Month: June 2012

A man was shot and killed in Desert Hot Springs Friday night. Police say officers were first called to the Azteca apartment complex, on Calle Azteca, near Avenida Hermosa,around 8:50 p.m. Two men were in an argument when one of them opened fire, police said. The victim was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center, where

Four people were shot in Cathedral City early Saturday morning. Police were called to the 31 thousand 500 block of El Toro Road around 2:45 a.m. According to police, 2 men and 2 women suffered gun shot wounds. The victims reportedly drove themselves to the hospital after the incident. Police are now looking for a

Police were looking for a man who workers said held up a Swiss Donut shop in Palm Desert Friday afternoon. Spokesman Angel Ramos said officers were called to the store shortly before 2 p.m. at the corner of Lupine Avenue and Highway 111. Employees said a Hispanic male in his 20s, wearing a black shirt,

(ABC NEWS) – Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting divorced. “This is a personal and private matter for Katie and her family,” Holmes’ publicist said in a statement. “Katie’s primary concern remains, as it always has been, her daughter’s best interest.” In a statement to People magazine, Cruise’s publicist said, “Kate has filed for

Riverside County firefighters are battling a fast-moving vegetation fire that could threaten the Cleveland National Forest, which is home to the San Jacinto State Park. Spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson said crews were called to extinguish an outbuilding that had caught fire near the intersection of Cary Road and Tripp Flats Road at 12:40 p.m. Friday. The

KGTV.com’s newsroom began receiving reports of a possible earthquake from residents in the Mira Mesa and Clairemont areas at about 12:45 p.m. on Friday. A check of the U.S. Geological Survey map of the Southern California region showed no earthquake activity, and USGS officials said earthquake activity was not responsible. Since the initial reports, residents

A 42-year-old man who was pulled from a pool in Indio died at a hospital, according to the coroner’s office. William Eric Johnson of Indio died about 2:10 p.m. Thursday at John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, less than an hour after someone called authorities to a residence in the 48600 block of Andorra Street. Johnson

The California Emergency Management Agency is marking the 20th anniversary of the Landers-Big Bear earthquakes with a call for preparedness. The magnitude 7.3 Landers earthquake struck in the San Bernardino County desert east of Los Angeles shortly before 5 a.m. on June 28, 1992. Three hours later a magnitude-6.5 quake struck near Big Bear Lake

A 43-year-old man was in critical condition after being pulled from a pool in Indio this afternoon, a county fire department spokeswoman said. The near-drowning was reported shortly before 1:30 p.m. in the 48600 block of Andorra Street. The man was pulled out of the pool before firefighters arrived, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody

Indio city officials announced new hours of operation for city facilities, effective July 9, 2012. “It is important that we provide our residents, businesses, and visitors with important city services and access to their city government five days a week,” said Indio Mayor Glenn Miller. “We’ve enhanced our fiscal position and we continue to make

Longtime ABC7 Inland Empire Bureau Chief Bob Banfield — a fixture in Southern California broadcasting for more than four decades — died Thursday. He was 82 and had been battling cancer. The radio and television newsman signed on with ABC7 in 1967 and soon found himself at the forefront of major developments, covering the assassination

Judy Agnew, the wife of former Vice President Sprio Agnew, has died at her home in Rancho Mirage. She was 91. The New York Times describes her as the woman who went to Washington after Richard M. Nixon plucked her husband from relative political obscurity to make him vice president and who later stood by

Morlita Wiggins says on Monday, she received a phone call from her father. “I said, ‘Daddy why are you calling me from Anna Marie’s phone? Where is Anna Marie, daddy?’ He said, ‘I killed that B,’” said Wiggins. He called her after police say he shot and killed 50-year-old Anna Marie Gonzalez in her car

Firework vendors prepare for the 4th of July holiday, while firefights are on high alert. Every year, thousands of people across the nation injure themselves lighting fireworks. Oftentimes, those injuries are from the use illeagal fireworks. Officials in the Coachella Valley are bulking up their resources to crack down on any illegal fireworks. “If you’re

A 74-year-old man was stabbed multiple times, with two knives at one point, in his Palm Springs kitchen, according to testimony today by a Northern California man who said he witnessed the financially motivated murder and helped mop up the blood. Craig McCarthy, who pleaded guilty in 2010 to voluntary manslaughter in connection with Clifford