Riverside County News Archives

Police who found charred human remains at the Riverside County home of one of two missing Southern California teens also found a machete, butcher knives and burned and bloodied clothing there, according to documents made public Monday.

The event is part of a nationwide ''Home for the Holidays'' pet adoption drive that emphasizes the availability of rescued and abandoned animals.

"Instead of stopping, the vehicle fled," Griffitts said. Police called in the SWAT Team and hostage negotiators to help them arrest a parolee who fired an automatic weapon at police deputies during a traffic stop in downtown Riverside today.

With the morning rainfall, Interstate-15 in Temecula, Interstate-215, and the 91, and 60 freeways, have developed a top layer of slippery sludge causing motorists to lose control of their vehicles.

Marshall gives Ted and Robin one of his "Slap Bet" slaps to be used on Barney; and Lily's estranged father visits her for Thanksgiving.

While Melinda tries to enjoy a romantic cruise with Jim, she encounters an angry ghost who is haunting a newlywed couple.

The first 27 days in Samoa are reviewed with footage not previously shown, including Russell creating chaos for the newly merged Aiga tribe.

Capt. Laura Germany said an aerial search turned up no evidence of a crash, and the tower at Palm Springs International Airport had not received any distress calls, prompting authorities to cancel the investigation this afternoon.

ValueAppeal , a simple online tool that helps homeowners lower their property tax assessments, is now available to residents of Riverside County, California.

A 31-year-old San Clemente dirt biker was killed last night after he crashed while completing a jump at the motocross track near Lake Perris, according to Riverside County coroner's officials.

Police in Riverside County have found charred and fragmented human remains in a deserted home where three missing teens were last seen.

"This is a way we can better protect ourselves," said board Chairman Jeff Stone, who authored the resolution.

Michael Barbar, 52, faces two counts of murder with special circumstance allegations of committing multiple murders.

State agricultural officials have placed parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties under quarantine to minimize the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid, which can carry a disease fatal to lemon and orange trees.

At least 2,000 people are expected at the Riverside County Department of Public Health's first H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinic today, when antivirals will be dispensed to so-called priority groups.

Investigators are searching for whoever threw two Chihuahuas into a canal in Riverside.

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Animal control officers took custody of 2 dozen animals including four emaciated horses and found three pigs they believe starved to death at a home in Riverside County.

A Perris man is in custody after he attempted to abduct a 10-year-old girl off the street, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.

A Riverside man could be facing animal cruelty charges for the alleged mistreatment of nearly two dozen animals that had living on his property, it was reported Saturday.

Two men who assaulted a resident at an Indian Wells home and took off with some of the victim's property were at large Friday, a sheriff's sergeant said.

Unemployment in San Bernardino County grew slightly in October, with 14 percent of the workforce out of a job, the state Employment Development Department announced Friday.

Seven people were arrested Thursday and charged with operating a $142 million mortgage and security fraud that pushed 201 Riverside County homes into foreclosure and harmed hundreds of investors in California and Arizona, driving many to financial ruin.

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Eleven parole violators were arrested Thursday during a sweep in Coachella, a sheriff's deputy said.

Riverside County retailers expect a slightly better holiday season than last year, even though the Inland Empire's unemployment rate is pushing 14 percent, it was reported today.

Roxanne Pennock, with her attorney, Jared Hartman, appeared before a judge in Murrieta yesterday.

A 75-year-old San Jacinto resident accused of sexually assaulting a preschooler in San Jacinto must stand trial on felony rape and molestation charges, a judge ruled today.

An Orange County couple who allegedly underreported restaurant sales receipts and employee wages to state authorities pleaded not guilty Monday to tax evasion and other felonies, about a month after authorities say they closed their Rancho Mirage restaurant without notifying or paying their employees.

Riverside County Superior Court officials announced today that volunteers are being sought to serve on a committee that develops programs to strengthen ties between the community and the court system.

A wildfire spread through 250 acres of rugged Southern California wilderness Monday, but no homes were threatened.

Police in New Mexico say they've arrested a man suspected of killing his wife and 6-year-old stepdaughter.

A small earthquake centered along the southern Riverside County and northern San Diego County line was felt Monday morning.

Assemblyman Bill Emmerson, who represents the 63rd District, confirmed Monday he will run for the 37th Senate District seat vacated when Sen.

The bodies of a 6 year old girl and 43 year old woman were discovered dead inside a home, along with a 10 year old girl who was left alive, sheriffs said.

A 43-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter were found slain in Riverside County and authorities are looking for the woman's husband in connection with the killings.

Thursday's news that four members of the San Jacinto City Council were indicted for allegedly laundering developers' contributions to political campaigns was alarming.

PALM DESERT - A woman accused of using a La Quinta massage parlor for prostitution owned another massage parlor in Palm Desert that was shut down earlier this year for similar reasons.

