Riverside County's district attorney, public defender and top judges met in September to discuss how the local criminal justice system was going to manage the thousands of cases that had built up ...

A pandemic backlog and longstanding judge shortage contributed to the problem. A state study found the growing county should have 22 more judges than it does. As some 1,800 criminal cases delayed by ...

Riverside County Superior Court Commissioner Wendy Harris, who was temporarily suspended from practicing law in 2021, had been disciplined by her presiding judge for displaying poor temperament in a ...

The Riverside County Superior Court will reduce services and furlough most of its staff one day each month beginning in January to help offset state budget cuts, court officials said. Furloughs will ...

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Dec. 29 in Jurupa Valley by William McKay, 44, a three-strikes convicted felon who was out on bail ...

The case dates back to the early morning hours of June 18, 2006, after deputies found a 21-year-old man who was shot to death ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CNS) -- A multi-convicted felon dubbed the "snake burglar'' for his method of burglarizing businesses pleaded guilty on Thursday to more than four dozen felony charges and was ...