Month: January 2010

INDIO -A commissioner will consider a motion that seeks to challenge a decision to approve a slew of agreements made in more than 70 misdemeanor underage drinking cases involving Coachella Music and Arts Festival attendees on Friday. Around 75 defendants were set to appear in court this morning for the hearing, but the judge decided

EUREKA -Officials are still working on damage estimates from a powerful earthquake that struck Humboldt County over the weekend. So far, the city of Eureka says it has racked up more than $14 million in damage. Gary Bird, spokesman for the largest Northern California city affected by Saturday’s magnitude-6.5 quake, says the estimate is now

LOS ANGELES -Simon Cowell confirmed today this will be his final season as a judge on “American Idol” so he can become a judge and executive producer on “The X Factor,” which will premiere on Fox Broadcasting in 2011. Cowell told reporters at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena that he agreed

SAN FRANCISCO -The judge presiding over the federal gay marriage case has a lot of questions for both sides, and he began posing them during opening statements. The trial began Monday with Theodore Olson, who represents the same-sex couples suing to overturn Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban approved by voters in 2008. Chief U.S.

NEW YORK -Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998. McGwire says in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he apologizes for his actions. He says: “I wish I

LOS ANGELES – Attention “Gleeks!” Fox is bringing the hit singing show “GLEE” back for a second season- and you could be its next star. The network has launched a nationwide talent search for the show. Auditions are open to amateur and professionals between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six. The casting process will be

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WASHINGTON -The Justice Department is ordering prosecutors in 33 states to step up efforts to combat crime on Indian reservations, particularly offenses against women and children. Attorney General Eric Holder was announcing the effort after his deputy, David Ogden, sent a memo instructing those federal prosecutors to do more to fight tribal crime. The memo

By News Channel 3newsline3@kesq.com YUCCA VALLEY -San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a body found behind a Yucca Valley business earlier this morning. An employee of Liberty Tax Service found the body just before 8 this morning behind their business off 71-000 block ofTwentynine Palms Highway. Deputies say it’s a white man in his

DESERT HOT SPRINGS – The Riverside County Department of Health will offer H1N1 Flu vaccines in a mass flu clinic this Saturday. The clinic will take place at Desert Hot Springs High School Gymnasium, 65850 Pierson Blvd. from 10am to 3pm. Everyone will be able to get the vaccine, as supplies allow.

WASHINGTON – California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says concessions made to Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson to win his vote on the health care overhaul bill were a “rip-off” for his state and is urging California lawmakers to vote against it. In an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Schwarzenegger says giving extra Medicaid benefits

THERMAL – Illegal dumping is a big problem in rural parts of the Coachella Valley, but on Saturday that problem got a little smaller. Dozens of volunteers participated in a clean-up, in the Vista Santa Rosa Community. Organizers say, many people don’t know where to dump bulk items, so they end up throwing them in

HEMET – Two hikers were found safe after getting stranded in the icy San Jacinto mountains, launching an all-night search-and-rescue mission. The rescue mission began at 10:20 p.m. Friday when the Riverside CountySheriff’s Department responded to an area of Doe Canyon in the San Jacinto mountains east of Hemet, Dennis Gutierrez, a spokesperson for the

PALM SPRINGS -Police have arrested a suspect after a late night chase in the west end of theCoachella Valley. Palm Springs Police say the chase started at 2:27 a.m. on Gene Autry and East Palm CanyonDrive. It lasted around 15 minutes reaching speeds of more than 90 milesper hour before coming to an end on

THOUSAND PALMS – Construction will begin soon to rebuild two major interchanges in the Coachella Valley, and the removal of the longtime bottleneck above Interstate 10 at Ramon Road. Perhaps because of the economy, the winning bid for the project at the freeway at Ramon Road came in at $22.4 million, $18 million less than

EUREKA – Residents of one Northern California county are cleaning up after a 6.5 magnitude offshore earthquake shook the area Saturday. Fortunately, the people of Humboldt County escaped with little more than bumps, cuts and broken glass. Entrances to Eureka’s Bayshore Mall were blocked Sunday as engineers surveyed for damage. Authorities say area bridges suffered

RANCHO MIRAGE – A piano concert, photographic exhibit and documentary screening will be held at the Rancho Mirage Public Library later this month. Classical pianist James Giles will perform at the library at 7 p.m. Jan. 19. Giles is on the faculty of Northwestern University and teaches and performs nationwide, said library spokeswoman Susan Cook.

RIVERSIDE – Oil speculators and a weak dollar — not supply and demand — are once again driving up gas prices in Riverside County, an Auto Club spokesman said. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose Sunday for the 18th consecutive day, increasing four-tenths of a cent

WASHINGTON – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says California is getting shortchanged when it comes to federal spending and likened the health care legislation moving through Congress to beating up on his state. The Republican governor is entering his final year of office with the task of bridging a $20 billion deficit. He says the federal