Riverside Man Dies After Traffic Stop and Apparent Drug Overdose
RIVERSIDE, CA – “SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER LATER DIES AT HOSPITAL. RIVERSIDE, CA – Around 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, 2025, a Riverside Police Officer assigned to the Field Operations Division observed a vehicle run a red light at Garfield Street and Van Buren Boulevard. The officer conducted a traffic stop and...
Joint Law Enforcement Operation Targets Parole and Probation Compliance in Hemet Area, Leading to...
“Hemet, Calif. — On October 16, 2025, Operation “Valley Vigilance” a large-scale joint operation between the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force (Region 3) and Central P.A.C.T. (Post-release Accountability & Compliance Team) conducted an operation that focused on compliance checks and warrant services on those...
At least 3 dead in massive Southern California freeway pileup; semi-truck driver arrested for...
A gruesome crash involving several tractor-trailers and passenger vehicles on the 10 Freeway in Ontario, California, left at least three people dead and two hospitalized Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the freeway near the junction with Interstate 15, according to...
Kaiser workers optimistic after accreditation org changes standards
More than 1,500 local healthcare workers and their families lined the sidewalks along Clairemont Mesa Boulevard last week during statewide strikes. Now, community support is continuing on after strikes have ended, with both sides agreeing to return to the bargaining table – with renewed optimism after medical...
San Diego County’s largest high school marching band contest returns Saturday
Attention music fans – the 48th annual Mt. Carmel Tournament of Bands, San Diego County’s largest high school marching band competition, will take place Saturday at Mt. Carmel High School in Rancho Peñasquitos. The tournament will feature 38 marching bands and more than 1,600 student performers from...
More rain could be on the way this week to Southern California
The Los Angeles region could see more rain this Wednesday, as a small chance of thunderstorms could bring more precipitation to the area, according to the National Weather Service.
‘I Haven’t Made It Until I Sell Out the Fox’: Brandon Joseph’s Riverside Dream
In the adjacent room of Mr. Habereder's music production classroom at Poly High, Brandon Joseph spent his entire senior year teaching himself drums and perfecting his guitar technique. The teacher had given him unusual freedom after recognizing skills the teenager had developed on his own. "Basically for the whole...
Father arrested weeks after son, 2, drowns in Southern California flood
The father of a 2-year-old boy who was swept away and ultimately died in floodwaters near Barstow last month has been arrested and charged in the child’s death. Brandon Padilla-Aguilera, 26, was arrested Friday at his home in the 300 block of Chandler Avenue, the Barstow Police Department said on social media. That...
Woman finds teen recording her in California bathroom: Police
A woman using a restroom in San Bernardino County last week spotted a young man using his cell phone to record her, police said. The Oct. 15 incident occurred at a business on East Citrus Avenue in Redlands, the Redlands Police Department posted on Facebook. “The victim caught the suspect as he recorded her,” police...
Southern California liquor store keeps making lottery millionaires
A family-owned liquor store in Los Angeles County might just be the luckiest place in California. Village Spirit Shoppe, located at 4601 Lakeview Canyon Road in Westlake Village, recently sold a Super Lotto Plus ticket worth $50 million, minting the store’s third lottery millionaire in the past eight years,...

















