Month: November 2010

A 24-year-old parolee suspected of trying to rob a man at gunpoint in Palm Springs was behind bars today, police reported. John Bruno of Cathedral City was arrested just before 8 p.m. Thursday, according to Sgt. John Cabrera of the Palm Springs Police Department. The attempted robbery was reported at 6:45 p.m. Thursday in the

Forecasters were keeping their eyes on a storm system moving into southwest California late Friday and into Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The large upper level trough of low pressure is going to sweep across Southern California, and a couple of rain-making impulses will come in with it. The first wave should hit

(KABC) – Sex offenders in violation of their parole are being rounded up by law enforcement on Friday as part of a statewide sweep called “Operation Safe Playgrounds.” State, federal and local law enforcement are teaming up to crack down on convicted child molesters, rapists and other sex offenders considered the greatest risk to the

A limo bus and two cars collided in the southbound lanes of Monterey Avenue at Clancy Lane in Rancho Mirage on Thursday evening. The accident shut down lanes and injured 12, sending six to the hospital with minor to moderate injuries. Police are trying to determine who was at fault in the accident. All lanes

Norco attorney Jodie P. Filkins Webber was among the first eight people chosen today to the Citizens Redistricting Commission. The eight commissioners were chosen in a random drawing in Sacramento by California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle among 36 applicants. The commissioners are scheduled to hold their first meeting Nov. 30 in Sacramento and choose

Beverly Hills police have determined longtime movie publicist Ronni Chasen was “targeted” and shot to death in a vehicle-to- vehicle shooting, Mayor Jimmy Delshad told NBC4 Thursday night. “She was shot through the passenger window” of her late-model Mercedes- Benz E-350 “as she made a left onto Whittier from Sunset,” Delshad told NBC 4. “Due

A week ago, Jason Tobias got a letter slapped on his leased condo at Palermo in Palm Springs. The letter warned him that his condo and 33 other units owned by the developer, PS Venture Indian Canyon, were in foreclosure and about to be sold. Tobias signed a one-year lease in September. He’s going to

A two-legged Chihuahua dropped off at a Riverside animal shelter is doing fine despite his disability and has a “lot of love to give” anyone interested in adopting him, a county Animal Services spokesman said today. The 4-month-old puppy was brought into the Western Riverside County Animal Shelter on Thursday as a stray, according to

Cathedral City police arrested a man early Friday morning after a local restaurant tipped them off to a possible counterfeit operation. Workers at the Applebees on Date Palm Drive called police regarding a customer trying to pass fake U.S. currency. He left before police got there, but investigators gathered enough information to determine who he

Sentencing was rescheduled today to Dec. 10 for an Indio woman convicted in the beating death of her 20-month-old son. Ana Cedillo, 27, was found guilty in June of second-degree murder, attempted assault of a child with force and child abuse in the Sept. 28, 2007, death of Oscar Zuniga Jr. She faces a life

Las autoridades recibieron el reporte de un carro que estaba en un canal en el rea de Dillon Road y la Ave 44 en Coachella. El vehculo haba sido reportado robado en Indio desde Agosto pasado. Se ignora desde cuando el auto estaba en el agua.

Authorities at Thermal’s airport were placed on alert Friday afternoon when a small plane came in reporting landing gear problems. Cheri Patterson with the Riverside County Fire Department said fire crews were standing by for the landing at the Jaqueline Cochran Airport when the place came in at 2:45 p.m. Moments later, the plane landed

Un grupo local que se opone rotundamente a la construccin de la crcel de Whitewater se reuni con comerciales ejecutivos de la industria del turismo y oficiales municipales de Palm Springs con el fin de fortalecer la negativa de dicha edificacin que albergara hasta 7,200 reos, argumentando el resultado de un estudio que revela que

Troy Yocum is beating a drum for 7,000 miles across America to raise awareness and money for struggling military families. To do it, it will take him 16 months, and he hopes to raise $5 million dollars to help out the families of those serving in the armed forces, who have been hit hard in

La polica report una carambola entre varios carros ayer jueves a las 6:30 p.m. sobre Monterrey Ave cerca de Fred Waring Drive en Rancho Mirage. Nueve personas resultaron lesionadas. Un carril de Monterrey fue cerrado al trnsito mientras se realizaba una investigacin.

Ayer por la maana tres adolescentes golpearon y asaltaron a otro joven que esperaba el autobs en La Quinta Cove. Los tres malandrines que son buscados por la polica huyeron con la mochila, camiseta, zapatos y celular de la vctima.

Ya se entreg el sujeto que asesin a Rafael Ochoa Madrigal en Noviembre 14 en la gasolinera Appe Market de Thermal. Felix Soto Arriga de 35 aos, residente de Indio confes el homicidio, adems de que el arma fue encontrada en su vehculo. El pistolero lleg por su propio pie y se entreg, ahora est

The U.S Bureau of Land Management says its staff failed to follow established procedures for permitting and monitoring a Mojave Desert off-road race in which eight spectators were killed. An internal review released Friday found that BLM staff in the Barstow, Calif., field office did not hold a pre-race consultation with promoters and did not

Ayer por la tarde fueron encontradas por la polica dos jovencitas que desaparecieron desde el pasado lunes. Se trata de Erika Edn y Miracle Millar de 14 aos que segn se dijo tuvieron un problema en la high school, salieron del plantel y no regresaron a casa. Hasta ayer fueron encontradas por las autoridades sanas