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Autopsy Pending on Former USC Offensive Lineman Max Tuerk After Death on Hike

Max TuerkAn autopsy could be conducted as early as Monday on award-winning former USC offensive lineman Max Tuerk, who died while hiking with his parents on a favorite trail in the Cleveland National Forest. He was 26. Tuerk was pronounced dead at 3:14 p.m. Saturday at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, according to Supervising Deputy Orange […]
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Carjacking Suspect Killed in Crash During Police Pursuit

One carjacking suspect was killed and the other critically injured when the car in which they were being pursued by police crashed in the Harvard Park area of Los Angeles, authorities said Monday. The white car was taken at gunpoint at 11:10 p.m. Sunday at Congress Avenue and 25th Street, according to Officer J. Chaves […]
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Man Dies When 2 Pickup Trucks Collide in Lancaster

A 27-year-old Lancaster man and two other men were injured when two trucks collided in Lancaster, authorities said Monday. It happened at 5:41 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Avenue H and 90th Street East, according to California Highway Patrol Officer M. Rogers. A 34-year-old Glendale man drove one pickup truck eastbound on Avenue H […]
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Child Bitten by Rattlesnake in San Jacinto Mountains Airlifted to Hospital

A Riverside County Fire Department truck. Photo courtesy City of Jurupa Valley.A child was recovering Monday from a rattlesnake bite at a campground in the San Jacinto Mountains. The snakebite was reported at 3:25 p.m. Sunday at the Fuller Mill Creek Campground near Pine Cove, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The child was taken by Mercy Air to a hospital with stable vital signs, […]
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2 Injured in Evening Fire at Duplex in Hemet

Two people suffered minor injuries when flames burned a duplex in Hemet, authorities said Monday. The fire was reported just before 11 p.m. Sunday in the 41000 block of Briarwood Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Arriving firefighters said the duplex was 50 percent involved with flames. The fire were out at 11:13 […]
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L.A. County To Consider Shifting $20M From Affordable Housing to Rent Relief

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion Tuesday to pull up to $20 million in funding earmarked for affordable housing to use it instead for rent relief. The motion, co-authored by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Mark Ridley-Thomas, is aimed at preventing a huge uptick in homelessness as a result of the […]
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L.A. County Board Set to Vote on Revised ‘8 Can’t Wait’ Force Policies

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to ask law enforcement agencies countywide to adopt a slightly modified version of “8 Can’t Wait” use-of-force policies that includes restricting chokeholds, strangleholds, carotid holds and neck restraints of any kind. Supervisors Janice Hahn and Mark Ridley-Thomas filed the motion in […]
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Woman to be Sentenced for Role in SoCal Grandmothers Lottery Swindle

A Colombian woman with ties to Los Angeles is expected to be sentenced Monday for targeting Latina grandmothers throughout the Southland in a long-running scam involving a fake winning lottery ticket. Luisa Camargo, 39, pleaded guilty in February to a single federal count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum 20-year […]
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Riverside COVID-19 Patient Count Rises, Virus Deaths Also Up Slightly

The coronavirusThe number of coronavirus infections in Riverside County has risen to 12,778, with the number of deaths attributed to the virus edging up to 410, according to the Riverside University Health System. The infection data released Friday covers the period going back to early March and includes patients who have since recovered. On Thursday, RUHS […]
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