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A man was killed by deputies after holding his family hostage in Hesperia on Thursday. The suspect was only identified as a 44-year-old man by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to an “unknown problem” at a residence in the 8800 block of C Street around 1:26 p.m. When officers arrived, they discovered […]

The remains were identified using a DNA profile created from a bone fragment, the sheriff’s department said.

📣 Hey there, San Bernardino! Get ready to experience a roaring good time at Neon Nights at the Park (Dino Nights) this weekend! 🦕🦖. The City of San Bernardino and Young Visionaries are proud to bring you this free, family-friendly event, taking place at Nuñez Park on June 3rd at 6:00 pm. 🌅

On Monday, May 25th Robert Silas Wayne Cottle, a 22-year-old resident of Phelan, and Joel Burrola, a 30-year-old resident of New Mexico, burglarized the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Search & Rescue Division’s storage container and the Medicine Shop’s shed which are both located directly behind the Phelan Sheriff’s Station on Phelan Road.

A 23-year-old probationer with a long rap sheet who tried to sexually assault a Riverside girl at a recreational facility was sentenced Friday to four years, six months in state prison. Robert Willie Bates of Hemet pleaded guilty in March to attempted rape. In exchange for his admission, the Riverside...

Sheriff Shannon Dicus penned a letter to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding concerns over security staff reductions at Patton State Hospital in Highland. The California Department of State Hospitals operates Patton, which serves a large population of inmates who are incompetent to stand trial, not guilty by...

A 64-year-old man was killed in a multi-vehicle traffic collision in San Bernardino on May 27, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Division. At 10:27 a.m., officers from the San Bernardino Police Department responded to the incident at W. Baseline Street and N. Mayfield Avenue. Bacardo Anderson,...

A transient accused of igniting a blaze that destroyed a building in downtown Riverside was charged Friday with arson, while his alleged cohort was charged with being an accessory after the fact.

Eighteen new vesicular stomatitis-affected premises in California have been identified (four confirmed and 14 suspect). The premises are located in Riverside, San Bernadino and San Diego counties. In Riverside County, there are six new suspect equine premises. In San Bernadino County, there is one confirmed positive equine premises. In San...

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has closed their case against the City of San Bernardino regarding alleged violations of the Surplus Land Act related to the redevelopment of the Carousel Mall property.

The families of three men who died while in the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department are suing for civil rights violations. Loved ones gathered in front of a federal courthouse in downtown Riverside on Thursday to announce the new lawsuits which will join four others already filed against the county. Attorneys representing the […]

An Upland man who pleaded no contest to fatally stabbing a 66-year-old woman who was walking her dog in San Dimas was sentenced Friday to 32 years to life in state prison. “This was a vicious, senseless attack,” Superior Court Judge Mike Camacho said shortly before imposing the sentence on Ricardo Saldivar.

The victim in this investigation has been identified as Nilton Jacks Anaya Salcedo, 38 year-old male, resident of the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The investigation is ongoing, and no additional details are currently available. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information regarding the incident to contact Central Homicide Investigator Castaneda at (951) 955-2777 or Investigator Newman at (951) 486-6700.

Helped by a police dog, officers arrested a parolee on weapon and drug charges following a pursuit on May 31, according to the Fontana Police Department. At 6:25 p.m., officers attempted to pull over a vehicle for some traffic violations near Chaparral Avenue and Springoak Court in the southern area of Fontana.

A charred skeleton discovered by a hiker outside San Bernardino, California, in 1970 was a John Doe for half-a century. But with recent advances in DNA analysis, detectives decided to send a bone fragment to a private lab to see if they could put a name to the corpse. KTLA reports that the lab was able to create a genetic profile for the man and use that to find possible relatives and come up with his identity: James Hollowell Harvey, born in 1913. Authorities still don’t know how he died, however.Read it at KTLA

A Trabuco Canyon man who was accused of setting the 2018 Holy Fire was acquitted of arson charges but convicted of making criminal threats.

A 22-year-old man suspected of shooting two men during a confrontation in Woodcrest was at large Friday. Bryan Corona of Moreno Valley is suspected of perpetrating the attack on May 20 in the 17900 block of Van Buren Boulevard, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Lt. Steve Favero...

It is 10 minutes before the opening pitch at San Manuel Stadium and the country music is bumpin’. Behind home plate a high school band prepares to play the national anthem. Bernie, the mascot of the Inland Empire 66ers minor league baseball team, frolics. Down the third-base line the...

A car smashed into the front of a Target store in Fontana on May 29, according to the Fontana Police Department. At about 9:34 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Target at 15272 Summit Avenue and discovered that a white Tesla had driven through the front glass doors of the building.

A Rancho Cucamonga man is behind bars after he allegedly broke into a vehicle, stole a wallet and used a credit card from that wallet last month, which authorities say is only one of several burglaries committed by him. Christopher Luettgerodt, 38, burglarized a car in Chino Hills on May 1, then used the unidentified […]