Month: August 2010

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose seven-tenths of a cent today to $3.121, the fifth increase in six days. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.7 cents more than a week ago, 2 cents more than a month ago and 10.6 cents

A woman has been hospitalized with San Bernardino County’s first case of West Nile Virus in 2010, according to the San Bernardino Department of Public Health. She is expected to recover. The County had two confirmed human cases of the virus in 2009, and no deaths, said health officials. Statewide, eight human cases have been

Firefighters were able to stop the forward spread of a brush fire in Thermal Monday afternoon, but not before it scorched nearly half an acre of land, according to Cal Fire crews. The units that first arrived on the scene at Avenue 60 near Buchanan Street reported two large debris piles burning quickly, and they

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Twentynine Palms parolee as a suspect in an armed robbery and shooting at a local real estate office, according to a sheriff’s spokesman. Brandon Hibler, 24, was arrested just minutes after deputies got a tip that he may be the man who robbed the Del Gagnon Realty and

The House Ethics Committee today released details of its three ethics charges against Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, who is accused of helping solicit federal assistance for a bank that has ties with her husband. According to the committee’s report, Waters called then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in 2008 to request a meeting on behalf of

A big rig crashed today into a utility pole, bringing down power lines that briefly trapped the driver in his cab and knocked out power to an area of Desert Hot Springs, authorities said. The crash occurred at 9:06 a.m. at Dillon Road and Desert Crest Avenue, according to a California Highway Patrol dispatcher. Witnesses

Border Patrol agents working at the Indio station on Highway 111 seized several packages of cocaine on Thursday. The drugs are worth an estimated $1 million on the street, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. A blue Dodge Dakota pickup truck driven by a U.S. citizen entered the first inspection area, where a K9 team

The salary and perks for Bell city officials was posted online by the interim city administrator, sparking yet more anger today about the high compensation packages for city officials. The Los Angeles County city of about 40,000 residents has been the focus of national attention since last month, when the Los Angeles Times reported City

Rescue crews retrieved the body of a man found several hundred yards downstream in the Whitewater River, according to the Riverside County Fire Department and Cal Fire. Crews were called to the scene at 3:45 p.m. on Saturday when a person disappeared in the river. Late Saturday afternoon, the body of 51-year-old Richard Snyder of

A wildfire that burned through 40 acres this weekend in Thermal was fully contained by 8 Sunday morning, a county fire official said. The fire was reported at 3:33 p.m. Saturday near Pierce Street and 69th Avenue, said Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department. One helicopter and 62 firefighters worked to contain the

A pair of space station astronauts ventured out on an urgent spacewalk Saturday to restore a crucial cooling system – one of the most challenging repairs ever attempted at the orbiting lab. As the sun rose over NASA’s spaceport, astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who is from Beaumont, exited the International Space Station.

The California Governor and Attorney General have both filed motions calling for the resumption of same-sex weddings just days after a San Francisco judge ruled the law violates the 14th Amendment’s federal equal protections and due process. Judge Vaughn Walkers overturned the voter-approved ballot initiative that banned gay marriage on Wednesday and Attorney General Jerry

Over the last 126 years, it has served presidents, politicians and Hollywood icons, but the San Gorgonio Inn will soon be demolished. Even if you have never stopped there, you have surely seen its sign from Interstate 10, worn now by time. News of its demise has created quite a buzz in the city of

An Indio woman convicted in the beating death of her 20- month-old son will face life in prison when she sentenced today. Ana Cedillo, 27, was found guilty in June of second-degree murder, attempted assault of a child with force and child abuse in the Sept. 28, 2007, death of Oscar Zuniga Jr. Deputy District

San Bernardino County Fire officials tell News Channel 3 they contained a brush fire that burned near Highway 62. The fire had threatened homes near Rose Eden Drive, according to fire crews. Fifteen-to-twenty acres burned in the area, taking a mobile home with it. No one was injured. Firefighters say many of the nearby homes

The International Space Station’s mission management team gave a unanimous “go” for the first of two spacewalks Saturday to replace a faulty oven-sized cooling system component in the station’s truss that failed last weekend, according to NASA. Expedition 24’s Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, who is a Beaumont High School graduate, are scheduled to

Un sismo moderado sacudi el oeste de nuestra regin esta maana. El movimiento de 4 punto uno grados se registr cerca de las 10:40, y tuvo su epicentro a unas 4 millas al nor-este de Desert Hot Springs y 9 millas al sur-este de Morongo Valley. Aunque pudo sentirse desde Twentynine Palms hasta Redlands, hasta

A man accused of posing as a federal marshal in order to send his sister-in-law back to her home in the Philippines was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury. According to the indictment, Gregory Denny, 38, of Hemet, went to Cherrie Bell Hibbard’s home on Jan. 15. He told her he was a law

Riverside County Board of Supervisors Chairman Marion Ashley is asking the governor to help boost the prospects of a family-owned company in Banning that’s facing challenges in the current economic climate. Ashley penned a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger encouraging him to show “personal support” for Performance Water Meters Inc., which manufactures a wide line

A suspect shot by law enforcement officers following a pursuit on the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway in the Banning Pass allegedly leveled a loaded rifle at the officers just before they opened fire, authorities said today. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was spotted by a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy around 7:40 p.m. Thursday