Month: July 2013

A community blood drive will be held in Indio tomorrow aspart of the Coachella Valley Blood Drive Challenge, in which residents of thevalley’s nine cities compete to donate the most blood at a single event. The drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m. at the Indio Teen Center, 81-678 Avenue 46. The challenge

Desde hoy y hasta Octubre 15 de 8:00 p.m. a 8:00 a.m. Caltrans cerrar paulatinamente las rampas de entronque de la I-10 de Monterey Ave a Jefferson Street lo que puede significar en retrasos en el flujo vehicular. Las cuadrillas de construccin estarn realizando trabajos espordicos de construccin y pavimentacin por lo que no se

Crews were close today to encircling a wildfire thathas chewed through more than 27,000 acres of the San Bernardino National Forestsince breaking out last week near Idyllwild, authorities said. The U.S. Forest Service estimated the cost of fighting the fire at $22.8million. As of 8:30 a.m., the Mountain Fire was 85 percent contained, orsurrounded, with

A 2-year-old girl is recovering after she was bitten and dragged by a coyote at a Southern California cemetery. The Orange County Register reports Klarissa Barrera, of Long Beach, was given a rabies shot and treated for a 2 1/2-inch gash on her calf. She was attacked 10 feet from her mother Thursday as the

The 1980s band Flock of Seagulls says someone flew off with $70,000 of its equipment during a Southern California gig. Frontman Mike Score tells the Los Angeles Daily News that someone stole the band’s rented van at around 2 a.m. Sunday from the Comfort Inn in Downey. Hotel video recorded the theft. Score believes the

An evacuation center has been established at Idyllwild Elementary School after heavy monsoon rains in the area of the Mountain Fire created the potential for flash floods and debris flows in several locations. Residents of Apple Canyon Road, north of Bonita Vista Road, were given precautionary evacuation warnings just after 1 p.m. Monday. The evacuation

Bright orange signs along the I-10 freeway from Monterey to Jefferson read onramps and offramps will be closed from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. from now until Oct. 15, creating delays drivers hope to avoid. “Any time there are ramp closures it becomes very confusing to people, where can I get on or get off?”

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has put out a call for firms to handle engineering and surveying for its prospective route from Fresno to Bakersfield. The Fresno Bee reports the agency issued a request last week for companies to submit their qualifications in anticipation of awarding a contract of up to $1.5 million. The newspaper

A new Field Poll finds that support for President Barack Obama has slipped 10 points in the last five months among California voters. In a poll released Tuesday, Field said just 52 percent approve of the job the president is doing, down from 62 percent in February. Obama’s popularity surged after his re-election last November,

A man who claimed he killed a Los Angeles County resident in self-defense during a scuffle at a Desert Hot Springs apartment building was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder. Jurors deliberated about one court day before convicting La Von AlbertMyers, 37, of Desert Hot Springs, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 23.

As previously evacuated residents of Idyllwild andFern Valley began the week back at home, a whittled-down firefighting forcewaited today to see if Mother Nature would finish off the wildfire that hasblackened more than 27,000 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest. There was an additional threat of thunderstorms and flash floods throughtoday following more than

The American Red Cross is opening a shelter in response to the evacuation order covering the area of Apple Canyon Road, in the city of Idyllwild, Riverside County. This order was issued in response to potential flash flooding in the burn area at approximately 1:00 pm. As of 7:00 pm the shelter will be open

The water in Tahquitz Creek, and in the Araby Wash in south Palm Springs is not so much flowing as it is oozing in some spots. The ash from the nearby Mountain Fire has turned the runoff water into a thick black sludge. “It just looks really dirty,” Robin Landsman said while looking at the

La agencia de Aduanas y Proteccin Fronteriza detuvo el lunes a 8 dreamers que intentaban regresar a Estados Unidos desde Mxico solicitando una visa humanitaria. La organizacin Dreamactivist.org, asociada con la Alianza Nacional de Jvenes Inmigrantes (NIYA por sus siglas en ingls), dijo en su cuenta de Tweeter que, adems, “una treintena” de dreamers se

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus were recentlynetted in parts of central Riverside County — in the same general area that adead bird and dead chicken infected with the virus were located, healthofficials said today. According to the Department of Environmental Health, a state-run labconfirmed that mosquito samples collected last week near Perris and in twolocations

El incendio denominado “Mountain Fire” sigue ardiendo pero esta contenido en un 68% reportaron las autoridades. El siniestro que comenz el lunes pasado ha consumido miles de acres y desplazo a centenares de residentes, no obstante muchos ya regresaron a sus viviendas despus de que las autoridades levantaran la orden de desalojo para el poblado

A 29-year-old Sun Valley man pleaded guilty today tofelony charges for using an electronic skimmer to steal account informationfrom customers at a Chase bank branch in La Quinta. Vahe Ruben Yerkanyan pleaded guilty to one count each of burglary,forging an access card and using personal information to obtain credit and wasimmediately sentenced to 270 days

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is scheduled to reopen tomorrow, July 23, 2013 after being closed for five days due to smoke from the Mountain Fire. The Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness Area remain closed for additional evaluations. “We are grateful to the firefighters for their quick response and hard work in getting

Authorities are urging about 20 homeowners in the area of Apple Canyon Road to evacuate because of flooding and mudslide risks after the Mountain Fire was brought under control over the weekend. The 27,265-acre fire in the mountains above Palm Springs is smoldering Monday after being drenched by thunderstorms. But the rain raised the potential

The operators of a Lake Elsinore business thatspecialized in the captive breeding of reptiles and rodents for wholesaledistribution are each facing more than 100 animal cruelty charges for allegedlyabusing and killing the creatures, prosecutors announced today. Mitchell Steven Behm, 54, of Coto de Caza, and David Delgado, 28, ofRialto were arrested and charged Friday in