A tow truck crashed into a house near Lake Elsinore park today, damaging the structure and leaving the driver trapped until firefighters extracted him. According to Riverside County Fire Department, the accident was reported at 4:33 P.M. in the 29300 block of Breakwater Street, south of Grand Avenue, just across from McVicker Canyon Park. The
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An unlicensed driver who backed into a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer during a traffic stop in Riverside, injuring the lawman, failed to appear for his sentencing today, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest. Â Â Prudencio Xajil Alvarado, 57, in April pleaded guilty to assault on a peace officer with a
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Border Patrol agents found nearly $1 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in wooden furniture cabinets at a border facility in Calexico. The discovery was made on July 3 at the Calexico East Commercial Facility. According to CBP, a 29-year-old male driving a box truck transporting a shipment manifested as wooden furniture was applying for admission
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Over Independence Day Weekend, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers instated a “maximum enforcement period” (MEP), ramping up patrols on state highways and roads across Riverside County to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers. This statewide maximum enforcement period started at 6:01 P.M. on Wednesday and concluded on Sunday at 11:59 P.M. Statewide statistics from this effort
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Kroger and Albertsons today released a list of 579 stores that would be sold off under a proposed mega-merger of the grocery giants, including 63 locations in California. The vast majority of the California locations are in Southern California and includes stores in Palm Desert, La Quinta, and Palm Springs. According to Bloomberg, Kroger CEO
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Union officials representing workers at Disneyland announced today they have authorized a vote on whether to go on strike. Â Â The workers said their contract for the Anaheim theme park expired June 16 for some employees and Sept. 30 for others, and they have been negotiating with the company since April 24. The unions represent
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CalMatters A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off by the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth. That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than wildfires and cost billions of dollars over a decade, according to the state insurance department.
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Associated Press DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though the desolate region known as one of the Earth’s hottest places is being punished by a dangerous heat wave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death
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A United Airlines plane lost a tire today while taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, but the flight landed safely in Denver with no reports of injuries or further mechanical problems. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, United flight 1001 departed LAX around 7 a.m. Monday, and the crew “reported that the plane lost
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A change of plea hearing was delayed today until Aug. 5 for a druggist from Riverside County accused of using his pharmacy to submit more than $300 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims for prescription medications that were medically unnecessary, often not provided to patients and obtained through the payment of illegal kickbacks. Kyrollos Mekail, 36,
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By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — When 24-year-old Arielle Penick fled her home in Oroville, California, from the Thompson Fire Tuesday, she says it brought back memories of evacuating Paradise during the 2018 Camp Fire. “We just see a pummel of smoke in the sky. And the PTSD from the Camp Fire kicked in instantly,
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The State Parole Board has rescinded early parole for a convicted child rapist from Riverside County. Cody Woodsen Klemp, 68, will remain in prison to continue to serve his 170-year prison sentence. Klemp was convicted in 1994 of 40 felonies involving the repeated rape of an underage victim. The teenager had been in the care
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Three men remained jailed today in connection with the death of a 68-year-old woman who was run over and killed during an attempted armed robbery at the upscale Fashion Island mall in Newport Beach. Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton; Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster; and Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles; were all
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El Centro Sector agents assisted San Bernardino Police Department and Riverside County Sheriff’s Office in a joint operation arresting 51 subjects. Officers seized: $325,000 20 stolen vehicles 20 rifles and handguns and ammo 425 pounds of methamphetamine 48 gallons of liquid methamphetamine $8 million worth of recovered stolen cargo 1 operational meth lab
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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has introduced a new online case management system that provides faster response times. The modern digital system provides drivers, as well as their attorneys, with a more convenient way to interact with the Driver Safety office at the DMV by eliminating the need to visit a DMV Driver
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A 23-year-old Riverside man suspected of maintaining an illegal fireworks stash weighing about a half-ton, as well as a sawed-off shotgun, was out of custody today on a $35,000 bond. The suspect was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside last month on suspicion of possession of destructive devices, possession of unlicensed
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Starting tomorrow, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads across Riverside County to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency’s annual Fourth of July weekend crackdown. This statewide “maximum enforcement period” (MEP) will begin at 6 PM on Wednesday and conclude on Sunday at
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The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has announced more than $25 million in grant funding to 102 law enforcement agencies, local government agencies, crime labs, and nonprofit organizations today. These grants are the result of Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which has tasked the CHP with administering grants for
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A sentencing date was pending today for three ex-lawmen and a tow company operator who perpetrated a scam that involved the deputies steering business to the proprietor in exchange for bribes. After deliberating barely two days, a Riverside jury on Friday convicted former Riverside County sheriff’s Lt. Samuel Flores, former sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Martin Christolon
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Firefly Aerospace is set for their Noise of Summer mission taking place tonight, launching the Alpha FLTA005 out of the Vandenberg Space Force Base, located near Lompoc, California. Liftoff is tonight at 9:03 P.M. PDT. The livestream will begin T-30 minutes to liftoff. https://youtu.be/F6nYZEVsMc0 This mission supports Firefly’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with
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