Month: November 2012

A Valley teenager run over and left for dead is making remarkable progress. It’s been nearly two months since the hit and run accident left him in a coma width so many broken bones doctors thought he wouldn’t make it.But Grant Virgin is talking and getting ready to leave the ICU for what will be

A federal judge has blocked part of a voter-approved ballot initiative related to human trafficking, until a court hearing can be held later this month. The decision temporarily halts a provision of Proposition 35 that requires registered sex offenders to give authorities a list of their Internet providers and screen names. The initiative, passed Tuesday

Houston police say a Moreno Valley woman was among the dead found in a burning home. They are now seeking a grandson of Rev. Clements Dorsey, 89, after the pastor and his daughter, Barbara Dorsey Alexander, 61, of Moreno Valley were both found beaten to death. Police say a 20-year-old grandson is a person of

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire decreased today for the 32nd consecutive day, falling 2 cents to $3.882, its lowest amount since Aug. 8. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has decreased 80.6 cents over the past 32 days, including 2.2 cents on both

Cathedral city police say a man with a gun robbed a Cathedral City Carl’s Junior restaurant late Thursday night. No suspect description was made available. Police say a man with a silver handgun entered the fast food business on the 32200 block of Date Palm Drive at 10:42 p.m. He showed the weapon and demanded

Law enforcement officials have arrested a 51 year-old woman from Blythe after uncovering significant amounts of methamphetamine and heroin at a residence. Debra Lee Wright was taken into custody after Blythe police and Riverside County sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at a residence on the 1500 block of of East Hobson Way. “Wright was

A San Diego County girl is recovering after she stepped into a rattlesnake nest and was bitten six times. Sixteen-year-old Vera Oliphant of El Cajon tells U-T San Diegohttp://bit.ly/S2Z0EK that she’s lucky to be alive. Vera says she was visiting her uncle in Jamul on Oct. 27 when she went up a hill to get

A California woman has been fired and reported to the Secret Service for her President Barack Obama racial slur and assassination comment on Facebook. The Modesto Bee says 22-year-old Denise Helms of Turlock posted the inflammatory comments on the social media site shortly after the president’s re-election on Tuesday. She used the n-word in referring

Ayer la congresista Mary Bono Mack deca que an el Doctor Raul Ruiz no puede proclamar una victoria si no se han contabilizado todas las boletas electorales. Por otro lado el Doctor Ruiz confia en su victoria y afirma que el pueblo alzo su voz por medio del voto. Hijos de trabajadores agrcolas, personas cansadas

With approximately 105,000 vote-by-mail ballots, 60,000 provisional and 18,000 damaged ballots to be counted, the 36th Congressional race is far from over. However Democratic challenger Dr. Raul Ruiz believes voter have spoken, all but declaring victory Wednesday afternoon. Late Tuesday night Ruiz addressed supporters without knowing who will represent the 36th Congressional District. Wednesday, he

California State University is considering three new fee hikes designed to push students to earn their degrees faster and open up more classroom seats and enrollment slots for new and existing students. Ephraim Smith, Cal State’s executive vice chancellor, told reporters Thursday that the 23-campus system is looking at levying fee increases on seniors who

Firefighters reported stopping the progress of a wildfire west of Palm Springs near Whitewater Canyon Thursday morning. The flames were reported at 5:42 a.m., near Tamarack Road and Whitewater Canyon Road. A Cal-Fire statement said the fire was approximately 9 acres in size as of 6:21 a.m., and burning in medium fuels at a slow

College of the Desert held a Veterans Day ceremony and opened a veterans’ center Thursday. The ceremony was on the east lawn of the campus’s Cravens Student Services Center at 43-500 Monterey Ave at 10 a.m. The Bighorn Golf Club Charities Veterans Resource Center, a full-service facility for veterans, wasfunded by $150,000 from the charity.

An online auction set up to raise funds for a San Diego County wildlife sanctuary caring for a bear that repeatedly raided L.A. County foothill communities was off the E-bay website today, possibly because a lock of fur was among the items up for bid. Officials at Lions, Tigers and Bears in Alpine said that

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was scheduled to meet on the East Coast today to consider a demand by an environmental group to keep the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station inoperative until its license is amended. The group Friends of the Earth contends the license granted to plant operator Southern California Edison should have been

A California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network’s ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has pit broadcasters against a main distributor of their programming. Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday struck down the request by News Corp. broadcaster Fox, according

Servicemen and women took off on a 200-mile bike ride through Southern California Thursday morning as part of local businessman Tim Esser’s effort to raise money for local military organizations. Now in it’s 15th year, the charity ride kicked off in a rainy Palm Springs, and will end Friday, at Camp Pendleton in San Diego.

With the outcome of the 36th Congressional District race between Dr. Raul Ruiz and Congresswoman Mary Bono-Mack in the balance as well as other local races, voters are waiting to see the Riverside County Registrar’s office produce more election results. While the registrar’s office has so far counted just under half a million ballots, there