Month: November 2010

Julien Hug, a well-known San Diego restaurateur and reality-show celebrity found dead this week in a remote Riverside County forest, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities. Hug, 35, a former contestant on “The Bachelorette” television program, committed suicide in a wilderness area off state Route 74 in the mountains above Palm Desert,

An Air Force veteran who saw action in three wars will headline UC Riverside’s event today honoring the famed Tuskegee Airmen. The campus’s sixth annual Tuskegee celebration will recount the history and exploits of the men and women attached to the all-black squadron, which derives its name from the Alabama airfield where the pilots were

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled Long Beach and the South Bay today. The epicenter of today’s 9:06 a.m. rattler was just several hundred yards beneath the streets of eastern Long Beach, according to automated seismographs operated by the USGS and local universities. Computer maps showed the epicenter to be near the Cal State Long Beach

Public safety agencies are hoping to indelibly connect the end of daylight-saving time with the need to change batteries in smoke detectors and make plans for emergencies, officials said today. Like 47 other states, California will “fall back” one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, when daylight-saving time ends and the state moves back to Pacific

A high profile New York attorney and a defendant awaiting trial for the 2008 murder of Clifford Lambert slapped the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office with a $240 million lawsuit. The 8-page lawsuit, obtained exclusively by KESQ, was served to Rod Pacheco’s office in Riverside Thursday stems from alleged civil rights infractions against 27-year-old Daniel

The Bay Area transit police officer who shot an unruly, unarmed subway passenger to death — and claimed he pulled his gun trigger when he thought he had gripped his Taser — was sentenced to two years in prison today. Johannes Mehserle was given credit for the 292 days he has already served in county

Ayer jueves el gobierno federal dio su aprobacin para construir una planta solar de 1950 acres a unas 25 millas al oeste de Blythe. El Proyecto Solar ?Genesis? producir energa para unas 187,500 casas por medio de turbinas. ?Gnesis? generar unos 1085 trabajos de la construccin y una vez terminada tendr 221 puestos fijos.

El Condado de Riverside planea cerrar tres estaciones de bomberos con el fin de cerrar el dficit econmico de $46.7 mdd. Hasta el momento no han especificado cuales sern las afectados, se basaran en el nmero de emergencias que manejan. El prximo 30 de Noviembre discutirn el plan en una junta especial.

Las autoridades ya revelaron la identidad de las dos vctimas mortales de la balacera ocurrida durante una fiesta de Halloween que se llev a cabo en una casa ubicada sobre Palm View Street en Indio el pasado fin de semana. Se trata de Isabel Morales de 35 aos de La Quinta quien fue encontrado muerto

La polica contina revelando informacin en referencia al fatal tiroteo de Cathedral City, en el que dos personas murieron y cuatro resultaron heridas. El beb de dos meses fue exitosamente sometido a una ciruga y an est en el hospital de Loma Linda. El joven de 17 aos, quien es el pap del pequeo tambin

Ayer jueves alrededor de las 5:00 p.m. se accident un autobs que transportaba prisioneros sobre la I-10. Y a la altura de Cook Street en Palm Desert le tron una llanta a la camioneta que iba frente al camin. El incidente caus que el vehculo se impactara con el bus, cuatro reos resultaron heridos y

Her grandmother found her lying in a pool of blood before watching Yanize Mora, 16, die in her arms. Mora was holding her 2-month-old baby boy at the time who also caught a bullet. The investigation into Tuesday’s deadly drive-by shooting in Cathedral City continues, and in the meantime, Mora’s family is speaking out on

Palm Desert police and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department joined forces to arrest three people believed to have been involved in an identity theft ring that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost money. The investigation started with suspected cases of identity theft at the Target store on Highway 111 in Palm Desert.

Ayer le informamos del hallazgo de un cadver en las montaas del Hwy 74, las autoridades dicen que se trata de Julien Hug de 35 aos quien participara en 2009 en el programa de televisin ?The Bachelorette?. El hombre se diriga de San Diego a Palm Desert ya que su familia es duea de varios

The Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage could be one of the most well known private pieces of property in the Coachella Valley, but few people have been behind the pink wall. In a year, the property will be open to the public, with the addition of a new visitor center. “There’s this great ‘Ah Ha!’

Arraignment was postponed today for a condemned cop killer accused in the fatal shooting of a Blythe store clerk 15 years ago. Ernesto Salgado Martinez, 34, who was brought to Riverside County from Arizona in August, faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 43-year- old Randip Singh. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas

Julien Hug de 35 aos fue encontrado al filo de las 11a.m. cerca de la Carretera 74 en el area de Pinyon Pines. El padre de Hug es propietario de varios restaurantes en San Diego incluyendo uno en Palm Desert. Su hijo al parecer se diriga al establecimeinto en Palm Desert denominado Augusta Modern. Su

A show of force Wednesday by desert hikers. A proposed land exchange between the Bureau of Land Management and a local Indian tribe could bar tourists and local hikers from walking popular trails. Frustrated residents voiced their anger at a Palm Springs city council meeting. The BLM might give up land in the Santa Rosa

The cause of a fast-moving fire fueled by paper and other combustibles that destroyed a printing business in Chatsworth was pending results of an investigation that had not been disclosed as of this morning. The blaze at Aaron Thomas & Associates in the 9200 block of Owensmouth Avenue was reported at 5:59 p.m. Wednesday and

The Palm Springs City Council tonight directed staff to prepare an ordinance that would require council and mayoral candidates to show a proof of residency, obtain more signatures and pay a filing fee. A City Council subcommittee of Ginny Foat and Chris Mills recommended in a report that candidates for city council or mayor must