Month: February 2010

LOS ANGELES -Police have arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of flying a small stolen plane that made an unauthorized landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Police spokesman Cleon Joseph says Skye Turner was arrested Friday afternoon, hours after stealing the Cirrus SR22 from San Diego County and landing at LAX. He was booked on

RANCHO MIRAGE – There’s been a change to the March 6th “Showtime Super Six World Boxing Classic” at The Show at Agua Caliente Casino, Resort, Spa in Rancho Mirage. The main event featuring Arthur Abraham and Andre Dirrell has been postponed due to a fighter injury, and we will now showcase an equally exciting championship

El Departamento de policía de Palm Springs reveló que descendió en un 12.2% el crimen violento en 2009 en comparación con 2008. Los crímenes incluyen asesinato, violaciones, raptos, robos y asaltos. David Domínguez, jefe de la policía comentó que se debe al esfuerzo del departamento, de voluntarios y civiles. También comentó que ya trabajan en

DESERT HOT SPRINGS -A home was burglarized today south of Desert Hot Springs, and two juveniles found in the area were detained for questioning, a sheriff’s deputy said. Deputies responded at 9:30 a.m. to an alarm going off at a home in the 15200 block of Avenida Manzana, said Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside

AUSTIN, Tex. -Homeland Security, police and fire crews are sifting through the debris at an Austin, Texas, office building where a man with a grudge against the government crashed his small plane yesterday. Joseph Stack and at least one worker were killed. In an online posting, Stack accused the Internal Revenue Service of robbing him

WASHINGTON -A congressional committee has asked Toyota president Akio Toyoda to testify at its hearing next week on the automaker’s recalls. Toyoda is the grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder. He has said he wasn’t planning to attend the hearings but would consider appearing before Congress if invited. The Toyota executive has faced calls by

PALM DESERT -A home in Palm Desert is heavily damagedafter a fire broke out Wednesday evening. The fire started around 5pm in the Tierra Vista complex near Hovley and El Dorado. Firefighters believe it may have started in the dishwasher. Most of the damage was contained to the kitchen, but there’s extensive smoke damage throughout

COLTON – Security video showsRiverside Police Chief Russ Leach having drinks Super Bowl Sunday at Club 215, a topless bar in Colton. “No problems with his car. He parks the car with no incident. He gets out or the car and walks into the club,” says the club’s attorney Roger Diamond. Diamond says Leach had

PALM DESERT AND RANCHO MIRAGE – Cars backed up for miles on Monterey Avenue did not sit well with people. Monterey between Gerald Ford and Frank Sinatra is reduced to one lane, causing bumper to bumper traffic. There were even a couple of fender benders. “I think it’s a mess. It’s too time consuming and

COACHELLA – The City of Coachella wants to spread the word. “What we’re initiating is a citizenship drive that will assist in those efforts to bring about greater attention to the tremendous need for federal immigration policy,” says Coachella mayor Eduardo Garcia. Government groups, labor unions and religions organizations are joining forces, trying to get

RIVERSIDE -Senator Barbara Boxer arrived at the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Thursday morning to file papers — officially putting her name on the ballot for re-election and kicking-off her campaign. “I only have one goal — to get California back on track by creating jobs and making life better for the people I represent,”

AUSTIN -Emergency crews have found a body in the wreckage where a small plane smashed into an Austin office building. Police Chief Art Acevedosaid Thursday that the body was found in the building. He declined to say whether it was the pilot. Authorities say a software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a

LOS ANGELES -The Los Angeles City Council has voted to eliminate 3,000 city jobs to balance the budget. The decision on Thursday comes a day after a major credit-rating agency issued a gloomy outlook for the city’s financial situation. Moody’s Investors Service downgraded its opinion of the city’s finances from “stable” to “negative” because the

PALM DESERT – Who says it doesn’t pay to drink your milk? “Got Milk?” recently partnered with rocker Jesse “Boots Electric” Hughes from Eagles of Death Metal to help judge its White Hold High School Arts Giveaway. In exchange, Hughes got to choose which high school arts program should get $5,000. He chose Palm Desert

BLUEFIELD, W. Va. -The military says a Navy helicopter has crashed during a training exercise in a remote, hilly area of West Virginia, injuring at least four. West Virginia Air National Guard Lt. Col. Harrison Gilliamsays the accident occurred about 20 miles south of Lewisburg about 2 p.m. EST Thursday. The helicopter was participating in

INDIAN WELLS -The BNP Paribas Open will hold a “Hit For Haiti” exhibition on the evening of Friday, March 12. It will feature former BNP Paribas Open champions with a combined total of 44 Grand Slam singles titles, and is expected to raise a minimum of $1 Million for Haiti relief efforts. Larry Ellison, who

SACRAMENTO -California lawmakers are expected to begin chiseling away at a $20 billion deficit as part of a special legislative session ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Democrats in the Senate scheduled budget votes Thursday that they say will prevent a cash crisis this spring. Already, today, theyapproved a bill ending three-day-a-month furloughs for tens of

RIVERSIDE -Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina will campaign from one end of Riverside County to the other today. The former Hewlett-Packard officer chief executive has two scheduled speaking engagements — one in Palm Desert and the other in Riverside. Her first appearance will be at a 12:30 p.m. meeting of the Lincoln Club of the

SAN DIMAS -The California Highway Patrol says a hillside has collapsed and closed a freeway transition road in San Dimas. The hillside gave way around 8:45 a.m. Thursday. No damage or injuries are reported. Tons of dirt and boulders are on the quarter-mile-long transition roadway between the northbound State Route 71 and the northbound State

LOS ANGELES -Kathryn Grayson, whose beauty and lilting soprano voice brightened some of the most popular movie musicals of the 1940s and ’50s, has died. She was 88. Grayson’s longtime companion and secretary, Sally Sherman, says the actress died Wednesday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home. Grayson starred in such popular MGM musicals