Riverside News Archives

Four people are running for Riverside mayor, one is 18 years old.

A man was found fatally stabbed in a pickup truck in Riverside right after a collision was reported, and police today were trying to figure out what happened.

Riverside news headline from the Riverside Police Department: On Friday, October 30, 2009, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the Riverside Police Department received a call of an unknown type traffic collision in the 5900 block of Brockton Avenue in the city of Riverside.

Riverside's mayoral contest: Click below to watch our video report: Stansbury is challenging incumbent Ron Loveridge.

An ex-Riverside police officer accused in a string of armed robberies is expected to be arraigned today in Riverside.

More than 15 years ago, a slight 16-year-old girl killed her former pimp inside a Riverside motel room, shooting him in the neck with a pistol when he turned his back.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department is warning residents about a man who has failed to register as sex offender.

H1N1 news headline provided by Riverside County: Calls on H1N1 flu are now directed to 2-1-1 call center.

Each year on the weekend before Halloween, several businesses in Downtown Riverside, California put on a very cool show.

San Bernardino County's Preschool Services Department, the Boys and Girls Club and Head Start will hold a job and resource fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at 1180 W. Ninth St., San Bernardino.

An Ontario man who allegedly kidnapped and then attacked a young girl at a Glen Avon motel was in custody today on suspicion of rape and other felonies, authorities said.

Authorities were seeking the public's help today identifying a man who robbed a Riverside bank.

The 2nd annual event, sponsored by BMW Southern California Car Club of America, is set to get under way around 11 a.m. on Orange Street, between University Avenue and Tenth Street.

A grieving Rialto mother, whose two young boys were killed in a house fire earlier this year, has turned that now-vacant scene of tragedy into a haunted house for Halloween.

A motorist died in a three-vehicle crash this morning on the northbound Riverside Freeway about 3 miles north of the Riverside County line, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A confrontation this morning between about 20 neo-Nazis and about two dozen counter-demonstrators erupted this morning about 15 minutes after the start of an anti-illegal immigration protest in Riverside.

The Corona-Norco Unified School District has selected 3 staff members as its 'Teachers of the Year.' They include Tricia Marie-Ferrer-Sintek , fourth grade instructor at John Stallings Elementary School; Jennifer Karr , kindergarten teacher at Rosa Parks Elementary School; and Annette Raspudic,A 8th frade Algebra Intervention teacher, at Citrus ...

Undeterred by a recession that has battered the RV industry and its presence in the Inland region, a multimillion-dollar Canadian RV dealer will open its first U.S. dealership in Riverside to be closer to a travel trailer manufacturer that the owner considers his "hidden secret." The dealership, American All-Star RV at 7207 Indiana Ave.

Rally against Hate in Riverside Saturday, Oct. 24 at 10 am at Indiana and Madison in Casa Blanca, Riverside.

A 19-year-old suspected of repeated acts of graffiti vandalism in and around Riverside, causing thousands of dollars in damage, was in custody today.

California Highway Patrol officers discovered a pipe bomb in the back of a sports utility vehicle during a traffic stop early Thursday.

A man was shot Wednesday in Riverside's Casa Blanca neighborhood, and police are still trying to piece together exactly why.

Maya Angelou has been a dancer, a nightclub singer, an actor, a civil rights activist and an educator.

Troy Kent, candidate for Mayor of Riverside: Click to watch video report.

The driver of a truck involved in the shooting death of a 13-year-old Riverside boy during an Eastside gang war seven years ago will spend the rest of his life behind bars, a jury decided Monday.

Riverside teenager Troy Kent turned in the required paperwork, and signatures to qualify as a write-in candidate in the contest for Riverside Mayor.

Police are searching for a suspect who sexually assaulted and robbed a female employee of a Riverside business after posing as a customer.

It was summer 1945, and World War II in Europe had ended, but the war in the Pacific continued.

Suzie Hogan said she wants to spare other mothers the agony of losing a child to diabetes.

A former assistant Boy Scout troop leader who pleaded guilty to molesting two boys between 2002 and 2008 was sentenced today to nearly 18 years in state prison.

University Village, a Riverside retail center with a history of construction delays, parking disputes and vacancy problems, is operating under a court-appointed receiver after its owners allegedly defaulted on more than $30 million in loans used to acquire the property in 2005.

