Public Meeting Roundup — April 20-24
Every week, The Riverside Record publishes a list of public meetings — county, city and school district governance — happening along with links to the agendas and ways you can attend or watch the meetings. Use the links below to navigate to different sections. Each section is organized alphabetically.
March Field Air Museum Secures PV-2 Harpoon
After more than two years of work, the March Field Air Museum of Riverside, California, has at last procured the last components of a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon WWII patrol bomber. This aircraft has had a long journey to get to the museum adjacent to March Air Reserve Base, but its newfound presence signals the start of a new chapter in the story of...
Lake Elsinore woman sets up memorial for Celeste Rivas Hernandez
As the family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez navigates their grief while her murder case continues, one Lake Elsinore resident is doing what she can to comfort her neighbors and ensure the victim’s memory is honored. The body of Hernandez, who was from Lake Elsinore, was found dismembered in...
Internal emails show how fringe groups fueled Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ballot seizure
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the spring of 2022, a woman named Shelby Bunch began appearing at government hearings in Riverside County, demanding that officials there address what she believed was an epidemic of fraud in local elections. Bunch often introduced herself...
More than 500 guns seized in Riverside County arrest
Deputies with the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force arrested a woman and seized more than 500 guns while serving a search warrant at a home on the 26000 block of Sultanas Road in Homeland, Calif. On April 17. The suspect, 45-year-old Maria Force, is suspected of attempting to sell the guns illegally. The seized […]
Arrest made in violent 57 Fwy kidnapping, assault in Orange County
A 42-year-old Anaheim man has been taken into custody in connection with what investigators described as a violent kidnapping and assault early Sunday morning. Investigators with the Fullerton Police Department said two victims, a man and a woman, were sitting in a vehicle at an undisclosed location in Anaheim when the suspect, later identified as […]
He was accused of lying and cheating in court. He was just named ‘Judge...
The Constitutional Rights Foundation, Orange County gave the award to a key figure in the long-running “snitch scandal” for his volunteer work with mock trial students.
Blue Jays bus from Phoenix to SoCal after plane is grounded
A mechanical issue with their charter plane forced the Blue Jays to bus from Phoenix to Orange County on Sunday night.
Perris Man Charged with Possessing Synthetic Drugs
A 49-year-old man accused of selling fentanyl-laced drugs out of his Perris home, where authorities seized tens of thousands of pills, was charged Monday with possession of controlled substances for sale and other offenses. Ignacio Gomez Lares Jr. was arrested last week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation.
Two men killed in a Santa Ana shooting that may be gang related
On Sunday, April 19, 2026, at approximately 8:55 p.m., Santa Ana Police Communications received multiple reports of a shooting near W. Borchard Avenue and S. Shelton Street. Police officers, along with Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), responded to the scene and located three male victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Eusebio...

















