Deputies arrested a suspect and recovered a stolen car in coastal Orange County
Orange County Sheriff deputies responded to a stolen vehicle call yesterday morning, according to Dana Point Police Services. Thanks to the victim reporting it quickly, the deputies were able to respond right away. With the help of the police Real Time Operations Center, investigative tools, and helpful neighbors, the deputies...
Long Beach man gets year in jail for stealing bronze plaques
A 44-year-old Long Beach man pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail Monday for stealing bronze plaques in Huntington Beach, Orange and Tustin, according to court records. Sean Green pleaded guilty to 10 counts of grand theft and 10 counts of vandalism, all felonies. Orange Police...
California Mom’s Grief Fuels Drive for AI Chatbot Safeguards After Teen Son’s Death
A Homework Aid Turns Perilous (Image Credits: Unsplash) California — Maria Raine, a therapist from Orange County, stood before a Sacramento news conference with a photograph of her 16-year-old son Adam clutched tightly in her hands. Nearly a year after Adam took his own life on April 11, 2025, she described how interactions with ChatGPT ... Read more
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.
