Month: April 2012

Coachella police are cracking down on cellphones and so-called zombie drivers who just won’t put them down when behind the wheel. The department is holding a “zero tolerance distracted driving enforcement” operation this month. Law enforcement across California including Coachella police are cracking down on cellphone use and texting while driving. Andrew Vega lives in

There are plans to build a non-profit hospital, with as many as 120 beds, serving patients within the next four years, according to the Berger Foundation. CBS Local 2’s Kris Long learned that 64 acres of land, located on the northwest corner of Cook Street and Varner Road, just north of Interstate 10, is where

It’s something that never would have happened six months ago. A repeat offender, 64-year-old Stanley Kwawsky of Riverside, was sentenced to 14 years and 4 months in county jail. He is serving his time at the Larry D. Correctional Facility, a jail that was never meant to hold anyone for more than 12 months. It’s

Este orden de acciones se reporto al filo de las tres de esta maana en las inmediaciones de la calle Requa en los apartamentos The Vintage Palms. Al llegar al lugar de los hechos, agentes descubrieron al hombre yaciendo en el estacionamiento del complejo habitacional. Socorristas lo trasladaron al hospital JFK Memorial donde lamentablemente perecio.

Confirmation that mice west of Beaumont tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus prompted Riverside County health officials today to remind residents to take precautions in places inhabited by rodents. According to the Department of Environmental Health, nine deer and western harvest mice caught over a three-week period in February in Norton Younglove Preserve, between

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians announced tribal council election results on Wednesday and named Richard Milanovich as chairman of the tribe for what would have been his 15th term. Milanovich, 68, died last month after a long fight with cancer. According to the tribe’s by-laws, which are filed with the U.S. Department of

Obesity is a global epidemic and the U.S is leading the pack. In some severe cases, people are turning to surgery, as part of their weight loss journey. But, addressing the mental aspects of weight gain and loss, are just as important as diet and exercise. Looking at Cathleen Ripley now, you would never know

In the fight against prescription drug abuse, local congresswoman Mary Bono Mack has been out in front of the issue. Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center, Bono Mack held a town hall meeting to discuss the prescription drug abuse problem in this country and what can be done about it. Bono Mack, a co-chair of the

When a California solar energy company in charge of a 7,000-acre project in Blythe, Calif. filed for bankruptcy, many in the desert wondered what that would mean for the thousands of jobs it was supposed to bring to eastern Riverside County. The project is now looking for a new buyer to take over the $6

Another magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit the same East Valley spot, as Tuesday morning, according to the United State Geological Survey. Viewers have been calling the KESQ news studios with reports of shaking. Stay with Newschannel 3 for all of your seismic activity.

Obesity is a global epidemic and the U.S is leading the pack. In some severe cases, people are turning to surgery, as part of their weight loss journey. But, addressing the mental aspects of weight gain and loss, are just as important as diet and exercise. Looking at Cathleen Ripley now, you would never know

Two Imperial Valley onion workers are fighting back against their employer, saying they’ve had enough. Ignacio Villalobos and Adalberto Gomez are suing Lancaster based Calandri Sonrise Farms and several of its labor contractors, claiming that for years, the company forced them to live under degrading conditions, while working the fields. Megan Beaman, an attorney for

Se siguen violando los derechos de los trabajadores del campo del Valle de Coachella y Los ngeles. En esta ocasin se trata de una compaia de cultivos de cebollas, razn por lo que se ha entablado una damanda federal contra Calandri SonRise Farms con cede en Landcaster California, y un sinnmero de contratistas del valle

A verdict was reached at about 12:20 Tuesday afternoon. Jackie Lynn Dunson, Fernando Benavidez and Ronald Handwerk, were found guilty of murdering Canadian businessman William George Dobbs back in 2007. Dobbs’ Body was found along Dillon Road near Indio back in November of 2007. Police say the group tried to rob Dobbs after luring him

Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City y Palm Desert estn en pelea con la Asociacin de Gobiernos del Valle de Coachella ya que se les requiri paguen ms de lo estipulado en los trabajos de construccin sobre la I-10 y sus rampas de acceso. El excedente de $2.2 mdd es causado por anexiones a sus lmites

En el operativo de seis das nombrado ?Cross Check? agentes del ICE a nivel nacional lograron el arresto de mas de 3168 criminales indocumentados, la mayora de ellos violentos y con cuentas pendientes con la ley. 15 de ellos pertenecen al Condado de Riverside, cuatro de ellos fueron aprehendidos en el Valle de Coachella. Los

En Cabazon debido a la fuga de un lquido presumiblemente combustible una gasolinera fue evacuada y dos rampas de la I-10 cerradas al flujo vehicular. El incidente ocurri a las 2:00 p.m. Las autoridades an no confirman si se trat de un choque entre dos semais. A las 4:00 p.m. todo volvi a la normalidad.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it was the largest immigration sweep of its kind. In a six day “Cross Check” operation that ended Thursday, the agency known as ICE, netted about 3,100 convicted immigrants from across the country. About 15 people were arrested here in Riverside County, five of those were from the Coachella

The Justice Bus Project has rounded California for five years, but just made its first trip to the desert. “This is a clinic, a two-day clinic, for consumer debt legal issues as well as unlawful detainers and other types of issues,” Mary Gilstrao of the Desert Bar Association said. After an application process, the project