Riverside CA

A pregnant driver and her unborn twins survived a metal bar shooting through a van’s front windshield and hitting her in the stomach on a Southern California freeway earlier this month.

LOS ANGELES - Heat is expected to build across Southern California this week, with inland areas facing several days of potentially dangerous temperatures and some communities pushing into the triple digits. The National Weather Service said heat advisories will begin Tuesday morning for the Santa Clarita, San Fernando

A court-ordered receiver will take control of a Riverside motel that has been overrun by crime and plagued by code violations. The third-party will manage and rehabilitate the Riverside Inn & Suites at 10705 Magnolia Ave. while the city looks for a long-term solution to the property, according to a statement on Riversi

The view to the northwest from Bell Mountain shows heavy smoke from the fire just before sunset in Menifee. (Staff photo) Heavy smoke from a major fire at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County blanketed Menifee and most parts of southwest Riverside County on Monday. The Pipeline Fire was approaching...

Southern California air regulators can move forward with new limits on the sale of certain gas-powered appliances, including water heaters. Despite pushback from businesses and developers, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling last week upheld restrictions on commercial and industrial gas appliances in four

Illegal fireworks lit up the Los Angeles skyline this 4th of July, and it was so bright, the flashes could even be seen from space. NASA shared video of the out-of-this-world view from the International Space Station as it orbited over Southern California. “A celebration so bright it reached all the way to space!” the

COMPTON – A 38-year-old man shot to death during a large block party in north Compton was identified by county authorities Monday. The shooting occurred at about 12:10 a.m. Sunday in the 2100 block of North Grandee Avenue, between Wilmington and Compton avenues, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

A woman reported missing from Piñon Hills in late May was found dead in a desert area just steps from her home more than a month later, authorities announced Monday. Loretta “Kay” Colwell Pilitsis, 55, was last seen near her home in the 900 block of Locust Road before she was reported missing May 25, […]

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced that a recent sting operation on an organized vehicle theft ring led to arrests and the recovery of over $1 million worth of luxury vehicles.  A media release issued by VCSO Monday states that their East County Special Enforcement Unit began their “lengthy and complex” inve

The San Andreas Fault has long been a sort of bogeyman in Southern California life. Worries that eventually “the big one” will hit are always around, but not always top of mind. Bridget Smith-Konter says we should probably make it top of mind. Smith-Konter is a Northern Arizona...