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Dozens of aspiring entrepreneurs hoping to own their own food trucks and build businesses lost nearly $1 million in a sprawling central California fraud scheme, prosecutors say. Fernando Jauregui Ochoa, a 30-year-old Ceres man, operated 8A Food Trucks, a business that promised customers custom-built food trucks and tra

A construction worker suffered serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after a 15-foot-deep trench collapsed around him while he worked on underground piping near Faith Drive and Meridian Street in unincorporated Hemet. A fellow worker pulled him free before paramedics even reached the scene, and he was rushed by ground amb

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the Ontario area Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

According to the USGS Interactive Map, shockwaves could be felt as far as Irvine, Anaheim, Menifee, Riverside, San Bernardino and West Covina.

The Senior Stability Alliance branch of the Healthy Valley Foundation hosted a virtual forum on Aug. 18 to discuss available housing resources in the San Jacinto Valley. The purpose of the nonprofit’s initiative is to expand, protect, and preserve housing for local seniors. With 28% of Hemet residents age 65+ and 34% a

With Los Angeles feeling the shifts in weather patterns, with heat waves last week and warmer water temperatures, along with the anticipation of a strong El Niño building in the Pacific Ocean, it’s important to prepare for the possibility of severe weather coming this fall and winter. And...

The Fontana Planning Commission recently approved plans for a 46-unit residential development on South Highland Avenue. According to the staff report, the project will include housing units for very low-income families. “This project includes two affordable units of the 46 that are being proposed,” she said. “With that

A U.S. Army veteran preparing for surgery at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Loma Linda received an unexpected pre-op performance from his doctor, who played the cello to help ease his nerves. “It was just fantastic,” patient Leon Allan Loyd said. Loyd has a rare disease that required the amputation

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved adding more than $18.2 million to its contract with Axon Enterprise Inc. for body-worn cameras, extending the agreement through August 2031. The post Riverside County supervisors approve $18.2 million increase to sheriff’s body camera contract appeared fir

Nearly a year after multiple wildfires tore through Mountain Center, scars from the fires are still visible along the Palms to Pines Highway.Now, fire crews are working to repair those burn areas and reduce the risk of flooding, erosion and mudslides when heavy rain arrives.The fires forced evacuations and threatened h