Flash flood warning for Riverside County
The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a flash flood warning for Riverside County. The advisory is in effect until 7:15 p.m. Radar shows thunderstorms with heavy rain across the area, and up to 1.5 inches have already fallen. The area could get another 0.25 to 0.75 inches of rain.
RivCo Coroner ID’s Driver Killed in Hemet Accident
A 54-year-old woman who was killed in a three-vehicle collision in Hemet has been identified. Esther Elizalde of San Jacinto was fatally injured shortly after 6 a.m. Monday in the 28000 block of Warren Road, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s office. Police said officers responded to Warren Road...
Authorities search for missing Southern California mother and 2 children
Loved ones and authorities are searching for a mother and her two young children who have been missing for nearly three weeks. Lisa Trejo Cordero and her kids — Memarie Fetchko, 4, and Jameson Fetchko, 2, were last seen on Aug. 6 in East Hemet, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. They were scheduled […]
Report Criticizes Bianco’s Crime-Solving Record
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco's gubernatorial campaign faces scrutiny as a report reveals his department's low crime-solving rate. Bianco dismisses the findings as flawed, defending his record.
Lawyers call for inquiry after immigration agents fired at truck in San Bernardino
Attorneys for a San Bernardino man who was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on Aug. 16 are calling for an investigation after masked immigration agents shot at his vehicle during a stop. They also released surveillance video of the incident, which appears to dispute a key claim...
Temecula alleged reckless driver crashes on 15 Freeway, leaving 4 dead
2 sustained major injuries in the crash, according to the CHP.
Redlands police officer saves teen seriously wounded in drive-by shooting
A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized with serious injuries following a drive-by shooting in Redlands Saturday night. The boy was shot in his lower leg and “bleeding profusely,” leading to a Redlands police officer having to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding before paramedics arrived on scene. It happened around...
As ICE Arrests Surge, A Journalist in Southern California Covers Raids in Her Own...
Earlier this summer, 17-year-old Kevin Robles was in his friend’s car, driving through their neighborhood in the San Diego County city of Oceanside, when he looked out the window and saw masked men taking someone out of a red vehicle. Robles asked his friend to pull over, and started...
Community Patrols Around LA Schools Grow After ICE Targets Students and Parents
This article was first published by the nonprofit newsroom LA Public Press on August 21, 2025 and is republished here with permission. On a muggy Wednesday morning, Leah Bachar, a member of the Community Self-Defense Coalition, walked her route around three schools in Westlake — a neighborhood at the epicenter of...
Thousands of lightning bolts streak across the San Diego County sky
Thousands of lightning bolts arced over Southern California on Monday, with over 10,000 recorded across San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.