Month: March 2011

A 25-year-old Los Angeles parolee pleaded not guilty today to killing his girlfriend’s toddler. Esteban Alamo faces felony charges of murder and assaulting a child for allegedly killing Serik Mathew Nieto. The youngster died Oct. 9 — five days after the defendant allegedly hit the boy repeatedly, inflicting bruises all over his body, while Alamo

Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters stopped a kitchen fire from spreading throughout a La Quinta home on Monday. The fire was reported shortly before 12:15 p.m. on the 54600 block of Avenida Vallejo, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The first engine to arrive reported smoke coming from the home. Firefighters said they

Authorities have arrested another suspect in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in a Riverside County, Calif., park bathroom. County sheriff’s Cpl. Courtney Donowho (DON’-uh-yoo) says 19-year-old Michael Sykes of Moreno Valley was arrested Monday morning but she has no other details. Sykes is the eighth person arrested in connection with the March 10

El viernes a la 1:00 a.m. una mujer conduca su auto en el rea de Ave 46 al este de Madison Streen en Indio cuando se le atraves un gato negro, al evadirlo perdi el control y cay al canal Todo Americano. Por fortuna la mujer result ilesa y pudo salir del vehculo que result

Agentes de la Patrulla fronteriza del punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 en Salton Sea y Westmorland realizaron dos decomisos de droga con un valor de casi $1 mdd. En el primer incidente al inspeccionar a los pasajeros de un autobs Crucero USA, uno de ellos tena dos paquetes de herona adheridos a sus piernas.

El pasado sbado estuvieron en el Valle de Coachella los mdicos voladores. Desde la 1:00 a.m. empez a formarse la lnea de personas que acudieron a ver a los doctores que se dieron cita en el Desert Mirage High School ubicada en Thermal. Se estim un total de 1400 personas que recibieron gratuitamente atencin mdica

Este pasado fin de semana se reunieron autoridades del Condado de Riverside y lderes locales con el fin de seguir debatiendo en torno a la construccin de una prisin en el rea Whitewater. Unas 500 personas participaron en el foro en que se discutieron principalmente los impactos negativos sobre el sector del turismo y al

Por lo menos hasta esta tarde continuar cerrada Indian Canyon Drive entre la I-10 y San Rafael en Palm Springs bebido a la arena que acumul como consecuencia de los fuertes vientos registrados durante el fin de semana y que alcanzaron hasta las 59 mph.

Eastbound Interstate 10 will be closed tonight at the Palm Drive/Gene Autry Trail intersection to allow workers to demolish the old overpass, according to the Riverside County Department of Transportation. Traffic will be diverted onto the eastbound on- and off-ramps at the freeway exit from 8 p.m. until 4 a.m. tomorrow, said project manager Dennis

One of the very few female serial killers has died. Dorothea Puente killed seven elderly tenants and buried them in her backyard in Sacramento. The story made headlines back in 1988. A jury convicted Puente of three murders. The judge sentenced her to life in prison. She died Sunday of natural causes at the central

A public discussion about a huge new jail at the scenic entrance to the Coachella Valley attracted a crowd that was almost universally against the proposal, which was nonetheless defended by a Riverside County supervisor. “There is every reason in the world to move as expediently as possible,” said Supervisor John Benoit. “We are under

A man is in jail for allegedly stabbing his mother in Palm Springs, a police spokesman said on Satuday. Police received a call just before 10 Saturday morning from the 2400 block of Tuscan Road, just south of Racquet Club. When police arrived, they found a 58-year-old woman with multiple knife wounds in her hip

The British parents of a missing 24-year-old Disney Cruise Line employee, who disappeared Tuesday off the coast of Mexico, planned to meet with investigators and board the ship to collect their daughter’s belongings and continue their search for answers. Rebecca Coriam, whose homtown is Chester, England, was last seen when the Disney Wonder was steaming

The Palm Springs Opera Guild today will present the 13th annual Opera in the Park, a city spokeswoman said. The event, which drew about 5,000 people last year, will take place from noon until 5 p.m. at Sunrise Park, 2000 E. Ramon Road. The performance will be led by Valery Ryvkin of the Santa Barbara

While many Cathedral City officers and firefighters joined together to say goodbye to fallen friend Jermaine Gibson, other local agencies paid their respects in a different way. Officers and firefighters from all over Riverside County converged to the desert to help cover offices and duties to allow Gibson’s fellow policemen and women to attend the

Dog lovers from around the valley gathered in Palm Desert Saturday. They filled Civic Center Park to support Animal Samaritans, who were holding their 11th annual “Walk for the Animals.” Hundred of people and their pets came to stamp out animal cruelty. Dozens of vendors also offered services, such as free neutering and microchipping. Organizers

The wild west is coming alive in Palm Springs this weekend. It’s the return of the Palm Springs WestFest and Frank Bogert Memorial Rodeo. It’s all being held at the Palm Springs Convention Center. WestFest is a great time for some future bull riders. It’s California’s largest western festival. Visitors are treated to live music,

A public discussion about a huge new jail at the scenic entrance to the Coachella Valley attracted a crowd that was almost universally against the proposal, which was nonetheless defended by a Riverside County supervisor. “There is every reason in the world to move as expediently as possible,” said Supervisor Steve Benoit. “We are under

As part of a special training Thursday, CAL FIRE firefighters installed a “raker shore” against an exterior wall of a rundown triplex. The raker shore is designed to prevent the wall from crumbling, especially after a major earthquake has occurred. “We need to stabilize the building and then go in and either pull people out

Hundreds of police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers paid their respects to Cathedral City police officer Jermaine Gibson on Friday. Gibson died one week ago when his patrol car lost control on South Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs and crashed into a tree while pursuing a stolen car with two people