Month: February 2011

Yet another robbery of a retail store where employees are forced into a back room. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirms that Sally’s Beauty Supply on Grapefruit Blvd. in Coachella was robbed at gunpoint at 6:30 pm Monday evening. Two men wearing black hoodies and black bandanas armed with black handguns forced the employees into a

A family member says Jane Russell, stunning star of 1940s and 1950s films, has died at age 89. Russell was considered one of America’s most well known sex symbols of her time after being discovered by Howard Hughes. Hughes, the eccentric billionaire, cast Russell in his sexy, and controversial, 1941 Western “The Outlaw,” turning her

You can’t keep a secret, especially in Hollywood! The cast of the next Dancing With The Stars will be announced Monday night during The Bachelor. TMZ.com reports actress Kirstie Alley, WWE star Chris Jericho, Rapper Lil’ Romeo, Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson and talk show host Wendy Williams will be on the show, which begins

El pasado viernes a las 7:44 a.m. chocaron dos carros en el rea de Landau Blvd. y Ramon Road en Cathedral City, uno de los vehculos involucrados impact un hidrante provocando derrame de agua. Se cree que uno de los conductores sufri un ataque al corazn por lo que perdi el control del auto.

Tras las rejas se encuentra una persona que el pasado viernes a las 4:30 p.m. circulaba en su auto en el rea de Dinah Shore y Da Vall Drive en Catedral City, perdi el control, se impact con un vehculo que a su vez choc con otro carro. Como resultado dos personas se encuentran heridas

El pasado viernes alrededor de las 7:30 las autoridades respondieron a un llamado que reportaba que dos perros Pitbull haban atacado a dos perritos chihuahua matando a uno de ellos e hiriendo severamente al otro en Indio. El Departamento de Control Animal del Condado de Riverside y la polica cuentan con informacin proporcionada por testigos

A handful of up-and-coming players were awarded wildcard berths into the main singles draw of the BNP Paribas Open, it was announced today. Among those given the place in the main draw is Milos Raonic, who, at No. 37 in the ATP World Tour, is the highest-ranked Canadian singles player since the rating system began

An Australian woman died during a skydiving accident over the weekend, according to the Riverside County Coroner’s report that was released Monday. Nicole Hannan, 41, died Sunday afternoon at about 4:30 p.m. when her skydiving trip went awry. Her body was found in an open field on Goetz Road in Perris. The cause of the

Two girls allegedly abducted by their father from a home in Bellflower were found unharmed today in Utah after the man learned an Amber Alert had been issued and contacted authorities. Stephen Andrew Litwin, 34, allegedly took Natalya, 6, and Katelyn, 2, about 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Deputy Benjamin Grubb of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau said.

Ya suma $13 mil dlares la recompensa que se ofrece a quien proporcione informacin que lleve al arresto de los responsables de un tiroteo en el que result herido en un fuego cruzado un pequeo de cuatro aos de edad en Indio la semana pasada. La polica coment que ha recibido varias pistas y que

Hoy a las 6:30 a.m. se registr un choque entre una semais y un Honda sobre el Expressway 84 y la Ave 52 en Coachella. Segn informacin preliminar uno de los dos conductores se pas el semforo en rojo pero no se ha confirmado cual de los dos. La conductora del vehculo fue transportada al

One man is behind bars, accused of burglarizing a home in Palm Springs. It happened about 1:30 Saturday afternoon on the 2700 block of North Via Miraleste near the downtown area. The homeowner told police he saw a man stealing his bike from his garage. He went outside to confront the suspect, but he took

As a cold storm moves out of the Southland, several roads are still impacted by ice and snow. The Grapevine section of the Golden State (5) Freeway through the mountains north of Los Angeles reopened this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The road had been closed overnight because of ice and snow on

Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man, armed with a gun, who stole cash from the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Coachella. It happened just after 8:30 Saturday night, at the store on the 51,000 block of Harrison Street. Deputies say a man went in holding a gun and demanding cash. Store clerks complied. Deputies

Police have arrested two Desert Hot Springs men, now accused of robbing a Palm Desert cell phone store on the 34200 block of Monterey. The suspects were identified as Julio Marcos Aguilar, 20, and Jose Cruz Gutierrez, 23. Police said they got a break in the case, and tied them to the Palm Desert holdup,

The 69-year-old wife of a former Desert Hot Springs mayor was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to robbing two Bank of America locations in Palm Springs. Carol Jean Bias, wife of Alex Bias, was arrested Wednesday afternoon after a dye pack exploded in a bag of money that she allegedly stole from a the

In 2008, Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet co-founded Pride Parents Association. Pride Parents, located in Palm Springs, started a social network for gay couples and parents. A total of 70 members signed up. The group flew under the radar until earlier this month when a concerned resident, Chuck Conder in Riverside, filed a complaint with

Several weekend events were getting underway Saturday despite a forecast that called for rain and cold temperatures much of the day. The 23rd Annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational charity golf event got underway Saturday morning with players taking to the fairways at Eagle Falls Golf Course in Indio. The tournament had been threatened by the

You can always count on pro football player-turned-actor Ed Marinaro to be at the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational every year. “I won the very first Frank Sinatra in Palm Springs at the Palm Canyon Country Club,” he said. But, many of the celebrities play in the annual event for good reasons. This year’s co-host Pat

Two young men were in jail today on suspicion of robbing two T-mobile stores this month, according to the sheriff’s department. Julio Marcos Aguilar, 20, and Jose Cruz Gutierrez, 23, both of Desert Hot Springs, were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a T-Mobile Store in West Covina on Feb. 23. Sheriff’s investigators