Two transformers are tied to a day-long outage that initially affected 82 businesses and homes in Banning but most of them had their power restored early Sunday, a Southern California Edison spokeswoman said. The outage was reported at 6:11 a.m. Saturday and involved the transformers on the southwest corner of Highland Springs Road, SCE spokeswoman
Continue ReadingA fire in a Palm Desert condominium was contained to the garage, according to a Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman. The fire was reported at 7:48 p.m. Sunday in the 74100 block of CatalinaWay, said Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Melody Hendrickson. “The first arriving engine company reported smoke and fire showing fromthe garage of
Continue ReadingCalifornia Highway Patrol reports State Route 74 is now back open after being shutdown because of a deadly crash at the base of the hill in Palm Desert. Two vehicles slammed into each other today on Highway 74 in Pinyon, killing two people at the scene. Firefighters received a call at 1:30 p.m. and went
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