Month: May 2013

The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in finding two women linked to digital evidence in an ongoing investigation involving the sexual abuse of a minor. The minor is described as a 6 to 8 year-old girl whose photo continues to be circulated in numerous child pornography forums on the Internet, authorities said. The unidentified

A missing 14-year-old Indio middle school student beingsought by police today is believed to be with a 24-year-old man. Guadalupe Garcia is thought to have gone willingly with Ivan MorenoCancino, said Indio police. The teen was last seen Friday morning when she was dropped off nearJefferson Middle School at 83089 Highway 111, police said. When

On Saturday, June 1, 2013 , between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in partnership with Barstow, Chino, Colton, Fontana, Montclair, Ontario, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino and Upland Police Departments will be participating in the first countywide Gun Buy Back Program. The countywide Gun Buyback Program will

Antibiotics won’t help your little ones get over a sore throat that’s going around. That’s just one thing local doctors are talking about when looking at “What’s Going Around” the area where you live. Dr. Arturo Quintanilla has treated several cases of viral pharyngitis at his practice in Rancho Mirage. This is basically a sore

From a very young age, Eric Strzelczyk knew he wanted to take flight. He was making paper airplanes for his preschool mates at 3, and building model airplanes a short time later. “We nicknamed our old garage Hangar 231 because Eric took it over,” Strzelczyk’s mother, Rose Marie Rae said. “He had planes hanging from

On most days, Lon Michels paints for 10 hours. He loves color. “With a person I start with their eyes, but with landscape (I start with) a feature that sticks out, and it all flows from that point,” Michels said. One day in 15 minutes, all color went away, though. “I was living in Key

$60 million will be allocated across the country with $16 million coming to California to help veterans find homes. Approximately 1,775 veterans live on the streets and in shelters in California and have no place to call home. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program wants to change

Victor Diaz, of Banning, is looking to buy a three-bedroom, two-bath home in Palm Springs. “I bought a house in 2005 at the peak of things and got rid of it in 2008. Since then I’ve been sitting tight, but I think now’s the time,” said Diaz. The housing market is showing signs of life.

Gov. Jerry Brown is meeting with county officials from throughout California as he tries to expand the state’s health care program for the poor and transfer some state responsibilities to local governments. The Democratic governor told the California State Association of Counties on Wednesday that California cannot afford to “double-pay” as it expands Medi-Cal as

People living in the U.S. illegally would be able to seek a California driver’s license under a bill that passed the state Assembly. The measure from Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo of Watsonville would allow those without a Social Security number to apply for a license. They must show several alternative forms of identification, including a

Jurors deadlocked today in the trial of a Desert HotSprings man accused of taking part in a gang-related shooting that killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded his friend more than 18 years ago. Ian Davis Hudgins, 36, is accused in a Dec. 21, 1994, shooting thatkilled Jahi Collins and wounded the teen’s friend, Bobby Wilson,

Palm Desert Charter Middle School eighth-graderKatie Peterson was eliminated today from the Scripps National Spelling Bee inOxon Hill, Md., when she stumbled on the word “totipotency.” After completing computer-based spelling and vocabulary tests Tuesday,Katie today correctly spelled “kirtle,” which means a man’s tunic or coat ora woman’s dress or skirt. But in round three, she

The state Senate has passed a series of firearms bills designed to reduce the chances for mass shootings, but opponents say the measures won’t keep weapons out of the hands of people intent on bloodshed. Among other changes, the seven bills that moved to the Assembly Wednesday would expand the list of people who are

A 22-year-old Disneyland employee was behind bars todayon suspicion of dropping a dry-ice bomb into a theme park trash can, forcingthe evacuation of Mickey’s Toontown but causing no injuries. Long Beach resident Christian Barnes, who works as an “outdoor vendingcast member,” was arrested late Tuesday on suspicion of possessing adestructive device, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob

The magnitude of a Southern California coastal earthquake has been revised upward slightly to 4.8. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 7:38 a.m. Wednesday temblor was centered 3 miles west of Isla Vista in Santa Barbara County, and shaking was felt as far away as Bakersfield and Los Angeles. It was earlier estimated at magnitude-4.6.

El viernes pasado, un familiar de Guadalupe Garca de 14 aos la llev a su escuela y en la tarde cuando fue a recogerla la joven ya no estaba, desde entonces no tienen noticias de su paradero. Segn informacin preliminar de los investigadores apunta a que Guadalupe se fue por su propia cuenta con un

A 14-year-old girl who was not at her Indio middle school when family members went to pick her up on Friday afternoon remained missing this morning, and detectives were seeking help from the public in locating her. Investigators believe Guadalupe Garcia may gone willingly with a man in his early 20s, according to a statement

A small explosion occurred in a trash can at Disneyland today, but no one was injured. The Mickey’s Toontown section of the theme park was cleared out about 5:15 p.m., but the rest of Disneyland remained open, a Disneyland official said. Authorities lifted the evacuation of Toontown just before 8 p.m., the official said. The

The entire crime took only 32 seconds to commit. Gil Pence was behind the counter when the suspect walked in in full black motorcycle gear. Gil says, “The door is literally five feet from the check stand so he just stood in front of me with the gun and said, give me all the money