Month: February 2013

Coachella Valley native and WBO welterweight boxing champion Timothy Bradley Jr. served as grand marshal of the Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival Presidents’ Day Parade. The parade started at 9 a.m. Monday at Miles Avenue and Deglet Noor Street inIndio. Bradley, a Cathedral City High School alumnus, is the current WBOwelterweight champion and

An eleven year old boy was run over while playing hide and seek. On Sunday, February 17th an eleven year old boy was run over by a pickup truck towing an empty utility trailer while playing hide and seek at Sunrise Park in Palm Springs. The boy was hiding under the utility trailer for several

Yucca Valley man arrested after being caught in a sex act with a five year old child. On Sunday, February 17th a Yucca Valley mother caught Thomas Leonard Perez with the five year old girl. A relative brought him to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s and he turned himself into authorities. Perez was booked at

Alejandro Rendo de 23 aos de edad falleci luego de que fuera baleado a manos de un oficial del departamento de polica de la ciudad de Indio.Los hechos se registraron el jueves al rededor de las 11:30 de la noche, sobre la calle Miles de mencionada ciudad. De acuerdo Ben Guitron, portavoz de la polica

Con una clima excepcional, miles de personas se dieron cita desde el vienes en los terrenos de la Feria del Dtil para disfrutar de las mas de 6 mil exhibiciones con que cuenta en esta su edicin 67. El Valle de Coachella produce el 95 % de los dtiles que se consumen a nivel nacional.

The opening ceremony for the USA Pentathlon World Cup No. 1 will be held Tuesday at Palm Springs Stadium, with Helen Patton, a granddaughter of World War II U.S. Army Gen. George S. Patton, serving as the keynote speaker. The elder Patton finished fifth in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Proceeds from

It’s tax season. So, you might want to know the status of your tax refund. The IRS has its own mobile app, called IRS2Go. You can do a number of things with the app including checking on the status of your refund or get your tax records. You can even watch videos from the tax

Police shut down highway 111 and Mirage Road in Rancho Mirage after two vehicles collided head on Monday afternoon. The collision occured at just before 2:45 pm. A truck and an Acura reportedly collided. The driver of a black Acura was traveling northbound on Hwy 111, when it collided with the center median and traveled

Crowds of families and visitors flooded the Indio Fairgrounds on Sunday for the 67th Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, celebrating the fruit that started it all and in all its forms. “A date shake, you’ve got to have a date shake,” said Dawn Bledsoe. “They’re a lot better than the bag of cookies

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose today to its highest amount since Oct. 26, increasing 1.8 cents to $4.229. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has increased 20 consecutive days, rising 51.3 cents over that span, including 2.8 cents onSaturday, according to figures

On Saturday, around 5:30pm La Quinta Police say a single vehicle collided with a palm tree on Via Puerta Azul and Madison Street after failing to negotiate the turn into the entrance of the Puerta Azul housing complex. The driver, 57 year-old Susan Merchant Pressler, sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a local hospital.

The City of Yucaipa and it’s Police Department will conduct a Candlelight Vigil in memory of Sheriff’s Detective Jeremiah MacKay. MacKay was killed during a shootout with Christopher Dorner, who authorities say committed suicide inside a fire-gutted Big Bear cabin Tuesday. The candlelight vigil will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 6pm. The

Many people use their iPhones as alarm clocks, so setting your wake up call before bed usually equates to one last text message or Instagram update. All the cellular action makes it difficult to ever feel unplugged from work and social networks. Major mobile phone makers funded a study in 2008, showing people exposed to

A vegetation fire burned two and half acres of brush on the east side of the 86 Expressway near Avenue 50 in Coachella Saturday. The blaze was first reported just after 8 p.m. According to Riverside County Firefighters, the fire was burning heavy 10 to 12 foot fuels. 33 firefighters and 10 engines worked to

Palm Springs Fire Department says there was a small fire in the parking structure for Desert Fashion Plaza. Smoke could be seen coming out of the parking structure. Fire crews found the source of the smoke and was able to put out the small fire without incident. Stay with News Channel 3 and CBS Local

While the Los Angeles Police Department re-examines the case that led to ex-cop Christopher Dorner’s firing, some are expressing their support for his claims. Demonstrators gathered for a quiet protest in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday in support of him. The 33-year-old was the suspected killer of four, who died after a shootout and fire

Scott Feldsher described modernism in a nutshell, “So timeless and beautiful and efficient.” He and Sarah Golden came to the desert because of their love for all things modern. “The only reason to live in San Diego is because you’re two hours from Palm Springs,” Golden said. It’s the chic designs and vibrant colors that’s

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested six people in Friday for the cultivation of marijuana in Jurupa Valley. Deputies received a tip that someone was growing marijuana illegally in a residential neighborhood. After an investigation deputies obtained a search warrant. Over five hundred marijuana plants were seized, along with seventeen pounds of processed marijuana, one firearm,