An 81-year-old Riverside slaying victim suffered cuts on both arms, apparently at the hands of his 25-year-old grandson who has been arrested for investigation of murder, police said this morning.

The 2009 'Ghost Walk,' cwatch a video preview: Event to be held next week. Tickets on sale now.

The family of Sgt. Robert J. Stinson of San Bernardino will be reunited with him 65 years after his plane was shot down during World War II.

A worker died in a forklift accident at Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom in Redlands late Monday afternoon.

An ex-con accused of stabbing his father multiple times during an argument at the victim's Riverside home is scheduled to be arraigned today.

Authorities say a 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed Monday by a 94-year-old driver trying to exit a shopping center parking lot in Riverside.

A September fire that burned between Riverside and Norco has been ruled arson. The blaze was one of several that started in the Inland region on Sept.

A Fontana man died this morning after a traffic collision in Riverside. A 94-year-old Riverside man was driving a 2002 Ford Focus north across Indiana Avenue near La Sierra Avenue when about 8:36 a.m. he hit the 2002 Suzuki motorcycle driven by the Fontana man, stated a Riverside Police Department news release.

The gay community and its supporters filled Riverside's White Park on Saturday for the second-consecutive Riverside-Inland Empire Pride event.

The pedestrian, a Riverside resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. A pedestrian was killed today when he was struck by a Chevy S-10 pick-up while trying to cross the street, according to police.

Lately, I've been on the prowl for ghosts in Culver City. I've heard rumors about how haunted our city is, but no tangible evidence has come my way.

While authorities have made gains against the local production of narcotics over the past decade, some local law enforcement officials are concerned that meth labs may be making a comeback.

To Ron Loveridge, being mayor of Riverside is like having at least two full-time jobs.

A Riverside man was killed this morning and three passengers were injured when the driver of a minivan rolled trying to make a turn in Riverside.

Thelma Houston to perform at Riverside-Inland Empire Pride: click to watch. Tiffany and Pepper Mashay also scheduled.

A man's hands were blown off as he handled highly-explosive material in Lake Elsinore on Wednesday night, according to KABC-TV. The liquid explosive is similar to that used in several terrorist attacks, but there is no word yet as to whether terrorism was involved in the Lake Elsinore incident.

Charges could be filed as soon as today against a Riverside child protective services worker who authorities say sexually assaulted a boy under his care, a Riverside County district attorney's spokesman said.

Riverside fire crews sent to Sycamore Canyon Boulevard and Cottonwood Avenue were uncertain what kind of breakage occurred and asked health officials to come to the scene.

An extremely cluttered house caught fire last night in Riverside, killing 25 dogs and proving tough for firefighters to extinguish.

Fourteen dogs died in a Riverside fire Tuesday night. The fire at a home on Missouri Street broke out about 6:40 p.m., said Battalion Chief Bill Stamper.

Drivers passing through Riverside may love the planned Magnolia Avenue underpass, which should eliminate more than two hours a day of waiting for trains to pass.

Inland rapper Noa James recently released the album, "Sounds of a Monster," a follow-up to his stellar EP "In Blanka Mode." "Each song, except 'Living Dead,' is about conversations I had with people or something that was said about me," James said.

Mandatory evacuation orders were issued for the entire mountain community of Wrightwood on Sunday morning as the 3,500-acre Sheep Fire approaches.

In the past, the church had been the target of what Quandt characterized as minor tagging, "but never anything like this." Rev.

The crash and the fire were reported at 8:30 p.m. Friday at 2200 East La Cadena Drive in Riverside, city fire officials said.

A car drove off the eastbound lanes of Highway 91 near the Spruce Street exit and smashed into a house Friday night, breaking a gas main that caught fire and destroyed the structure.

After last year's successful "Beyond Baby Tattooville" exhibition, the Riverside Art Museum is putting on "Son of Baby Tattooville," which opens today.

Moher's show tonight at Back to the Grind in Riverside isn't just a tour stop, but rather a homecoming of sorts.

See evidence in bizarre Riverside abduction case: click below to watch video. Trial in this case started Thursday.

Pianist Wendy Chen, a long-time favorite of Riverside audiences, will be back in a familiar setting.