Riverside CA

On Thursday (October 1) at around 6:15 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a missing child in the 62400 block of Crestview Drive in Joshua Tree. Deputies identified the suspect as Rebecca Centeno, a 45 year-old resident of Tulare. They say she arrived at...

RIVERSIDE, CA — An October heat wave continues across Southern California, with valley temperatures pushing above 104 degrees. Inland areas are running hotter than even Las Vegas and Phoenix during this stretch. Temperatures will stay considerably hot through the week before dropping below 90 degrees on October 10. Rea

A new wildfire broke out in Riverside County on Sunday afternoon, ultimately burning 54 acres on private land as an extreme heat wave baked the region's inland valleys. The blaze, dubbed the Harford Fire, started at 1:52 p.m. and quickly drew attention as fire crews scrambled to contain it under dangerous, dry conditio

Firefighters were battling a rapidly growing vegetation fire Saturday afternoon in Mead Valley that had burned approximately 54 acres and was threatening structures. CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department responded around 2 p.m. on October 4, 2026, to the area of Harford Park Lane following reports of a vegetation f

The Corona Police Department’s patrol officers, detectives, Real Time Information Center (RTIC), and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team collaborated across three separate recent enforcement operations to apprehend armed suspects and recover illegal firearms. Department officials highlighted three distinct incidents w

In my house, a sewage smell from a seldom-used bathroom sink used to put bleach at the top of my list. The thinking was simple: if something down the drain smells bad, pour something down there to kill it. As of mid-September 2026, with fall coming on, I know to check the trap before treating the smell as something ble

(The Center Square) – A law taking effect next year will require state agencies to consider the cost to taxpayers when local officials want to pass transportation regulations. Assembly Bill 1145 , authored by Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez, R-Indio, and Assemblymember Greg Wallis, R-Rancho Mirage, requires the California

In my Riverside ranch house, I used to start a load of laundry on my way out. The reasoning felt tidy: the washer would shut itself off when the cycle ended, so I could come home to clothes ready to move along. As of mid-September 2026, I am less willing to treat the end of a cycle as the end of the water question. Her

In my Riverside house, I used to think a brush full of water-based latex paint could go under the outdoor hose. Let the hose run, thin out the color, and send the water toward the street: that is the reflex when the painting is done and you just want the brush clean. As of mid-September 2026, here in California, I no l

Starbucks will close four of its Inland Empire stores, part of a shuttering of more than 250 locations throughout North America. Most of the stores were closed by Sept. 26, only days after the Seattle-based announced the closures but did not say which stores were going out of business, according to multiple reports.