Month: August 2011

Two hikers were taken to a nearby hospital on Monday after they reported not feeling well while hiking above Desert Hot Springs. Sheriff’s deputies said they received the distress call around 12:45 p.m. from one of the hikers. He had hiked down the hillside in order to get cell service near the intersection of Highway

California’s voter-created citizens commission has certified the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, scrambling the political landscape and setting off a wide-open campaign season next year. The 14-member California Citizens Redistricting Commission voted on final maps for Congress, the Legislature and the Board of Equalization, which administers sales and use taxes. The panel released drafts

Students in Riverside County continued to show improvement on standardized tests, with higher percentages of them scoring advanced or proficient in math and English, according to results released today by the state Department of Education. The improvement in scores on the 2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting Program mirrored increases seen across the state, according to

A man accused of killing his 70-year-old sister in her La Quinta home pleaded not guilty today to murder and conspiracy charges. James Charles Oudin, a 73-year-old Lakewood resident, is charged along with Wesley Elwin Gibbs Jr., a 46-year-old Hesperia resident, in connection with the death of Oudin’s sister, Judy Munson, whose body was found

Home sales in Riverside County dropped 6.8 percent in July, compared to the same month a year ago, while prices dipped by 5 percent, a real estate information service announced today. A total of 3,288 homes changed hands locally last month, compared to 3,529 in July 2010, according to La Jolla-based MDA DataQuick. The median

A second suspect in the kidnapping and robbery of a Cherry Valley man was behind bars today, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported. Cabazon resident Bennie Whitfield, a 29-year-old parolee, was arrested around 5 p.m. Sunday when deputies stopped him while patrolling near Seminole Drive and Apache Trail in Cabazon, sheriff’s Sgt. Sean Bahash said.

Cuatro personas resultaron heridas, una de ellas de gravedad al registrarse una volcadura el pasado sbado a la 1:30 p.m. sobre la I-10 al este de Cook Street en Palm Desert. Dos carriles con rumbo al oeste fueron cerrados al trnsito mientras se realizaba una investigacin y rescataban a los heridos que quedaron atrapados en

Las autoridades investigan en torno a un tiroteo ocurrido ayer a las 4:00 a.m. durante una fiesta que se desarrollaba en una casa ubicada en el rea de Jackson Street y Ave 50 en Coachella. Durante la balacera cuatro personas resultaron heridas, dos jvenes menores de edad y dos adultos continan en recuperacin en el

Siete mujeres que se extraviaron mientras excursionaban en las montaas San Jacinto fueron rescatadas el sbado por la noche despus de que fueran reportadas por sus familiares. Una de las mujeres experiment problemas de salud y fue transportada al hospital de Palm Springs va helicptero.

Phyllis Claire Burgess is back in the spotlight. She’s now running for mayor, using a straw-made statue of a chicken as a prop. “Don’t chicken out!” she said. “Vote for Phyllis.” Burgess made headlines in 2008 when Prop 8 passed. She arrived at a city hall rally carrying a cross. An angry mob attacked her,

Hoy lunes a las 12:15 a.m. los bomberos sofocaron un incendio en una casa abandonada ubicada sobre Calle Camacho y Ave 53 en Coachella. Y ayer a las 3:30 p.m. una estructura ubicada sobre la Ave 38 ardi en llamas que fueron extinguidas de inmediato por los traga humo. En ambos casos no hubo heridos

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of 4 people shot in Coachella early Sunday morning. They were called to the scene around 4 a.m. on Jackson Street and 50th Avenue. Deputies arriving on the scene found two adults and two minors suffering from gunshot wounds. An investigation is underway. The Sheriff’s Department says it

(CNS) – The Ocean View Little League All-Stars from Huntington Beach earned a berth in the Little League World Series today with a 2-1 victory over their counterparts from Red Bluff in Northern California in the West Region Tournament championship game in San Bernardino. Steven Kotkosky greeted reliever Lane Pritchard with a two-run home run

A Cathedral City man is recovering from several gunshot wounds after shots were fired out of a passing car early Sunday morning. Sgt. C. de Veas said the gunshots were reported just after 4 a.m. at the Creekside Apartments, 68200 33rd Avenue, just west of Cathedral Canyon and south of Ramon Road. Officers arrived and

Indio’s Antonio Diaz ended his 16-year boxing career in convincing fashion. Diaz beat Mexico’s Ernesto Zepeda by technical knockout in the eighth round at Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino. A sold out crowd of 2,000 saw Diaz put the finishing touches on a long, successful boxing career. He plans to stay around boxing as a

Go outside before dawn, and if the Perseid meteor shower of 2011 is good to you, you will be able to see the sky falling. Every year at this time, the Earth passes through the orbit of a comet called Swift-Tuttle, and the result is a meteor shower — shooting stars, up to 50 or

A world-famous guitarist with a reputation for backing environmental causes has filed suit against the California Coastal Commission, charging that the agency improperly turned down a request to build a series of five houses on a prominent ridge overlooking Malibu. David Evans, better known as “The Edge,” and several business associates filed four lawsuits late

The wife of a man charged with murdering a 70-year-old La Quinta woman in June has been arrested and charged with being an accessory to the crime, the sheriff’s department said today. On Friday, sheriff’s investigators arrested Madelyn Alexis Oudin, 73, of Lakewood, and booked her at Indio Jail for suspicion of being an accessory

A search was underway today for a man who broke into an apartment in Palm Springs and tried to rape a woman, police officers said. Officers responded at 2:30 a.m. Saturday to an apartment in the 2800 block of Golf Club Drive, where a woman reported that an unknown adult male had broken into her

Authorities asked for the public’s help Friday in tracking down a 2-year-old California girl who the FBI says was abducted by her father. An Amber Alert was issued Friday for Madeline Samaan-Fay, who was last seen around 9 a.m. five days earlier in Sacramento, California. The FBI said in a press release that the girl