Month: August 2010

El hombre toc el timbre de una casa localizada en la calle Date Palm al filo de las 11:30pm. Cuando uno de los ocupantes abri la puerta, el sujeto lo amenaz con una pistola y le exigi que le entregara su dinero, telfono celular y las llaves de su auto. Segundos despus, se dio a

El hombre toc el timbre de una casa localizada en la calle Date Palm al filo de las 11:30pm. Cuando uno de los ocupantes abri la puerta, el sujeto lo amenaz con una pistola y le exigi que le entregara su dinero, telfono celular y las llaves de su auto. Segundos despus, se dio a

A brush fire has erupted off the 5 Freeway near Weldon Canyon and all lanes of northbound traffic have been shut down. The fire was reported around 11:40 a.m. with initial reports saying that cars were actually driving through flames. County and city firefighters are battling the blaze from the ground. The acreage estimate was

The search is on for a suspect in a home invasion robbery in the east valley. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies it happened at the Nueva Vista Apartments along the 65-100 block of Date Palm in Mecca. The victims say they heard someone ringing the doorbell and knocking at the door around 11:30 Tuesday night. When

A long-expected baby flamingo hatched Tuesday morning at the J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa in Palm Desert, according to a wildlife specialist Linda Whittington. She said the baby flamingo was the newest member of a 30-bird Chilean Flamingo brood at the resort, located at the corner of Cook Street and Country Club Drive.

In an effort to prevent shootings, robberies and unnecessary deaths, communities across the desert and around the United States stood fast Tuesday and addressed crime in their neighborhoods. National Night Out is essentially a big block party that brings local law enforcement and the people they serve together to party and to promote zero-tolerance to

Former “Party of Five” star Jeremy London dropped his bid to for a permanent court order preventing his family from expressing doubts about his claim that he was kidnapped and by two men and forced to take drugs in Palm Springs. London, 37, claimed the men abducted him in June, and Brandon Adams, 26, was

Every year the Cathedral City Police Department responds to 4,000-6,000 security alarm calls. Officers say 99% of them are false alarms. As a way to prioritize calls the Cathedral City Police Department is implementing a verified response policy. This means unless you purposely set off your alarm, police will require someone to verify a crime

Common sense tells us to turn on the fan to cool down. But, doing that may actually be dangerous to your health, especially if the air that is circulating around you is hot air. “Well, [we turn on] the fan with the air conditioner,” says Denise Beneteau, of Palm Desert. “Never just the fan with

Some emergency medical responders are recovering after they were reportedly attacked at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. A police officer noticed a severely dehydrated man fighting with EMTs who had been called to the hotel on the 700 block of East Palm Canyon Drive Monday afternoon. The man then passed out, and was rushed

Despite vowing greater transparency in the wake of a salary scandal, the city of Bell has been refusing to turn over public records to community activists, a sitting councilman and a newspaper, it was reported today. “They continue to keep us in the dark,” Bell City Councilman Lorenzo Velez told the Los Angeles Times. Velez

A woman was struck and killed today by a Metrolink train in Riverside, police said. The woman was walking on tracks west of Jefferson Street and south of Indiana Avenue when she was struck by a westbound train about 5:40 a.m., said Riverside police lt. Melissa Bartholomew. Train service was interrupted while an investigation was

A federal judge in San Francisco will hand down his decision Wednesday on whether California’s same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians. A U.S. District Court spokeswoman announced Tuesday that Chief Judge Vaughn Walker will issue his opinion through the court’s electronic filing system. He will not conduct a special

The “27th Annual National Night Out” (NNO), a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 3, 2010 (Texas will celebrate on October 5th, 2010). We cordially invite you and your community to be a part of our NIGHT OUT 2010 team. Last year’s

Una mujer de la tercera edad perdi la vida en un accidente automovilstico esta tarde, en Thousand Palms Sucedi cerca de la 1:30pm en la interseccin de las calles Varner y Boca Chica Trail. Fue donde una camioneta se impact contra un vehculo sedn que al parecer trataba dar una vuelta hacia la izquierda sobre

A fire blackened about 30 acres of brush near Lake Elsinore today, briefly threatening nearby power lines. The blaze near El Toro and Lindell roads was reported at 7:54 a.m., Jody Hagemann of the Riverside County Fire Department said. More than 100 firefighters, two helicopters, four air tankers and one bulldozer were able to slow

Two Riverside County prosecutors and a public defender were appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to judgeships, it was announced today. Victoria E. Cameron, John M. Davis and Elaine M.K. Johnson will fill vacancies created by the retirements of judicial officers at courthouses in Corona, Indio and Riverside. Cameron, a senior deputy district attorney assigned to

Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department conducted a Compliance Sweep of registered sex offenders living in the Morongo Basin, Friday, resulting in two arrests. Deputies say they contacted nearly 40 registrants at their homes to make sure they were in compliance with the terms and conditions of their registration requirements. During the compliance

A 19-year-old Cathedral City man is facing a federal prison term for flashing a laser beam into the cockpit of a California Highway Patrol helicopter, disrupting a law enforcement operation, prosecutors said today. Nathan Ramon Wells has entered into a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, admitting his guilt in the June 3, 2009,

A wildfire that has gobbled up nearly 14,000 acres since breaking out Thursday was declared 100 percent contained today, with about 100 firefighters remaining on the scene, compared with 1,320 at the height of the blaze. The Crown Fire damaged one home and three mobile homes. Only one structure was completely destroyed, said county fire