Month: September 2012

Friday night’s Palm Desert High School football game in San Bernardino ended with a bench clearing brawl. Palm Desert was winning the game 45-6 when a play ended with a brawl that brought students and parents out of the stands. We’re told buses had to be brought onto the field to safely transport the Palm

Triple digit heat on the last day of September — what better place to be than Knott’s Soak City in Palm Springs. “It’s ridiculous. It’s been relentless,” Amy Gamble, who is visiting Palm Springs from Los Angeles, said. Though this prolonged heat wave doesn’t necessarily shock some long-time desert residents, it still is something to

With rhythm pumping through their bodies, and music flowing through their souls, the Grand Entry started the 22nd Annual Morongo Band of Mission Indians’ “Thunder and Lightning Powwow”. “It’s the biggest Powwow, most drums, most dancers we’ve ever had. We view it as a bridge to other communities, education how native cultures work,” Mary Ann

A new steakhouse is getting ready to open in the valley, and help is wanted. Mastro’s Steakhouse on El Paseo in Palm Desert will open November 2nd, and management is hiring. Mastro’s held a job fair Saturday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rancho Mirage. They’re looking to hire about 150 people. Hundreds turned up

Christopher Goodman says it was our news station’s Facebook post that made him panic. “I saw a post that two people were killed in a motorcycle accident. I told my grandma to call them. I was worried about it,” Goodman said. His great-grandmother Janean Goodman called, but no one answered. “Sure enough, it was them,”

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has discovered a dead body in a shallow grave at a home on Longvue Road in Sky Valley. Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call one block over on Hot Springs Road, just before 1:30 P.M. Thursday. The Sheriff’s Department says the suspect’s roommate called 911 saying

An Inland Empire lawmaker’s bill to safeguard veterans’ remains and ensure they’re buried with dignity was signed into law today by Gov. Jerry Brown. “I’m thrilled the governor signed this important bill,” saidAssemblyman Paul Cook, R-Beaumont. “Veterans who have served their countrydeserve better than to be forgotten at the county morgue after they pass on.

How does a barbeque chicken pizza, chopped salad or key lime pie sound today? California Pizza Kitchen is partnering with Gulf California Broadcasting, parent company of CBS Local 2, KESQ, KUNA, and Fox 11, to raise money for American Cancer Society. Just print out the flyer from this link, and take it in with you

Como resultado de una investigacin despus del tiroteo registrado ayer a la 1:30 p.m. al que la polica respondi despus de recibir una llamada que reportaba violencia domstica primero y despus una segunda llamada reportaba un tiroteo, hoy los agentes del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside encontraron sepultado clandestinamente el cadver de una

A jury has recommended death for an arsonist convicted of murdering five men who died of heart attacks during a wildfire that ripped through Southern California nearly a decade ago. The murder charges against 31-year-old Rickie Lee Fowler signaled a tough standard for arson cases in a region plagued by wildfires that sometimes claim the

Amparados con una orden de cateo, las autoridades confiscaron 13 rifles, cuatro pistolas y artillera de la casa de uno de los dos detenidos en un tiroteo ocurrido sobre San Gabriel Circle en Cathedral City. Ese da Federico Garza residente de la misma ciudad desde un vehculo le exigi dinero a un hombre conocido el

An upper level ridge of high pressure and weak offshore flow will bring very hot and dry weather to Riverside County Sunday through Wednesday, elevating the risk of wildfire in the region, forecasters said today. Monday and Tuesday will be the hottest and driest days, according to the National Weather Service, which forecast highs in

A Marine has been convicted for killing a friend’s toddler daughter near a Southern California desert military base.A San Bernardino County jury in Joshua Tree on Thursday found 23-year-old Joshua Kruzik guilty of second-degree murder and assault on a child resulting in death.KCDZ radio says Kruzik was a corporal at New River Air Station in

Nearly 20 guns and ammunition are now off the streets of Cathedral City. “The task force did exactly what it’s put together to do,” said Lt. ChuckRobinson, of the Cathedral City Police Department. Several hours after a shooting in the Dream Homes neighborhood on Wednesday night, police arrested 33-year-old Frederico Garza, of Cathedral City, and

Ralphs Grocery Co. will pay more than $1.1 million in civil penalties, costs and restitution to settle allegations that it overcharged customers on deli and other weighed food products and failed to deduct the weight of packaging on those items. “During these tough times, shoppers must be protected from misleadingand unfair pricing practices, especially when

A Banning man who beat his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son to the point of causing fatal organ and brain damage was convicted today of second-degree murder. Andrew Lee Payne, 24, faces 25 years to life in prison for the Nov. 11, 2011, death of Robert Voorhees. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Bernard Schwartz set sentencing for

An ex-con who drove his car onto a loading dock at a Jurupa Valley warehouse where he once worked — narrowly missing several employees — pleaded guilty today to felony vandalism and driving under the influence counts on the same day the charges were filed. Scott Allen Painter, 36, of Jurupa Valley was arrested shortly

An area of raw desert south of I-10 in the northeast part of Coachella is the site of the valley’s largest housing project now in the works, according to Coachella City Manager David Garcia. “We’re excited about it and we think it’s going to have a huge impact on our community,” said Garcia. Garcia said

The public can visit The Living Desert for free on Saturday, as the zoo is participating in the 8th “Museum Day”, in partnership with Smithsonian Magazine. Visit www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday to download a Museum Day ticket. Free admission is granted to anyone who presents a Museum Day ticket. One ticket is good for two guests, good only