Month: June 2010

News agencies mistakenly sent out information, saying the California State Senate approved the ban on plastic bags in the state of California, and the measure was headed for the governor’s desk. The bill is still in Senate committee, and hasn’t been voted on. Count on KESQ to inform you when this measure is voted on,

Con dficit proyectado de $3 mdd para el prximo ao fiscal que inicia el prximo 1ro de Julio. Cathedral City espera el prximo martes 8 de Junio los votantes aprueben la Medida H que incrementara 1% el impuesto a las ventas. La preocupacin es para los negocios que temen que los clientes vayan a otra

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Governor Schwarzenegger calls it a “great victory for our environment.” It appears as if California may become the first state in the nation to ban plastic shopping bags as the state senate approved a ban on plastic shopping bags on Friday. The state assembly passed it on Wednesday. It’s a move supported by environmentalists and

Los ?Cool Centers? ?Centros Fros? que albergan a tanta gente durante el verano en el Valle de Coachella tambin se vieron golpeados por la economa. A 15 centros apoyados por el Condado de Riverside tambin le afectaron los das de descanso obligatorios y los recortes a su presupuesto, ocasionando que por lo menos uno de

Ayer jueves despus de varias horas de deliberar el jurado declar culpable de asesinato a Ana Cedillo de 27 aos residente de Indio. Ella es acusada de golpear brutalmente a su pequeo hijo de 20 meses de edad en Septiembre de 2007. El pequeo Oscar Ziga Jr. falleci dos das despus de vivir una agona

Coachella Valley temperatures up to 110 degrees are possible over the next few days, making for the hottest weekend so far this year, a meteorologist said today. “This weekend, we’ll get up around normal summertime highs — 110 and maybe a little higher,” National Weather Service meteorologist Gregg Martin said. “It will be warm and

Coachella Valley temperatures up to 110 degrees are possible over the next few days, making for the hottest weekend so far this year, a meteorologist said today. “This weekend, we’ll get up around normal summertime highs — 110 and maybe a little higher,” National Weather Service meteorologist Gregg Martin said. “It will be warm and

En Hemet se report el incendio de una traila tipo vivienda mientras extinguan las llamas, los bomberos descubrieron ms de 50 plantas de marihuana en el patio. Al momento del percance nadie estaba en el inmueble, solo dos perros que fueron llevados al Departamento de Control Animal.

While you try to keep your cool this summer, don’t forget about your pets. Each year, Animal Control Officers receive complaints about cats and dogs left inside hot cars or left outdoors in the desert heat. Since cats and dogs don’t have sweat glands, even a short time in the heat can be deadly. Temperatures

A fire at a deli in downtown Hemet may have been triggered by a suspicious device found at the scene, authorities said today. Firefighters were called to the Los Altos Meat Market at 126 N. Carmalita St. shortly before 10 Thursday night. Crews extinguished the blaze within minutes and located “a suspicious device near what

A beauty school student in Hemet escaped a sexual predator by biting and fighting off the suspect when he tried to force himself on her, police said today. The attack happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday near Kirby Street and Florida Avenue, according to Hemet police. A 19-year-old woman attending the Marinello Beauty School at 2627

More budget cuts could be on the way in the City of Coachella, if voters don’t pass a utility-users tax on next week’s ballot, according to city leaders. The City Council held a town hall style meeting Wednesday night, focused on the 2010-2011 fiscal year. “If it doesn’t pass, everything’s going to go down the

Two women who died from injuries they suffered when a minivan rolled over in Imperial County were identified today as Coachella residents. The driver of the van, 64-year-old Maria Lopez de Mora, and the passenger, 61-year-old Silvia Lopez Gastelum, 61, were pronounced dead around 6 p.m. Wednesday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs,

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Police hope a surveillance video will lead them to the driver responsible for the death of Ronald Viduya, 68. The possible suspect vehicle appears to be a red 1995-2000 model Honda Prelude. The vehicle was recorded driving southbound on Harrison St., north of Avenue 52, at about 9:53 p.m. on May 24. The suspect fled

A controlled burn is planned on a 112-acre plot near Lake Skinner, where smoke is expected to be visible rising from the area. The Riverside County Fire Department is scheduled to burn brush in the Southwest Riverside County Multi-Species Reserve, west of Crown Valley and De Portola roads between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., according

A brush fire has erupted just north of Desert Hot Springs. Fire crews tell News Channel 3 the fire is burning near Annandale Avenue and Blue Sky Circle. The fire was reported at 4:30pm. Crews are battling the blaze, and have stopped fire at one acre, but fear the winds could fuel it more. A

Desert Organic Solutions, one of only two medicinal marijuana dispensaries legally sanctioned by the City of Palm Springs, has received its final inspections and is approved to open for business. The facility will open to its members at 11:00am Saturday at its location near Interstate 10 and Indian Canyon, 19-486 Newhall Street. Earlier in the

Westward Ho Drive has been shut down between Dune Palms Road and Jefferson Street in La Quinta because of flooding from a broken fire hydrant, says Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. A truck backed into a pipe, breaking it open, sending water gushing onto the streets and surrounding areas. No one