Month: August 2010

Family members of 63-year-old Sandra Smith arrived at the scene on Monday morning visibly upset. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the victim’s husband shot her just before midnight. The murder left neighbors stunned. “I just can’t believe that,” said neighbor Juliet Fregoso. Police arrested Garey Smith, 55, at the home located in the 41-000

A “suspicious device” found inside a car parked at the intersection of Vista Chino and Gene Autry Trail forced police to shut down streets near the intersection, according to a police spokesperson. The device was found around 11 a.m. inside a car that was being repossessed on the 2000 block of Executive at the time.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio inspection station said they stopped a marijuana smuggling attempt early Monday morning. At approximately 12:40 a.m., a tractor-trailer driven by a Mexican national drove up to the primary inspection lane of the Highway 86 checkpoint, an agent said. A canine team performed its first inspection, and alerted

Este pasado fin de semana se llevaron a cabo cuatro retenes de sobriedad en el Valle de Coachella. El primero fue el viernes en Coachella, se ubic sobre Harrison Street cerca de la Ave 50, 601 vehculos pasaron por el lugar, tres personas fueron arrestadas por manejar borrachas y una en posesin de narcticos, nueve

Una llamada al 911 report que un pequeo de cinco aos estaba inconsciente despus de que fue rescatado de la alberca del Hotel Esmeralda de Indian Wells. Los paramdicos le proporcionaron los primeros auxilios y despus lo trasladaron al hospital donde se recupera. Los hechos ocurrieron al sbado pasado a las 11:34 a.m.

El pasado sbado a las 3:00 p.m. la polica recibi un llamado que reportaba que un hombre que circulaba en su auto sobre Gene Autrey Trail entre Vista Chino y Tachevah Drive en Palm Springs perdi el control del vehculo y se volc. El conductor huy de la escena y fue buscado sin xito, no

El pasado sbado a la 1:30 a.m. se registr una fatal balacera durante una fiesta en una casa ubicada sobre Calle Pino en Coachella. Al llegar al lugar la polica encontr en el patrio trasero el cuerpo sin vida de un joven de 16 aos. Vecinos comentaron haber escuchado cinco balazos y que ltimamente se

The man suspected of being the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer pleaded not guilty today to the murders of 10 women in South Los Angeles over a 20-year period. Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57, is due back in court Sept. 14, when a date is expected to be set for a hearing to determine if there

A total of 33 miners in Chile who have been trapped in a collapsed mine for more than two weeks have been found alive. Rescue drilling efforts at the site reported hearing sounds deep from the mine earlier Sunday. They sent down a probe and received written confirmation that the men had survived. The miners

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The big one could be just around the corner, according to a new joint study out the University of California at Irvine and Arizona State University. The study shows that more major earthquakes have occured along the San Andreas Fault in the past 700 years than previously thought. The study focused on the Carrizo Plain

The Palm Desert Police Department has a new home. Officers moved into the new station at 73-700 Gene Autry Trail on Monday. The building also houses the Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells police departments. Crews are still putting the finishing touches on the new station. Capt. Dan Wilham said the department outgrow their other building

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake rocked the desert this morning. It hit just before 7 a.m. and U.S.G.S reported the epicenter about 10 miles north-northwest of Palm Springs or 4 miles south-southeast of Cabazon. People from around the Coachella Valley called into KESQ saying they felt the ground shaking.

Long Time City Council Member Dick Kelly has died at age 87. Kelly had recently been treated for bladder cancer. He was first elected to the Palm Desert City Council in 1982 serving ever since. Kelly also served as Palm Desert Mayor six times. He also served on several boards and commissions and was the

A man who was electrocuted while working in a swimming pool at a Palm Desert Country Club was identified today as a 27-year- old Indio resident. Luis Miguel Jilote-Lopez was fatally injured shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday at the Lakes Country Club at 75875 Country Club Drive, according to the Riverside County coroner’s office. Jilote-Lopez

Furlough Fridays are back on for thousands of state employees. They were on hold, but the California Supreme Court lifted a restraining order that prevented Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from imposing them. The furloughs will affect nearly 150,000 state workers, but they are expected to save the state about $150 million a month. Schwarzenegger says the

Fire officicals say a small brush fire in the foothills south of Banning may have been started by someone who was target shooting. The fire started just after noon on Thursday near Old Idyllwild Road. Fire officials say it burned six to eight acres in a canyon that is often used for illegal shooting. “This

Indio police evacuated a senior health care living facility, this afternoon, as fire crews battled a 2-alarm fire in the attic, according to cal Fire. The fire was reported just before 2 p.m. at the Desert Springs Health Care Facility at 82260 Valencia Road in Indio, formerly the Valencia Palms Nursing Home. Valencia Road and

Desert Hot Springs is thinking about the future of their fire services. They want to save money but that might take hiring some help. The city’s current contract with Cal Fire ends next summer. While leaders are pleased with the service and don’t want to make any immediate changes, they want to look for ways

Cathedral City police are looking for a man who mugged someone at a local gas station. Investigators say a man was robbed at the Shell gas station on the 34000 block of Date Palm Drive around 10:40 p.m. on Thursday. The suspect was described as Hispanic, 20-to-25 years old, armed with a gun. He was