Riverside

The family of a man infected by COVID-19 asks for plasma donations in the Inland Empire. Tony Shin reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

An emergency room nurse in Riverside is struggling with COVID-19, and his wife is pleading with survivors of the virus to donate plasma because the antibodies could help save her husband’s life, along with the lives of others. “He comes home, locks himself in the garage while he takes all of his gear off,” Maria Fernandez, whose husband is...

A suspect accused of lighting a firework in a crowd of protesters on a Riverside street has been arrested after video showed a surprising turn of events that ended with the firework exploding inside a car. Video captured June 1 at University Avenue and Orange Street in downtown Riverside shows a driver in a Volkswagen sedan stop in the intersection…

Police arrest a suspect in a fireworks explosion that was caught on camera on a Riverside street. Video broadcast Friday June 26, 2020 on Today in LA.

What was supposed to be a reopening celebration at a Riverside nightclub turned into a deadly night of violence. Two people were killed and a security guard was injured in an exchange of gunfire early Monday outside El Calentano in the 10300 block of Arlington Avenue. A member of a band playing at the nightclub said an altercation that started…

Two people died and a security guard was injured in a shooting outside a Riverside club.  Gene Kang reports for NBCLA June 22, 2020.

A convicted felon who allegedly committed at least six sexual assaults in Corona and Riverside over an 11-year span, gaining control over victims with a knife or gun in extended attacks, is behind bars and facing multiple counts of forcible rape and other felony charges, authorities announced Wednesday. “These were extremely violent assaults,” Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said…

The driver of an SUV that plowed into three pedestrians and a horse in Mead Valley, killing an 18-year-old Riverside woman, was at large Monday, with the California Highway Patrol seeking the public’s help identifying the suspect. The hit-and-run occurred about 9:15 p.m. Sunday on Markham Street, just east of Alexander Street, according to the CHP. Officer Juan Quintero...

Jason Vaughan started to cry thinking about those who’ve donated money to him after he offered to remove graffiti in Riverside. Christine Kim reports June 9, 2020.

A 3-year-old Labrador retriever mix is slowly recovering Monday after he allegedly was shot by his inebriated owner in Riverside. Officers responded to the 4600 block of Gardena Drive, a few blocks west of Riverside Plaza, about 3 a.m. Sunday for a call of shots fired, according to John Welsh, public information officer for the Riverside County Department of Animal…

Demonstrations were held across Southern California for sixth day Monday, as looting took place in Van Nuys and business owners witnessed another night of mayhem. Other protests occurring in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police took place in Long Beach, Hollywood, downtown LA and Riverside Monday evening. Here’s a live blog of...

Hetty Chang reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2020.

More than 4,000 people converged on downtown Riverside Monday to protest police brutality and march in remembrance of George Floyd, killed while being arrested last week by a Minneapolis policeman, raising chants and taking over city blocks in a demonstration that turned confrontational, culminating in arrests. At least a half-dozen people were taken into custody at the end of the…

It was a Memorial Day unlike any other. But the tributes continued to honor veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Ernesto Torres reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2020.

A man suspected to stealing camera equipment from a Riverside business Wednesday tried to sell the items back to the same shop’s owner later that day, police said. The burglary at the center of the strange series of events was reported at about 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 4300 block of Market Street. Earlier that morning, the shop owner —…