Month: August 2010

Two Desert Hot Springs residents suspected of producing thousands of dollars in counterfeit currency and using the bogus bills at area businesses were behind bars today. David Ray Dotson and Brenda Lee Duever, both 33, were arrested Tuesday night, said Sgt. Dan Bressler of the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. The investigation began earlier this

Las autoridades locales de salud recomiendan a residentes del Valle de Coachella como a restauranteros a cerciorarse de tener en su refrigerador blanquillos de que no sean de los infectados con salmonera, ante el anuncio de la planta productora de Iowa de que 32 millones de docenas de huevos tenan que ser desechados. La distribucin

A Transportation Security spokesman says officials are investigating a report of a threat made over the phone to a flight from San Francisco to New York before the jet took off. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Greg Soule says the agency asked that the American Airlines plane be moved to a remote location as passengers are

A large brush fire has erupted just south of Interstate 10 in Banning, according to Cal Fire. Firefighters from Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department are responding to the fire near the intersection of Long Horn Road and Old Banning/Idyllwild Road, where smoke can be seen from the freeway. There are no reports

Tres Departamento de Polica local, anunciaron que para este fin de semana llevarn a cabo retenes de sobriedad. Maana viernes sern en Coachella y Palm Desert y el sbado en Rancho Mirage. En los tres casos el punto de revisin no fue revelado y el objetivo es el mismo, mantener fuera de las calles a

La Patrulla de Carreteras de California apoyada por autoridades locales y regionales inici una campaa cero tolerancia para sancionar a conductores que usen su telfono celular mientras manejan. Segn estadstica desde 2008 que entr en vigor la ley que prohbe dicha accin, se han registrado unos 1200 accidentes relacionados con hablar por telfono al conducir.

An Iowa egg producer is recalling 380 million eggs that have been linked to salmonella poisoning. That works out to 32 million dozen egg cartons. Desert restaurants are aware of the massive recall. But most say they are unaffected by it. Denny’s, IHOP and Goody’s in Palm Desert have not had to take eggs off

The Bureau of Land Management has suspended future event permits for the promoter of last weekend’s off-road race in the California desert where eight spectators were killed by a racing truck. The federal agency said Thursday the suspension of any MDR Productions permits will remain in effect while an investigation of the accident is under

The Agua Caliente Indian tribe is sponsoring the annual Desert AIDS Walk which benefits the Desert AIDS Project. Tribal chairman Richard Milanovich presented a $25,000 check to D.A.P. on Tuesday. The tribe has given $280,000 to the organization since 1998. Milanovich said the tribe respects the work D.A.P. does for the community. “We know many

Shots fired in indio Tuesday forced the police department to shut down a portion a Monroe Street at Miles Avenue. JFK Memorial notified the police department at around 9:07 p.m. that a person had just walked into the hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Moments later, as officers were making their way to the hospital,

Tras las rejas est un sujeto que ayer a las 8:25 a.m. circulaba en una camioneta robada en el rea de Van Fleet Ave y ?E? Street en Cathedral City. Lugar donde un oficial le orden detenerse, el ratero se baj del vehculo y huy a pie, pero fue localizado minutos ms tarde y llevado

Ms de 100 empleados del Desert Sands Unfied School District que recibieron su carta de despido en meses pasados podran conservar su trabajo si aceptan una disminucin del 1.75% en su salario, que sumara en total 3.5% ya que en el ao escolar 2008-2009 ya haban sufrido un recorte. Esta medida ahorrar al Distrito $1.3

Fire station No. 40 received a $5000 grant. The department used half of that money to buy new tools and rescue equipment. CalFire Battalion Chief Joel Vela said the other half of the grant money was invested in fire prevention program materials, such as coloring books and stickers for schoolchildren. This grant was made possibly

La polica de Coachella anunci que de 7:00 p.m. del viernes a las 2:00 a.m. del sbado llevar a cabo un retn de sobriedad con el fin de mantener fuera de las calles a personas que conduzcan borrachas, sin licencia con licencia suspendida. Como es costumbre el punto de inspeccin no fue revelado.

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President Barack Obama is scheduled to leave Los Angeles this morning, bound for Seattle, the next stop on a three-day, five- state trip, primarily for fundraising. In his only public appearance during 17 1/2 hours in Southern California, Obama used a $1 million Hancock Park fundraiser Monday night to remind donors about his successes in

An historic lodge caught fire in Palm Springs Monday afternoon, shutting down a portion of Ramon Road. The Clara Bee Lodge fire started at around 5:10 p.m. in the 300 block of Ramon Road near Calle Encilia. Ramon at Calle El Segundo and East Indian Canyon roads were shut down while crews worked on the

Police in Mecca Monday were searching for the suspects wanted in a shooting involving a sheriff’s deputy. Residents at the Mecca II apartment complex reported shots fired at around 9:15 p.m. A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy responded in less than five minutes where he found that a street light had been grazed by a bullet.