Month: March 2013

Indian Wells Police arrest a La Quinta man for DUI after an early morning traffic accident. Police responded to the accident at about 2:00am Sunday at the the intersection of Hwy 111 and El Dorado Drive. Officers say a white Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on Hwy 111 when he failed to stop for a

The Cathedral City community came together to hold a car wash at Dennis Keat Soccer Park in honor ofAYSO Regional Commissioner Diane Keat on Saturday. Keat, 55, passed away on Monday afternoon. It will be a quiet Saturday for young soccer players when they hit the field next weekend. After whistles blow to kick off

It’s not every day that a CHP officer has to make a traffic stop on the Easter Bunny. Oddly enough, that’s exactly what happened to San Diego CHP officer AdamGriffiths, who pulled over a motorcyclist with a sidecar who was dressed as agiant rabbit on a La Mesa freeway Saturday. “Griffiths stopped the motorcyclist on

The Palm Springs Fire Department says a small fire broke out at a long-vacant Palm Springs car dealership Saturday night. Firefighters were called out just after 7:30pm to the old Mac Magruder Chevrolet dealership on S. Palm Canyon Drive. The fire burned in a loft area on the second floor, Palm Springs Fire Battalion Chief

Two people were killed in a deadly accident on eastbound I-10 at Cherry Valley Boulevard early Sunday morning. Calfire says the accident happened just before 1:30 AM and it involved four vehicles. When rescue crews arrived, one of the vehicles fully involved with fire. Calfire says two people were killed and one was taken to

A motorist is dead after a car crashed into a light pole in Thousand Palms early Saturday morning. It happened just after 3 am at the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Varner Road just north of I-10. The California Highway Patrol identified the driver as 21 year old, Nydia Davila. Officers say Davila lost

Riverside County Deputies deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 74-000 Block of Desert Aire Drive in North Shore Friday at about 12:30pm Deputies say a 67-year-old female fired a gun at her husband, the round hit the wall next to him. The victim who was not hurt, later notified police of the assault.

Just after 2:00pm on Friday, Riverside County Sheriffs deputies were called out to a store on the 8000 block of Limonite Ave in Jurupa Valley, for a white male adult committing lewd and lascivious acts with two females under the age of 14 years old. The females notified store management, who contacted law enforcement. The

The first accident happened just after 1 early Saturday morning. La Quinta Police found a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision at Highway 111 and Washington St. Police say the driver of a Cadillac sedan was traveling east on Highway 111 when he failed to make the turn. He hit the curb, causing his vehicle to

Palm Desert police responded to a fight involving three Hispanic male adults on Friday, at about 9:03 p.m. When officers arrived at the intersection of Fred Waring Dr. and One Quail Place they found a nineteen-year-old Hispanic male adult from Palm Desert who had been assaulted. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a

Dozens of embezzlement victims won’t lose any money, or Insurance coverage. Farmer’s insurance says they’re honoring the policies involved after one of it’s former agents was arrested this week for allegedly pocketing client’s payments. 32 clients were affected by this fraud and all of them used cash to pay their premiums. It’s a move local

Unos trabajadores del campo encontraron el cadver de una persona en Thermal hoy viernes, as lo dio a conocer el portavoz del Departamento del Sheriff. El hallazgo se reporto a eso de las 10 a.m. entre la Avenida 60 y Monroe Street en Thermal. Los empleados agrcolas limpiaban un terreno en preparacin para el cultivo

The Board of Supervisors next week will begin theprocess of figuring out how to address multimillion-dollar deficits confrontingthe sheriff’s department and the county hospital while balancing other countyagencies’ needs. The first budget workshop focusing on appropriations for departments infiscal year 2013-14 will be held at the County Administrative Center, startingat 9 a.m. Monday. “While the

Riverside County’s unemployment rate dropped below 11percent last month as most sectors of the regional economy added jobs, a stateagency reported today. The county’s non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in February, based onpreliminary estimates, was 10.9 percent, compared to 11.5 percent in January,according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate was almost two percentage points below

Workers clearing a field for agricultural purposes inThermal today found human bones, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The find was reported shortly after 10 a.m. at Avenue 60 and MonroeStreet. Workers who were clearing a large field of brush so it could be usedfor farming found the bones and called the Riverside County Sheriff’sDepartment, sheriff’s Cpl.

Here’s a rundown of all your local Easter-related events happening this weekend. Saturday, March 30th -What:“Easter in the Park” Where: The Living Desert Time: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. -What:Easter Egg Hung and Spring Fling Where: Noble Creek Community Park in Beaumont Time:9 a.m. – 2 p.m. -What:Boys & Girls Club Easter Egg Hunt Where:DHS

El gran Festival de Baile y Msica “White Party” se celebra este fin de semana en Palm Springs que ha sido el anfitrin por 24 aos. El gran festival inicia con una fiesta en la alberca en el hotel Renaissance donde famosos artistas se darn cota para deleitar a los presentes durante tres das y

California’s jobless rate dipped to 9.6 percent last month, the lowest in more than four years. The state’s Employment Development Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since December 2008, signaling a continued improvement in the state economy. The rate fell from 9.8 percent in January after falling below double

Cathedral City is still interested in expanding that city’s boundary lines to include the currently unincorporated Riverside County community of Thousand Palms. Cathedral City council members created a subcommittee Thursday tasked with continuing to study an annexation effort, which would include 9,700 acres of land and its 7,000 residents. That committee would return its report

White Party, the annual gay dance and music festival, will start in Palm Springs Friday. White Party weekend starts with a pool party at noon at the Renaissancehotel. Carly Rae Jepsen, Carmen Electra, Alexis Jordan and Ana Matronic of the Scissor Sisters will headline events over the White Party weekend, which runs through Sunday. Electra