Month: August 2010

Law enforcement officials busted two marijuana growing operations near the base of Mt. San Jacinto early Monday morning, authorities told News Channel 3. The police operation started at 6 a.m. just south of Mesquite Avenue near the base of the mountain. Officers found two different areas where marijuana was being grown. In the first area,

Newly released data shows that California students continue to make progress in English and math despite deep budget cuts to public schools. The California Department of Education on Monday released results of the 2010 Standardized Testing and Reporting program, or STAR tests. Click here for results listed by school and district The department says the

The National Weather Service has issued a weather advisory for the Coachella Valley until 3:45 p.m. Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm in the Garner Valley, 6 miles north of Anza and 16 miles southwest of Palm Springs moving east at 5 mph. Click here for live radar Hail up to the size of

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for extreme southwestern Riverside County and north-central San Diego County until 4 p.m. At 2:30 p.m., the NWS doppler radar indicated very heavy rains which would likely produce flash flooding over an area that included Palomar Mountain, Mesa Grande and 5 miles east of Aguanga.

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Six of eight teenagers accused in the stabbing death of a man outside a party in Desert Hot Springs were charged today with being members of a local gang. Samuel Manuel Vallejo, 17, Bryan Gonzalez, 16, Ruben Alexander Chavez, 14, Steven Ray Arellano, who just turned 14, Omar Hernandez, 16, David Larios, 17, and brothers

The first ever Fiesta Days will be held Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19 in Palm Springs. It will feature traditional Mexican mariachi music, Chicano rock, R&B, Tex-Mex and good old fashioned rock ‘n roll coinciding with Latino Heritage Month and the bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. Fiesta Days will feature over 30 vendors and

The lawyers defending California’s gay marriage ban are making one last argument on why an appeals court should block same-sex weddings while it decides the case. Sponsors of Proposition 8 are appealing a federal judge’s Aug. 4 decision that found the ban unconstitutional. The judge also has ruled that county clerks may begin issuing marriage

Authorities have released the name of the last of eight spectators killed when a racing vehicle rolled into a crowd of spectators lining an off-road course in California’s Mojave Desert during the weekend. The Riverside County coroner’s office said Monday that 34-year-old Michael James Dickinson of Spring Valley died late Saturday at Desert Regional Medical

The federal Bureau of Land Management is conducting an official review of a weekend accident at an off-road race in the California desert that killed eight spectators. Spokeswoman Jan Bedrosian said in a statement Monday that the agency is also cooperating with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation and reviewing all off-road vehicle events

El pasado sbado a las 2:51 p.m. una persona fue atropellada en el rea de Washington Street y Status en Bermuda Dunes. No se mencion si la vctima que result con heridas menores caminaba sobre al rea peatonal.

El pasado viernes a las 4:15 p.m. la polica recibi el reporte de un accidente de tres carros en el rea del Hwy 111 y Monterrey Ave en Palm Desert. Dos pasajeros de una SUV resultaron heridos y fueron transportados al hospital. No se mencion cual de los vehculos origin el percance.

Por espacio de tres horas 150 bomberos trabajaron arduamente en sofocar las llamas de devoraron 32 acres de maleza en el rea del Hwy 111 y Angel Canyon en Palm Springs. Mientras realizaban una investigacin las autoridades detuvieron a un sujeto en la escena, sospechoso de iniciar el incendio mientras fumaba. Los hechos ocurrieron ayer

El pasado viernes alrededor de las 7:00 la polica recibi un llamado que reportaba un tiroteo en el rea de Rancho Vista en Cathedral City. Cuando los oficiales llegaron al lugar una camioneta hua de la escena, minutos ms tarde el vehculo fue localizado y arrestaron a Juan Fernndez, Jaime Alemn, ambos de Cathedral City

President Barack Obama will pop into Los Angeles today to help raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will join the president for the fundraiser, which will be held at the home of “West Wing” and “ER” producer John Wells and his wife Marilyn. Seats at the dinner are priced

An off-road truck sailed off a jump and hurtled into a crowd at a race in the California desert, pinning bodies beneath it and sending others flying into a chaotic cloud of dust in a crash that killed eight people, authorities told News Channel 3 on Sunday. Twelve people were injured in the crash that

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department now confirms eight people were killed and many others were injured in a desert off-road race east of Lucerne Valley in San Bernardino County, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department. At least seven of those killed were in their 20s, including 24-year-old Zachary Freeman of Fillmore, according

Southern California may finally get a summer heat wave after weeks of unusually cool and gray weather. The National Weather Service said Friday that inland areas will heat up from Sunday through the middle of next week, reaching triple-digit temperatures in parts of the mountains, deserts and interior valleys. The News Channel 3 First Alert

The Riverside County clerk says everything is in place should gay marriages resume next week. On Thursday, the county was ready to issue licenses and perform ceremonies, until the judge’s ruling put that on hold. Even though it’s still uncertain if marriages can happen next Thursday, the county is still taking appointments at their offices,

President Barack Obama has signed into law a $600 million border security that will put more agents and equipment along the U.S.-Mexico border. Obama signed the bill in the Oval Office Friday alongside Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The measure will fund the hiring of 1,000 new Border Patrol agents to be deployed at critical