Month: March 2010

CATHEDRAL CITY- Cathedral City Police say theyhave busted a sophisticated marijuana grow house at the Ocotillo Place Apartments on the 69100 block of Dinah Shore Drive. Police were dispatched to the apartment complexat 4p.m. Monday afternoon after a 28 year-old woman called 911 saying here ex-boyfriend tried raping her. When police arrived they say 28

SACRAMENTO -Democrat Jerry Brown has entered the race for California governor, giving the party an iconic candidate in a contest expected to be the most costly in state history. The state attorney general, who served two terms as governor in the era before term limits, officially declared his candidacy on his Web site Tuesday. The

Add one more item to your Saturday errand list: an H1N1 flu shot. Free flu shots will be offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at malls in Riverside, Cabazon, Temecula, Corona and Rancho Mirage. “We’re taking flu shots to the people,” said Dr. Eric Frykman, Riverside County’s public health officer. Flu shots will be

DETROIT -After more than 1,100 complaints about the sudden loss of power steering in its compact cars, General Motors announced Tuesday it is preparing to recall 1.3 million vehicles. The recalled models include the 2005-10 Chevy Cobalt, the 2007-10 Pontiac G5, the 2005-06 Pontiac Pursuit (sold in Canada), and the Pontiac Pursuit (sold in Mexico).

DETROIT – (WXYZ-TV) Emergency crews are on the scene of an accident involving an Amtrak train and a fire truck.The collision happened near John Kronk and Lonyo in southwest Detroit.No one on the train has been injured.Passengersare remainingon the train while an investigation is conducted. Action News spoke with one passenger on the train. Adam

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles freshman Democrat John A. Perez will be sworn in Monday as Assembly speaker, pledging to address “the serious structural issues putting a stranglehold on California government” and the economy. The 40-year-old former labor union official, a cousin of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dropped plans to run for the state Senate and

INDUSTRY – Investors who want to bring a professional football team back to Los Angeles said they are undeterred about a possible impasse between team owners and the players’ union that could lead to an NFL lockout or strike in 2011, it was reported Sunday. Ed Roski, chief executive and chairman of Majestic Realty Co.,

SANTIAGO, Chile- The U.S. ambassador to Chile says he knows of no American deaths from the earthquake in Chile, but stresses that officials are having a difficult time getting information from the most devastated region of Concepcion. In an interview by telephone with CBS’s “The Early Show” on Monday, ambassador Paul Simons said, “We do

POWAY -A registered sex offender was behind bars today on suspicion of murder and rape in connection with the disappearance last week of a 17-year-old Poway High senior, who has yet to be found. Chelsea King has been missing since Thursday, when she did not return home from a run at Rancho Bernardo Community Park.

INDIAN WELLS – The BNP Paribas Open gets underway in about a week. The tournament is expected to bring in hundreds of players, thousands of fans and millions of dollars. To pull off such a huge event, it takes a lot of work and a lot of volunteers. Crews are busy moving, lifting, hanging and

TWENTYNINE PALMS -Four people are at high desert hospital in Twentynine Palms after being injured in a rollover crash in Joshua Tree National Park. It happened at 4:45am, nine miles into the park near Split Rock. Emergency crews had to cut one person from the wreckage. There’s no word on their conditions.

KESQ.com News Services PALM SPRINGS -Work is expected to begin March 1 on the Gene Autry Interchange, which will include a new six-lane overcrossing, new ramps and a widening of the bridge over the railroad. Work has already begun at the southwest coroner of Bob Hope Drive and Ramon Road to build an interchange to

COSO JUNCTION -There’s plenty of seismic shaking going on around the Golden State. In Central California,six earthquakes bigger than a 3.0 have hit the same spot within the past three days. The strongest, a 3.8 hit, this morning around 1am, centered in Coso Junction. And near theUS/Mexico border, a 3.4 magnitude quake. This one hit

PALM DESERT -A machine originally designed for astronauts is now becoming a hit here on earth, in the world of fitness. Whole Body Vibration, or WBV, was created to decrease muscle and of bone loss while in space, but after years of research it’s proven to do a lot more. Now, people are lining up

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies continued to investigate whether a robbery and a shooting at the River in Rancho Mirage were connected Monday night. Deputies arrested Julio Reyes, 26, of Moreno Valley, saying he robbed the Yard House restaurant around 11:30 Monday night. Officials say during the robbery a 30-year-old man was shot, but investigators did

INDIO -A jury convicted a Moreno Valley man for the shooting of a man during a robbery at a Rancho Mirage restaurant. Julio Cesar Reyes, 27, was found guilty of attempted murder and armed robbery with enhancements for using a firearm during the crime. The same jury convicted a second man, Issac Bazan Lopez, 25,

SANTA CLARA -Steve Poizner became the latest candidate to file for the state’s governor’s race, today. According to his campaign,he and his family weregreeted by a crowd of supporters as he walked into the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters to complete the paperwork and declare his candidacy. “I want to deploy a series of

LOS ANGELES -A stakebed truck got stuck in the fast-flowing Los Angeles River east of downtown this afternoon, but the three occupants escaped injury and were escorted to safety. Firefighters were called at 2:16 p.m. as the driver was apparently trying to traverse the riverbed, said Lauren deRosier of the city fire department. A decision

KESQ.com News Services SAN DIEGO -A registered sex offender was behind bars today on suspicion of murder and rape in connection with the disappearance last week of a Poway High School senior who remains missing and the subject of intensive search efforts. The last known sighting of 17-year-old Chelsea King was on Thursday afternoon, when

SALT LAKE CITY -Haz-mat teams responded to an Internal Revenue Service office on Monday.The haz-mat teams responded to 1973 North Rulon White Blvd., where showers and other measures were being used to deal with a possible chemical situation.Dispatcher traffic suggests some employees may have been exposed to a powderfound in some mail at the facility.