City of Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, and Norco Calif. – The month of November, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is joining agencies across the country promoting the importance of wearing a seat belt in the car and keeping children safe by making sure they are properly restrained.
On November 6, 2020 at 6:53 PM, Gang Task Force personnel conducted a vehicle check at the Coachlight Motel at 1640 W. Florida Ave., Hemet. During the investigation, a search of the vehicle was conducted and a loaded 9mm handgun and over 400 grams of marijuana was found.
Firefighters Saturday knocked down a kitchen fire inside a three-bedroom apartment in Riverside. Firefighters were dispatched at 3:18 a.m. to 6060 Rutland Ave., the Riverside Fire Department reported.
On Monday, November 9th, 2020, at 2:37 p.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, San Jacinto Station, responded to Warren Road, south of Ramona Expressway, regarding a two-vehicle traffic collision. Deputies located two vehicles in the roadway. Cal-Fire responded to the scene and provided medical attention to the parties involved.
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
Shooters Sports Bar & Grill at 121 E. Florida Ave. was approved Sept. 22 to open back to full permit status, and the A placard was re-posted. The county report lists a manual score of 92, with no live or dead cockroach activity observed and a surveillance recheck by Sept. 29.