Month: December 2009

HEMET -Police are questioning a “person of interest” in the disappearance of 2 teenagers. That person could be connected to burned human remains found at a home in Hemet.Police aren’t saying who that person of interest is. A search warrant says Hemet police found a machete, butcher knives, a shovel, a bullet casing, burned clothing,

The California Highway Patrol’s annual CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive is currently under way. For over 16 years the Indio Area CHP Office has been collecting toys for Coachella Valley children in need. This year, we will be taking the donated toys to a local school that is in dire need of donations. You can

PALM SPRINGS – Residents are still being relocated after an apartment fire Wednesday night. The Andalucia complex had 3 fires within the past year. News Channel 3 has uncovered a pattern of fire safety allegations surrounding several other local complexes owned by the same company. The cause of Wednesday night’s fire at the Andalucia apartments

INDIO (CNS) – A La Quinta man shot a cabbie twice in the head for $80 during a robbery in Indio, a prosecutor said today, but a defense attorney argued that another man charged in the case fired the fatal shots. Christopher Guy Jasso, 37, is charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 30-year-old

INDIO -A judge appointed two psychologists today to evaluate the mental state of a couple accused of killing their infant daughter near Desert Hot Springs and traveling around the country with the corpse before leaving it in a camper in Arkansas. Jason Michael Hann, 34, and Krissy Lynn Werntz, 29, were indicted by a grand

RIVERSIDE – John Benoit takes his seat as the County Supervisor for the Coachella Valley. The Republican delayed resigning his State Senate post until now to save the county money in future election costs. Everybody inside the supervisor’s chamber was clapping now, but soon they’ll be looking to Benoit for answers in getting this financially

INDIO -A La Quinta man accused of shooting a cabbie twice in the head for $80 during a robbery in Indio,was found guiltyof first degree murder by a jury in Indio, today. Christopher Guy Jasso, 37, was charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 30-year-old Carlos Rafael Cuellar Cardona on Sept. 7, 2003. He

PALM SPRINGS – Rick Freeman is HIV+ for the past 21 years. “Ihave a fairly good quality of life: taking your medications, following your regime of healthy lifestyle,” he says. “Due to theHIV meds, it’s working.” On this December 1, World AIDS Day, Freeman gets a special treat. Not only is he getting his grocery

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com PALM SPRINGS – Actress Helen Mirren will be among the handful of Hollywood dignitaries honored at the Palm Springs International Film Festival gala on January 5. Mirren will be awarded for her career achievements in acting. Mirren stars in the Sony Pictures Classic release The Last Station, a tale of two

PALM DESERT – California schools are finally getting closer to competing for ” Race to the Top” funds. If one state lawmaker has his way, our schools will have a chance to get their fair share of more than 4 billion dollars in federal funds. President Obama’s ” Race to the Top” program has specific

INDIO -Jurors began their fourth day of deliberations today in the trial of a reputed gang member who faces the death penalty if convicted of shooting a Cathedral City man during a robbery. Miguel Valdivia Najera, 28, is charged with first-degree murder, robbery and being a felon in possession of a gun in the killing