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Top lifeguards from across the United States are competing in Huntington Beach this weekend as the 2025 United States Lifesaving Association National Championships return to Surf City for the first time in 15 years. The annual event draws elite competitors from coastal communities nationwide to test their rescue and...

Five people have been arrested in connection with a July shooting in the unincorporated Riverside County community of Valle Vista, authorities said. According to Sergeant Matthew Cramer of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies from the Hemet Sheriff’s Station were dispatched around 6:22 a.m. on July 19...

As the Rosa Fire raged through parts of Riverside County this week, forcing residents to evacuate their homes along Highway 74, one team remained behind on the mountain: Riverside County Animal Services.While most residents scrambled to escape the fast-moving flames, animal control officers climbed deeper into the...

An Orange County man pleaded guilty to repeatedly shooting at an Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter after drinking during his birthday party. Justin Derek Jennings, 40, of Laguna Niguel, pleaded guilty on Aug. 8 to one count of attempting to damage, destroy, disable, or wreck an aircraft in the special...

Concern is growing in the Coachella Valley over the number of animals still being euthanized in Riverside County shelters despite a public commitment to becoming no-kill.On Thursday, passionate residents packed into the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms, demanding answers from county officials. Many...

On November 18, 2023, Riverside Police Officers responded to the 4200 block of 1st Street in downtown Riverside regarding an adult man found deceased inside a home. The victim, 20-year-old Angel DeLeon, was believed to have overdosed after taking what was thought to be Percocet. Based on the circumstances, detectives...

Community frustration boiled over at the Riverside County Animal Commission meeting today, where more than 20 speakers voiced concerns over transparency, animal welfare, and the use of taxpayer dollars. At the center of the conversation: a controversial $2.5 million consulting contract with Kristen Hassan.Attorney...

Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded quickly this morning when an unexpected visitor showed up at Jurupa Valley High School – a full-grown 300-pound bull. Jurupa Valley sheriff’s officials say the bull wandered onto the high school grounds, prompting a coordinated response from deputies,...

RIVERSIDE (CNS) – The fatal shooting of a 49-year-old man during a confrontation with Riverside County sheriff‘s deputies outside a Moreno Valley store, where he made motions as if armed with a pistol, was justified, state prosecutors confirmed Friday. Jay Jackson of Moreno Valley was killed in 2022...

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - A 22-year-old who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 66-year-old man at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon was sentenced to 11 years in state prison. Elijah Ray Burt, 22, was sentenced Friday at the Banning Justice Center. According to the Riverside...