Month: August 2010

(ABC NEWS) – Anne Rice has never been one to mince words. When her novel “Interview With the Vampire” was made into a movie, she publicly declared her dissatisfaction with lead actors Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt (although she later changed her mind). These days, from her home near Palm Springs, Calif., Rice regularly posts

A search was continuing today for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a California Highway Patrol officer, prompting him to fire multiple shots at the suspect, who made his getaway by commandeering a woman’s car. The officer-involved shooting occurred around 6 p.m Tuesday in the area of San Juan Drive and Avenida Valencia

An 84-year-old woman who police thought may have been intoxicated at one point was transported to a local hospital on Wednesday after they determined she was suffering from a diabetic seizure. Police responded to a call just after 10 a.m. that a car was driving erratically on Indio Boulevard. One call came into dispatchers indicating

Jurors resumed deliberations today in the trial of a young man accused of sexually assaulting two Cathedral City women. Juan Pablo Ramos, 19, faces charges of rape, penetration with a foreign object, false imprisonment, burglary and oral copulation by force. The eight-man, four-woman jury received the case Tuesday afternoon and deliberated about two hours before

Cathedral City firefighters were able to put out a fire that broke out at an abandoned home just inside the city limits. Firefighters were dispatched at 4:20 p.m. on Monday to San Diego Drive in the Dream Homes area, which is near Agua Caliente Elementary School and the Palm Springs International Airport. They were able

NASA has a new plan of attack to get the International Space Station back to full cooling. Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who is a graduate of Beaumont High School, spent Tuesday completing preparations for their second spacewalk Wednesday out of the Quest airlock to replace the failed ammonia coolant

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors today approved a $4.71 billion budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year that incorporates across-the-board spending cuts to close a $133 million deficit. “We’re showing the shareholders of this county, the residents, that we’re using their money wisely,” Supervisor Jeff Stone said before the 5-0 vote to put the budget

El sospechoso de perpetrar un robo a mano armada, donde dos personas resultaron heridas, fue arrestado. La polica identific a Brandon Hibler de Twentynine Palms como el posible responsable de dispararle a dos personas en el negocio de bienes races Del Gagnon el lunes pasado durante un atraco. Luego de recibir algunas pistas, Hibler fue

Viviendas embargadas por los bancos se estn convirtiendo en el blanco de la delincuencia. Bomberos en Cathedral City investigan un incendio que pudo haber sido provocado de forma intencional en la comunidad de Dream Homes localizada entre las calles San Diego y San Jose. Nadie fue herido ya que el hogar estaba vacante durante el

A California Baptist University of Riverside cheerleading coach and two San Diego-area high school graduates were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on a highway south of Bishop, officials said today. Three Ford vans carrying members of the Cal Baptist cross-country team were being driven northbound, in a

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies released the name of the man shot by police last week after a high-speed chase on Interstate 10. Gordon Alan Ascencio, 43, of Hemet was arrested at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs where he was being treated after the shooting, said Riverside County Sheriff’s spokesperson Herlinda Valenzuela. The shooting

Three people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in a three-vehicle crash involving California Baptist University of Riverside athletes and coaches on a highway south of Bishop, officials said today. Three Ford vans carrying members of the Cal Baptist cross-country team were heading northbound, in a line, one after the other, when

Performance Meter in Banning manufacturers and sells water meters throughout the world and has been in business since 1964. However, right now at its assembly and testing facility it’s down to 30 employees. Over the last year with orders down the company was forced to hand out 70 pink slips. “Some of them with us

We are giving away tickets to Steve Tyrell for August 20th – Part of the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach Summer Jazz Series. Please read the contest rules before entering. Fill out the form below for your chance to win!

When people started learning what city employees in the small California city of Bell were making, people started asking questions. The scandal over those big paychecks is not going away. Now, the State Attorney General’s Office wants to see financial records from some past and present city employees. The question remains, what do your city

There’s a new postage stamp on the block: the 44-cent Scouting stamp. It is being issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Local residents who stood in line to buy the collectibles gave their stamp of approval. “It’s fabulous!” said Jean Kohn, of Cherry Valley. “You know, my son was

A new attorney took over the defense today for a South Los Angeles car mechanic accused of being the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer. During a brief court hearing in downtown Los Angeles, Louisa Pensanti said she was taking the case “pro bono,” meaning she won’t be paid for her work. The Grim Sleeper suspect, Lonnie

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake rattled an area southwest of the Salton Sea on Monday. The temblor hit at 10:36 a.m. 8 miles east of Pine Valley and approximately 55 miles southwest of Salton City. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

The Riverside County Transportation Department will be installing striping improvemnets at the intersection of Varner Road and Boca Chica Trail starting on Monday, August. The improvements consists of installing a westbound right turn lane on Varner Road; a merge lane for vehicles making a southbound right turn from Boca Chica onto Varner; the relocation of