Month: October 2009

CATHEDRAL CITY – Firefighters mopped up hot spots Wednesday morning as they looked for the cause ofafire that gutted an unfinished home in Cathedral City. The fire erupted shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday night on the 37000 block of Whispering Palms Trail. All available city firefighters rushed to the scene, and Palm Springs firefighters provided

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PALM SPRINGS – The motorcycle industry is zooming past the nation’s economic crisis. business is booming, but it’s also changing. There’s a new audience, new prices, and new equipment. A lot of the new stuff is geared toward women, the motorcycle world’s latest addition. “We all got tired of sitting home while the men took

CATHEDRAL CITY – Detectives are using Monday to searchfor a man accused of breaking into the home of his ex-wife and then violently attacking her. It happened just before 8:30Friday morning on the 69100 block of Converse in Cathedral City. Officers say 36 year-old Manuel Gambino broke into the home of his ex-wife, dragged her

By: Elyse Miller News Channel 3 Reporter emiller@kesq.com This weekend was ” American Heat” bike week in downtown Palm Springs. Thousands of bikers filled the streets. Police were are also out in full force making sure motorcycle riders follow the rules and drive safe. The Palm Desert Police Department held a specialized motorcycle safety operation

SACRAMENTO – California’s unemployment rate remained steady at 12.2 percent in September. In its report Friday, the state Employment Development Department says about 39,300 Californians lost jobs last month, compared to 12,000 job losses in August. Declines were across the economy, including construction, manufacturing, finance, professional services, leisure, health, education and government. California’s unemployment rate

PALM DESERT – College of the Desert held a school-wide earthquake drill on Thursday, staying in line with the Great California Shakeout. About 3,000-4,000 students across the campus got under their desks, held on and waited for instructions. For the drill, there is no real surprise or ground movement. Instead, the purpose is to shake

CATHEDRAL CITY – On Wednesday just before 11a.m. a mother dropped off a newborn baby girl ata Cathedral City Fire Station. The station is part of a large statewide network of safe surrender sites. The mother, under the 2000 Safe Haven Bill signed into law by former Governor Davis, allows mothers to drop off a

PALM SPRINGS – As school budgets continue to be cut, educators hold on to a proposition protecting funds from going *too* low. “Proposition 98 guarantees our schools receive a minimum amount of funding,” says Palm Springs CTA President Bev Bricker. “That’s about 40 percent of the state’s general fund revenue.” But, those funds were almost

A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries she suffered when she was assaulted today in her home, and a search was under way for her ex-husband, police said. The victim was found in the 69100 block of Converse Road around 8:30 a.m. and taken to Eisenhower Medical Center, where she was listed in serious condition,

BEAUMONT – A small earthquake hit an area of northern Riverside County Friday, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at 3:03 a.m. with a magnitude of 3.5, according to the computer-generated report. Its epicenter was 4 miles north-northeast of Beaumont and 5 miles northwest of Banning.

INDIO – Two people and a dog were injured when a vehicle overturned on a freeway east of Indio, according to the California Highway Patrol. The solo-vehicle crash was reported at 7:23 a.m. Friday on eastbound Interstate 10, about three miles east of Indio, according to the CHP. The vehicle went off the freeway, overturned

LA QUINTA – Riverside County Firefighters have contained a blaze that caused extensive fire and smoke damage to two units at the La Quinta Hotel. It broke around 1:30 a.m. and was contained in about an hour. No reports of any injuries. Firefighters tell News Channel 3 that damage is estimated to be around $200,000.

INDIO- Border Patrol agents seized more than a kilogram of cocaine and nearly as much heroin on Wednesday, worth more than $164,000. Agents say drug-sniffing dogsfound it on a passenger bus that was going through an inspection checkpoint Wednesday night. the dog alerted the agents to a large shopping bag, where inside, they found two

MECCA – New Riverside County sales tax numbers are in and they don’t look good. Severe cuts in revenue could mean further cuts in county services including police and fire. Sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, and county health services are paid in large part by sales tax revenues. If people don’t buy things, then emergency services are

PALM SPRINGS- Free H1N1 vaccinations are now available to children in Palm Springs! Riverside County sent out 7,000 doses to health clinics, butdue to limited supplies, only children 2 to 12 are getting them for now. “Wedo anticipate getting a supply for people in other age groups within probably the next 2 weeks,” said Debra

LA QUINTA- It’s a new metal grating– that protects motorists down below– from falling rocks above, but some residents say the new addition along Highway 111 in La Quinta is an eye-sore. “I don’t like the way it takes away from the appearance of the mountain,” said resident Donna Munson. But the Department of Public

INDIO -Narcotics agents busted an Indio home – seizing drugs and guns. Riverside County sheriffs deputies served a search warrant on the 40000 block of Galindo Court in Indio. Investigators say they found an illegal assault rifle there, along a number of illegal drugs. They also found drug paraphernalia and evidence the home was used