A Lake Elsinore man died Thursday night on state Route 74 after an SUV pulled in front him, triggering a crash, according to a preliminary report from the California Highway Patrol.
California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) Director Barbara Rooney today issued the following statement after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2022, projecting an estimated 9,560 people died in vehicle crashes between January and March of this year, including 944 in California
Riverside County health officials have been awarded two grants totaling $277,500 to encourage young motorist not to drive when drunk, distracted or drowsy.
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.