After three of his friends were killed in a suspected intentional hit-and-run crash, a teenager speaks 4 the First Time. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020.

An 18-year-old who was behind the wheel of a Prius believed to be targeted by a man allegedly angered by a ding-dong ditch prank was left with fractured vertebrae, but he’s one of three teens who survived a crash that claimed the lives of his three other friends. Sergio Campusano said he keeps playing the night over and over...

Three teens were killed after a man was accused of ramming their car as they were on their way to a sleepover. Drake Ruiz’s mother says she is searching for forgiveness. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. Jan. 21, 2020.

A Corona man accused of intentionally ramming a Toyota Prius in Temescal Valley, sending the car crashing into a tree and killing three 16-year-old boys inside — possibly because he had just been pranked by the teens — remained behind bars Tuesday. Late Monday, the coroner’s office identified the teens as Drake Ruiz and Daniel Hawkins, both 16 of Corona,…

Police got a pleasant surprise after a pursuit Tuesday morning when their loyal bloodhound Ruger tracked down a wanted parolee hiding in an unusual spot — a blue recycling bin. The bizarre series of events began at 10 a.m. Tuesday when a motorcycle officer spotted a silver Kia speeding on Alessandro Boulevard. The officer tried to pull the car over,…

A Southern California quarantine zone has been expanded in an effort to stop the spread of a disease that threatens the state’s multibillion-dollar citrus industry. The addition of 107 square miles encompassing the cities of Corona and Norco and part of Chino followed the discovery of a dozen trees with citrus greening disease in Corona, The Press-Enterprise reported Thursday. The quarantine...

Un ex infante de marina sospechoso de enviar y recibir pornografía infantil mientras estaba en el condado de Riverside seguía prófugo el viernes, y las autoridades pidieron la ayuda del público para encontrarlo. Eric Stiegelmeyer, de 24 años, es buscado por presunta posesión y transmisión de pornografía infantil. Se emitió una orden federal para su arresto a principios de...

An ex-Marine suspected of sending and receiving child pornography while in Riverside County was at large Friday, with authorities seeking the public’s help finding him. Eric Stiegelmeyer, 24, is wanted for alleged possession and transmission of child porn. A federal warrant was issued for his arrest earlier this year, according to Riverside police Officer Ryan Railsback. The police spokesman said…

A Riverside couple awakened by a notification from their security camera stormed out of bed and chased off a man who was apparently trying to break into their truck and other vehicles on a rainy Christmas night. Video from the LaFortune’s security camera and a neighbor’s show a man in a cap and jacket with a backpack walking up...

Security camera video shows a man in his underpants and his wife chasing after a burglar in Riverside. Video broadcast Friday Dec. 28, 2019 on Today in LA. Credit: Kevin and Kelly LaFortune

Tickets are now available to the ball and other special parties during the February festival.

A woman suffered minor injuries today while trying to stop her two pit bulls from fighting near Corona. The attack was reported shortly before 2 p.m. at an unspecified location south of the city. According to Riverside County Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh, the pet owner tried to intervene when the two dogs locked horns, and one or…

Riverside police are looking for a man who allegedly posed for a caricature portrait and then stole hundreds of dollars from the artist. On Dec. 5 at the Festival of Lights event in downtown Riverside, the victim — who has been drawing caricatures for more than 26 years — was approached by a man who asked the artist to draw…

A thief stuffed a total of 30 bags of frozen shrimp down his pants in back-to-back burglaries of a Southern California grocery store, police said Wednesday. The man took the shrimp from a Vons market in the city of Riverside by entering the store three times in a span of 15 minutes on Dec. 14. Each time he went to…

The caricature is all police have to go off of when it comes to identifying the robber. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.

A Riverside-based chemicals manufacturing company was fined $30,000 for failing to adhere to federal hazardous waste disposal regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday. Dura Coat Products Inc., which manufactures coats and seals for aluminum surfaces, was found to be in violation of the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act, according to the EPA. The agency said waste disposal issues,…

Civil Air Patrol cadets, joined by current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, volunteers from nonprofit organizations and families throughout Riverside County, will fan out across Riverside National Cemetery Saturday to place Christmas wreaths at thousands of graves as part an annual salute to the fallen. “This is our way of remembering them and the sacrifices they...

Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies claim they were refused service at a Starbucks in Riverside, the department said Friday. The uniformed deputies went into the unidentified Starbucks locationabout 11 p.m. Thursday and were ignored by workers for at least five minutes, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “The anti police culture repeatedly displayed by Starbucks employeesmust end,” Riverside...

A man broke into a Riverside apartment and sexually assaulted a woman as she slept next to her husband in their Riverside home, police said. Officers responded to the Sycamore Canyon neighborhood apartment at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday after the apparently random attack. No arrests were reported, but police released a sketch of the attacker based on information provided by…

Detectives were seeking the public’s help to find a man responsible for a sexual assault of a woman while she slept. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.