Month: February 2010

HALF MOON BAY -More than a dozen spectators suffered injuries during Maverick’s Surf Contest on Saturday when giant waves knocked them down. Contest organizers call it the risk of Mother Nature, but at least one county supervisor wants changes before next year’s competition “We can’t stop people from going into the ocean,” said contest organizer

WASHINGTON -The government has received new complaints alleging 34 deaths in Toyota vehicles due to sudden acceleration since 2000. Many of the complaints have been filed in the past three weeks. A government database on Monday shows that the government has received complaints alleging 13 additional deaths during the past three weeks. The deaths allegedly

KESQ.com News Services MORENO VALLEY -An investigation was expected to resume today in the deaths of a Moreno Valley High assistant football coach, his wife and their two children, who were killed in a fiery six-vehicle crash on a freeway in San Bernardino County. The crash was reported around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on a stretch

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Attempted murder charges have been added against the professor accused of shooting six colleagues during a faculty meeting at an Alabama university. Amy Bishop was arrested soon after the shooting Friday and charged with capital murder. Jail records show she also has been charged with three counts of attempted murder. A jail

LOS ANGELES – To count the homeless in Los Angeles during the upcoming Census, the city wants people to donate socks to be offered to transients in the hope that they will come forward, the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of the Census announced. The month-long sock drive to support the U.S. Census Bureau’s homeless enumeration

INDIAN WELLS -Folks got their engines revved up at the 8th annual “Doctor Sebastian George Memorial Car Show”at the tennis gardens. Put on by the “Palm Springs Cruisin’ Association,”more than 800 antique and custom cars were on display, and the inspiration of Doctor George lives on. “You’ll meet a lot of survivors, people who were

RIVERSIDE -The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell eight-tenths of a cent today to $2.95, the lowest since Dec. 30. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 2.2 cents less than a week ago and 9.9 cents less than a month ago, but 69.9

WHITEWATER – At least one person has died in an afternoon wreck on Interstate 10. The California Highway Patrol says the accident happened Sunday around 2:15 p.m., near the Whitewater rest area. Details are limited. Stay with KESQ.com and News Channel 3 for updates.

PINYON PINES -Authorities today identified the two people killed in a car-motorcycle crash state Route 74. William Kaplan, 62, of Rancho Mirage, who was riding a Harley-Davidson with his wife on the back, was headed east about 1:30 p.m. Sunday when a silver Toyota headed the opposite way veered off the shoulder, then spun out

MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J. -Police say they have recovered four bodies after a small plane crash at a central New Jersey airport. A fifth person remains missing. The crash was reported at 4 p.m. Monday at Monmouth Executive Airport, about 35 miles east of Trenton. Capt. Tim Clayton of the Wall Township police says four bodies

NEW YORK – It’s the end of an Oscar night era. Barbara Walters says her Academy Award interview special next month will be her last. Walters made the announcement today on her talk show, “The View.” Her 29th and final Oscar special will air March 7th onABC andKESQ, and will feature an interview with best

SANTA ROSA -A California man is in custody for allegedly kidnapping a woman, then beating and raping her for three days in his mobile home. Fifty-eight-year-old John Gomez was arrested Friday on suspicion of various kidnapping, sexual assault and drug charges. Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies found the 40-year-old woman in the Santa Rosa home with

INDIO – The Indio High School marching band led the pack as it weaved through the streets of downtown Indio. The annual Presidents’ Day Grand Parade was here, and Cynthia Vazquez and her family weren’t going to miss it. “Oh my god! Every year, it’s like we have to be here every year,” she said.

PALM DESERT – Authorities tell News Channel 3 that a large sink hole has shut down the eastbound and westbound lanes of Magnesia Falls between Portola and Monterey. According to the water agency, a pipe leaked under the roadway at Magnesia Falls.They say it’s part of the natural aging of piping under roadway. The water

TEMECULA -Temecula-based cyclist Floyd Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France win for using a banned performance-enhancing drug, was being sought today on international arrest warrant issued by a French judge. Landis, 34, was rumored to be at the Tour de Palm Springs event this past weekend, but News Channel 3 has

INDIANAPOLIS -Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana says he won’t seek a third term in Congress. Bayh says he’s lost passion for serving in the senate and wants to quote”contribute to society in another way.” His departure continues a trend in which several senators and house members from both parties have decided to retire. Bayh’s

CATHEDRAL CITY -Firefighters have put out a fire in a mobile home park. The fire was reported around 9:15 p.m. inside the Tramview Mobile Home Park, off East Palm Canyon, near Perez Road. Firefighters knocked down the flames by 10:00 p.m. The Cathedral City Fire Department says one home was completely destroyed, while two others

CATHEDRAL CITY-A Coachella Valley bakery is celebrating 25 years of whipping up tasty treats. But not without hurdles. A blaze burned part of their successful business exactly three months ago today. This local bakery enjoys the sweet smell and taste of success. This month marks a major milestone for the pastry swan, 25 years and

PALM SPRINGS – Hundreds of people from around the country got a peek into some of the valley’s hidden gems; it’s mid-century architecture. “Palm Springs was put on the map by modernism,” says Nat Gozzano, Racquet Club Estates Neighborhood Organization. As part of Modernism Week seven homes throughout the Racquet Club Estates opened up to

LOS ANGELES -Kevin Smith says he’s “way fat,” but that shouldn’t stop him from flying. The director and actor says a pilot ejected him from a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank, Calif., saying he didn’t fit properly in a single seat. Smith raised a stink about the incident on his Twitter page Sunday,