Month: June 2010

Firefighters are watching some hot spots, but have fully contained a 90-acre wildfire near Hemet and Anza. It broke out Tuesday afternoon near Old Ranch and Sage Roads. The fire was fully contained as of 10pm Tuesday night. Investigators say the cause appears to have been kids playing with fire. Nearly 200 firefighters were working

The McCallum Theatre will be undergoing some renovation work before its fall season begins. The $1.4 million make-over is the first major renovation for the McCallum since it was built in 1988. The entire inside of the theatre and lobby are getting new paint jobs, seats are being upgraded, carpeting is being replaced, and a

Richard Noble is spending a lot more time than usual on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. For 36 hours, he says he’s planning not to eat. He’s setting up his strike for the public to watch and learn from on the corner of Tahquitz and Palm Canyon Drive in Downtown Palm Springs. He says

Two teenagers were taken into custody late Monday night after police found them carrying a handgun and several bullets. Police responded to several 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area of Susan Drive and Avenida Maravilla. When officers got to the area, they found a group of three teenagers, two males, one female, who matched

A Coachella Valley teen was back on the streets Monday after a weekend arrest for what authorities called hate crime vandalisms. Three separate incidents were reported to the Palms Springs Police Department on Saturday within a span of three hours. Anti-gay slurs were scratched on cars and painted on homes in a Palms Springs neighborhood.

Directors from short films featured at the opening night of the Palm Springs International ShortFest are expected to attend tonight’s screenings at the Camelot Theatre. The 6:30 p.m. “Opening Night: For Laughing Out Loud,” will feature eight comedic short films,” said festival spokeswoman Emily Davis. Directors Douglas LaMore and Brian H. Mack of the film

The man accused of kidnapping “Party of Five” star Jeremy London in Palm Springs, last week, claims there was no violence or kidnapping involved, and the two actually “partied” together the night of the alleged abduction. London claimed 26-year-old Brandon Adams kidnapped him after helping change a tire on Palm Canyon last Thursday. He claims

Two-thousand people are still homeless in Mexicali, Mexico today after Easter?s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The Berger Foundation donated $75,000 to Martha’s Village and Kitchen for relief efforts Monday. The money will provide food and personal hygiene items for thousands of homeless people in Mexico. The quake destroyed homes and agricultural resources leaving many people homeless

A trucker was seriously hurt today when his tractor-trailer rolled over, spilling about 60 pallets of bug spray cans across eastbound Interstate 10 west of Desert Center, the California Highway Patrol reported. That amounts to nearly 180 gallons of insecticide. The big rig crash was reported at 2:31 p.m. on the interstate near mile marker

A fire blackened as many as 100 acres this afternoon in Sage, south of Hemet, but no structures were immediately threatened. The blaze was reported at 2:41 p.m. near Old Ranch and Sage roads, said Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department. There was no immediate word on what sparked the flames. Nearly 200

A person suffered moderate injuries, Tuesday afternoon, after a car drove over an embankment, and ended up on its side in a canal, authorities said. The accident was reported during the noon hour on Dillon Road near Sky Valley. The driver had to be cut out of the car, according to police on the scene.

Four teenage boys accused in the slaying of a Desert Hot Springs man during a gang-related fight can visit their mothers at Juvenile Hall, a judge ruled today. Ruben Alexander Chavez, 14, Steven Ray Arellano, who just turned 14, Omar Hernandez, 16, and Angel David Romero, 15, are being prosecuted in adult court on a

El Bur de Supervisores del Condado de Riverside discutir en una junta hoy martes las alternativas para obtener fondos para el Departamento del Sheriff ya que enfrenta un dficit de $9 mdd para el prximo ao fiscal 2010-2011 debido a los recortes estatales y regionales. Al parecer los lugares para masajes vern un incremento en

The U.S. Census Bureau released new numbers on Tuesday reflecting the estimated population in some of the nation’s larger cities in 2009. Officials in charge of the 2010 count hope the projections will help serve as a baseline for the 2010 numbers, which are due later this year. According to the numbers released today, Los

An ex-con who killed an 80-year-old Hemet man he befriended, then encased the victim’s body in a concrete tomb in San Diego and used his credit cards to go on a spending spree, was sentenced today to 75 years to life in state prison. Thomas Jeffrey Brooks, 41, pleaded guilty March 18 in San Diego

Two separate house fires damaged a pair of Coachella Valley homes overnight. Cal Fire says one was an abandoned house in Indio, and the other was a bungalow at a Rancho Mirage country club. Firefighters were called to a single-family home in Indio on the 43-300 block of Comanche Street at 1:54, this morning. That

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Fans are streaming into downtown Los Angeles six hours before as many as 2 million Lakers fans are expected for the team’s NBA championship parade. Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters Monday that his officers will be out in force along the two-mile parade route and he expects a safe celebration. Watch the parade on

For the first time in its history, “American Idol” will allow 15-year-old performers to audition for the popular show seen on our sister station KDFX-TV, Fox 11. In its 10th year, producers for the show say they want to continue to find the best and undiscovered talent in the nation, so “Idol” is expanding its

Palm Springs Police have arrested the nephew of a murder victim in Palm Springs, holding him for possible murder charges. On Tuesday, May 11, police responded to a call of gunshots fired, and found 47-year-old Brad Ogle dead of a gunshot wound. Witnesses say he died in his mother’s arms. Investigators pinpointed his nephew 24-year-old