Month: December 2009

PALM DESERT -A man is in custody accused of leading police on a chase through the desert. Police say the pursuit began around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning at Washington and Mountain View in Palm Desert. It moved through Indian Wells and La Quinta before coming to an end just before1:00 a.m.back in Palm Desert on

INDIO – A fire destroyed a travel trailer, but firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to a nearby home in Indio. The blaze was reported Sunday at 12:58 p.m. at 83201 Dillon Avenue, east of Jackson Street, said Capt. Fernando Herrera of the Riverside County Fire Department. Around two dozen firefighters were

PALM SPRINGS -A huge celebration is underway for Palm Springs High School as the football team wins its first-everCIF title, defeating Serrano (Phelan) 24-14. At the beginning of the season, Palm Springs head coach Steve Fabian stressed the importance of “finishing.” There’s no better way to finish than winning theCIF title. The Indians closed out

PALM SPRINGS – Investigators with the Palm Springs Fire Department have determined that the blaze that damaged McCormick’s Exotic Car Auction was intentionally set. Major clean up is now underway. Friday evening a fire destroyed the company’s main building and several cars causing about $400,000 in damage. “I was up all night planning this. Trying

RANCHO MIRAGE – Timothy Bradley defended his WBO 140-pound title and remained unbeaten with a dominant unanimous decision over Lamont Peterson on Saturday night. With the hometown crowd chanting his name even before the opening bell, Bradley (25-0, 11 KOs) delighted his fans with his superior skill and speed, blemishing the perfect record of his

NILAND, Calif. – Border patrol agents in Indio seized a hidden stash of marijuana worth $400,000 on Wednesday. The pot was hidden in hollowed out compartments in a white box truck that had entered the Indio checkpoint on Highway 111. A canine search alerted authorities to something suspicious, where agents found the 80 marijuana bundles

LA QUINTA – Security video taken December 8th shows two men walking the halls of the former Homewood Suites looking for open doors. They find one by an ATM. One man searches a dark room. He takes what looks to be a TV or a computer monitor. The other carries out a box filled with

PALM SPRINGS – The community is gathering around to help one family who lost all their belongings in a recent apartment fire. One woman’s wedding dress went up in flames as she planned for her big day. As the Andalucia Apartments in Palm Springs burned this Thanksgiving, one family was in the middle of it

SACRAMENTO – Three California Highway Patrol officers stationed in Indio were awarded the governor’s Medal of Valor, this week, for helping to save a suicidal man in Palm Desert. Sergeant Jackie Rice, Officer Joseph Zagorski, and Officer William Strom responded to the call in March of this year, when a man was threatening to jump

YUCAIPA – Three men were arrested, this week, after police uncovered what was built-up to be a “super covert” marijuana sales operation. Acting on a tip, investigators began watching a suite in a business complex in the 35000 block of Avenue A in Yucaipa. Witnesses said they saw people coming and going from the office

LOS ANGELES -A total of 167 foreign nationals with criminal records were arrested throughout the Southland and marked for deportation as part of a statewide enforcement surge targeting immigrant lawbreakers, federal officials announced today. During the three-day operation, which ended late Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a total of 286 criminal immigrants

By News Channel 3 and KESQ.com News Servicesnewsline3@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS -Police continued searching today for six reputed Palm Springs gang members and associates who have eluded capture for drug and weapons violations. Zachary Clayton, 38; Dominick Winzer, 25;, Dimitri Allen, 32; Tommy Roberts, 47; and Martel Wash, 26, all of Palm Springs and Jahrod Shelton,

NEW YORK -Diane Sawyer left ABC’s “Good Morning America” today but not before an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show. Sawyer met with children born after their fathers were killed in September 11th terrorist attacks. The show first brought them together on the first anniversary of the attack.

PALM SPRINGS -Eleven people were arrested and six more are wanted in a massive weapons a drug sweep of Palm Springs. Police from a long list of agencies made the arrests, this morning, in Palm Springs, Banning, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, and Rancho Mirage. The arrests resulted from an investigation that began in April,

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com SACRAMENTO – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared June 8, 2010, as the day voters will cast their ballots to name a new state senator for the Coachella Valley. John Benoit left the state senate this month to fill a seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors left open by the late

PALM SPRINGS – It has been called “A Roadmap for Terrorists.” The Transportation Security Administration’s confidential security manual, online for all to see. TheTSA posted it on the Internet as part of a contract bidding process. The sensitive information was electronically blacked out, but hackers easily got around it. “I’m afraid to say that there

YUCCA VALLEY -A new food bank in the hi-desert is helping area residents during the holidays. James Wilson’s new job includes making sure the shelves and fridge stay stocked at the American Food Bank in Yucca Valley. Back in August, James and his wife, Brenda, started the area’s first food bank with a can of