A contract between Riverside County Animal Services with the city of Banning expired on June 30. That means the county’s animal control officers will not be patrolling Banning city limits from now on. The city is now handling its own strays and the pets will be heading to the city’s shelter. Pet owners seeking to […]
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The California Highway Patrol will ramp up operations on highways, freeways and roads throughout Riverside County beginning Friday evening and continuing through the Memorial Day weekend to snare drunken and other unsafe drivers as part of a statewide campaign. Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, the CHP will initiate its holiday weekend “maximum enforcement period,” during […]
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The California Highway Patrol will ramp up operations on highways, freeways and roads throughout Riverside County this Memorial Day weekend to snare drunken and other unsafe drivers as part of a statewide campaign. Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, the CHP will initiate its holiday weekend “maximum enforcement period,” during which all available officers hit the […]
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The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request to hike the blanket rate charged to 16 cities and other contract entities for the use of patrol deputies and support services. The 4.74% increase is retroactive to July 1, 2020, and is needed to recoup higher costs incurred by the department, according […]
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A procession passed through the Coachella Valley today honoring the life of Border Patrol Agent Alejandro Flores-Banuelos. The procession started at the El Centro coroner’s office around 1:00pm Wednesday afternoon and headed west to the Weaver Mortuary in Beaumont. Flores-Banuelos was stuck and killed by a vehicle March 15 while tending to a vehicle accident […]
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BANNING (CNS) – Two California Highway Patrol officers may have saved a 21-year-old man from fatally overdosing on opioids during a recent arrest in Banning, authorities said Tuesday. “Our officers’ roles changed from enforcement to guardians in the blink of an eye, ” CHP Officer Matt Napier said. Juan Balvin of La Puente was arrested […]
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Drive safe and sober during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend or face consequences, the California Highway Patrol warned Monday. The agency will initiate its annual Thanksgiving “maximum enforcement period” beginning at 6 p.m. Wednesday, when all available officers will deploy to catch drunk or drug-impaired drivers, speeders and other traffic violators. The MEP […]
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With events like Splash House and discounts on some of the Coachella Valley’s best hotels, the once-sleepy summer season is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Now local law enforcement is feeling the difference. “Pretty much nowadays, there is no on or off season. We have our cooler months obviously and a lot of […]
