Riverside

One of California’s biggest ghost towns has been sold to a mysterious buyer whose plans are unclear.Eagle Mountain, located in Riverside County near the southeast corner of Joshua Tree National Park, was once a bustling iron mine. The 10,000-acre site has sold for nearly $22.6 million, according to Securities and Exchange Commission records.For decades, the mine and company town around it have been abandoned, occasionally used in films like Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Rob Reiner’s 1986 classic “Stand by Me.”After a…

Being poor is a major leading cause of death in America, new research suggests. The study’s authors estimate that there were roughly 180,000 poverty-related deaths among people over the age of 15 in 2019—a total only surpassed by deaths from heart disease, cancer, and smoking that year.Maybe AI-Written Scripts are a Bad Idea?Poverty has long been known to be an important risk factor for poor health and early death. Those struggling to make ends meet are more likely to live in places with unclean air and water and will…

Cheryl Miller is livid, her voice rising, her words coated with frustration, alarm and incredulity. The ire of one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all time is locked on the plight of a junior college coach in Miller’s hometown of Riverside.“Right now, I’m afraid for her life,” Miller said. “She has way too much fight and she’ll fight and fight and fight, not for herself, but for her players. My greatest concern is for her safety. Absolutely. Someone will end up hurting her.”Miller pauses to breathe. “If that…

Drone video of a deadly standoff that took the life of a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy on Friday appears to capture the suspect being shot by another deputy before the wounded officer is rushed into the back of a sheriff’s SUV.The video was posted to YouTube late Friday by an account created the same day. Its owner could not immediately be reached for comment by The Times on Saturday.The video provided the clearest picture yet of the encounter, which took the life of Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30. The Sheriff’s…

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Friday near Lake Elsinore, just two weeks after another deputy was fatally shot while on duty, authorities said.Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30, was killed while responding to a call involving domestic violence and a child custody matter, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said at a news conference Friday night. “He’s a husband. A son,” Bianco said, his voice catching. “He would have been a dad.” Calhoun’s wife is pregnant, the sheriff said. Riverside…

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy died Thursday afternoon after being shot in Jurupa Valley during a traffic stop, according to a law enforcement source.The suspect then led police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 15, which appeared to end in gunfire, TV footage showed. A law enforcement source said the suspect died.The 15 Freeway southbound has been shutdown due to massive numbers of police vehicle on the highway where the pursuit ended.The shooting was reported in the 3900 block of Golden West Avenue around 2:44…

The 28-year-old Virginia cop who killed three family members of a Riverside teenager had posed online as a teen to “groom” the 15-year-old girl, the Riverside Police Department said Wednesday. Austin Lee Edwards, who drove cross country to the girl’s home, portrayed himself as a 17-year-old online, using “grooming” methods such as asking for or trading sexually explicit images, providing gifts such as drugs, alcohol or gift cards and giving out compliments, Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday at a news…

Riverside police responding to a house fire on Friday found the bodies of three people killed in what police are investigating as a triple homicide.About 10:30 a.m., police dispatchers fielded a request for a welfare check on a man and a woman who were having “some type of disturbance” outside a home in the 11200 block of Price Court, said Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesman for the Riverside Police Department.As police were en route, dispatchers received calls from motorists on the nearby 91 Freeway of smoke pouring from…

At first glance, Durango at Shadow Mountain looks like just another cookie-cutter subdivision of new homes sprawling across an arid valley in the Riverside County town of Menifee.Walk into a $577,990 model home on Hopscotch Drive, though, and the possible future of low-carbon, climate-resilient housing comes into view behind the stucco and faux-stone facade.In the garage, a sleek white battery attached to one wall stores electricity generated by the 16 solar panels on the roof. Next to the battery is an electric vehicle…