Moreno Valley

A convicted felon and another man suspected of stealing vehicles and auto parts over a roughly two-month span in Moreno Valley were behind bars Thursday. Raul Montes, 27, and Jose Osmin Padilla, 23, were arrested Wednesday night following a Riverside County sheriff’s investigation that began in early April. Montes was booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside on suspicion…

A 45-year-old woman who kept dozens of cats in inhumane conditions at her Moreno Valley home pleaded guilty Thursday to 17 counts of animal cruelty. Kristen Gotangco admitted the felony charges during a status hearing at the Riverside Hall of Justice. The plea was made directly to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Gail O’Rane, without input or objection from the…

A Moreno Valley Unified School District teacher suspected of sending inappropriate messages to a middle school student was out of custody Thursday after posting a $5,000 bond. Emily Autumn Wentworth, 39, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sending sexually explicit material to a minor, a misdemeanor. Wentworth posted bail Wednesday and was freed from the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside….

A Redondo Beach man was in custody Friday, accused of attempting to extort a woman he was having a sexual relationship with, allegedly threatening to share her nude photos if she didn’t pay him. Joel Daza, 44, was arrested Thursday at a hotel on Sunnymead Boulevard in Moreno Valley, the day after an identified woman contacted authorities alleging he took…

Deputies raided an illegal marijuana grow in Moreno Valley and arrested two Baldwin Park men suspected of running it, sheriff’s officials said Saturday. When deputies served a search warrant at 4:14 p.m. Friday at a house in the 15800 block of Camino Real, they found 925 marijuana plants in various stages of growth that weighed in at about 600 pounds,…

A Moreno Valley man arrested on suspicion of committing a lewd act in front of a middle school and following two teenagers walking home from class was released Wednesday on $5,000 bail and given a March 17 court date. David John Klemens, 53, was taken into custody at 4:08 p.m. Tuesday bydeputies who responded to a report of a suspicious…

A man is accused of fondling himself and following girls from a middle school in Moreno Valley. Tony Shin reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020.

Parts of Southern California might face public safety power shut-offs in high-risk fire areas ahead of the strongest Santa Ana winds of the season.

Power was cut to thousands of Southern Californians Thursday afternoon and more shutoffs are possible this week as hot, dry and windy conditions elevate the threat of wildfires across the region.

The driver ran their black pickup truck into a crowd in a parking lot, killing one person and injuring another. Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

Surveillance video captured the moment a driver ran into a crowd in a parking lot in Moreno Valley, killing a father of three Thursday morning before fleeing the scene.

Police are searching for driver who struck and killed a man in a parking lot. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

Riverside County supervisors approved a local emergency proclamation Thursday connected to last week’s deadly blaze in Calimesa, as well as three other wind-driven brush fires, enabling the county and victims to obtain assistance from state and federal sources.

A 350-acre wildfire just north of Moreno Valley was 75% contained Saturday morning, with no homes or other structures threatened.

A wind-driven fire just north of Moreno Valley that blackened about 350 acres was 60% contained Friday afternoon and its progress stopped without any reported injuries or damaged structures, authorities said.

A fire on Reche Canyon Road in Moreno Valley scorched more than 400 acres on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.

Southern California Edison has warned roughly 120,000 customers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties about unprecedented proactive power shutoffs due to Santa Ana winds and wildfire danger.

One of three 12-year-old girls suspected of assaulting a student and teacher at a Moreno Valley middle school remained at large Monday, while her alleged cohorts were behind bars.