Month: April 2010

You’re sneezing, weezing, coughing, and if you don’t have a cold or the flu, chances are your allergies are flaring up. But, you’re not alone. Allergy season is here and it’s taking a toll on the desert. The Winter rain accelerated the Spring bloom and dressed the desert in a color wheel of flowers. It’s

Immigration activists Armando Martinez and Daniel Garza are wondering what’s next after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the controversial law making it crime to be in this country illegally. Now, they wonder if California lawmakers will take a page from her book. “This will not solve the immigration problem we have in the United States

Interstate 10 is clear again Sunday after a truck rolled over Saturday afternoon, blocking multiple lanes throughout the night. The California Highway Patrol says the big rig rolled over near the Monterey Avenue exit on the westbound side of the freeway around 3:30 p.m. A small explosion caused a fire, which spread from the truck

Local businesses are sad to say goodbye to the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. Although traffic was a mess, the festival crowd provided a boost to the local economy, which is in desperate need of good news. some say business could have been better. But, these days, restaurants and hotels are taking any business they can

The trial of a Palm Springs doctor is set to begin today in Riverside. Gynocologist Lisa Carden is accused of stealing patient and other doctors’ identities to get herself painkillers. She faces 276 felony charges, including forgery, possession of controlled substances and identity theft, for allegedly using patients’ personal information and other doctors’ prescription pads

Hundreds of ballots will be recounted by hand, today. Tabulators will finally decide the winner of a very close Rancho Mirage city council race. Scott Hines leads Ira Laufer for the third and final council seat. Laufer asked for the recount. It began at nine this morning at the Registrar of Voters Office in Riverside

Defense testimony begins today in Indio in an alleged DUI murder trial. Cathedral City police say 37-year old Jason Pappas led them on a high-speed chase in June. It ended when his car smashed into a palm tree in Rancho Mirage. A passenger, 56-year-old Gregory Fisher died in the crash. Pappas is facing charges of

Three men who held up a person in Cathedral City at gunpoint and stole his backpack remained at large. The robbery happened at 11:40 a.m. Friday on Baristo Road at Landau Boulevard, when three men pulled up to the victim in a car. One man pointed a pistol at the victim and demanded his backpack,

A jury has deadlocked on whether an off-duty San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy assaulted a tow truck driver who was blocking a lane on Interstate 10, prompting a judge to declare a mistrial. Richard Heverly, 43, is charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault by a public officer, making criminal threats and false imprisonment.

A car collision on Avenue 50 and Van Buren in Coachella prompted crews to shut down a large stretch of roadway, while the scene was cleaned up, earlier Monday. The accident happened around 5:15am. Officers tell News Channel 3 a pickup truck was going southbound on Van Buren and collided with another car going westbound

A group of concerned residents plan to hold a protest rally against the Arizona law targeting illegal immigration, today. The rally is scheduled for 6pm at the intersection of Palm Drive and Two Bunch Palms Trail. Organizers say they targeted that area because of the number of cars that pass through there during the evening

A series of tree and brush fires erupted along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, this morning. Cal Fire tells News Channel 3 their crews are responding to at least 4 spot fires, the largest being a quarter of an acre.The fires broke out about 11:45am, and have slowed traffic between Indian Drive and Gene Autry.

Una personas herida que fue transportada al hospital es el resultado de un accidente entre tres vehculos ocurrido el pasado viernes a las 6:30 p.m. sobre Vista Chino entre Farrell Drive y Sunrise Way en Palm Springs. El rea fue cerrada al trnsito mientras se realizaba una investigacin.

El pasado sbado a las 3:22 p.m. ocurri un accidente sobre la I-10 a la altura de la rampa de Monterrey Ave en Thousand Palms, lugar donde un trailer sufri una falla mecnica que provoc una explosin y en minutos el semais ardi en llamas. Por fortuna el conductor logr salir a tiempo e ileso.

Detalles del retn de sobriedad que se llev a cabo el pasado sbado de 7:00 p.m. a 1:00 a.m. del domingo sobre la Ave 48 y Jackson Street en Coachella. Un total de 1059 vehculos pasaron por el rea, cinco personas fueron arrestadas por conducir borrachas, una por estar ebria en la va pblica, 23

El pasado viernes alrededor de las 10:00 p.m. ocurri una balacera cerca de Harrison Street y la Ave 52 en Coachella. Por fortuna nadie result herido, pero varios carros fueron impactados por los tiros. El sujeto que realiz los disparos iba a bordo de una Ford Expedition blanca y es buscado por las autoridades.

Con una asistencia aproximada de 50 mil fans, este pasado fin de semana se llev a cabo el festival ?Stagecoach? en el Empire Polo de Indio, acarreando como cada ao una derrama econmica a los negocios del Valle de Coachella. Sin embargo, 14 personas fueron arrestadas por asuntos relacionados con el consumo y venta de

? UAG se va con victoria sobre Atlante ? Indios se despide con triunfo: 2-0 Pumas ? Tigres cae ante Pachuca ? Calificacin de Morelia en suspenso ? Atlas eliminado, Amrica vive ? Golea y se despide, San Luis vence a Gallos 3-0 ? Toluca, listo para la Liguilla: 2-1 Puebla ? El director de

A man driving a large van packed with about with 25 suspected illegal immigrants was arrested today in the East County after Border Patrol agents shocked him with a Taser, authorities said. The driver bailed out of the moving vehicle after agents rolled up behind the van on Interstate 8, in between Campo and Boulevard,

A pair of small aftershocks rattled parts of the Coachella and Imperial valleys Sunday, according to automated seismographs operated by the USGS and California universities. The quakes were among thousands of substantial aftershocks to the 7.2 magnitude El Mayor-Cucupa earthquake, which rattled Southern California and northern Baja California on Easter Sunday, April 4. That quake