Moreno Valley News

Submitted by knews on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 10:31. A residential structure fire damaged a garage and vehicle in Moreno Valley Friday night, but fire crews managed to save the rest of the home.

SAN TIMOTEO CANYON - A brush fire burned an estimated 40 acres in one hour on Friday in unincorporated San Timoteo Canyon, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.

A Riverside County sheriff's deputy fatally shot a man suspected of robbing a Moreno Valley store, according to the Sheriff's Department.

A Moreno Valley police officer shot and killed a man who fled from an armed robbery at a convenience store early Thursday morning.

Ending a three-month moratorium on new store openings, Tesco's Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market chain plans to hire 750 workers and open 30 stores over the next 90 days, the company announced this week.

A 21-year-old San Bernardino woman who allegedly ran a red light in Moreno Valley and struck a 4-year-old girl in a crosswalk is facing felony drunken driving and hit-and-run charges today.

After adopting a Chihuahua, Milo, that had been chained up in a backyard all day, Judith Beall saw firsthand what can happen to a dog that lives in such conditions.

Coroner's officials Saturday identifed a 55-year-old man who died after being struck by a car on a Moreno Valley street.

The victim, Roger Alan Frankford, was struck by a sedan approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday when he tried to cross Alessandro Boulevard near Ramsdell Drive, coroner's officials said.

Frankford was pronounced dead a few minutes later.

"It looks like he was either running or crossing the street at the wrong time," sheriff's Lt. John Anderson said.

A 20-year-old Riverside man was driving east on Alessandro in a late-model Honda Accord when the victim crossed his path, Anderson said.

By Chris Levister Truth Seeker Speaks out in barbershop Sweeps Thurman Ward has seen it all before.

Valley Health System and Kaiser Permanente officials closed the deal at 12:01 a.m. Friday to sell Moreno Valley Community Hospital to Kaiser while keeping the facility open to community use.

Police arrested a Canyon Springs High School teacher Wednesday who is suspected of having a relationship of several months with a 16-year-old student.

Following Interstate 215 where it splits from Highway 60 and heads south near Moreno Valley was literally a double take for David Reiter, of Riverside.

A 20-year-old woman who worked as a lunchtime monitor at a Moreno Valley elementary school was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday.

DEVORE: A tractor-trailer and a silver Honda collided on the southbound 15 Freeway north of the southbound 215 Freeway at 6:53 a.m. Both drivers stopped on the right shoulder, officials said.

Triple-threat Blue-Eyed Soul sensation Philip Clark will be making his Los Angeles original music debut at the 2nd Annual I. E. Jazz and Rhythm & Blues Festival, to be held at the Moreno Valley Ranch Golf Club ...

In Moreno Valley, visitors in search of a map don't stop at a chamber of commerce office in a strip mall.

Shopping center developer Stoneridge Centre Partners plans to debut its new 518,000-sf Stoneridge Towne Centre at a grand opening of the first phase of the center tomorrow.

Two citizens foiled a bank holdup in Moreno Valley, chasing the suspect first by car and then on foot before catching him and holding him for Riverside County sheriff's deputies, officials say.

A child was in critical condition today after nearly drowning in a family's swimming pool in Moreno Valley, a fire official said.

A motorist who died after being shot and crashing his car into a tree was identified as a 25-year-old Moreno Valley man.