San Jacinto

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter was behind bars Thursday on charges of possession of child pornography and groping a 12-year-old girl in Newport Beach. Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying additional potential victims. Jacob Daniel Carothers, 38, of San Jacinto, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant by Newport Beach police and was being held on $100,000 bail….

The San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus will be shut down in less than two weeks because of budget constraints, and stray, aggressive or lost pets will in the future be impounded at other facilities, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services announced Thursday. “Every county department faced budget cuts and difficult decisions,” agency Director Julie Bank said. “We didn’t...

Felony charges are expected to be filed Friday against a 37-year-old man suspected of pistol-whipping and shooting a San Jacinto resident during an argument. Fernando Garcia of San Jacinto was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder for the alleged attack a day earlier in the 800 block of Minor Street. Garcia was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in…

A Rowland Heights duo was arrested and accused of running an illegal marijuana grow operation in a San Jacinto residential neighborhood, sheriff’s officials said Sunday. Deputies discovered the grow after serving a search warrant Saturday morning at a home in the 1900 block of Loreto Street, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Inside, deputies found 12 makeshift grow rooms…

Pacific Crest Trail hikers are being urged to stay off the path after two rescues and one death occurred in the San Jacinto mountains in the last two days. On Friday, a hiker was found dead near Mountain Center by emergency crews following a multi-hour rescue attempt. The next day, two hikers who were stuck on the trail in snow…

A 24-year-old probationer who allegedly stole a pickup in San Jacinto and led sheriff’s deputies on a 7-mile chase that ended in a crash was being held Thursday on $100,000 bail. Wyatt Richard Garofalo was arrested and booked Wednesday into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of auto theft, assault on a peace officer, felony evading and probation…

A fire that broke out in San Jacinto on Saturday has reached 200 acres and is 10% contained, according to authorities. Gene Kang reports live for Today in LA on Sunday September 15, 2019.

A man is suspected in two abductions attempts just days apart at the same Riverside County location. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Wednesday July 31, 2019.

Animal control officers are considering whether to suggest criminal charges after about 40 retired racehorses were removed from a Southern California sanctuary that is accused of neglecting and starving the animals.

Eastern Municipal Water District customers may be due funds from overpayments in the past few years, but officials advised ratepayers to check now, because the money is slated to be deposited into the utility’s treasury.

An alleged drunk woman was hospitalized after her car hit another at a major San Jacinto intersection, sheriff’s officials said today.

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday near San Jacinto, California at 3:09 p.m. Pacific Time according to the USGS

Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass public notification, officials said Wednesday.

A sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries while trying to break up a melee that erupted outside of San Jacinto High School and his alleged attacker was arrested, sheriff’s officials said Saturday.

Over two dozen dogs and three cats are looking for their forever homes just in time for the holidays after the Beaumont Police Department seized the pets from a hoarding situation.

A woman was shot and killed Sunday in an apparent homicide in San Jacinto.

A San Jacinto woman was arrested Tuesday for attempted homicide after allegedly abusing one of her two children, both under the age of five.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a hate crime after a racial slur and Nazi symbol were spray painted on a San Jacinto woman’s car.

San Jacinto police were searching for a driver who struck a woman in a wheelchair and left her lying injured in the road late Tuesday night.

An added drought concern is popping up across Los Angeles, a byproduct of the great conservation strides many residents have made in recent years.