links for 2010-02-28
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A former Riverside police officer faces sentencing next month after pleading guilty to seven felonies related to two armed robberies of auto shops in Moreno Valley and Riverside.
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Riverside police ticketed 31 people during a Thursday morning operation aimed at drivers who fail to yield for pedestrians in public crosswalks.
Decoy pedestrians were used to cross the intersection of 11th and Market streets as motorcycle officers observed whether drivers came to a complete stop, as required by law. Additionally, several actual pedestrians were also faced with drivers who did not stop, police said.
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Dangerous river conditions are not isolated to the Santa Ana River, where signs are posted warning people to be cautious of sinkholes and bogs of soft soil after rains, Riverside County Senior Park Ranger John Vint said.
"You can find bogs just about anywhere after a heavy rain. If the water has nowhere to go, it sits there for quite a while," Vint said.
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Dude, where's my car?
On Monday morning of his last week as Riverside police chief, Russ Leach got up, "took my shower, got dressed to go to work and looked for my car. It wasn't there."
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