Month: April 2013

Krista Rainey and Thomas Cook, of Joshua Tree, were out at the Cathedral City Auto Center on Thursday ready to pick up their new Nissan Altima after trading in their old Nissan Sentra last week. “We’ve kind of been saving up. It was a spur of the moment thing and we just went and did

Multiple people were taken to the hospital after a four car accident shut down Gene Autry Trail this morning. At around 11 a.m., four cars were involved in an accident on Gene Autry Trail just south of Via Escuela. Multiple people were taken to the hospital, but it appears all injuries were minor, and non

The U.S. Marshals Service says it’s found the two men who walked away from the Duluth prison camp last week. Authorities say Gerald Greenfield and Michael Krzyzaniak were arrested at a hotel in Burnsville about 1 a.m. Friday. The fugitives escaped from the prison camp in Duluth on March 30. Federal agents say a tip

The 23rd Dinah Shore Weekend continues today andtomorrow with a lineup of events in Palm Springs. Most of the events, which cater to lesbians, are at the Hilton, 400 E.Tahquitz Canyon Way. Dinah Shore Weekend runs through Sunday and includes twonew events — a Saturday celebrity poker tournament to benefit the Human RightsCampaign, and a

Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen and Jodi EwartShadoff share a one-shot lead over Amy Yang and Anna Nordqvist entering today’ssecond round of the $2 million Kraft Nabisco Championship. Choi, Pettersen and Ewart Shadoff all shot four-under-par 68s Thursdayat Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage in the LPGA’s first majortournament of the year. Choi and

Authorities say a California teen involved in a crash that killed five people in Nevada had escaped from an Orange County Juvenile Facility. Eighteen year old Jean Soriano is accused of driving drunk when he rear ended a van over the wekeend, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Seven people were in the van. Five were

Riverside Community College administrators are standing by the student body president after his history of sexual abuse was made public. Doug Figueroa, 40, was elected to the position last year. Figueroa admitted to kidnapping and committing lewd acts with a boy under the age of 14 back in 2005. That information was made pubic after

Next time you reach for your phone in the car, you might want to think again. For the entire month of April, law enforcement agencies in the valley are cracking down on distracted driving. Whether they admit it or not, almost everyone uses a phone at some point while driving. Pam Michelle is visiting the

The players at the Kraft Nabisco Championship are competing for part of the $2 million purse and their part in history. The unique tradition of the leap into “Poppie’s Pond” celebrates its 25th anniversary. The water hazard surrounding the 18th hole at the Mission Hills Country Club. The tradition started when Amy Alcott leaped into

Local doctors are providing free medical care at the Riverside County Fair Grounds. From dental, to eye exams, even chiropractic services, the four-day clinic is aimed at helping not only the uninsured but the under-insured as well. The Coachella Valley is among the most underserved in the state. People either don’t have access to health

Hector Montano de 23 aos manejaba su camioneta modelo Chevy sobre la calle Da Vall Dr. en las inmediaciones de la interseccin Los Cocos Ct cuando perdio el control del volante y se impacto contra la banqueta. Fue donde termino volcando la unidad. Montano sufrio heridas menores por lo que fue llevado a un hospital

The economy may be improving, but thousands of people in the Coachella Valley still struggle to put food on the table. These are all kinds of people, from Palm Springs to Coachella and everywhere in between. Friday night join Brooke Beare, and Kris Long as CBS Local 2 helps fight hunger. But first a look

Two men were convicted today of second-degree murder inthe October 1997 death of an artist slain in his La Quinta home. Sentencing is scheduled June 7 for Jesse Dean Nava and Jerry EugeneReynolds, who were retried for the murder of 43-year-old Bernardo Gouthier. Jurors deliberated for about two days before reaching the verdicts. The defendants,

The sight of more than a thousand dead fish will welcome visitors to the 11th annualIndian Wells Arts Festival April 5-7 at the Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. Salton Tide, a 100 foot-long display of real, dead, vibrantly-painted fish recovered from the Salton Seawill line the Festival walkways, illustrating the dire state of California’s largest lake.

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that its film critic Roger Ebert has died. He was 70. The paper says on its website the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic died Thursday. Ebert was known for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down TV reviews that influenced moviegoers across the nation. On Wednesday, he had announced on his blog that he was

At around 8:30 Wednesday night a Cathedral City man was arrested on DWI charges after overturning his truck in Rancho Mirage. 23-year-old Hector Montano was driving his tan Chevy truck on Da Vall Dr approaching the intersection with Los Cocos Ct when he struck a curb andthe truck overturned. Montano suffered minor injuries and was

A former Palm Springs man who runs a group thatfunds the removal of land mines in Cambodia will discuss his work tonight inPalm Desert at UC Riverside. Bill Morse, who lived in Palm Springs for 20 years before going toCambodia, will speak at 6 p.m. at UCR Palm Desert, 75080 Frank Sinatra Drive. Morse is

CBS Local 2 is hosting the3rd Annual End-Hunger Telethon Friday, April 5— please tune in,5–11:00 p.m.,to learn more about FIND and their work in the community. CBS-2 personalityBrooke Bearewill be at the FIND warehouse in Indio, hosting as hundreds volunteer during the event.Kris Longwill be hosting from Agua Caliente Casino & Spa in Rancho Mirage.

Indio city council approved a deal last night with Goldenvoice that extends both Coachella and Stagecoach Music Festivals for the next 17 years. The council voted five to zero to approve Goldenvoice’s environmental impact report for the festivals, which includes some expansion and the possible addition of two new festivals in the fall. This year’s

The $2 million Kraft Nabisco Championship beginstoday at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, with I.K. Kim and YaniTseng seeking to overcome embarrassments. Kim had a one-foot par putt break to the right on the final hole ofregulation in last year’s tournament, forcing a sudden-death playoff, which shelost to fellow South Korean Sun Young