Month: September 2010

An Amber Alert was issued today as Los Angeles and Arkansas authorities searched for a woman accused of running off with her three children after she was declared an unfit mother. Oshea Jackson, 39, had been ordered to turn the children over to the Arkansas Department of Human Services, according to the Los Angeles Police

A little over a year ago, James Wilson and his wife, Brenda started American Food Bank in Yucca Valley with a can of soup, one loaf of bread and three boxes of mac and cheese. One year later, the food bank is helping feed and clothe more than a thousand people a week in the

Producers with the hit show American Idol, seen on our sister station KDFX Fox 11, announced on Wednesday the final city for auditions will be Los Angeles. Auditions will begin Wednesday, September 22, said a production spokesperson. “This summer we have had an exceptional turnout – both in the number of people auditioning and the

A search of a Riverside home revealed 37 illegal immigrants, including a half-dozen children, smuggled into the country and being held against their will, authorities reported today. Agents with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement discovered the illegal aliens while executing a search warrant Tuesday at 1879 Martin Luther King Blvd. According to ICE, federal investigators

A 48-year-old La Quinta man accused of hitting his brother in the head with a golf club during an argument was free today on $25,000 bail. Kenneth Fogarty was arrested about 5 a.m. Sunday at the Mountain View Country Club in the 80500 block of Via Talavera, according to Lt. Jason Huskey of the La

Four Latino leaders will be honored tonight for their contributions to Palm Springs. Dr. Elber S. Camacho, J. Alex Gomez, Patricia Fontes Lancaster and Cathy Lopez Van Horn will be recognized at the City Council meeting in conjunction with Latino Heritage Month in Palm Springs, said city spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell. Camacho, medical director of the

Desert Hot Springs firefighters quickly put out a fire inside a home on Ironwood Drive near the corner of Verbena on Wednesday, according to News Channel 3 crews. The fire was reported at 2 p.m. and smoke could be seen from a distance. Fire crews were able to quickly put the fire out. They were

Comedian Ernie G’s audience Wednesday morning at Desert Hot Springs High School couldn’t get enough of him. “If you grow up in a ‘barrio,’” he told them, “you will always have a little ghetto inside of you, right?” It is a sensitive subject, but Ernie G’s audience got the joke. “‘Ghetto’ means ‘fabulous,’ said student

Previously scheduled shut downs of Interstate 10 at Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive have been re-scheduled until later in the month of September, according to Cal Trans crews. Drivers traveling through the Coachella Valley were bracing for the closures to begin Wednesday night. Now, Cal Trans the closures will take place more than 2

Californians now can find out how much members of the state Assembly and their staff are paid by visiting the chamber’s website. On Wednesday, Assembly Speaker John Perez issued a statement announcing the move. It comes in response to the revelations this summer that top officials in the Los Angeles County city of Bell received

The agency charged with monitoring off-road racing on federal lands is promising to increase staffing and crack down on violations of racing permits. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California asked the Bureau of Land Management to respond to several questions they had after an accident in August killed eight people and injured 10

There is a possible snag in the largest music festival ever to be hosted in Desert Hot Springs. The Wellness and World Music Festival 2010 scheduled for this October might be delayed, according to a city official. The city manager is slated to make an announcement Tuesday during a city council meeting on the status

A woman who allegedly carjacked a vehicle in Palm Springs with a 2 1/2-year-old child inside was later found and arrested, and the toddler was unharmed, police said today. The carjacking and kidnapping was reported at 10 p.m. Sunday at the Extended Stay America at 1400 E. Tahquitz Canyon, said Officer Rhonda Long of the

A cell phone tower on a Coachella Valley school campus is the focus of a major health study. About a year a ago teachers at Vista Del Monte Elementary School became concerned their campus was the reason for a cancer cluster. Over a half dozen teachers reported getting cancer while teaching at the school located

The Palm Desert city clerk’s office began accepting applications today from residents seeking to fill the seat of a longtime councilman who died last month. Richard S. Kelly, who had two years remaining on a four-year term, died Aug. 20 following a brief struggle with bladder cancer. State law requires the council to appoint someone

Jury selection began today for the trial of four Northern California men accused of killing a Palm Springs retiree nearly two years ago as part of a plot to steal his identity and raid his financial assets. Daniel Garcia, 27, Kaushal Niroula, 28, Miguel Bustamante, 27, and San Francisco attorney David Replogle, 60, are each

Indio police are investigating a shooting that happened early this morning. Police said responded at 3:30 a.m. on the 400 block of Burr Street. Officers were answering to a call reporting a man dead on a driveway. They found the body and say the man had been shot. The man is described only as African

An analysis of all eight cases of California infants who died from whooping cough this year has found that doctors typically failed to make a swift, accurate diagnosis, despite patients’ multiple visits to clinics and hospitals, it was reported today. “In several cases … the infants were treated only for nasal congestion or mild upper

As Indian Canyon begins its transformation on Interstate 10, a headache is brewing down the road. While crews construct the new overpass at Ramon Road/Bob Hope Drive, Interstate 10 will be closed from Ramon Road to Date Palm starting Wednesday night. If you are heading west bound, Cal Trans said drivers will need to get

A gunman robbed a Coachella eatery today, a sheriff’s deputy said. The robbery at Subway, 49965 Harrison St., was reported at 9:28 a.m., sheriff’s Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela said. The bandit entered the business, took out a handgun and fled with an undisclosed sum of cash, Valenzuela said. The suspect was described as black, in his