Glen Avon News

Rescue workers in Riverside County worked this morning to extricate a driver from his pick-up after it and a big rig collided in Glen Avon.

A Glen Avon man accused of having his girlfriend killed was acquitted Tuesday in the killing and other charges after a Riverside jury decided there was "nothing to connect him" to the case, City News Service ...

The concentration of perchlorate in groundwater from the Stringfellow Superfund site presents "no exposure to the community," a state Department of Toxic Substances Control official said.

The murder-for-hire trial of a Glen Avon man was adjourned after half a day of testimony Wednesday after the defendant's attorney announced that his client had been assaulted in jail and needed to be examined ...

A toddler drowned after falling into his family's backyard pool in Glen Avon, authorities said Wednesday.

The Jurupa Valley Incorporation Research Committee formed this month to explore the idea of becoming a city, making it the second incorporation effort in western Riverside County.

Five people were displaced after a fire caused an estimated $15,000 damage to a home Wednesday morning.

Opening statements are scheduled today in the trial of a Glen Avon man accused of paying a 14-year-old boy to murder the defendant's long-time girlfriend.

A feast for garden lovers will take place at the Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center next week.

A 52-year-old Fontana man was killed in a single-car freeway crash in Glen Avon, according to the California Highway Patrol and the coroner's office.

The fatal crash on the eastbound 60 at Mission Boulevard was reported at 12:41 p.m., according to the CHP.

The man was driving a sedan that veered off the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:59 p.m.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies arrested three people after an AM/PM store early Thursday morning.

For seven years, western Riverside County has been part of an Assembly district dominated by Orange County voters and represented by an Orange County lawmaker.

A San Bernardino man died Wednesday morning from injuries he received in a motorcycle crash. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“I'm excited about music. I'm excited about teaching. I'm excited about making music.”

The passing bell at Patriot High School has barely rung and Staci Della-Rocco is already at her piano, pounding out scales for her students' vocal exercises. via Press-Enterprise

“Betty Hayes is one of the most outstanding watercolorists in the region”

Betty Hayes' powerful use of color and a strong influence from Asian/Oriental art has distinguished her painting career from most of her contemporaries. via The Press-Enterprise

Riverside County sheriff's investigators today identified a man fatally shot during a party in Glen Avon on Sunday. via Los Angeles Times

Driver injured in car chase A vehicle pursuit Saturday resulted in a crash, which left the driver hospitalized. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“I don't feel like we have the governor's support. I felt like this was just a Band-Aid.”

Riverside County is the home of two unique and dangerous dumps . The Stringfellow Acid Pits near Glen Avon are infamous as one of the worst dumps on the Toxic Cleanup Superfund's National Priorities List . via PacoVilla's CCPOA blog

GLEN AVON Driver held after accident kills one A man was arrested and a 22-year-old man died after a crash early Saturday on the 15 Freeway. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“We want justice; him thrown in jail”

Leonel Garcia had four daughters with his estranged wife when authorities say he stopped her as she was driving to work, shot her in the head and left her in her van along a rural Riverside County road. via Press-Enterprise