Month: October 2012

At 10:18 Thursday morning, about 9 million people took part in the Great California ShakeOut. Students in the Coachella Valley ducked and covered during what’s become an important earthquake and emergency preparedness event. People, especially children, really took this drill seriously. A loudspeaker announced the start of the earthquake drill at area schools. Cristian Franco

Personal attacks heated up on the campaign trail on Thursday as U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack’s campaign held a news conference releasing an audio tape of her challenger, Democrat Dr. Raul Ruiz, reading a letter of support for activist Leonard Peltier at a Thanksgiving protest reportedly held in 1999. Peltier is a Native American found

The Great Shakeout is not just for students, but for all of us. You never know when an earthquake will hit, but the U.S. Geological Survey said we need to be ready. Dr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist for USGS says, “We’ve got to remember its only matter of when, not if.” Just this summer a

Indio Police are looking for a man who robbed and tied up two women at an Indio apartment Thursday afternoon. According to Indio Police Spokesman Ben Guitron, they got a call around 2:15 Thursday afternoon, that a suspect broke into an apartment at the Andorra Apartments on Aladdin Street and Avenue 46 in Indio. Guitron

A year-long investigation into the possession and distribution of child pornography by a Banning man led to the arrest of two people and the removal of an infant from their home Thursday. Members of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force (SAFE), along with Banning police officers, served a search warrant at the home on

CrossFit keeps Marywood-Palm Valley School seniors and twins Daniel and Milo Stewart in shape — and in a brotherly battle. “It’s a constant competition. We’re twins so we fight over everything. Some days I do better, some days he does better. It’s up and down, up down,” Daniel Stewart said. Up and down, like a

On a day when the Bono Mack for Congress campaign decided to pour fuel on the fire, about remarks her Democratic opponent Dr. Raul Ruiz made during a Thanksgiving protest, a Valley Tribe is speaking out. In a rare move by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, they released a statement from their Tribal

Sacramento wants to ban outdoor medical marijuana gardens, saying the pot farms are a magnet for crime. The City Council voted Tuesday to draft an ordinance prohibiting outdoor marijuana grows. Deputy Police Chief Dana Matthes says the outdoor gardens are leading to crime, including a recent incident in which a homeowner fired gunshots at intruders

Firefighters were monitoring a debris fire Thursday morning in Thousand Palms. The fire was first reported at 4:51 a.m. Off Rio Del Sol Road, near Vista Chino. Riverside County firefighters said the fire was contained to a 200 by 200 foot area. A bulldozer and 22 firefighters were working on the fire. There was no

Democratic congressional candidate Raul Ruiz will hold a forum about Medicare for seniors today in Palm Springs. The forum is scheduled for 4 p.m. at the Four Seasons hotel. Ruiz will discuss “protecting Medicare for current seniors and future generations,” campaign spokesman Patrick Boland said. Ruiz, an emergency room physician at Eisenhower Medical Center in

Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two men who robbed Ed’s Coins on El Paseo Wednesday afternoon. The store located on the 72-600 block of El Paseo Drive in Palm Desert, was robbed just after 2 P.M. says Deputy Tom Brewster, of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “It’s probably an easy target. A nice quiet place

The November election will be the first big test since an election night meltdown two years ago led to the firing of the Riverside County registrar of voters. Registrar Barbara Dunmore was fired in the week after the 2010 November election for slow results, computer problems, poor communications and more. The new registrar, Kari Verjil

Hundreds of people showed up to the Ben Clark Training Center in Riverside Wednesday to take the Sheriff’s Department’s Physical Fitness Test. It’s a chance for women to take the test before the 2012 Women’s Challenge on November 3rd. The Challenge is a day where only women will be allowed to take the fitness test.

Ayer a las 8:10 p.m. un agente que realizaba su patrullaje de rutina en el rea de Melrose Drive y Kings Road en Cathedral City, descubri en circulacin a una camioneta Ford F-350 sin placas, cuando le orden al chofer detenerse, este aceler iniciando as una persecucin policaca por unos nueve minutos. En siete millas

The Palm Springs Police Department K-9 Unit will introduce its newest four-legged member tonight to the family of a woman who raised money to buy the dog before she died of cancer. Vance, who patrols with Officer Matt Crampton, will be introduced to the family of Jill Hutchinson at the 6 p.m. Palm Springs City

Police in Cathedral City searched today for a man who escaped on foot after leading them on a chase in a stolen pickup truck believed to have been involved in several pursuits over the last two weeks. An officer spotted the white Ford F-350, which had no license plates, in the area of Melrose Drive

Just three weeks away from Election Day, Joan Stengel, of Palm Desert, says, “I’ve seen some very heated, nasty advertisements.” She’s talking about television attack ads seen around the desert in the 36th Congressional District race between Republican U.S. Rep. Mary Bono Mack and her challenger Democrat Dr. Raul Ruiz. Some people are calling it

There will be some road closures Wednesday afternoon in Cathedral City for homecoming festivities. Westbound East Palm Canyon will be closed between Date Palm and Cathedral Canyon from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for Cathedral City High School’s Homecoming Parade. Westbound traffic will be diverted to Perez Road.