Month: January 2010

WICHITA, Kan. -Two California men aboard a plane that landed in the southeastern Kansas city of Liberal with more than 114 pounds of cocaine have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch announced Tuesday that 40-year-old Dean Bryan Moya and 31-year-old Richard Allen Vickery, both of Hemet, Calif., pleaded guilty to

TORRANCE -Toyota Motor Sales announced that it is instructing Toyota dealers to temporarily suspend sales of eight models involved in the recall for sticking accelerator pedal, announced on January 21, 2010. “Helping ensure the safety of our customers and restoring confidence in Toyota are very important to our company,” said Group Vice President and Toyota

PALM SPRINGS – A Beaumont man is behind bars, today, charged with trying to kill his girlfriend. The victim told police her boyfriend, 48-year-old Claude Sessoms, got into an argument with her, hit her in the face, and choked her. Afterward, the two got into the car and drove, where Sessoms allegedly threw her cellular

LOS ANGELES -A new Pacific storm has begun moving into Southern California, where the ground is saturated from rain that fell daily through most of last week. The National Weather Service says Tuesday’s storm will drop between a quarter-inch and 1 inch of rain, depending on location. Several inches of snow is expected in the

RIVERSIDE -The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a contractor’s bid to reconfigure a frequently clogged freeway interchange in the Coachella Valley. Skanska USA, the North American subsidiary of a Stockholm-based construction company, was chosen from a total of nine firms that bid on the Palm Drive/Gene Autry Trail Interchange Improvement project. Skanska estimates

PALM DESERT – TheH.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation is committing $1-million for emergency and medical supplies to assist relief efforts in Haiti. The donation will be made to Eisenhower Medical Center, which is currently engaged in the relief effort through Eisenhower’s Emergency Physician Raul Ruiz, MD, MPP, MPH. Dr. Ruiz will facilitate the donation

LOS ANGELES -A parole hearing is scheduled tomorrow for “Onion Field” killer Gregory Powell, who was convicted of murdering a Los Angeles police officer south of Bakersfield in 1963 after abducting him and his partner. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents the LAPD’s rank-and-file, is opposing parole for Powell. “This vicious murderer has

PALM DESERT -Palm Desert High School is without a girls varsity softball coachafter the Desert Sand Unified School District fired their current coach Ashley Nieto. This allcomes after a criminal investigation accused Neito’s husband, Ronald, who is a registered sex offender, of volunteering with the girls softball team without the school’s permission. We brought you

INDIO – A 49-year-old woman was arrested Monday, and booked for starting a house fire that ousted a family from their home. Carolyn Owens was booked in the Indio Jail. The fire startedMonday morningat 6:42 a.m. near Chia Circle across of Olivera Avenue. It took firefighters about 15 minutes to knock down. The family is

LOS ANGELES -NASA’s Mars rover Spirit will rove no more. The space agency said Tuesday that scientists have given up trying to free Spirit, which has been trapped in soft sand since last April. Instead, focus will turn to tilting it to the north so it can get enough sunlight on its solar panels to

PALM DESERT – Fifteen Sam’s Club employees are part of a nationwide downsizing. Employees in the membership and demonstration departments at the Palm Desert store learned their jobs had been eliminated during a meeting Sunday morning. The CEO of Sam’s Club says he thinks an outside marketing company being hired to do in-store product demonstrations

St. Joe NOW, St Joseph Cablevision Channel 3, is looking for a Video Journalist who knows how to get the job done! Applicants should possess the following skills: video shooting/editing, television news copy writing/editing, information gathering and interviewing. Applicants must also be able to work across platforms (television/print/web). St. Joe NOW is a local, headline-news

Oversee all Payroll functions for NPG Newspapers, Inc., NPG Cable, Inc. and all Broadcast operations. Will work closely with Accounting department for compensation budgeting purposes and monthly financial closes. Will perform other HR duties as assigned. Reports to Corporate Personnel Manager. High school diploma required; prior payroll experience preferred Must possess strong interpersonal skills for

KIFI Local News 8 is looking for an entry-level News Producer who can write conversational news stories that engage viewers. KIFI Local News 8 is rated as the #1 news organization in the market and is committed to providing the best news content for eastern Idaho and western Wyoming. You will work with some of

KIFI Local News 8, the ABC affiliate for eastern Idaho and western Wyoming, is looking for a Morning Weather Anchor. The candidate would be responsible for creating the area’s most respected weathercast in the region and maintain the station’s First Alert 8 weather brand. Your responsibilities will be to provide the forecast for nearly two

NPG of Oregon Inc., a cluster of television stations that includes the NBC, FOX, The CW, and Telemundo affiliates in Bend, Oregon, is accepting applications for a Commercial Producer. Duties include script writing, electronic field production, video post production and the ability to work closely with sales representatives and clients to produce commercials for television.

MORENO VALLEY -A brigade of soldiers from the Southland will leave for Iraq today to work with State Department provincial reconstruction teams in the areas of economic, agricultural and community development, the U.S. Army reported. The 358 CA is a Civil Affairs brigade that recruits professionals from the Los Angeles region who have skills in

La policía investiga un cadente en el que un hombre perdió la vida frente a su casa ubicada en Cathedral Canyon Country Club. Según el informe el individuo introducía su vehículo en la cochera cuando chocó con la pared y del susto metió reversa y chocó con varios árboles y cercos. El hombre falleció al

Dos semanas después de que so sujetos entraron a robar a apple Market ubicada soble Hwy 111 en Thermal, uno de ellos fue arrestado. Se trata de Anthony Canada de 22 años, quien fue identificado después de que las autoridades dieron a conocer las imágenes de la cámara de seguridad del establecimiento. Ahora solo falta

Bajo fianza salió un sujeto que en días pasados fue arrestado por robar en una casa ubicadaza en Cuando Way en Desert Hot Springs. Según el informe, Bernabé Carrasco de 20 años fue visto por un testigo al salir de la casa y huir en un Mitsubishi, minutos más tarde fue parado por la policía