Kenny Thompson
InstantRiverside.com
This Saturday, March 20, will be the grand opening of Vernola Family Park (pictured) in the city of Mira Loma. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors and the Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District are inviting the public to attend the Grand Opening Day festivities which will begin at 10:00 a.m.
The park is […]

Riverside news headline from the Riverside Police Department:
On Thursday, March 18, at approximately 7:03 a.m., police received a call of shots fired in the 4300 block of Linwood Place in Riverside. Officers responded to the scene and observed a female, 15, with a gun shot wound to her head. Personnel from American Medical Response […]

Kenny Thompson
InstantRiverside.com
The Riverside County Gang Task Force led a large-scale, multi-state suppression operation, on Wednesday, March 17, targeting the largest outlaw motorcycle gang in California, the Vagos.
“Operation Everywhere”, involved more than sixty agencies from across Riverside County to Shasta County near the Oregon border, as well as from Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Four hundred […]

DUI news headline from the Moreno Valley Police Department:
Officers will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint on Wednesday, March 17, in the City of Moreno Valley, where a significant number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred. Officers will screen drivers passing through the checkpoint for sobriety and for a valid driver’s […]

A micro earthquake occurred at 6:54 a.m. on Tuesday.  It was centered in Banning, and was 2.5 in magnitude, according to USGS.
Banning is 5 miles from Beaumont and 18 miles from Moreno Valley.
There have been no reports of damage.
Click here to learn more about a 4.4 quake in Pico Rivera early Tuesday morning.

Toyota officials say there’s no evidence to support last week’s runaway Prius claim.
Click here to listen to the driver of an out-of-control Toyota as he struggles to bring the vehicle to a stop.
James Sikes, the owner of a Toyota Prius talks about the car that seemed to be accelerating on its own along Interstate […]

Headline news in Riverside: Click to watch.

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Riverside County Judge Paul Zellerbach made it official, he will challenge incumbent Riverside County DA Rod Pacheco in the June election.
The 2010 Riverside International Film Festival expects to have 90 indie films in April.

Late storms keep snow-seeking […]

Redlands news headline from the Redlands Police Department: 
The Redlands Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint beginning at 10:00 p.m. Saturday, March 13, until 3:00 a.m. Sunday, March 14, in the westbound lanes of Citrus Avenue between Central Avenue and Church Street. A significant number of DUI related collisions and DUI […]

Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu has edged Bill Gates out of the new top spot on the Forbes billionaire list.
Here’s the top 25 according to Forbes:
NAME […]

KGGI’s Evelyn Erives reports on the Oscars: Click to watch video.

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Some Oscar nominees became Oscar winners Sunday night.
Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Matt Damon, Anna Kendrick, Carey Mulligan and Quentin Tarantino presented the 82nd Academy Awards. Bridges received his fifth Oscar nomination for his […]