Month: June 2010

Desert Hot Springs City Manager Rick Daniels released his findings in a three-page review of the Sea Mountain Inn in Desert Hot Springs. His review was prompted by a News Channel 3 investigation. During our undercover report, an employee by the name of Samantha made it very clear that part of the Spa’s existence was

A source tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will name Gen. David Petraeus to succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as top war commander in Afghanistan. Watch the speech live on News Channel 3 or streamed live right here on KESQ.com at 10:30am PDT.

The U.S. Census Bureau released its 2009 city population estimates. The numbers are based on the 2000 Census data, and updated by using records; mainly births, deaths and domestic and international migration documents. Cities in the east valley saw the most growth. Indio, Coachella and La Quinta all saw numbers nearly double. Palm Desert, Cathedral

Riverside County County Executive Officer Bill Luna instructed the Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore to postpone the certification of the election until all legal options could be considered. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is considering legal action to prevent 12,500 ballots found after the voting deadline in the June 8 primary from being thrown

Edith Shain, who claimed she was the nurse kissed by a sailor in Times Square in an iconic World War II photo, has died. Her son, Robert, says Shain was 91 when she died Sunday at her Los Angeles home. In August 1945, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt snapped the famous photo of a sailor

All lanes are open to traffic on Interstate 10 after more than 15 hours of clean-up following a big rig accident yesterday afternoon. The truck was carrying 170 gallons of insecticide when it rolled over and spilled on the freeway. It happened about 2:30pm Tuesday near mile marker 99; that’s about 30 minutes east of

The magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck near Calexico on Easter Sunday shifted the Earth’s crust in the area about 31 inches downward and to the south, according to radar images and data collected by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Airborne radar images of the area taken by the JPL-developed Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

Un reactor nuclear est programado pasar por las carreteras del Valle de Coachella esta noche. Un camin de carga pesada remolcando la cubierta del reactor nuclear de 19 pies de ancho hacia Arizona podria circular por la ciudad de Banning y Palm Spirngs esta noche. Al llegar a nuestra regin, un tramo de la Carretera

The third and final gigantic lid for a nuclear reactor is scheduled to make its way through the Coachella Valley overnight tonight. The 150-ton lid bound for the Palo Verde nuclear plant near Phoenix began its 10-day trek from the Port of Long Beach last Tuesday, said Bigge spokesman Roger Simpson. The load, which is

State health officials say whooping cough is now an epidemic in California and is on pace to break a 50-year record for infections and deaths for the year. As of June 15, California had 910 recorded cases of the highly contagious disease, and five babies – all under 3 months of age – have died

Las ciudades de Indio, Coachella y La Quinta mostraron el mayor crecimiento poblacional, casi el doble que en el ao 2000. Las cifras son un clculo aproximado basndose en los datos del censo del ao 2000 asi como informacin de fechas de nacimientos, fallecimientos, e informacin de migracin. Cabe mencionar que la poblacin de Coachella

The U.S. Geological Survey says it has reduced the magnitude of an earthquake at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada today. The magnitude-5.0 quake was felt in Canada and in several U.S. states, including Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York. There have been no reports of injuries or

With an American flag and the Gasden flag which contains the words “Don’t Tread On Me” by their sides, Matthew Perdie and Brooks Blanton are taking a walk on the wild side. What makes it wild: Some of the people they have met on their trek coast to coast. “We just got snuck up by

Riverside County homeowners upside-down on their mortgages and facing foreclosure may be eligible for help through a taxpayer- funded program expected to be available this fall, state officials reported today. The California Housing Finance Agency — CalHFA — has received federal approval to allocate roughly $700 million in funds distributed to California under the Emergency

Ayer en la madrugada se registraron dos incendios en el Valle de Coachella. El primero a la 1:54 en una casa abandonada ubicada sobre Comanche Street en Indio, causando daos por $10 mil dlares. A las 3:34 los bomberos acudieron a pagar un bungalow localizado en Pastn Street en Rancho Mirage donde las prdidas totalizaron

Ayer martes a las 2:45 p.m. 200 bomberos sofocaron un incendio de maleza en el rea conocida como Old Ranch cerca de Hemet. Las devoraron ms de acres. Segn el informe unos nios que jugaban en el lugar iniciaron el fuego.

Supervisores del Condado de Riverside piden accin legal y que un juez determine si deben tomarse en cuenta las 12,500 boletas que llegaron tarde al no ser enviadas de Moreno Valley antes del cierre de casillas en las pasadas elecciones primarias del 8 de Junio. A finales de esta semana se entablar la demanda para

Ayer mircoles alrededor de las 2:30 p.m. se accident un semais que circulaba sobre la I-10 en el rea de Desert Center, donde el chofer perdi el control, se volc y derram 170 galones de insecticida en la autopista. El conductor fue transportado al hospital va helicptero seriamente lesionado. El trfico se estanc unas 16

Mercedes-Benz de Palm Springs ya inici los trabajos de renovacin y expansin de sus instalaciones como parte de un proyecto de mejoras en todos sus concesionarios a nivel nacional totalizando $1.4 bdd. Localmente se invertirn $3 mdd. Se prev los trabajos terminen a fin de ao.

The Riverside County cities of Hemet and Lake Elsinore on Tuesday night approved proclamations in support of Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law, the Los Angeles Times reports. The city councils of both municipalities voted in favor of resolutions that stated agreement with the Arizona law that allows law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of