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Ex-Riverside County Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Molestation
James Alan Neal, 72, is alleged to have killed an 11-year-old Orange County girl in 1973, and to have molested two Riverside County girls.

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James Alan Neal, 72, is alleged to have killed an 11-year-old Orange County girl in 1973, and to have molested two Riverside County girls.

Ranjeet Minocha, 32, was arrested just after 3 a.m. for crashing his vehicle near Highway 111 and Paxton Drive in Rancho Mirage, police say.
Edward O'Brien, 27, is accused of breaking into a Palm Springs vacation rental home just before 5 am in the 100 block of Canyon Rock Road.
The attraction has been closed since February due to road damage caused by area flooding on Valentine's Day.
February 2019 sales up nearly 13 percent from January, but down 12.8 percent from February 2018, according to housing researcher CoreLogic.
Low visibility caused by blowing sand had resulted in Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs being temporarily closed to through traffic.
Contestants must be between the ages of 14 and 17 and live in Beaumont or be enrolled in the Beaumont Unified School District.
A stretch of Gilman Springs Road between San Jacinto and Moreno Valley had been closed since Tuesday due to a car-sized sinkhole.
Two men and a woman in their early 20s were arrested Wednesday night and charged with burglary, possession of stolen property & conspiracy.
Police say David Hernandez, 28, of Salinas, was initially seen driving a small gray vehicle and doing doughnuts in Edgewater Park.
On Thursday, Corona police recommended that Bryce McIntosh be charged with murder, saying they located evidence incriminating him.
Three people were arrested on suspicion of auto burglary following a high-speed pursuit across the San Mateo Hayward Bridge Wednesday night.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has approved $500,000 in funding to rebuild the Millbrae Community, which burned down in 2016.
A woman was driving a Kia Soul that rolled onto its side after colliding with a Honda Civic around 4 p.m. on Bob Hope Drive at Casino Drive.
The crash occurred about 4:50 pm Wednesday near the Candy Store pullout on highway 74, roughly 10 miles from Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore.
An intruder forced his way into a Coachella home early Wednesday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Dept.
Home prices in Riverside County rose 1.7 percent in February compared to the same month last year, a real estate information service says.
Here are the names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County between March 18 and March 22.
Here are the names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County between March 18 and March 22.
Here are the names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County between March 18 and March 22.