Month: May 2010

Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a mountain lion Sunday morning in Thousand Palms. A resident spotted it in her backyard. California Fish and Game authorities shot a tranquilizer at the cougar, but it failed to stop the animal. It charged at deputies, and that’s when it was shot to death. But, according to Fish and

The discovery of a human skull near Idyllwild was being investigated today as a suspicious death. The skull was found May 18 about two miles east of Lake Fulmer, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Herman Lopez of the Central Homicide Unit. The skull appeared to have been at the location for some time, Lopez said. Detectives

A 2-year-old boy nearly drowned today in a pool at a Rancho Mirage home, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Medics responded to a report of a near-drowning at 11:12 a.m. at 112 Shoreline Drive, said department spokeswoman Cheri Patterson. The toddler, while being watched by his grandmother, opened a back door and went

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La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que ayer lunes a las 10:00 a.m. el US Bank de Twentynine Palms, despus del atraco huy con una cantidad no revelada.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is endorsing Meg Whitman in California’s GOP contest for governor, saying she will be tough on spending. Gingrich on Tuesday said the former eBay chief executive advocates for the right tax policies and is committed to tackling welfare reform, one of his top issues. Click here for full Vote 2010

El Bur de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside decidir si otorga $500 mil dlares del estmulo econmico al Valle de Coachella para realizar varios proyectos de energa renovable. Entres ellos se incluye el reemplazo de un enfriador de en Indio Juvenil Hall, sistemas de energa eficiente para los terrenos de la Feria del Dtil en

Al lder de un grupo de la industria del ctrico alerta al Valle de Coachella debido a la presencia de un insecto llamado Psyllid que fue encontrado en el Valle Imperial. El insecto tiene apariencia de un gusano negro, mide unos 4 milmetros, se centra en la hoja del ctrico y puede matar al rbol.

The sheriff’s department announced today the arrests of four men on suspicion of stealing more than 2,000 pounds of copper from vacant buildings in Coachella. Jimmie Bass, 48, Gilbert Ochoa, 45, Rodney Miller, 51, and George Harsch, 49, all of Coachella, were arrested over the past two weeks, said Sgt. Mike Tapp of the Riverside

There are hundreds of resort hotels in the Coachella Valley. There is one however like the 15 room Sea Mountain Spa Hotel in Desert Hot Springs. Desert Hot Springs City Councilman Russell Betts says he will ask City Manager, Rick Daniels to conduct a full review of the Sea Mountain Spa. The business is in

El agua turbia aumenta bajo la carpa y forma charcos alrededor de las luces del estudio de filmacin. Los actores sentados en una falsa mesa de cocina levantan los pies para evitar mojarse. Esta es la puesta en escena de la nueva telenovela filmada en los campos de refugiados de Hait para los cientos de

En su foto de archivo policial, la inocente herona de dibujos animados tiene un ojo morado, un labio roto y sangra por la nariz. El supuesto delito de Dora La Exploradora? “Resistirse al arresto al cruzar la frontera de forma ilegal”. La imagen, una de varias que circulan despus de que Arizona aprobara una nueva

A Los Angeles police officer fatally shot a knife- wielding motorist in Sherman Oaks today at the end of a car chase that started east of downtown, authorities said. The officer-involved shooting on the westbound Ventura (101) Freeway near Van Nuys Boulevard occurred about 1:30 a.m., and all westbound lanes were closed. Two lanes were

Police busted a massage parlor in Rancho Mirage, Friday, after neighboring businesses complained about what may have been going on inside. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says they have been conducting surveillance of the Accutouch business for two months. It?s located on Highway 111 near Bob Hope Drive. Details of the accusations are not clear,

On Saturday people across in the Golden State remembered Harvey Milk — an activist and politician who was dedicated to gay rights. “It’s about time we get something for our community,” said Patrick Brown. Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, but his career was cut short when he

A teenager is recovering after being shot. Cathedral City police officers arrived to the 30-400 block of San Joaquin Drive around 6:30pm Sunday night. That’s where they found the 16-year-old who had been shot in the back. He says he did not hear the gunshot or see the suspect who shot him. The teen was

Police are searching for the second man in connection with a Cathedral City home burglary. It took place at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning on the 69-600 block of Stonewood Court. After a three-hour standoff, 30-year-old Luis Medina was put in the back of a police car. Police said he had just one thing to

A CHP officer is recovering after a crash in Coachella. It happened around 12:15pm Sunday on the 86 Expressway at Dillon Road. Officers say an 18-year-old man rear-ended the CHP cruiser parked on the shoulder of the Dillon on-ramp. The officer is a 13-year veteran of the force. He was taken to JFK Hospital with

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a valley woman who was in a league of her own. Dorothy Kamenshek has died at the age of 84. Dorothy was the face of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League from its inception in 1943 til her retirement in 1953. The league was established during

A 42-year-old man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a Palm Springs field must stand trial on a murder charge, a judge ruled today. Ron Martinez is charged in the March 9, 2007, death of Karyn Kleine, whose partially buried remains were found the following September in the dirt field by