CALWIRE Crime Watch (Saturday, August 8, 2026)

By Cal Wire Public Safety Desk

Riverside County sheriff's deputies shoot person while responding to mental health crisis
Sheriff's deputies in Moreno Valley shot an unidentified person while responding to a mental health crisis after, according to the... — LA Times

Ex-gubernatorial candidate pleads not guilty to threats in model ex-girlfriend's case
Stephen Cloobeck, a wealthy realtor and one-time Democratic candidate for governor of California, pleaded not guilty to witness ta... — LA Times

Man arrested in Gann fire says he was trying to make money for a birthday dinner
Cal Fire officers took 65-year-old Herbert Wayne Smith into custody on Monday around 7:45 p.m. Detectives believe the Valley Sprin... — LA Times

'Calculated act of violence': Man gets life sentence in racially motivated L.A. Metro stabbing
Gerald Pitts was sentenced to life in prison in a racially motivated stabbing of a Latino passenger on an L.A. Metro bus in Exposi...

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