Month: August 2013

Two men from the valley are among 12 in the Inland Empire charged with child sexual exploitation. Jarrett Wayne Martindale, Jr., 26, of La Quinta was indicted for distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 21. Michael Weitzel, 56, of Palm

Shortened operating hours at the Blythe courthouse begintomorrow. Under the new schedule, the court at 265 N. Broadway will be open to thepublic only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Previously, the court had been open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. The reduced hours are due to

Ayer domingo a las 8:35 p.m. se registr un incendio en la cocina de un apartamento ubicado en la manzana 77400 de Michigan Street en Palm Desert. Durante 21 minutos 25 bomberos sofocaron las llamas que causaron $40 mil dalres en prdidas segn el informe del vocero del Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Riverside,

A failed license plate light led to a four-mile carchase by Palm Springs police, who had recognized their suspect for havingbeen arrested recently for driving with a concealed sawed-off shotgun, asergeant said today. Officers spotted John Duran, 34, driving his Toyota 4-Runner at 10:20p.m. Saturday without a working license plate lamp. They tried pulling him

Augustine Casino will give out 200 bags of free schoolsupplies to local teachers today. The supplies, which were donated by the community through a public driveand by the casino, will be distributed starting at 4 p.m. Teachers must showcredentials and have an Augustine Casino Players Club Card. The card is free,and they can sign up

Two people found themselves displaced todayfollowing a kitchen fire that killed seven cats and a dog and caused $40,000 indamage at a Palm Desert apartment, authorities said. The fire in the 77400 block of Michigan Drive was reported at 8:35 p.m.Sunday, said Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Mark Annas, adding that25 firefighters contained the blaze

The time Mayor Bob Filner took off to attend therapy hasn’t helped alleviate the mounting troubles awaiting him at City Hall. Things have only gotten worse for the leader of the nation’s eighth-largest city. More than a dozen women, including a university dean and a retired Navy rear admiral, have gone public with sexual harassment

Two people are displaced this morning following a kitchen fire that killed seven cats and a dog. The fire caused $40,000 in damage at a Palm Desert apartment, authorities said. The fire in the 77400 block of Michigan Drive was reported at 8:35 p.m. Sunday, said Riverside County Fire Department spokesman Mark Annas. More than

Augustine Casino will give out 200 bags of free school supplies to local teachers Monday. The supplies, which were donated by the community through a public drive and by the casino, will be distributed starting at 4 p.m. Teachers must show credentials and have an Augustine Casino Players Club Card. The card is free, and

Within days of being freed, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson turned to Ask.fm and answered questions from the public like “Why didn’t you run?” and “Are you glad Dimaggio is dead?” Social media gets even more personal. NPR host Scott Simon tweeted live updates from his dying mother’s hospital room to more than 1 million Twitter followers.

One of Southern California’s busiest freeways reopened ahead of schedule after workers finished demolishing an old bridge. The work along a 4-mile strip of Interstate 405 in Orange County raised fears of historic traffic jams. But officials reported no major tie-ups, although traffic was thick around some detours. The southbound lanes reopened about 2:30 p.m.,

Out-of-towners say they love what the “Jazz in the Pines” Festival allows them to do. “We both work down in the city in San Diego and we are used to the high stress area. When we come up here we can let all that go,” John Rodarte said. Julian Geisinger lives in Idyllwild, and he

Authorities say two children allegedly taken from Nevada by their non-custodial parents have been found safe in Sacramento, Calif. An Amber Alert was canceled Saturday for 9-year-old Lillyanna Ramires and her 3-year-old brother, Martin Angel Rosales. Authorities say the two were taken Wednesday from Elko.

Two Coachella Valley men were arrested near theirhomes because police in Tennessee suspect they tampered with electronicevidence about the rape of an unconscious Vanderbilt University woman in adormitory this summer, Nashville police said today. Miles Joseph Finley, 19, of Bermuda Dunes, and Joseph Dominick Quinzio,20, of Palm Desert, were arrested by Riverside County deputies on

A stretch of Highway 243 reopened Friday after the devastating Silver Fire that broke out south of Banning last week forced road closures and damaged guard rails.The reopen was music to the ears of drivers and residents, coming just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Jazz in the Pines Festival at the Idyllwild

Former John Glenn Middle School teacher, Jay Castaldo, is facing possible criminal charges after crashing his car into a paramedic vehicle Thursday. It happened at the intersection of Country Club and Monterey. According to Sheriff’s Deputies, Castaldo was driving west on Country Club when his car veered into another lane hitting the ambulance, that was

Las autoridades estadounidenses han rechazado apenas 1 % de las casi 560.000 solicitudes presentadas durante el ltimo ao por inmigrantes sin papeles menores de 30 aos que desean suspender sus deportaciones, determin un estudio difundido el mircoles. Al analizar las 557.412 solicitudes recibidas desde el 15 de agosto del 2012 a raz de un programa

The City of Palm Desert reached a milestone after the recent recession, all of the vacant big box stores are vacant no more. Shopping in Palm Desert, it’s hard to imagine just a few years ago, many of the store front we see now sat empty. National stores like Circuit City, and Mervyns, closed all

Eight motorists were cited for failing to yield to an undercover sheriff’s deputy as he crossed a Moreno Valley street corner dressed as a traffic cone, a sergeant said. Six other motorists received citations for speeding in a school zone and four vehicles were impounded and towed during the hour-long decoy operation at Eucalyptus Avenue

Authorities have agreed to pay $8.5 million to residents of a San Bernardino County community that was buried by a mudslide in 2010. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the county and the city of Highland agreed to settle with about 150 residents last month. A judge dismissed their lawsuit on Wednesday. Mud ran through the town