Three California pest control companies will pay $3.15M for hazardous waste violations
SANTA ANA – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, along with 11 other District Attorneys across California, announced the Orange County District Attorney’s Office has reached a $3.15 million settlement with Clark Pest Control of Stockton, Orkin Services of California, and Crane Pest Control. This settlement...
Riverside County Receives $970,000 Grant To Strengthen Drug-Impaired Driving Prosecutions
Riverside County is receiving a major financial boost in its ongoing effort to crack down on drug-impaired driving. The Board of Supervisors has approved a 970,000-dollar grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, slightly higher than last year’s award. The money will continue funding the District Attorney’s...
SNAP cuts leaves food distributers struggling to meet a growing demand
With the government shutdown on Oct. 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program faced a pause on disbursements that almost left thousands of low-income families unable to make it through the month. With Congress unable to pass the bill necessary to fund the government for the next fiscal year before the Sep. 30...
AAA Warns Of Major Thanksgiving Traffic Across Southern California
AAA is urging Southern California drivers to prepare for significant delays as Thanksgiving week brings some of the heaviest traffic of the year. According to new data from INRIX, a national traffic analytics firm, major congestion is expected to hit beginning Tuesday and continue through midweek as millions take to...
Average RivCo Gas Price Drops For 13th Time in 14 Days
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Monday for the 13th time in 14 days, falling two-tenths of a cent to $4.63. The average price has dropped 13.8 cents over the past 14 days, including 1.2 cents Sunday, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price...
Hospital’s struggle to stay open continues
In an attempt to preserve its only hospital, several Blythe citizens are trying to dissolve that institutions’s five-member governing body and transfer its responsibilities to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. That proposal is a response to the Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing in September by the Palo Verde...
Probationer Accused of Running Over Man Near Lake Mathews
A multi-convicted felon accused of intentionally running over and injuring a man near Lake Mathews was behind bars Monday. Brian Charles Paul, 48, of Riverside was arrested last week following a three-month investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Paul is charged with assault with a deadly weapon...
Street Racer Heads to Trial for Fatal Accident
A 23-year-old motorist who allegedly fled from California Highway Patrol officers trying to catch him for illegally racing on an Inland Empire freeway and collided with a big rig, fatally injuring the trucker, will stand trial for murder and other offenses. Modesto Daniel Carpio of San Jacinto allegedly killed...
A ride-hail driver crashed on a SoCal freeway. D.A. says they were set up...
Four people pleaded no-contest to felony insurance fraud and assault after being accused of staging a freeway crash to get an insurance payout, officials say.
CHP to deploy patrols targeting unsafe drivers during Thanksgiving
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - California Highway Patrol officers will ramp up operations beginning Wednesday night to snare drunken and drug-impaired drivers throughout the Thanksgiving holiday period. The agency will initiate its annual Thanksgiving "maximum enforcement period" beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, when all available...

















