 12, to April 15. The Draft EIS for Gregory... Full story
SAN DIEGO - A bail hearing is scheduled today for Oceanside resident Peter Robbins -- the voice of Charlie Brown in several Peanuts films and television specials -- who is charged with threatening his girlfriend and the doctor who performed her breast enhancement surgery. The defendant faces up to nine years in prison if convicted of two counts of stalking and 10 counts of making criminal threats, said Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth McClutchey. Robbins, 56, was taken into custody the night of Jan. 20, coming back into... Full story
TEMECULA (Wire Service) - A young man who sexually assaulted a 29-year-old woman as she jogged in Temecula is at large today, Wed., Jan. 23, a sheriff's sergeant said. The woman was jogging around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, near the intersection of Honors Drive and Southern Hills Drive when the suspect rode up to her on a bicycle, assaulted her, and fled the area, said Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Curt Harris. The victim ran for help and called 911, Harris said. The...
MORENO VALLEY (Wire Service) - An investigation is underway into the death of a 46-year-old Homeland man who was struck by a semitrailer on the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway in Moreno Valley. Ricky Anderson was hit at 7:24 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, on the westbound 60 just west of Theodore Street and pronounced dead at the scene at 7:36 p.m., according to the Riverside County sheriff's coroner. Anderson's death is being investigated by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department....
PALM SPRINGS - Health Net Inc. has reached agreements to resume covering services at two Coachella Valley hospitals and four other medical centers in Los Angeles and Orange counties that were terminated from its network last month, the health insurance provider announced today. The new, multi-year agreements between Health Net and Tenet Healthcare cover Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, Fountain Valley Hospital and Medical Center, Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Los...
