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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VISTA - Sentencing has been postponed until Feb. 24 for a man who pleaded guilty to stabbing two people at a house party in Fallbrook last summer. Guy Ray Roman, 21, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and assault with force, both felonies, in connection with the attacks last August in the 200 block of North Stage Coach Lane. A woman called 911 shortly before 8 p.m. Aug. 18 and told a dispatcher that the stabbings occurred at her house and that the suspect ran away, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's...
RIVERSIDE - A proposal to restrict the county's use of private attorneys in the interest of saving money was booted from the Board of Supervisors' agenda today, without explanation, though it will apparently be brought back next month. Riverside County Chief Counsel Greg Priamos had submitted proposed changes to county policy A-18, which specifies how and when agencies should seek outside assistance to handle government business. Priamos wrote that his aim was to ''reduce the county's reliance on the services of outside...
RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors today authorized the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to purchase automatic license plate readers that will be used to ferret out vehicles used for human and drug smuggling in the eastern part of the county. Undersheriff Bill DiYorio told the board that readers are being used countywide, but more are needed to supply Blythe-area deputies working with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Operation Stonegarden, an effort to crack down on narcotics and human traffickers traversing the county.... Full story
RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors had the minimum number of members on hand to legally conduct a meeting today but was forced to end proceedings early when one supervisor left to tend to other affairs. Under state law, legislative bodies must have a quorum available to carry out government business, and in Riverside County, that means three supervisors in attendance. Board Chairman Marion Ashley and Supervisors Kevin Jeffries and John Tavaglione convened the meeting on schedule but were under pressure from the outset... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff today praised the canine fatally shot last week while pursuing a gunman as a ''hero'' who likely saved deputies' lives by sacrificing his own. ''We're all in mourning for Sultan,'' Sniff told the Board of Supervisors after being asked to speak at the beginning of the board's regular Tuesday meeting. ''We lost a valued member of our law enforcement family this past week.'' Sultan was shot in the neck during a search Wednesday afternoon in the 40200 block of Clark Drive in East...
SAN DIEGO - The death toll in San Diego County from influenza-related causes this flu season is up to 19, with 11 people dying from the illness last week, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced today, Jan. 28. The number of fatalities puts the region ahead of last year's pace, which resulted in 70 people dying because of the flu, the highest number since the HHSA began tracking the figures. At this point in 2014, 17 people had died. The victims ranged in age from 68 to 95 and all had underlying medical...
