Riverside County News

Firefighters will spend the day mopping up the burned areas, officials said.] A heavy brush fire in the De Luz hills area of Temecula that has burned up to 94 acres was 80% contained this morning and is expected to be fully contained later, Riverside County fire officials said.

Three conveniently located Cool Centers for residents in need of temporary relief from the heat are now available in Palm Springs.

Firefighters are battling a fire that has burned about 100 acres of dense brush near Temecula and forced nearby businesses to evacuate.

A wildfire broke out today south of Beaumont and rapidly spread, forcing the closure of a highway in the Hemet Valley area.

Jurors have convicted the mastermind of a $1.5 million Soboba Casino vault heist inspired by the movie "Ocean's 11." But the Riverside County panel on Wednesday acquitted 27-year-old Rolando Luda Ramos on a pair of kidnapping charges that could have led to life in prison.

Twenty-six projects in California, including four in Riverside County, will share about $132 million in federal economic stimulus funds for water recycling projects, it was announced today.

The defense attorney for the man accused of masterminding a 2007 heist at Soboba Casino told jurors Tuesday that they should find his client guilty of 10 of the 12 felony charges he faces.

Two Desert Hot Springs residents, described as the city's main rival drug dealers by federal and local authorities, face life in federal prison following their arrests Tuesday in an a series of raids dubbed "Operation Falling Sun Phase II." Rigoberto Lopez, 22, Miguel Gilbert, 26 and Lopez' girlfriend, Teresa Coronado, 20, were taken into ...

A former minister and music teacher who pleaded guilty to molesting three boys at churches in San Diego and Riverside counties has been sentenced to prison.

Several vehicles caught fire and caused at least one explosion today near a community center and a park in Thousand Palms, according to the Cal Fire and the California Highway Patrol.

Solar panel maker SunPower Corp and Wells Fargo on Monday said they have teamed up to fund up to $100 million in solar projects for businesses and public buildings.

A 24-year-old Costa Mesa man was shot to death when he tried to break into a home Sunday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.

Two people died during a pair of car accidents in Saturday night in Coachella. Fermin Figueroa, 25, of Indio, died on Dillon Road, near the intersection of Silver Oak Lane.

Riverside County's finances will not improve significantly for at least two years and any recovery after that will be slow, according to a new study on the supervisors' agenda for today.

California's unemployment insurance fund is already operating in the red and may not be sufficient to meet the rapidly increasing demand for unemployment benefits.

Authorities say six clerks were arrested for trying to cheat apparent lottery winners by telling them their tickets were no good, then cashing in themselves.

A judge ordered a psychological evaluation for a Temecula-area religious retreat volunteer accused of opening fire on campground residents, killing one and injuring three others.

Yucaipa crash Wednesday killed two; both identifed Coroner's officials have identified a Yucaipa woman killed in a Palm Springs car crash as Mildred Arnett, adding that the driver of the car also died in the collision.

The Riverside Judicial Plaza was dedicated Saturday to retired judge and Riverside community leader John G. Gabbert on his 100th birthday.

A Yucaipa man suspected in a botched carjacking dove through a car window Wednesday evening and attacked an 83-year-old man behind the wheel, sheriff's officials said.