Month: November 2010

People planning road trips over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend will need to watch their speed and be mindful of other traffic safety rules as the California Highway Patrol ramps up for a “maximum enforcement” campaign. Between 6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight Monday, all available CHP officers will hit the streets, looking for traffic violators. “During

Surveillance footage helped San Bernardino County investigators nail down a suspect in a murder at a Victorville bar last weekend. Devlon Williams was shot in the head during a conversation at the Karma Nightlife Nightclub on Cottonwood Avenue. Williams was attending a birthday celebration on his first trip to the club. Investigators don’t think he

Overnight lows around the Inland Empire will be flirting with records for the date, but most spots should avoid a hard freeze. The record low in Riverside for Nov. 25 is 28 degrees, set in 1931, and the National Weather Service predicted an overnight low of 39 degrees. Friday’s predicted low is 37 degrees. Click

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies rescued a man and two children who got lost while hiking above the La Quinta Cove area Tuesday. The man, along with his 10-year-old son and 17-year-old nephew, called authorities at 3:30 p.m., according to deputies at the staging area of the rescue effort, who said the man told them they

It goes by K2, Spice and Mr. Nice Guy, but it’s anything but nice. Your kids know about it, and you should too. It’s a synthetic marijuana, that when smoked gives you the same high as the real stuff. It doesn’t have the same THC chemicals as marijuana so you can’t test for it. We

For many, Thanksgiving is a time for cooking, and safety experts say it’s a time to be extra careful when preparing the big meal. A little precaution, they say, goes a long way. Local fire departments say Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days for cooking fires. And there are some safety reminders. If you

The Riverside County Registrar of Voters released final numbers from the November 2 General Election Wednesday afternoon with many races still very close. In all 857,856 votes were counted at the headquarters in Riverside. Among the close races in the Coachella Valley was the Coachella City Council race. Throughout the counting process, rankings of who

El Bank Of America don $50 mil dlares a Martha?s Kitchen que darn de comer a 30 mil personas necesitadas del Valle de Coachella en estos das festivos.

In consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., is recalling, from the wholesale and retail level, three TYLENOL Cold Multi-Symptom liquid products in order to update the labeling for these products. The specific products involved, listed below, are sold in the United States. This is a

Ayer martes a las 3:30 p.m. las autoridades recibieron el llamado de un excursionista que peda ayuda ya que se encontraba perdido en las montaas entre La Quinta y PGA West. Al hombre lo acompaaba su hijo y otro nio, ambos entre los 10 y 13 aos. Por fortuna fueron rescatados con xito.

Ya estn tras las rejas cuatro sujetos que ayer martes poco antes de las 9:00 a.m. entraron a robar en una vivienda ubicada en un estacionamiento de casas mviles en Whitewater. Armados con pistolas y bats de baseball exigieron partencias a los residentes del hogar, uno de ellos logr huir y pedir ayuda, la mujer

Con motivo del fin de semana de Accin de gracias, el CHP anunci una campaa exhaustiva para que los conductores cumplan con todos los cdigos de la ley, como cinturn de seguridad, velocidad, sobriedad, seguro automovilstico, licencia de conducir y registro al corriente entre otros. La campaa inicia hoy mircoles a las 6:00 p.m. y

Palm Springs police will use a $165,000 state grant to help reduce drunken driving-related deaths and injuries, the department announced today. The California Office of Traffic Safety funds will be used to pay for DUI checkpoints, warrant sweeps and patrols, according to police Sgt. Paul Abshire. The grant will also help pay for public education

At a ceremony celebrating the people in the community who went above and beyond what anyone expects them to do, two officers from the California Highway Patrol were honored for their excellence. Indio CHP recognized and honored Officer Fabian Maclis and Communications Operator Cindy Holleman. They were among numerous recipients at a luncheon held at

A new family has been chosen for a two-legged Chihuahua who was abandoned in a box at the Riverside County Animal Services building. A selection committee pored over more than 50 applications for the two-legged Chihuahua nicknamed “Roo.” Animal Services said the committee made a decision, and the adopter will be coming to the Western

Ayer se report un supuesto incendio en el rea del paso a desnivel ?Whitewater? en Palm Springs. Al llegar al lugar, los bomberos descubrieron un campamento de indigentes y el fuego provocado por una cafetera que tenan en una fogata. Los tragahumo se encargaron de tumbar los campamentos que ilegalmente haban instalado los indigentes.

Three juveniles assaulted and robbed a woman at a Palm Springs bus stop, but she fought off her attackers and got her money back, police said today. The 59-year-old woman was watching over her friend’s belongings about 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at the bus stop on Rosa Parks Road near Indian Canyon Drive when the boys

Un agente de la Patrulla fronteriza que realizaba un chequeo de rutina a tres hombres que viajaban en un auto sobre la I-10 en Whitewater, les pregunt por sus papeles y estos lo atacaron para luego huir. De inmediato llegaron refuerzos en patrullas del ICE, oficiales de polica de diferentes dependencias, incluyendo un helicptero, todos

Thousand Palms is one of the largest unincorporated communities in the Coachella Valley. For years the community has wanted to become its own city. The Riverside County Local Agency Formation Commission has made it very clear that isn’t going to happen. Cathedral City to the south is working out a proposal to study the annexation

A homeless village in the Whitewater Wash was torn down by Palm Springs maintenance crews Tuesday because authorities say the area was unsafe. The camp was discovered at around 7 a.m. after someone reported smoke coming from the area. The homeless are now searching for another place to go. Luis Gutierrez, 52, is a handyman