Month: September 2010

Police are investigating an overnight shooting at a rave party in Thermal. It happened just after 1 a.m. Sunday morning on the 54000 block of Tyler Street in Thermal. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call of shots fired. When they arrived, they found one person suffering from a gunshot wound. Jeremy McCollister

The outlaw Vagos motorcycle gang has filed civil rights damage claims accusing Riverside County authorities of ransacking homes, intimidating family members and telling restaurants not to serve club members. The FBI and California authorities classifies Vagos as an outlaw motorcycle club involved in methamphetamine and marijuana distribution, extortion, insurance fraud, money laundering and weapons violations.

Lindsay Lohan could enter rehab as soon as this week, it is reported today. “Sources with direct and specific knowledge of the situation tell TMZ Lindsay will enter a live-in facility outside of Los Angeles within days,” TMZ.com reported. “Lindsay is now agonizingly aware she has an addiction problem and also acknowledges the reality (that)

A firefighter and a resident were injured during a blaze that damaged a single-wide mobile home Sunday morning. The fire was reported at 4:52 a.m. at the Pueblo Del Sol mobile home park on the 81300 block of Avenue 46 in Indio. Isa Marmeza and her family were asleep inside, when they woke up to

An Indio police officer is on paid administrative leave after an overnight officer involved shooting in Coachella. The officer attempted to stop a vehicle southbound on Calhoun St around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The vehicle, a 2-door sedan failed to yield and a vehicle pursuit occurred, according to Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Dean Spivacke. The vehicle

A 500-acre brush fire that injured at least one Mexican firefighter crossed into San Diego County today near the Tecate Port of Entry, according to Cal Fire. The blaze started Saturday and crossed about a quarter-mile into the United States around 4 p.m. in the Bell Valley area, said Cal Fire’s Mike Mohler. Cal Fire

When you walk down the street on any typical day, what you’re not bound to hear repeated racial remarks. When you head online, though, the voices of bigotry jump off the webpage at you. More people are using their screen names as a barrier to hide behind when they have strong opinions to share, according

A man suspected in a home invasion robbery today in which two people were assaulted was taken into custody for questioning, but the second suspect got away. The robbery was reported at 11:03 a.m. in the 42000 block of Iowa Street, near California Drive, said Deputy Melissa Nieburger of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. One

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a one-day reprieve today to a man set to be executed for the rape and murder of a Riverside teenager nearly 30 years ago. Albert Greenwood Brown, 56, was set to be put to death by lethal injection Wednesday at San Quentin State Prison, in what would have been the first

Despite a panel’s recommendations, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will not adjust its policies regarding the use of stun guns on suspects, according to a report to be submitted to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The Riverside County Grand Jury issued a report in July citing apparent deficiencies in the sheriff’s “Less-Lethal Devices” policy,

A fire caused $60,000 in damage today to a restaurant under construction in Palm Springs. The blaze was reported at 11:10 a.m. at the Red Tomato, 1201 E. Palm Canyon Drive, said Battalion Chief Sang Pao Wang of the Palm Springs Fire Department. The eatery was undergoing renovations and expected to open this fall. More

California Highway Patrol Officer John Quintero (Johnny Q) holds a Bachelor Degree in Communications, with a Minor in Business Administration, from Azusa Pacific University. Officer Quintero calls Indio his home. He was born and raised here in the Coachella Valley. He has been working for the California Highway Patrol for more than 20 years. He

The National Weather Service says downtown Los Angeles has recorded an all-time record high of 113 degrees as a heat wave bakes California. Weather forecaster Stuart Seto says the record high was reached about 15 minutes after noon Monday. The old record was 112 degrees on June 26, 1990. At the same time, the temperature

The two-week long traffic conundrum switches gears on Monday night for drivers. At 9 p.m., road crews will shut down three eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 from Ramon Road to Date Palm to give workers a chance to build supports for the new overpass that will cross the freeway. That will reduce traffic to one

A California state court judge has refused a death row inmate’s request to block his scheduled execution on Wednesday. Albert Greenwood Brown and another condemned inmate had sued the state over its new lethal injection regulations, saying they were improperly adopted. But Judge Verna Adams said after a hearing Monday that she would not halt

A missing schoolteacher from South Gate apparently committed suicide in the Angeles National Forest, it was reported today. The body of Rigoberto Ruelas, 39, a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, was last seen last Sunday dropping off a present for his sister’s birthday, according to the South Gate Police Department. Ruelas notified the school he

A Riverisde County death row inmate on Sunday asked a federal appeals court to halt his execution as he declined to choose a method for the lethal injection. Lawyers for Albert Greenwood Brown filed court papers to appeal a federal judge’s refusal to block the execution, which is set for Wednesday. Brown also let pass

Indio police officers shot at the driver and passenger of 2-door sedan early Sunday morning after a car chase ended just south of Avenue 48. In a news release, police investigators said officers tried to pull the car over heading southbound on Calhoun Street at 1:30 a.m, and the driver refused to pull over. Police

The first weekend of autumn is being greeted with a Red Flag Warning today, as desert-dry winds and high temperatures built across the region. And due to the hot weather, the Los Angeles City Fire Department will be deploying trucks and firefighters into fire stations serving brush areas, reducing response times in the event of