Riverside (Riverside, California)

Man found dead in resort hot tub

City News Service

FALLBROOK, Calif. -- The death of an 89-year-old man from Fallbrook, who was found drowned in a community hot tub at a Coachella Valley resort, remained under investigation Monday. Edward Fredericks was found dead in a community hot tub next to the...

Tags: Riverside County (California), Clubs and Associations, Cathedral City (Riverside, California)

Man arrested after high speed pursuit

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

SAN DIEGO -- A speeding driver was arrested after he led California Highway Patrol officers on a chase through the North County on Interstate 15 Wednesday and at one point drove the wrong way on the freeway. The southbound chase began in the late...

Tags: California, Road Transportation, San Diego (San Diego, California), Travel, Transportation

'Geezer Bandit' robs 13th bank

SAN DIEGO -- The "Geezer Bandit" continued his string of Southern California robberies by knocking over his 13th bank last week, FBI agents announced Saturday. Surveillance video provided by the FBI shows the robber, who got his name because of his...

Tags: Bank of America Corp., Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Escondido, Temecula, Vista

Local teens killed in fiery crash near Bishop

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

Athletes and coaches at Cathedral Catholic High School were in shock after learning that two recent graduates were killed in a fiery head-on crash with a van full of college athletes in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Amanda Post and Natalie Nield died Monday...

Tags: Health, San Diego (San Diego, California), Baptist, Vehicles, Travel

Tags: State Budgets, Placer County, Elections, Sacramento, Population and Census

Marine jailed for allegedly shooting at wife's picture

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

A young Marine was jailed Monday for allegedly firing his handgun at a picture of his wife at their home in Vista while she was there. James Patrick Green, 23, was apparently upset over a pending break-up when he fired a round into the picture while in...

Tags: Temecula, Vista, San Diego (San Diego, California), San Diego County (California)

Cost of Cowboy Fire tops $2.5M

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

The Cowboy Fire in East County has been fully contained Monday, evening and firefighters said they expect complete control by Tuesday at 6 p.m. The cost to fight the 827-acre fire reached $2.5 million Monday, said Roxanne Provaznik, a spokeswoman for Cal...

Tags: Forestry and Timber, Tehama County (California), Riverside County (California), San Diego (San Diego, California), Emergency Incidents

Mourners gather at beach to honor teens killed in fiery crash

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

More than 200 people gathered at an Encinitas beach to remember two former high school athletes and a coach who were killed in a van crash near the eastern Sierra Nevada. Some in the crowd wept Wednesday while others prayed and traded hugs with the...

Tags: California, Nevada, Christianity, Motorvehicle Accidents, San Diego (San Diego, California)

Dozens of smuggled immigrants found in SoCal home

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

U.S. immigration agents found 37 illegal immigrants crammed into a tiny bedroom of a drop house Tuesday, officials reported. Investigators with Immigration and Customs Enforcement went to a home at 1879 Martin Luther King Blvd. on a from a relative of...

Tags: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, San Diego (San Diego, California), Crime, Law and Justice

State's new death chamber ready for 1st execution in 5 years

KTLA News

California's new lethal injection chamber at San Quentin State Prison is set to be put to use next week with the state's first execution in nearly five years. Albert Greenwood Brown, 56, is scheduled to die in the chamber Sept. 29 for the rape and murder...

Tags: Regional Authority, Local Government, Punishment, Rape, Justice System

New safety questions over fatal California 200 crash

Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

As officials continued their investigation into the fatal crash at the California 200 off-road race, new questions emerged about the safety of the event. The company that sponsored the off-road race in the Mojave Desert in which eight people were...

Tags: Land Resources, Escondido, El Monte, Health, San Marcos

Report: San Diego home sales plunge, prices increase

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

Home sales in San Diego fell dramatically in July, compared to June, as federal tax credits for buyers expired, a real estate research firm reported Tuesday. In July, San Diego County's home sales plunged 19.4% compared to the same month a year ago,...

Tags: Homes, Orange (Orange, California), Credit and Debt, Ventura (Ventura, California), San Diego (San Diego, California)