Month: May 2012

The prosecution rested today in the trial of an ex-con accused of beating and gunning down a Riverside police officer at the end of a foot chase. After briefly questioning four witnesses, Deputy District Attorneys John Aki and Mike Hestrin informed Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard that they were done submitting the government’s

An exhaust fan in the women’s restroom may have caused a fire that prompted eight fire engines to respond to a Desert Hot Springs church on Monday. Cal Fire investigators said there appeared to be a short in the fan, which sparked a fire in the attic of Grace Church around 3:10 p.m. Firefighters managed

The prosecution rested today in the trial of an ex-con accused of beating and gunning down a Riverside police officer at the end of a foot chase. After briefly questioning four witnesses, Deputy District Attorneys John Aki and Mike Hestrin informed Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard that they were done submitting the government’s

A Bermuda Dunes man accused of shooting his wife following an argument at their home testified today that he didn’t plan to kill her and “lost everything” as a result. Garey Lee Smith, 57, is charged with murder with a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a firearm in the Aug. 22, 2010, death of his 63-year-old

Actress and Palm Springs-area resident Lindsay Wagner, star of TV’s “Bionic Woman,” will receive a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars this weekend, organizers announced Monday. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m. at 515 N. Palm Canyon Drive, which is across the street from the Palm Canyon Theatre and near

A homeless Washington man was recovering today from being hit by a car and thrown into the windshield of another on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Someone reported a crash about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of South Palm Canyon Drive. When officers arrived, they saw a 56-year-old pedestrian lying in the

Two men were in custody on Monday morning after a weekend shooting at the International House of Pancakes in downtown Palm Springs. Police spokesman Mike Kovaleff said dispatchers received reports of a large fight at around 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the restaurant, which is located at the corner of Ramon Road

Lindsay Lohan has reportedly called a truce in her war with a former worker at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage The woman sued the actress, claiming Lohan brutalized her after being ordered to take a breathalyzer test. TMZ broke the story soon after it happened, as we reported on KESQ.com. The worker, Dawn

A 33-year-old parolee was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of a home invasion robbery. Desert Hot Springs police were called to a home invasion robbery on the 68100 block of Club Circle around 10:45 p.m. According to Desert Hot Springs police officers, a man later identified as Joseph Montanez, forced open a room door while

A 29-year-old Riverside man was arrestedFriday nightin connection with the “Snowboarder Bandit” bank robberies in Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties. Michael B. Franks will remain in custody over the weekend and was expected to be charged next week, Laura Eimiller of the FBI said. Franks is suspected in at least 10 bank robberies in Orange

Police in Orange today sought a missing 31-year-old woman and her two children after the arrest of her ex-boyfriend, who is suspected of killing all three.Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, the father of the missing children, wasarrested by California Highway Patrol officers on Interstate 5 south of the San Onofre weigh station in San Diego County

Palm Desert police are searching for a man who may have held up the First California Bank branch at the corner of Fred Waring Drive and Washington Street on Friday. Police were alerted by the bank’s holdup alarm just before noon, said spokesman Angel Ramos. Officers arrived, set up a perimeter and launched a search

Palm Desert police are searching for a man who may have held up the First California Bank branch at the corner of Fred Waring Drive and Washington Street on Friday. Police were alerted by the bank’s holdup alarm just before noon, said spokesman Angel Ramos. Officers arrived, set up a perimeter and launched a search

If you’ve lived in Mecca for at least the past year, you can attest to the fact that the city has had a certain air about it. “Kind of like an egg smell,” Mecca resident Rene Rodriguez said. In January of 2011, health officials determined the source of the smell — an oil and water

Car crashes are theNo. 1killer of teens in the United States. As prom and graduation season approaches, police and insurance companies are trying to reach out to high school students. The lesson: one mistake can change your life. The program kicked off at Palm Springs High SchoolFriday with an inspirational video on leadership. The Teen

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today for the State Route 86/Airport Boulevard Interchange, which is tentatively scheduled open to traffic on May 11. Construction began in April 2011 on the $6.1 million, state-funded structure, which replaced a ground-level intersection with an interchange carrying Airport Boulevard traffic over SR 86. The project added three 12-foot-wide lanes,