Moreno Valley News

Assistant City Manager Tom DeSantis was digging in his garden Friday, May 17, a furlough day for Moreno Valley employees, when a city-related call came in.

A week ago, it appeared Henry Garcia was going to be fired from his job as Moreno Valley city manager.

To understand Tuesday night's production of the Mighty MoVal Council Players, watch this brief snippet in "Godfather II" in which Michael Corleone kisses his turncoat brother, Fredo, full on the mouth.

A man survived a shooting in Moreno Valley on Saturday night, May 11, but authorities are having difficulty getting information out of him about the attacker.

Help in breaking through brick walls is being featured at two society meetings this week and interesting records are being examined at other meetings.

As investigators sift through seized documents and witness statements in a political corruption probe of Moreno Valley, the plot has thickened.

Sections of the Moreno Valley Freeway will be shut down this weekend, requiring eastbound and westbound motorists to take a detour.

Road signs are moving into position for Highway 60 freeway closures and detours over Mother's Day weekend, May 10-12. The detours are occurring so construction crews can safely dismantle a temporary support system for the new westernmost side of the Nason Street bridge in Moreno Valley.

Moreno Valley school board member Mike Rios vacated his seat when he was sentenced March 8 to 14 years, four months in prison on 23 convictions on felony pimping, pandering and insurance fraud charges.

A convicted felon who allegedly dragged a deputy through a Moreno Valley parking lot when the lawman attempted to reach into the suspect's car and detain him for illegal drug use was charged today with assault on a peace officer and other felonies.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies are looking for a 50-year-old Moreno Valley man who cannot speak and has diminished mental capacity who was reported missing Saturday, May 4. Jim Ray was reporting missing from his home in the 21600 block of Calle Prima in Moreno Valley at 9:49 a.m., according to a Sheriff's Department news release.

A brush fire has broken out Friday evening, May 3, in the hills above the intersection of Reche Canyon Road and High Country Drive, north of Moreno Valley.

Vanneth Nhem, owner of Village Donuts on Sunnymead Boulevard in Moreno Valley, says she is not happy with the Moreno Valley City Council and feels they are not helping the average taxpayer.

A Riverside County Sheriff's deputy was injured Thursday after attempting to detain two suspected drug users before they drove off with the deputy hanging onto their vehicle.

Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Angel Ramos said the crash happened about 6 p.m. near the intersection of Lasselle Street and Iris Avenue.

Federal agents enter the Highland Fairview corporate headquarters in Moreno Valley as part of a multiple location search warrant operation on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

A view of a home, just off of Theodore Street in Moreno Valley on May 4, 2012. This was an area eyed by a developer in 2013 for warehouse construction.

On April 25, 2013, Kaiser Permanente introduced the community of Moreno Valley to a new medical office building on the campus of Moreno Valley Medical Center at 27200 Iris Avenue in Moreno Valley.

Federal agents with the FBI and IRS are serving search warrants in Moreno Valley this morning, officials and residents say.

The Riverside County district attorney's office is also involved in the investigation, spokesman John Hall said.