The Roggin Report: Thursday August 27, 2026
Tonight’s Roggin Report covered a pretty remarkable collection of problems — and one thing they all seem to have in common: somebody is just trying to get through the day without getting hit, yelled at, overcharged, ignored or turned into somebody else’s viral video.We started with pedestrian safety, and the numbers ar
Car wash sells for $3.4 million
A recently built car wash in Lake Elsinore has been sold for $3.4 million. Super Star Express Car Wash at Central and Cambern avenues was sold by Evergreen Devco, Inc. to a private investor who declined to be identified, according to Hanley Investment Group in Corona Del Mar. Hanley Investment...
South Coast Metro YMCA opens Sept. 1 with jobs and new wellness hub in...
Residents in Santa Ana’s South Coast Metro neighborhood are about to gain a major new community asset. The YMCA of Orange County will officially open the South Coast Metro YMCA on September 1, 2026, transforming the former 35,570‑square‑foot LA Fitness at 3701 S. Plaza Drive into a full‑service health, wellness and com
Hot, humid weather bring chance of thunderstorms to Southern California
Cal State LA switched to a modified system as campus officials continue working to address an air conditioning outage.
Dispatches From Riverside County: Center for Employment Opportunities
For almost a year, Miguel Castañeda has supervised a crew of people tasked with clearing piles of trash and overgrown weeds collected on the sides of the freeways across the Inland Empire. He loves his job and interacting with his team on a daily basis, he said, especially since...
Stagecoaches carried gold miners here; now this California trail carries rock hunters
Seventy miles of dirt, no gas stations, no cell service, and mountains that change color as the sun moves across the sky. The Bradshaw Trail cuts through the Colorado Desert of southeastern Riverside County, and it does not apologize for its remoteness. Stage coaches ran this route 160 years ago, carrying miners toward
Riverside County Identifies Happy Face Killer Victim
After more than three decades, Riverside County investigators have identified the final victim associated with serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, also known as the Happy Face Killer.The victim is 26-year-old Lydia Jane Wade McWhorter, a Texas woman who was found dead August 30, 1992, along Highway 95, about seven mi
Riverside County Coroner Could Become Independent
A new California bill could change who investigates deaths inside Riverside County jails, and that could have a direct impact on the Coachella Valley.The measure would separate the Riverside County coroner from the sheriff’s department and create an independent medical examiner by July 2027. Both Coachella Valley Assem
Thermal Tribe Says Riverside County Duped It Into $12M Airport Land Buy
USGS digital orthophoto of Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in California. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has sued Riverside County, claiming officials lured the tribe into spending $12 million on 612 acres near Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, then blocked the very runway access that j
Riverside County Tightens Short-Term Rental Rules
Riverside County is tightening the rules on short-term rentals, and the changes could have an impact on vacation properties in and around the Coachella Valley.County supervisors voted unanimously, 5-0, to make it easier to suspend or revoke a vacation rental certificate. Under the new rules, three citations can trigger

















