Riverside CA

After nearly three decades of service with the Redlands Police Department, Police Chief Rachel Tolber has announced plans to retire at the end of 2026, bringing an important chapter in the city's public safety leadership to a close. The City of Redlands announced the decision on September 14, stating that...

The San Bernardino City Council agreed Wednesday to put up to $500,000 in general fund money into the struggling Shandin Hills Golf Club while directing staff to explore ending the city’s contract with its management company, capping a meeting that also advanced a $10.2 million library renovation and a sweeping financial review.

Best Buy is piloting battery-powered yard vehicles at two distribution centers in California, according to a FY26 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report. The vehicles, called electric yard switchers, move cargo containers and trailers and produce zero tailpipe emissions. The investments aim to curb emissions compliance costs at California warehouses while...

Two 13-year-old suspects in a stolen car were arrested after leading deputies on a pursuit through San Bernardino. On Oct. 10, San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies were alerted after an Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) located a stolen Kia Optima traveling on 9th Street near Sterling Avenue around 12:37 p.m. The vehicle belonged to an […]

A dispute turned violent and the suspect rammed his vehicle into the victims’ vehicle. 24-year-old Mentone man was arrested for attempted murder Friday, Oct. 2, after a domestic Giovanni Efrain Pelayo discovered his ex-girlfriend and a friend sitting in their vehicle in a parking lot in the 1700 block of E. Lugonia Avenue Friday evening. He approached the victims and began to argue with them while attempting to force his way into the vehicle. He then jumped onto the hood of the vehicle, damaging

Three Inland Empire mayors last Friday called on voters to support a California housing bond on the November 3 ballot, which they said would help address the issue of affordable housing in the region. “It gives us more affordable homes, the ability to build those and gives more of our...

Authorities in southwest Riverside County recently seized a homemade .50-caliber rifle capable of firing Browning Machine Gun rounds, the City of Menifee Police Department said Tuesday. The gun was fully functional and “lacked several important safety components” usually found in manufactured guns, making the rifle especially hazardous, according to police. “Due to the unusual construction […]

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - Trial proceedings may start before the end of the week for a convicted felon accused of killing a 30-year-old Cabazon man, whose disappearance remained a mystery until his body was located more than two years later. Shannon McCloud Collins, 49, of Cabazon was arrested in 2024 following a Riverside County Sheriff's The post Pretrial motions may begin Thursday for felon accused of killing Cabazon man appeared first on KESQ .

Insomniac’s Halloween festival adds two rap legends to Saturday, October 31, sharing the night with Zedd, Richie Hawtin and Nina Kraviz at the NOS Events Center. For Insomniac, Halloween has a home address, and it’s the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. That’s where Insomniac stages Escape Psycho Circus, its flagship Halloween festival, and this year’s poster says everything about the mood: a bald, pale head with the entire lineup tattooed across the scalp and a bloody tattoo gun at the ready

The three Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Board of Education candidates discussed districtwide issues like declining enrollment and Measure O bond spending at a forum put on last week by a local neighborhood group. The Mission Grove Neighborhood Alliance, a community organization that advocates for residents living in a neighborhood...