Month: December 2009

OASIS -A big rig with an empty trailer burned to the frame near Oasis today, prompting the California Highway Patrol to temporarily close a road near the 86 Expressway. The tractor-trailer caught fire around 10:40 a.m. on 81st Avenue at the 86 Expressway, the CHP reported. A CHP officer reported that the big rig would

PALM SPRINGS -The White Party — billed as the biggest spring break event for gay men in America — will return to Palm Springs in April, it was announced today. The event, put on by Los Angeles promoter Jeffrey Sanker, is set for April 9-12 at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel, 888 E. Tahquitz Canyon

CATHEDRAL CITY – Kenia Castro knocks on the door. “Hi, we’re from Adopt-a-Family!” Christmas came early truly for Noemi Elizalde, who woke up Wednesday morning with three big boxes waiting for her to open. “Oh, she’s gonna love this!,” exclaimed Noemi, as she held up a doll intended for her daughter. The mother of five

EL CENTRO – Border Patrol agents working in the El Centro sector on Interstate 8 seized nearly 22 pounds of cocaine, this week, worth $746,400 on the streets, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Dogs alerted the agents to the possibility of drugs when a silver colored vehicle entered the checkpoint on Monday. Agents found

NEWPORT BEACH- Roy Edward Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney whose commitment to his uncle’s creative spirit prompted him to mount revolts that led to the unseating of two of the company’s chief executives and a revival of the studio’s legendary animation unit, has died. He was 79. Disney, who had been battling cancer, died

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – Aracelia Tamayo says she is speechless whenever she thinks about her new four-bedroom home on 4th St. Habitat for Humanity of the Coachealla Valley awarded her theCoachella; “Iwas so excited. I was so happy,”Aracelia said. “And then, when they told me it would probably be before Christmas,it even made me more

HEMET -DNA testing confirmed that the charred human remains found in a shallow grave in a Hemet backyard were that of 17-year-old Adrian Rios, authorities said today. Police have questioned what were believed to be key witnesses or suspects, but no one has been charged in the Nov. 15 death at a rented home at

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com RIVERSIDE -Starting Monday, December 21, all Riverside County residents can walk into 10 county family care centers without an appointment and get the H1N1 flu vaccine. Riverside County public health officials are no longer limiting doses to people in priority groups because vaccine shipments continues to arrive and officials are confident

PALM SPRINGS – “We just think it’s a crime of opportunity with some arsonist,” says Keith McCormickof McCormick’s Palm Springs Exotic Car Auctions picks up the pieces after a fire destroyed several classic and exotic cars at his shop. The Palm Springs Fire Department says the cause is arson. McCormick believes someone started the fire

INDIO – The California Highway Patrol dispatch center in Indio got 200,000 911 calls last year. Norma Ramirez responded to many of them. But, way too often it’s for non-emergencies. “Frustrating at times because when we are busy we do have 911 calls that are being backed up and we don’t have a chance to

PALM SPRINGS -Vista Chino remains closed at the Whitewater Wash as Gene Autry Trail.Indian Canyon Drive were back openMonday eveningin Palm Springs aftera levee broke at a water-settling pond near the windmill farms north of the city early Sunday morning, police said. Crews used heavy equipment to clear out Vista Chino, which was closed between

PALM SPRINGS -Clean-up crews are still working to clear off one of the desert’s main roads. Right now, Vista Chino is still closed between Gene Autry and Landau due to flooding over the weekend. Two levees gave way Sunday sending water rushing into the Whitewater Wash, and flooding several local roadways. Officials now say cleanup

INDIO – Unfortunately,crime doesn’t take a break during the holidays. Twogrinches struck at the ABC Recovery Center in Indo.Surveillance video shows 2 men the morning of December 8th carrying knives and trespassing onto the campus of the recovery center. They swiped a 5 foot Santa and a snowman in front of the administration building. The

BEVERLY HILLS -“Up in the Air” led the pack at the Golden Globe nominations today, with six nods, followed by “Nine,” which received five nominations, while James Cameron’s “Avatar” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” each got four. Sandra Bullock was nominated for best actress for her work in “The Blind Side,” along with Emily Blunt

WASHINGTON -The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the window covering industry are urging parents to check all shades and blinds in the home. That follows the recall of more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords. Parents are advised to make sure cords

INDIO -It’s the first day in court for a former security official turned preacher who’s now accused of killing a Cabazon tribal leader and 2 other people back in 1981. Jimmy Hughes arrived in a courtroom at Larson Justice Center Tuesday afternoon wearing shackles. The Christian ministry leader stands accused of murdering three people at

INDIO -A gang member robbed and fatally shot a Cathedral City man for no other reason than to be “the big man on the street,” a prosecutor today told a jury that will decide if the defendant lives or is sentenced to die. The defendant’s attorney asked the panel to put aside their anger and

RIVERSIDE -The Riverside County Board of Supervisors signed off today on a resolution condemning a federal advisory panel for stating that routine mammograms for women under 50 are unnecessary. “My mother, Charlene, died within six months of being diagnosed with breast cancer,” said board Chairman Jeff Stone, who authored the unanimously approved “Regular Examination of

INDIO -A security official-turned-preacher pleaded not guilty today to charges that he fatally shot a Cabazon Band of Mission Indians tribal leader and two others in 1981. James “Jimmy” Hughes faces three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in the deaths of Ralph Arthur Boger, Patricia Roberta Castro, and Alfred Alvarez, who was