Month: January 2010

MORENO VALLEY – A vegetation fire broke out Sunday in the rugged hills known as the Badlands between Moreno Valley and Beaumont, causing one freeway to be briefly closed, the CHP reported. The fire broke out at about 1:30 p.m. near the summit of a winding, hilly stretch of the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway, and

PALM SPRINGS -With the great weather, and a three-day weekend, lots of people had the same idea of how they wanted to spend their Saturday. So many people wanted to head up the Palm Springs Aerial Tram that there was a line nearlythree hours long. The tram’s parking lot filled up quickly, so traffic was

PALM SPRINGS – Autopsies were pending today on three children and two adults who died in a mobile home fire in an unincorporated area northwest of Palm Springs. The deadly New Year’s Day fire at 150 Oregon Trail in the Western Village Mobile Home Park was reported at 5:16 a.m., authorities said. The family members

SAN JACINTO – A man broke into a San Jacinto homeFriday and assaulted a woman, according to the sheriff’s department. The woman reported that a man broke a window to get into her home in the 1300 block of Beringer Drive around 6:30 a.m. Arriving San Jacinto police saw a man fleeing the rear of

PALM DESERT – People are searching the grocery store aisles looking for happiness, luck and fortune. Different cultures believe certain foods can make for a good year ahead. Italians eat items resembling coins, like raisins and lentils. The Dutch believe anything shaped like a ring is lucky, symbolizing coming full circle and completing a year.

WASHINGTON -Mother Teresa and actress Katherine Hepburn are among those who will be honored on postage stamps in the new year. The 2010 stamp program will also include singing cowboy and Palm Springs legend Gene Autry, Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin, artist Winslow Homer and Adm. Arleigh Burke. The Negro baseball leagues and the Hawaiian

PALM SPRINGS -A Coachella Valley man was stabbed in a New Year’s Eve fight, but is expected to recover from his injuries, police said. The stabbing happened just before 9 p.m. Thursday on the 17200 Block of Keith Street in the North Palm Springs area, according to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Tom Brewster. The victim