Month: September 2012

All lanes of the 60 freeway are back open after a deadly head-on collision Friday afternoon in Beaumont. It happened around 4:00 p.m., in the Eastbound lanes, near the Interstate 10 interchange. Firefighters say 2 cars collided head-on killing one person and injuring 3 others. They were rushed to the hospital with minor to major

A small brush fire is burning in Banning. At 9:43 p.m. Friday night, the fire had burned 20 acres and was 25% contained. It’s burning off of Old Banning Idyllwild Road. 137 firefighters are working to get the fire contained. The cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries have been reported. No structures

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a stabbing in Coachella. Three people were wounded. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene at 86050 Calle De Pizano at 9:33 p.m. Friday night. That’s in a neighborhood near Avenue 50 and the 86 Expressway. There’s no word on the identities of the victims or any suspects. News

The world’s largest online mall, Amazon has been tax-free for nearly two decades. That’s all about to end for California shoppers tonight and customers have responded by stocking up before the state sales tax kicks in. The new California law goes into effect at midnight after a year of being postponed. Only a few other

A Palm Desert High School student is still fighting for his life after a hit-and-run crash Monday night. Now, his father is begging for the public’s help in finding the person responsible. John Virgin, Grant’s father, says, “Lying awake at night with my hands on his, looking at the injuries, it gives me nightmares.” Grant

A tiny bug is causing big problems for citrus growers all over the Southland. The Asian citrus psyllid is a huge threat to California’s $1.8 billion citrus industry because there’s no cure for the disease it spreads. Now, the California Department of Food and Agriculture says there’s an infestation in Desert Hot Springs. Anita Butcher

A Riverside father of four is $120 million richer today. Ronald Willis had the winning ticket from Tuesday’s Mega Millions Jackpot and claimed his prize today at the California Lottery’s Inland Empire District Office. “I’m not a yeller or jump-around type of guy,” Willis said. “When I realized I won, I just stayed calm, sat

Just after 3:30 p.m. Friday, a fire erupted in some trees and brush between Perez Road and The Cathedral Canyon Country Club in Cathedral City. Firefighters from Cathedral City and Palm Springs batted the blaze for over an hour. Cathedral City Fire officials told us, that two separate fires were ignited along a bike path

Firefighters made quick work of a fast moving fire at a home on Clancy Lane in Rancho Mirage late Friday afternoon. Cal Fire got the call just before 2pm that a home was on fire on Clancy Lane near Bob Hope Drive. When on scene, they found an abandoned 2-3,000 square foot residence and several

Homeless people in Indio received much needed supplies Friday, thanks to the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission’s “Love Van”. The outreach wrapped up the Mission’s “90 days of Summer Relief Campaign.” Workers handed out water, shirts, hats, shoes and sunscreen out on the streets. As Greg Fisher told us, it’s an effort to encourage homeless people

Hoy a las 7:00 p.m. durante la ceremonia de apertura de la temporada escolar de ftbol americano, Cathedral city ser distinguido con las llaves de la escuela. Bradley, quien le arrebato a Manny Pacquiao el campionato en Junio pasado en Las Vegas, Nv, es un orgullo para el Valle de Coachella, para Cathedral City y

Cathedral City High School will honor boxing champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley at his alma mater’s football game tonight.Bradley, who beat Manny Pacquiao in a split decision to claim the World Boxing Organization welterweight title in Las Vegas in June, will be given the key to the school at halftime, Vice Principal Todd Diliberto said.

The pilot of a single-engine plane was injured and a horse corral was damaged today when the aircraft went down about four miles west of Perris. The crash happened about 1 p.m. in the 24000 block of Rose Quartz Drive, a rural area between Perris and Lake Mathews, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

An international team of weather experts has named California’s Death Valley the hottest spot on the planet. The World Meteorological Organization says the title comes after they investigated a long-held record reported in El Azizia, Libya, and found that an inexperienced weather observer had recorded the temperature incorrectly. El Azizia’s record was logged as 136.4

Demolition work will begin today on a heavily used bridge where traffic exits and joins the Riverside 91 Freeway in Riverside, marking the start of a months-long reconstruction that’s expected to cause travel delays at the juncture. According to Caltrans, the 14th Street overcrossing will be torn down over the next three days. The site