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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LAKE MATHEWS - An investigation was under way today into the death of a man whose remains were found in the trunk of a car near Lake Mathews. The body of the victim, whose identity was not immediately released, was located around 5 p.m. Monday by Riverside County sheriff's deputies on Gavilan Springs Ranch Road, near Lake Mathews Drive. According to sheriff's Sgt. Todd Torrenti, deputies were called to the remote location -- about 16 miles south of Riverside -- to investigate a suspicious vehicle. Torrenti said deputies...
RIVERSIDE - The coroner's office today confirmed the identities of a 25-year-old Riverside woman and her two children, who were allegedly stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, who was later shot and wounded by police. Laura Reveriano, her 4-year-old son, Selvin Chajon Reveriano, and 19- month-old daughter, Emily Chajon Reveriano, were slain Thursday morning at a house in the 10000 block of Granger Street. The alleged assailant, 23-year-old Selvin Chajon Rodriguez, remains hospitalized in critical condition and is expected to...
BEAUMONT - Mosquito spraying is planned tomorrow in parts of Beaumont as a precautionary measure following the discovery of a number of West Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes in the city, where no human infections have been reported, Riverside County health officials said. Spraying occurred Friday in Blythe after WNV-infected mosquitoes were netted near Mayflower Park. However, no human cases have been reported in that desert community. Now county vector control officials say they're planning to conduct anti- insect spraying in... Full story
RIVERSIDE - A countywide crackdown on drunken and drug-impaired motorists netted more than 700 arrests, authorities said today. The end-of-summer Riverside County ''Avoid the 30'' campaign -- named for the number of police agencies involved -- got under way Aug. 17 and concluded just before midnight Monday. The number of people taken into custody on suspicion of impaired driving during the more than two-week-long operation totaled 710, roughly 7 percent less than last year's late-summer campaign, when 762 peopled were... Full story
RIVERSIDE - A Riverside couple's lawsuit challenging the city's use of utility fee revenue for general government purposes and demanding that the municipality reimburse local residents for allegedly excessive water fees went before a judge today. Javier and Vivian Moreno claim the city of Riverside -- where they've lived for more than 20 years -- has been violating California's Proposition 218 by annually transferring revenue generated from residents' water bill payments into the general fund. The couple filed suit in July,... Full story
The California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies have issued an alert for all Southern California residents to be on the lookout for an escaped felon who is considered to be armed and dangerous. Felony suspect Darnell Washington escaped from a county jail in San Bernardino County with the aid of his wife, Tania, on August 28. Washington is now wanted in connecting with the shooting of a 39-year-old L.A. County Sheriff's deputy in El Monte on Sunday morning,... Full story
RIVERSIDE - Trial proceedings are slated to get under way today for a Banning couple accused in the beating death of the woman's 2-year-old son. Andrew Lee Payne, 24, could face 25 years to life in prison and Davia Damanique James, 23, could face 15 years to life behind bars if convicted in the death of the youngster, identified in court documents as John Doe. He died from severe head trauma last Nov. 11. Payne is charged with second-degree murder, assault on a child resulting in great bodily injury, falsifying a...
VISTA - A preliminary hearing for a Temecula man accused of killing a goat while trying to steal it and another goat from Fallbrook High School's agricultural department was postponed today until Oct. 2. Bryce Zubicki, 23, was arrested in July and linked to the June 15, 2011, crime by DNA evidence found at the scene. At the time, authorities said Zubicki had been convicted of a felony, but declined to say what it was. Zubicki allegedly duct-taped the muzzles and legs of two goats at the school on the morning of June 15 --...
PALM SPRINGS - Rep. Mary Bono Mack today called for the resignation of California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton for likening Republicans to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. ''No serious person would ever say such a thing,'' Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, told The Press-Enterprise. Burton, in Charlotte, N.C., for the Democratic National Convention, was asked today by San Francisco-based KCBS-AM (740) about claims that the acceptance speech by Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wisc. was filled...
