1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (237+ words) French Valley saw the opening of an interactive museum last week. The French Valley Discovery Hangar, at 31530 Skyview Road, opened on Saturday, Aug. 8, as a new 13,000-square-foot educational facility focusing on French Valley’s airport, library and aviation history. The opening…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (291+ words) Murrieta police responded Thursday evening to a reported stabbing at the Waterstone Apartments, at 24850 Hancock Ave., after hearing multiple reports of a man chasing another man with a knife, officials said. One arrest was made without incident after a suspect…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (524+ words) The Riverside Police Department is gearing up for illegal fireworks enforcement with drones to find offenders from the sky for the second year in a row during the Fourth of July holiday. “I’m hoping for a reduction this year,” said…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) On June 13, 1926, a local daredevil pilot named Roman Warren put on a spectacle for over 5,000. He flew his small biplane under the center arch of the famous Rubidoux Bridge. That bridge was replaced by the bridge currently being replaced across…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (834+ words) With music festival season underway in the Coachella Valley, a Riverside County legislator is pushing to make these large events safer by restricting the airspace around them. As concerts such as the Stagecoach Country Music Festival — which begins Friday, April…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (532+ words) When aviation was still in its infancy, the sight of an airplane flying overhead was quite the thrill. In March 1913, almost 10 years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, the residents of Hemet got to see what was reported to be…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (318+ words) A Frontier passenger jet had a close call this week when it was cut off by a pair of trucks while taxiing at Los Angeles International Airport, but avoided contact when an alert pilot slammed on the brakes. The near-miss,…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (173+ words) A pilot was hospitalized after a Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon crashed during an Air Force training mission Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Trona in rural San Bernardino County, military officials said Fire officials responded along with the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (154+ words) Many high school students are licensed to drive. Tyler Lambert has a pilot’s license. The Corona High School senior in the Corona-Norco Unified School District’s Aviation Pathway program, earned his private pilot certificate, a news release states. It’s a “rare…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (398+ words) The crew of the Sikorsky S64 “Skycrane” responding to the Broadway fire on Aug. 6, 2023, failed to contact a supervisor before flying above their approved altitude and then descending rapidly into congested airspace, where the helicopter crashed into a Bell 407 spotter helicopter…...