MURRIETA (CNS) - A convicted felon accused of robbing the same two banks in Lake Elsinore and Murrieta twice, as well as burglarizing area grocery stores, was charged Friday with armed robbery and burglary.Donovan Oscar Dintelman, 47, of Canyon Lake was arrested Wednesday following a Riverside County sheriff's investigation that began in June.He's being held in lieu of $500,000...
It’s been one heck of a playoff run for the Vista Murrieta Lady Broncos, one that has had its fair share of up’s and downs. Despite falling to Marymount High School in the second round of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs, Vista Murrieta qualified for the State Regional playoffs.“It wasn’t our best match, that’s for sure, but...
LAKE ELSINORE (CNS) - Two probationers suspected of fleeing from sheriff's deputies following a vehicle break-in outside a Lake Elsinore mall were behind bars Thursday, while their alleged cohort was free on bond.Josephine Elena Frljuckic, 33, and Enrique Serrato, 34, were arrested Tuesday along with 34-year-old Adam James Hastings after the nearly 20-mile pursuit, which ended in the Temescal...
MURRIETA (CNS) - A fire erupted in the engine of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 15 in Murrieta Friday, spreading quickly until most of the rig was engulfed, but the driver escaped injury.The fire was reported at 11:10 a.m. on the southbound side of I-15, near the off-ramp to Murrieta Hot Springs Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.Murrieta Fire...
IDYLLWILD (CNS) - The onset of winter weather will permit prescribed burning operations to get underway in the San Bernardino National Forest, including areas north of Idyllwild and south of Lake Hemet, where hundreds of acres of overgrowth will be eliminated, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday.
According to the agency, this week's storm and another one predicted for next...
MURRIETA – Murrieta Fire & Rescue on Friday, Nov. 22 announced the death of firefighter Dean Hale early this morning following a long battle with job-related cancer. Hale served in the city of Murrieta since 2007 after working 17 years for the city of Alhambra Fire Department. He graduated from Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights in 1986.“(Hale)...
CARLA K. JOHNSON
AP Medical Writer
The U.S. government is barring federal dollars meant for opioid addiction treatment to be used on medical marijuana.
The move is aimed at states that allow marijuana for medical uses, particularly those letting patients with opioid addiction use pot as a treatment, said Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz, whose federal agency doles out money to states for...
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
ABOARD A US GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT (AP) — Attorney General William Barr said he initially had his own suspicions about financier Jeffrey Epstein's death while behind bars at one of the most secure jails in America but came to conclude that his suicide was the result of "a perfect storm of screw-ups."
In an interview with The Associated...
ELAINE KURTENBACH
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing wants to work for a trade deal with the United States but is not afraid to "fight back" to protect its own interests.
Echoing the upbeat tone adopted by other Chinese officials in recent days, Xi told a visiting U.S. business delegation that China holds a...
AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday promoted a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House adviser called it a "fictional narrative" and said it played into Russia's hands.
Trump called in to "Fox & Friends" and said he was trying to root out corruption in...