Month: August 2012

Police in New Jersey say a supermarket employee that killed two coworkers once lived in the high desert. ABC News identified the alleged shooter Friday as Terrance Tyler, 23, a former Marine who lived in Twentynine Palms in 2009. Tyler shot himself Friday morning after opening fire in the Pathmark store just outside Manhattan around

East Palm Canyon Drive in Cathedral City reopened to traffic early Friday morning at 6 am. Cathedral City Public Works Crews were working overnight to clean up mud and debris following flooding Thursday afternoon along East Palm Canyon Drive between Golf Club Drive And Cathedral Canyon Drive. In a printed statement Thursday, Cathedral City Communications

Law enforcement agencies will be operating DUI and driver’s license checkpoints in three Coachella Valley cities tonight. Sheriff’s deputies will conduct a checkpoint in Coachella from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., and in Palm Desert from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., both at undisclosedlocations. The Palm Springs Police Department will operate a checkpoint from 8

Some called it “the wall of water”, some called it “an ocean”. Others called the force that cascaded into Cathedral City Thursday night unbelievable. “It was crazy, like something out of a movie. You would never believe it,” Caroldean Ross, whose store was damaged from the water, said. Moving at high speeds, the water changed

Cathedral City Police terminate a pursuit after suspects on Interstate 10 Friday morning reach speeds over 100 miles per hour. It all began around 9:30 this morning when an undercover Cathedral City Police officer noticed a suspicious vehicle in the Rio Vista Area of Cathedral City. A patrol unit was dispatched to the area and

Steve Martin and bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers will open the McCallum Theatre’s 25th anniversary season tonight. The actor-comedian-banjo player has toured with the band for three years, performing at such events as Bonnaroo, New Orleans’ Jazzfest and the Newport Folk Festival and winning the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2011 “Entertainer of the Year”

California plans to crack down on Internet sellers who don’t collect state sales taxes. The Los Angeles Times says the state plans to spend $10 million in the next three years to hire new state auditors and other specialists to enforce the collection. More than 200 retailers will be warned that they may have to

Several Cathedral city businesses announced they were planning to be open for business over the Labor Day holiday weekend, despite a torrential rain storm. Thursday’s downpour sent water flooding into several store fronts along East Palm Canyon Drive. Several businesses saw flood damage from the slow moving thunderstorm that dumped a recorded .60 inches of

Just in time the Labor Day weekend, two Southern Hemisphere storms and Hurricane Ileana are sending big swells toward Southern California beaches. The National Weather Service says large surf will arrive on Friday and peak with sets near 10 feet on Saturday and Sunday along south-facing beaches. Forecasters say dangerous rip currents will be possible

A man is accused of trying to steal from a Starbucks tip jar and then threatening a man who tried to stop him. Palm Springs police arrested Kais Atheir on Tuesday for attempted robbery. Police say a man saw Atheir taking money from the tip jar and argued with him. Police say Atheir then approached

Palm Springs Police are looking for two men they say held up a liquor store Thursday afternoon. It happened at the Ramon Road Liquor Store just before 3:45 p.m. Police say the first man walked into the store, showed a handgun and demanded money from the register. The second man apparently stood at the entrance

During the afternoon rain storm a tractor-trailer struck a guardrail and spilled diesel fuel on westbound Interstate 10 between Palm Springs and Cabazon today. The accident was reported around 12:45 p.m. on westbound I-10 a mile west of Haugen Leman Way, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said. “Basically you had a big rig

Family, friends, and the community filled the chapel at Forest Lawn to honor U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Suresh Krause. His casket was draped with an American flag and the Army awarded him the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Action Badge for his service. Loved ones remembered the soldier who called Cathedral

Closing arguments are underway in the Clifford Lambert murder trial.Two Northern California men are charged with murder, conspiracy and other counts, in what prosecutors insist was the financially motivated stabbing death, of the 74 year-old Palm Springs retiree. Today Deputy District Attorney, Lisa DiMaria presented a review of her case against Kaushal Niroula and Daniel

The National Weather service issued a flash flood warning throughout the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Radar indicated very heavy rains…with rain rates locally of two inches per hour over the San Jacinto Mountains and adjacent parts of the Coachella Valley. This includes areas just west and south of Palm Springs.

Hundreds gathered Thursday at Forest Lawn in Cathedral City to pay their respects to a fallen Valley soldier. U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Suresh Krause died two weeks ago in Afghanistan along with 6 others. Krause was piloting a helicopter when it crashed. We will have more on his emotional farewell tonight on KESQ at

A Desert Hot Springs burglary suspect accused of breaking into a home while bringing his young child along for the ride is set to be in court Friday morning. Police said both were caught inside a ransacked home on the 13600 block of Inaja Street Wednesday. Police said a watchful neighbor noticed Darrell Trevon Turner,

Desde ayer mircoles las autoridades cerraron el Hwy 62 al este de Twentynine Palms despus de registrarse una lluvia que encharc el camino rutal, por lo que los conductores que planeaban tomar ese camino para dirigirse a Lake Havasu o a la ciudad de Parker tendrn que buscar una ruta alterna. El tramo que actualmente

Un pequeo incendio de maleza se report ayer mircoles poco antes de las 8:00 p.m. a donde bomberos de Cal-Fire acudieron a sofocar las llamas antes que de se expandieran en el rea de la Ave 43 y Calhoun Street en Indio al norte de la I-10. Por fortuna no se reportaron heridos. Las autoridades

One Riverside County hospital was among 14 medical facilities fined a total of $825,000 for failure to comply with state licensing requirements, the California Department of Public Health reported today. Officials said the non-compliance either caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to patients. “We have a commitment to ensuring quality patient