Riverside County News

Doug Walker, a retired College of the Desert professor of natural resources and entomology, is one of the volunteers who collects for the Idyllwild Nature Center wildflower show this weekend.

More than 600 marijuana plants were seized in a Norco home that had been converted to a pot-growing operation, authorities said today.

An off-duty Riverside County sheriff's deputy who allegedly became confrontational with two California Highway Patrol officers when they arrested him on suspicion of drunken driving will be arraigned next month on misdemeanor charges.

When Kevin Moran, his fiancee Sonia Rodriguez, and their son, Emilio Moran lay down to sleep on May 13, it was just another Monday night on Warmington St.

A probationer was arrested today after a narcotics related search warrant was served at a residence in San Jacinto, law enforcement officials have reported.

The University of California, Riverside Graduate School of Education has named a new assistant dean/director of its teacher education program.

Palm Desert police responded to the crash at about 4:30 p.m., Wednesday May 22 to the intersection of Fred Waring Drive and Deep Canyon Road.

This time it involves Assessor/County Clerk/Recorder Larry Ward, who appeared before supervisors Tuesday, May 21, to talk about a tax-break plan offered by supervisors Kevin Jeffries and John Benoit.

Federal grants totaling just over $426,000 were awarded to a pair of Riverside County water agencies that will use the funds to offset the costs of conservation projects now underway, it was announced today.

Jury selection is expected to get under way tomorrow for the trial of a Temecula teacher's aide accused of abandoning her 12-year-old daughter in a car without any clothes or food while the defendant went to work.

Jessica Pack, 30, a sixth grade teacher at James Workman Middle School in Cathedral City was brought to tears on Wednesday when she learned she had been named the Riverside County Middle School teacher of the year.

Blythe residents could face a 200-mile round trip to the nearest court if their in-town courthouse is closed Blythe residents are concerned over a proposal from the Riverside County Superior Court to shutter the one-judge courtroom in their town.

Some Moreno Valley folks think the city used public money to make a favored developer's land more valuable by paving a new road through his tract.

A "burglary in progress" call resulted in the arrest of three teens suspected of stealing thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment around Moreno Valley, Riverside County Sheriff's officials have reported.

A San Bernardino County probation officer has been arrested on suspicion of battery and willful harming of a child after detaining a juvenile who had kicked open the front door of his Norco home.

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A 29-year-old man accused of using an electronic skimmer to steal account information from Chase bank customers at a La Quinta branch pleaded not guilty Tuesday to more than a dozen felony charges.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped a half-cent Wednesday to $4.035, the fifth consecutive decrease following a 14-day streak of increases.

The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's office said in a statement Tuesday that Jorge Lizarraga suffered from "unexplained injuries" before dying at a hospital.

The county Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday, May 21, to authorize an ordinance that would let mature residents living in other California counties transfer the property tax assessments from their old homes to houses bought locally.