A Camp Pendleton man was behind bars today, facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly striking a woman with a glass object during a barroom fight today, a sheriff's sergeant said.

A A A' Skeletal remains found in Death Valley may belong to one or more of the four German tourists who vanished in searing summer heat 13 years ago, authorities said Friday.

A La Quinta massage parlor accused of prostitution was at the center of a rape investigation involving a former Riverside County sheriff's deputy earlier this year.

A man died today when the motorcycle he was driving crashed on a highway near Idyllwild, a fire official said.

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A 50-year-old former contractor who abducted a Riverside woman and imprisoned her in a coffin-like crate while demanding a $140,000 ransom from her husband is scheduled to be sentenced today in Riverside.

The owner and two employees of a La Quinta massage parlor were arrested Tuesday evening in an undercover prostitution sting, Riverside County Sheriff's Department Sgt.

Riverside County fire officials say a skydiver has been killed during a jump near Murrieta.

Two suspects who carjacked a man's Buick in Temecula and drove him to Hemet before releasing him unharmed were at large today, a sheriff's sergeant said.

Riverside County's chief financial officer will resign at the end of the year, county officials said Monday.

This is a sampling of political writers Josh Richman and Lisa Vorderbrueggen's blog, The Political Blotter.

Riverside County Superior Court will convene a rare weekend session later this month to conduct adoption hearings uniting 90 children with new families.

Shipments of seasonal flu antivirals have fallen behind, forcing the postponement of a half-dozen flu clinics set for this month.

Sen. John J. Benoit, R-Bermuda Dunes, will end his seven-year career as a state lawmaker when he's sworn in today as a Riverside County supervisor, taking over the seat that was occupied by the late Roy Wilson.

A 26-year-old Rialto motorist was the victim of yesterday's fatal wreck along I-215 in Riverside, though his name continues to be withheld pending notification of relatives, according to the Riverside County coroner's website.

Four Riverside County car washes were among 103 statewide that were collectively fined nearly $1 million for failing to register their business or for various employee labor violations, the California Labor Commissioner's Office announced on Monday.

Police today found a missing 73-year-old Alzheimer's patient who left his care facility without medication and sent community agency workers and volunteers on a frenzied 24-hour search, a sheriff's spokesman said.

Riverside County's latest attempt to get a federal customs agent to serve the region's foreign trade zone at the former March Air Force Base, making way for an expansion of the tariff-free zone, has been derailed.

An 18-year-old man shot by Desert Hot Springs police after allegedly attacking officers must stand trial on assault charges, a judge ruled Friday.

A debt-ridden Riverside County man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his wife in an effort to collect $1.3 million from life insurance policies.

This undated image released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department shows Krissy Lynn Werntz, who was indicted by a Riverside County grand jury in September, along with her boyfriend, Jason Michael Hann, and accused of murdering their two-month-old daughter then putting her in a trash bag and driving her body around the country.

Title: PAGANS OUT OF THE 'BROOM CLOSET' IN SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY It might never be easy to be a witch in southwest Riverside County, but it's getting easier, Ivy Lieberman said.

A Desert Hot Springs man accused of repeatedly molesting a teenage girl pleaded not guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges.

Sen. John Benoit was appointed to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors today by Gov.

Click to Enlarge; Sketch provided by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Police were looking Tuesday for a man suspected of exposing himself to one teenager before then attempting to lure another teen into his car.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a $2.7 million project to rehabilitate streets, sidewalks, outdoor lighting and other infrastructure throughout the city of Mecca.

Riverside County supervisors today received a &#34very sobering and somewhat grim&#34 first-quarter budget update, showing a larger-than-expected decline in revenue widening the 2009-10 fiscal year budget gap.

The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians has pleaded not guilty to accepting more than $250,000 in bribes from tribal vendors.

Authorities are searching for a man who allegedly exposed himself to two teenagers while they walked home on a Bermuda Dunes Street Monday afternoon.

Grand Terrace to name city manager Stephen Wall, Staff Writer Posted: 11/02/2009 04:11:16 PM PST GRAND TERRACE - The City Council is expected to appoint a new city manager at a special meeting today.

Riverside County public health workers will start administering free swine flu vaccines to school children in Banning and Coachella this week.

RIVERSIDE - Two Inland Empire men wanted on charges ranging from child molestation to murder were brought back to the United States this week by a fugitive apprehension team that located one defendant in Mexico and the other in Israel, the FBI announced Friday.

A male juvenile remains hospitalized this morning after he suffered multiple gunshots last night following some kind of confrontation with several suspects in North Palm Springs, according to Riverside County sheriff's officials.

The attack, which led to the arrest of one man, took place at about 11:55 p.m. Friday at the Skybox Grill & Tavern on the 30700 block of Benton Road.

A man died after he was stabbed early Saturday morning. Riverside County Sheriff's deputies responded at 12:08 a.m. to the intersection of Mission Boulevard and Campbell Street after getting reports of a fight in the area.