Month: April 2010

One man is dead, and another is in custody, after a deadly shooting in Indio over the weekend. Indio Police tells News Channel 3 the victim was involved in some sort of domestic disturbance Saturday night with another man who lived with him on the 81-200 block of Geranium Street. Police say it ended when

A 23-year-old man suspected of crashing his car while under the influence of drugs and seriously injuring two pedestrians — including a toddler — was behind bars today in lieu of $150,000 bail. Cesar Adrian Munoz-Jimenez of Cathedral City was arrested around 7 p.m. Sunday at the scene of the crash in the 69400 block

It’s time to vote, and we have two races we’ll be keeping an eye on today. One is for a local office; the other for a state senate seat. The 37th District covers a good part of the Coachella Valley. It became vacant when john benoit resigned late last year in order to become a

Toyota suele adoptar estrategias legales cuestionables, evasivas y engaosas cuando ha sido demandada, con frecuencia afirmando que carece de la informacin que le piden y a veces incluso ignorando rdenes de la corte para entregar documentos cruciales, segn muestra una investigacin de The Associated Press. En una revisin de demandas presentadas en todo el pas

Ayer lunes se llev a cabo la ceremonia del primero palazo de tierra en el lugar donde se construir el nuevo Boys & Girls Club de Mecca. Las instalaciones de 30 mil pies cuadrados sern las ms grandes de los clubes ya existentes del Valle de Coachella. Con este club llega la esperanza de que

Oficiales del CHP reportaron una carambola en el rea de la Ave 52 y Van Buren en Coachella ya que hoy a las 8:06 a.m. se registr un choque en el que se involucraron cinco vehculos, algunos de ellos padres de familia que llevaban a sus hijos a la escuela. Dos de los conductores fueron

Alrededor de unos 175 empelados del Desert Sands Unified School District aprovecharn el programa de retiro temprano y de esa forma otros maestros no sern despedidos. Directivos del distrito estn muy complacidos ya que con esta medida se cerrar significativamente el dficit proyectado de $15 mdd. Cabe recordar que 211 trabajadores del distrito fueron notificados

La polica arrest a un sujeto que el pasado fin de semana mat a un hombre que protagonizaba una ria con una tercera persona. Los hechos se desarrollaron en una casa ubicada sobre Geranium Street en Indio. Alejandro Sandoval de 21 aos, residente de la misma ciudad intervino en la pelea disparando su pistola contra

This year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a sell-out, and is expected to be the best attended in the past three years, producers said today. No more single or three-day passes are available at the box office for the festival, which starts Friday and runs through Sunday at the Empire Polo Club in

The highly anticipated battle between Timothy Bradley and Marcos Maidana set for June 19th at Agua Caliente Casino, Resort, Spa in Rancho Mirage, California has been postponed. Marcos Maidana has been injured. A new date has not been set by promoters, the venue, and HBO, however dates in July are being considered. No other details

A man attempted to rob a bank in Indio Saturday morning, but was arrested almost immediately. According to Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department, the man walked into the Bank of America branch at 81800 Highway 111 at 10:20 a.m. He walked up to the teller and handed a note demanding cash. The teller

One of the world’s biggest pop stars made it out to the White Party, this weekend. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton posted this picture of Britney Spears attending the Palm Springs festivities. Britney posted on her Twitter account that the party was “soooo fun!” The closing festivities wrapped up this morning at 6am.

More than 800 dancers came together for a “flash mob” performance in Seattle yesterday. They’re all fans of the TV show “Glee.” They?ve worked together online to choreograph a giant dance sequence using songs from the show. All of yesterday’s dancers never practiced together, they just got the instructions off the internet, and showed up

Rescuers have reached a hiker who got lost in the San Jacinto Mountains. The Riverside Mountain Rescue unit was dispatched last night to begin the search. He was spotted by helicopter near the Black Mountain Campground, located in the San Jacinto Mountains towards Idyllwild. High winds prevented an air rescue, so crews had to conduct

A Hollywood prop rental company does not want to pursue charges against whoever stole a stuffed wolf after a concert at the Hotel Zoso, police said today. The grey and white wolf — which is valued at around $10,000 and was later found in front of a Palm Springs country club — was taken Saturday

The State of California says its speeding unemployment benefits to workers who have lost their jobs because of the Easter Sunday earthquake in Imperial County. The state is also offering payroll tax extensions to employers in the county who were directly affected by a massive earthquake centered in nearby Mexico. As News Channel 3 and

Criminal proceedings were suspended today for a man accused of killing his baby daughter near Desert Hot Springs and leaving her body in a camper in Arkansas, because his attorney declared a doubt of his client’s competence. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas Douglass suspended the criminal proceedings against Jason Michael Hann, 35, when defense

A gang member convicted in the fatal beating of a 66-year- old security guard has a history of violent crimes, including the assault and kidnapping of two Marines, a prosecutor today told a jury that will recommend if the defendant spends his life behind bars or is sentenced to die. Attorneys gave opening statements today

A fire damaged a Hemet police training building in a remote area west of the city, and police today said they need a declaration of an emergency from the city council because they and their police station are endangered. The fire destroyed a building at the Hemet Police Department’s shooting range and was reported about

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