Month: March 2008

Oprah’s Big Give is reaching out to the Coachella Valley and News Channel 3. Oprah is pledging $10,000 to Iraq Star, a local non-profit group that helps badly injured vets get the treatment they need. But Iraq Star also needs your help. Join Oprah and donate whatever you can to help the men and women

(AP) – The National Archives and a Web site are teaming up to put the records of Vietnam War veterans online for the first time. The site is an online re-creation of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The site allows access to thousands of pages of casualty records and

There are new developments in the FBI investigation of the Riverside County District Attorney’s office. The US Attorney’s Office announced it will not criminally prosecute investigators in the DA’s office for alleged federal civil rights violations. But News Channel 3 has uncovered that the DA’s office has been the target of a grand jury investigation

With the first troops entering Iraq on March 19, 2003, the U.S. began what would be a tumultuous and controversial invasion of a past foe. Debates continue to this day about the justification of the American presence in Iraq. From the alleged evidence of “weapons of mass destruction” in the country to stopping a tyrant

ATLANTA (AP) – Weather officials say a storm packing winds up to 60 miles per hour has struck downtown Atlanta, damaging high-rises, hotels and two packed sports arenas. Some of the windows at the CNN Center were broken. That sent some fans watching Mississippi State play the University of Alabama in a Southeastern Conference tournament

ATLANTA (AP) – Weather officials say a storm packing winds up to 60 miles per hour has struck downtown Atlanta, damaging high-rises, hotels and two packed sports arenas. Some of the windows at the CNN Center were broken. That sent some fans watching Mississippi State play the University of Alabama in a Southeastern Conference tournament

An 18-year-old Palm Desert High School student and his 17-year-old girlfriend were in custody Wednesday in connection to a string of burglaries, including a theft that occurred at the school last year, authorities said. Cory Trudo was booked into the Indio Jail on Tuesday afternoon on several counts of suspicion of burglary and conspiracy, said

(AP) – Time to trade an hour’s sleep for more sunlight in the evenings. Most people will set their clocks forward one hour this weekend. Officially the change to daylight saving time should be made at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time, though many folks will reset their clocks and watches before going to bed. The

Police in the valley are dealing with a dangerous trend that’s going on in neighborhoods and public parks. Officers say men use public settings to take part in lewd sexual acts with each other. Palm Springs Police say those gatherings take place in neighborhoods yards away from homes. Authorities also point out that restrooms at

(REUTERS) – You can’t buy happiness but it looks like you can at least inherit it, British and Australian researchers said on Thursday. A study of nearly 1,000 pairs of identical and non-identical twins found genes control half the personality traits that make people happy while factors such as relationships, health and careers are responsible

A man who robbed a bank branch inside aRancho Miragesupermarket was at large Tuesday, authorities said. The holdup occurred about 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Bank of America branch inside Albertsons, 40101 Monterey Ave., according to Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. When officers arrived, the man had already fled on foot

Another valley bank branch inside a grocery store was held up Wednesday in La Quinta. Deputies confirmed the robbery at the Wells Fargo branch inside the Stater Bros. on Hwy. 111 east of Washington Street just before 4:30 p.m. The suspect was described as a man in his early to mid 20s. He was wearing