SoCal man sentenced for suitcase body murder
MURRIETA, Calif. (AP) – A Riverside County man who strangled his girlfriend in bed, then stuffed her body in a suitcase which he dropped at a motel was sentenced Friday to 56 years to life in prison....
View ArticleWild weather brings heat, rain to Southern CA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Portions of Southern California sweltered in triple digit temperatures while inland areas saw thunderstorms that flooded roads and caused mudslides. The California Highway Patrol...
View ArticleArsenic in water at Thermal mobile home park
THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials say a high level of arsenic has been found in the water at a Riverside County mobile home park. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports sampling at D&D...
View ArticleJudge dismisses ranger’s claims for Dorner reward
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has dismissed all claims against Riverside County in a lawsuit by a camp ranger who argued he should have received the $1 million reward for apprehending rogue ex-Los Angeles...
View ArticleCalif. death row inmate who killed 2 deputies dies
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — An inmate on California’s death row for the 1997 killing of two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies has died at San Quentin State Prison. The California Department of...
View ArticleCal contractor sting leads to 75 arrests
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California authorities arrested 75 people, some with shady pasts and most of them accused of working without proper licenses, during an undercover sting operation conducted last...
View ArticleLarge tortoise hit and killed on I-10
WHITEWATER, Calif. (AP) — The California Highway Patrol says a tortoise weighing an estimated 150 pounds was killed as it tried to cross a Southern California freeway. The Desert Sun reports that the...
View ArticleRiverside prosecutors want boy in state facility
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy who shot and killed his neo-Nazi father two years ago should be incarcerated in a state juvenile justice facility for his own safety, prosecutors said...
View ArticleDispute over Dorner reward continues
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today refused to give out any information about a panel of retired judges who decided how to divide $1 million in reward money offered for the...
View Article4 hurt in So Cal hot air balloon explosion
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — Officials say the explosion and crash-landing of a hot air balloon over Southern California wine country left four people hospitalized, one with severe burns. The Riverside...
View ArticleCA man suspected of double murder, throat slashing
HEMET, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Southern California man suspected of killing a woman and 5-year-old girl and slashing the throat of a woman about 1 1/2 miles away. Riverside County...
View Article1,500 tested for TB at Southern California school
INDIO, Calif. (AP) — More than 1,500 staff and students at a Southern California high school were tested for tuberculosis after one student was diagnosed with the bacterial infection last month,...
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