Month: September 2013

A Knott’s Berry Farm ride that twice stranded passengers is being moved to Missouri. The Orange County Register says the Southern California theme park didn’t make a safety change needed to reopen the Windseeker – its tallest ride. Knott’s parent company announced last week that it’s moving the 301-foot ride to its Worlds of Fun

Federal officials say illegally dumped domestic sheep may have spread pneumonia that’s killed more than 100 bighorn sheep in Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says four domestic sheep carcasses and some sheep pellets were found last month about 20 miles away from the center of the bighorn outbreak. Linda Slater, a spokeswoman

For the second day in a row, flash flood warnings popped up over the mountains southwest of Palm Springs. And, there again, was a wall of mud and debris that raced downhill through valley washes. The heavy rain continued to force ash and large debris leftover from this summers Mountain Fire down hill, demonstrating just

More hot muggy weather is in store for Riverside County today as high pressure remains parked over Southern California, meteorologists said. “High temperatures in the inland valleys will peak around or slightlyabove 100 degrees (through Saturday),” according to the National Weather Service. In the mountains and Coachella Valley, a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms

Federal officials say illegally dumped domestic sheep may have spread pneumonia that’s killed more than 100 bighorn sheep in Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve. The Riverside Press-Enterprise says four domestic sheep carcasses and some sheep pellets were found last month about 20 miles away from the center of the bighorn outbreak. Linda Slater, a spokeswoman

The Coachella Valley continues to see runoff from heavy rain showers in the mountains. Idyllwild and surrounding mountain communities have gotten hit by a series of heavy down pours this week, pushing debris from the Mountain and Silver fires into roadways and even all the way down to the valley. The storms come quick and

Like hundreds of other people in the valley, Gold’s Gym member Kari Thomas felt the weight of a costly computer glitch that happened in July. “Over $4000 was put on hold from my bank account,” Kari Thomas said. For her, it was much needed money. “I’m a cancer patient, that next morning I was going

We found someone who, like many women, didn’t think twice about sending her boyfriend a naked picture of herself. “He asked for it and I sent it, stupidly,” she said wanting to stay anonymous. They’re not together anymore. “I trusted him and he didn’t post it or send it out or anything. It’s happening though,

For much of Wednesday afternoon, the sky’s color mirrored the ground. The dust of the desert lifted up to make what is always blue turn brown. “Today it looked pretty scary,” Mario Rios said. “Earlier, you couldn’t even see the mountains and stuff.” It looked ominous almost everywhere you turned. From heavy winds blowing the

The Coachella Valley was under both a dust advisoryand flash flood watch today as a storm brought strong winds and thepossibility of heavy rain into the valley. The flood watch issued by the National Weather Service will be in effectuntil 10 p.m. Some Coachella Valley roads were closed Tuesday because offlooding, and Araby Drive remained

Firefighters are battling a small wildland fire south of Hemet. Update 2:00 p.m. – Firefighters contained the fire to 9 acres. No reports of injuries. The fire was reported at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday and is burning in grass and medium brush. A county fire statement says 68 firefighters have been assigned along with two air

An attempted murder charge was filed today against aThousand Palms man who allegedly choked and tried to shoot his girlfriend afteran argument. Daryl Inigo Freeman, 27, was also charged with one felony count each ofassault with a deadly weapon, making criminal threats, spousal injury andvandalism. He was scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon at the

Education officials are proposing to do away with the standardized reading and math tests California public school students have taken since the late 1990s. California Deputy Superintendent Deb Sigman told the California Board of Education on Wednesday that instead of giving the multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper STAR tests this spring, the state would instead introduce new tests

Por quinto da consecutivo, el precio de la gasolina increment en el Inland Empire al que pertenecen los condados de San Bernardino y Riverside, ubicndolo a $3.83 por galn. Segn el Servicio de Informacin del AAA el galn cuesta 1.3 centavos ms que hace una semana, 15.5 menos que hace un mes y 31 menos

A 54-year-old woman suspected of robbing a bank inTemecula was behind bars today after her arrest at the end of a high-speedchase, authorities said. Linda Marie Gothan of Wildomar is suspected of walking into the U.S.Bank branch in the 29500 block of Ynez Road wearing sunglasses and a wig,handing a teller a note demanding money

This upcoming Labor day holiday weekend marks the 48th annual MDA “Show of Strength” telethon. It’s set for Sunday evening at 9 p.m. on KESQ and ABC stations nationwide. The annual shows have done so much for the organization– helping so many people with Muscular Dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. A local child has been

Thunderstorms popped up over the mountains again on Tuesday, sending some light rain into Palm Springs. But, the mountains around the Coachella Valley saw heavy downpours and even some hail. The rain caused a big rig to crash on I-10 near Whitewater, which shut down several westbound lanes for hours. The heavy mountain rainfall washed

A Perris middle school teacher suspected of taking inappropriate photographs of his female students and downloading child pornography onto his home computer was behind bars Wednesday. Eric Michael Samuel, 37, was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of annoying a minor, a misdemeanor, and possession of child porn, a felony, following an investigation by the Riverside

Traffic may be backed up on Ramon Road in Cathedral City, but Mayor Kathy DeRosa said Tuesday road construction is on schedule. Joane Garcia–Coleson, the owner and executive chef at Dish Creative Cuisine on Ramon and Cathedral Canyon said “It’s a headache. It’s an inconvenience. It takes longer to get here. Right now, it’s a

A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Riverside County, including the mountain burn area, in effect until 6:58 p.m. Update (5:11 p.m.) – Multiple accidents on Interstate 10 have slowed traffic to a crawl on both the eastbound and westbound sides of the freeway. We’ve counted five accidents so far. Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort.