MORENO VALLEY (CBSLA) — Hundreds of people at two Riverside County community centers mistakenly received Pfizer COVID-19 doses that were frozen longer than manufacturer recommendations, according to Riverside University Health System officials. Staff discovered on Tuesday that the vaccine doses had been administered to 324 patients in Jurupa Valley on Mission Boulevard between Oct. 8 and Nov. 23, and Riverside Neighborhood Clinic on Indiana Avenue between Oct. 23 and Nov. 23, health officials said. The doses in question were found to have been stored in the freezer longer than manufacturer rec ..read more

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A brush fire in Arlanza that started several days ago and was 90% contained reignited Wednesday night as a result of high winds, causing flames to cross containment lines and burn in mulch, according to authorities. Nov. 24, 2021 The fire is sending massive plumes of smoke into homes on Valley Drive, in Riverside. Fire crews said they were worried about embers in the neighborhood. Earlier, firefighters were going to evacuate a street in the area, but now tell CBSLA that the flames are currently under control. However, area residents are also dealing with preventative ..read more

JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) — A kitten named Rudy got permission to claw the sheets from his Jurupa Valley owner after falling into a chimney and into a sealed-off fireplace. (credit: Riverside County Department Of Animal Services) The 6-month-old kitten likely used one of his nine lives this week when climbed the roof and fell down the chimney Tuesday, becoming trapped in a fireplace that had been sealed many years ago. Animal services officials say his meows could be heard from behind the ceramic redesigns. Rescuing Rudy could have been more destructive and expensive. And Riverside County Depart ..read more

Adler Metcalf (left) and Sandy Acuna (right) have been booked on suspicion of murder in the death of their 15-month old child. (Photo courtesy of Riverside Sheriff.) JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) – Two people have been charged in the death of a 15-month old child, retroactive to a September 1 incident. They were charged with suspicion of murder, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s officials. Adler Metcalf, 22, and Sandy Acuna, 20, were arrested on Wednesday in connection to the incident. Emergency personnel arrived to the scene of a call that a child had stopped breathing on 34th street in ..read more

JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) – A rideshare driver is speaking out after he was violently attacked picking up a potential customer. He and rideshare advocates want the policies changed so this never happens again. It happened outside Fabios Bar in Jurupa Valley at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1. A dash camera caught Ye Lu’s plea to 911. “I think I will die, I think I will die,” Lu can be heard saying to the operator. “I’m a Lyft driver.” The incident started because Lu didn’t want the rider putting his belongings in the back seat of his car. And he had too much to fit in the trunk. Fabios Bar said the ri ..read more

JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) – A brush fire that started Thursday near an intersection in Jurupa Valley charred more than 40 acres and led to evacuation before it was extinguished. The blaze along Van Buren Boulevard north of the Santa Ana River bottom was reported at 2:20 p.m., according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Multiple engine and hand crews from the county, Corona and Riverside fire departments, as well as Murrieta Fire & Rescue, were sent to the location and encountered flames moving at a moderate rate through heavy vegetation. The fire jumped Van Buren from west to east, appr ..read more

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A man who was in custody for robbery and weapons charges has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Rubidoux man and Jurupa Valley church elder on Valentine’s Day of last year. (credit: Riverside Police Department) Richard Kevin Baldwin III, 29, of Moreno Valley, faces new charges of murder and lying in wait in the Feb. 14, 2020 shooting death of 57-year-old Grant Leggette Sr. Leggette died at a hospital after being shot several times in the parking lot of a Marriott Hotel in Riverside, where he had been attending a Valentine’s Day event. Investigators say Leggette was ..read more

JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) – A brush fire that erupted in the Santa Ana River bottom at approximately 11 a.m. Monday was 85% contained Tuesday and all road closures were lifted, according to an update by the Riverside County Fire Department. #LakeIC UPDATE 5/25/2021 5:00 PM – The Fire is 105 acres and is now 85% contained. All road closures are lifted and now reopened. Please travel carefully through areas where fire personnel are working. — CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) May 26, 2021 Fire crews were expected to remain on the fire lines for at least part of the night, sea ..read more

RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) –  A brush fire in the Jurupa Valley started around 11 a.m. and has now burned 100-acres with a critical rate of speed and 0% containment. The blaze began in the area of Lakeview Avenue and Pedley Road. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for people living south of Limonite Avenue, east of Downey Street and west of Van Buren Boulevard. Two water-dropping helicopters and more than 166 firefighters are working to extinguish the flames ..read more

JURUPA VALLEY (CBSLA) – A Jack in the Box located off a freeway in Jurupa Valley had its windows shattered in a shooting late Tuesday night along with four cars in the restaurant’s parking lot, as the mysterious freeway shooting spree which has gripped the entire Southland region continued. There were also two more shootings reported on freeways in Corona and the City of Industry. The windows of a Jack in the Box restaurant in Jurupa Valley, Calif., were damaged in a shooting. May 19, 2021. (OnScene TV) The shooting at a 24-hour Jack in the Box located in the 5600 block of 30th Street, right ..read more