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Brian Rokos

Brian Rokos has worked in newspapers since 1985, at the Mountain Democrat in Placerville, News Chronicle in Thousand Oaks, the Cincinnati Post, the Orange County and currently The Press-Enterprise/Southern California News Group. Among the major stories he has covered are destructive wildfires, Christopher Dorner's rampage, the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Chase Merritt murder trial and the Perris torture case.

In an image taken from a uniform-mounted camera recording, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy points his gun at Christian Alejandro Rodriguez as he sits in a burning car in Temecula on Jan. 8, 2025. Deputies shot and wounded Rodriguez after he threw a hammer at one of them, the Sheriff’s Department said. (Courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff’s Department)

San Diego man in burning car in Temecula threw hammer before deputies shot him, video shows

February 27, 2025 at 12:58 p.m.

Sheriff's body-worn camera footage was released Tuesday of the Jan. 8 encounter with Christian Alejandro Rodriguez

El alguacil del condado de Riverside, Chad Bianco, se dirige a los medios durante una conferencia de prensa el 13 de octubre de 2024, después del arresto de un hombre cerca del lugar del mitin del expresidente Donald Trump en Coachella. (Foto de Milka Soko, fotógrafa colaboradora)

Hombre arrestado con armas fuera del mitin de Trump demanda al Sheriff por comentarios de “intento de asesinato”

October 17, 2024 at 9:44 a.m.

El Departamento del Sheriff se negó el miércoles a hacer comentarios sobre la demanda.

Vem Miller en una foto sin fecha. (Cortesía de Vem Miller)

¿Quién es Vem Miller, el hombre arrestado con armas en las afueras de un mitin de Trump en California?

October 15, 2024 at 12:16 p.m.

Vem Miller de Las Vegas fue arrestado con armas y documentos de identidad falsos a unos 400 metros del mitin de campaña del expresidente Donald Trump

Una persona y un caballo murieron después de que un automóvil chocara contra el animal en la autopista 15 en Norco la mañana del domingo, 22 de septiembre. (Foto por Onscene.TV)

Tragedia en California: Pasajero falleció al ser impactado por un caballo que atravesó el parabrisas, dice CHP

September 25, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

El hombre aún no ha sido identificado públicamente. El caballo también falleció en el accidente.

A San Diego police officer who had been booked into Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley on Sept. 21, 2024, died in a nearby parking lot that day after posting bail following his release. (Brian Rokos, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

San Diego police officer dies outside Riverside County jail after DUI booking, release

September 27, 2024 at 8:00 p.m.

Lawrence David Orso, 46, was a resident of Murrieta. He suffered what police describe as a medical emergency on Sept. 21

Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters treated a man who on Aug. 9, 2024, was stung by bees 200 times in Jurupa Valley. He said his 12-year-old son was stung, and two of his four horses were killed by the bee stings. (Photo by OnScene.TV)

Un ataque de abejas mata a dos caballos y envía a un padre y un hijo de California al hospital

August 15, 2024 at 9:07 p.m.

Los bomberos atendieron a un hombre que fue picado por abejas 200 veces en Jurupa Valley

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Imperial Beach man charged with murder after Riverside County deputy he fought shot woman

June 17, 2024 at 4:22 p.m.

Eric John Nourani and Jennifer Rose Dobbins, both from Imperial Beach, struggled with a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy, who then ended up fatally shooting Dobbins during the fight, authorities said

This image provided by the Idaho Department of Correction shows Thomas Eugene Creech on Jan. 9, 2009. Creech, Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed at the end of the month. He was already serving time after being convicted of killing two people in Valley County in 1974 when he was sentenced to die for beating a fellow inmate to death with a sock full of batteries in 1981. (Idaho Department of Correction via AP)

Asesino en serie evita la ejecucion tras 8 intentos fallidos de encontrar una vena

February 29, 2024 at 8:11 p.m.

SAN BERNARDINO, California — Thomas Eugene Creech, el asesino en serie de Idaho de 73 años y sospechoso de un asesinato en el condado de San Bernardino en 1974, cuya muerte estaba...

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