Month: November 2010

With this being national diabetes prevention month, a new report shows that more than 50 percent of all Americans will have diabetes or prediabetes by the year 2020. The analysis for the report was conducted by the United Health Group’s Center for Health Reform and Modernization. It confirms that diabetes is one of the fastest

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was attacked Monday while making a traffic stop along Interstate 10 East, and a California Highway Patrol officer was wrestled to the ground earlier in the day while serving a notice in Thousand Palms. Both incidents sent other law enforcement agencies to the scenes to prevent any further escalation. The

Some residents in the high desert are fed up with illegal off-roaders. They called a public forum with law enforcement and Bureau of Land Management to discuss how to curb the problem. Phil Klasky calls the open desert in Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms the wild west of off-road riding. Klasky is a

Over the weekend the storm that passed through the valley brought the first real snow of the year to the San Jacinto Mountains. And that’s good news at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Monday tram cars were packed with people who wanted to play in the fresh snow. The tramway’s busiest period of the year

Former Mt. San Jacinto College police Chief Kevin Harold Segawa is slated to be sentenced today to a year in jail for bribery and other felonies tied to towing scams he perpetrated at the campus. Segawa, 39, entered a plea deal in June, on the day of his preliminary hearing. The defendant was charged last

The Coachella Valley honored everyday heroes at the annual Peace Officer and Public Awards held at the Hyatt Grand Champions in Indian Wells. Police officers, sheriff deputies and firefighters were all honored… like officer Simon Min. Min is no stranger to awards. He’s won awards for making a series of DUI arrests. Now a detective,

City maintenance workers Juan Lira and Ritchie Hartsock have a big cleanup ahead of them after an elaborate homeless village was discovered in the middle of the Whitewater wash. Firefighters who responded to a report of smoke coming from the wash area near the Cimmaron Golf Course in Palm Springs early Tuesday morning arrived to

One person was injured Tuesday morning and four others were arrested following an assault in Whitewater. Riverside County Sheriffs deputies were called to the scene around 8:40 a.m. to the 12500 block of Beland Drive. Armed men had reportedly entered a trailer and tried to force two of the tenants out. One of them was

News Channel 3 learned the identities of the two women accused of attacking a California Highway Patrol officer Monday in Thousand Palms. They are 49-year-old Lori Ann Samalin and 24-year-old Rachel Logan. Officer Tami Low was impounding a car for a registration violation on Monday when investigators say she was confronted by the two women.

Newschannel 3 confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Indian Wells City Council candidate Ted Mertins will ask for a recount if he continues to lose the race for the second city council seat. Monday’s count left Mertens only 7 votes behind incumbent Patrick Mullany. “The people of Indian Wells deserve to have the candidate they choose representing

A judge in Indio has ruled that a Florida woman must stand trial on several felony charges stemming from the theft of a vehicle in Palm Springs with a 2 1/2-year-old child inside. Urshla Robinson, 22, faces charges of kidnapping, carjacking and willful child cruelty. The carjacking and kidnapping was reported about 10 p.m. September

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for the Riverside County mountains and high desert areas until 3 a.m. Wednesday. Forecasters say a low pressure system moving through California will bring strong southwest to westerly winds to the mountains and upper deserts starting Tuesday afternoon and continue through the early morning hours. They say

Por medio de un comunicado de prensa, el Departamento de Polica de Coachella anunci una fuerte campaa para estas festividades de Accin de Gracias en la que pondrn su mayor esfuerzo para que conductores y pasajeros que circulen por sus calles y caminos se abrochen el cinturn de seguridad y as evitar ser multados convertirse

Culpables de una gran cantidad de cargos se declararon Joseph Stewart Cunninham de 47 aos y su madre Mary Stewart de 65 quienes cometieron el fraude de enriquecimiento ilcito por casi $1 mdd. Segn el informe en 2006 Cunningham mostr una licencia de contratista a un matrimonio de Palm Springs con el fin de remodelar

Ayer lunes a la 1:45 p.m. una oficial del CHP estaba en proceso de confiscar un vehculo en el rea de San Miguelito Drive en Thousand Palms cuando fue atacada por las mujeres pasajeras del carro. Hasta el momento no se ha mencionado si alguien result herido. Solo se sabe que las atacantes estn presas.

El prximo 8 de Diciembre Cathedral City presentar formalmente su propuesta de anexar a sus lmites el rea no incorporada de Thousand Palms que significa unos 8 mil residentes, de los cuales la mayora se opone y que preferiran que Thousand Palms se convirtiera en ciudad. Una de las preguntas es cuantos impuestos ms tendrn

ABC, ESPN2 and Tennis Channel will air parts of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, tournament organizers said today. The tournament, the most-attended professional tennis event outside of the sport’s four major tournaments, is set for March 7-20 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. “Moving to ABC and ESPN2, continuing our relationship with

Palm Springs residents were treated to a view of snow on the San Jacinto range today. Between two to three inches of snow fell atop Mount San Jacinto, which stands at more than 8,500 feet, according to the National Weather Service. Click here to see a live camera atop the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway In

A California Highway Patrol officer was attacked Monday afternoon while she was trying to serve a notice to impound a vehicle. The CHP confirms the officer was wrestled to the ground around 2:30 p.m. at a home on San Miguelito in Thousand Palms, just off Ramon Road. The officer called for emergency assistance from several

Over the objection of the prosecution, a man and his mother pleaded guilty today to bilking a Palm Springs couple out of nearly $1 million in a plea deal that allowed them to avoid jail time. “These people are so smooth,” said victim Stacy Benoist, 78. “I know they look terrible when you see them