Month: July 2010

Arraignment has been pushed up to 10 a.m., today, for Lonnie David Franklin Jr., the suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” killings. He is charged with 10 counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for his alleged involvement as the elusive “Grim Sleeper” serial murderer. Franklin, 57, was arrested in front of his home

An 18-year-old Indio man was shot at a party in La Quinta, but his injuries were not life-threatening, police said today. The shooting was reported about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 52000 block of Avenida Carranza, said Sgt. John Crounse of the La Quinta Police Department. Witnesses told officers they saw a

Police in Palm Desert are looking for the person who tried to break into a Union Bank over the weekend. Investigators tell News Channel 3 nothing was stolen at the branch at Cook and Country Club in Palm Desert. Police received the call at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning, and the bank remained closed through the

If there was one place in the desert to find team spirit, it was within the gymnasium walls of Summit High School where fifty middle school students gathered to tackle an obstacle course. “I felt really good,” said Jessica Rodriguez, 14. “I felt I was getting some energy. It’s what I needed.” The Cadet Academy

The “Ho-Hum Bandit” hit his 12th Southern California bank over the weekend, this time in Laguna Beach, authorities reported today. The Saturday heist at the U.S. Bank branch at 310 Glenneyre St. marked the second time in a month that the suspect had targeted that location, FBI Special Agent Chris Gicking said. On Friday, he

El pasado viernes a las 11:55 p.m. una persona que circulaba en su auto en el rea de Canyon Drive y Perez Road en Cathedral City, perdi el control y se estrell con un hidrante provocando una fuga de agua y el cierre de la calle que qued inundada.

Dos sujetos fueron arrestados acusados de intentar atropellar a un hombre que caminaba sobre la banqueta en el rea de Aurora Vista Road en Cathedral City. Segn testigos Emmanuel Sanudo de 19 aos y su hermano de 16 antes de echarle la camioneta a la vctima le hicieron seas de una pandilla. No se mencion

With a budget resolution still weeks away, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hinting that he might not sign a budget before he leaves office next January. Schwarzenegger is demanding pension, tax and spending reforms. He said Monday that if he doesn’t get what he wants, he won’t sign a budget agreement, and could leave it to

Mientras que cientos de maestros son despedidos en todo el estado debido a los recortes al sector de la educacin, algunos administradores ganan buenos salarios y compensaciones. Como Scott Plotkin, Director Ejecutivo de la Asociacin de Buros Escolares de California gan en 2005 $280 mil dlares y en 2006 $353 mil, en 2008 recibi un

To help raise money for the family of Norma Angelica Lopez, the Moreno Valley teen abducted and killed last week, a restaurant chain will donate part of its sales from two restaurants today. Moreno Valley’s two Chili’s Grill & Bar restaurants will make a 15 percent donation from each sale to the Lopez family as

Two brothers with apparent gang ties face charges in Cathedral City for allegedly trying to run over a man with their truck, a police sergeant said today. Emmanuel “Manuel” Sanudo, 19, and his 16-year-old brother, both of Cathedral City, were arrested Friday afternoon near Mission and San Antonio drives, according to Cathedral City police Sgt.

Highly toxic levels of arsenic have been found in eastern Coachella Valley water systems. Trailer park residents in unincorporated areas have the most to lose, officials said. Many of them are paying high water bills for water environmental officials caution against drinking — letalone using to bathe. Local leaders held a community forum in Thermal

It’s not hard to find people cruising on their bikes around the desert, even in the heat of the summer, but you could be taking a risky ride if your helmet is more than a few years old. Helmets have a shelf life. The Snell Foundation, a non-profit group that works to improve the design

A teenager is scheduled to appear in court, today, to answer to charges he gunned down a man in a Desert Hot Springs parking lot. Authorities said back in October, Anthony Magdaleno, 19, shot Tony Chen, 45, at the Von?s store on Palm Drive. Witnesses said Magdaleno and Chen spoke for less than a minute

Convicted child murderer Donald Schmidt, who sodomized a 3-year-old girl and drowned her in her own bathtub, will not be paroled to Riverside County, according to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. “This is great news for the children and residents of Riverside County,” said Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco. “The notion of sending

The Palm Springs POWER were unable to capture the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League (S.C.C.B.L.) Championship in a rematch of last year’s playoff series. The POWER fell to the O.C. Pioneers 5-4 in a decisive third game of the championship series. The POWER finish the SCCBL season with a record of 20-3 against conference opponents,

Government lawyers argue a federal judge would overstep her bounds by going along with a Republican gay rights group asking her to halt the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. During closing arguments Friday in Riverside, U.S. Department of Justice attorney Paul G. Freeborne said the court doesn’t have the authority to issue a nationwide

Deputies ask for your help to identify the three suspects in the surveillance photos. Investigators say on June 8, a man went to the Palm Desert Target and went on a $3,000 shopping spree with a stolen credit card. Just weeks later on June 18, a man and women one spent over $4,000 dollars at

Tras las rejas se encuentran tres sujetos de Coachella despus de que oficiales del sheriff amparados con una orden de cateo les decomisaron una gran cantidad de metanfetaminas, dinero en efectivo, armas y artculos robados. Se trata de Heriberto Olachea, Noe Sols Castro y Juan Ziga.

Ayer jueves alrededor de las 10:00 a.m. los bomberos sofocaron en 10 minutos un incendio que devor casi un acre de maleza en un predio ubicado en el rea de Pierce Street y la Ave 70 en Thermal.