Month: October 2013

A woman and child were trapped in a car after a collision at Highway 62 and Dillon Road just after 11 Wednesday morning. The Ford Excursion was traveling Northbound on Highway 62 when the driver lost control, went through the center divide and rolled after hitting a curb. The woman was wearing a seat belt

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department tells us that a man with a gunshot wound walked into a local emergency room earlier Wednesday morning telling officials that he was the victim of a home invasion robbery. The Sheriff’s Department tells us that the man will be fine, but they can find no evidence of a crime being

The California Highway Patrol is offering two free driving classes in Indio next week, one for teenagers and one for older adults. The “Age Well, Drive Smart” class begins at 10 a.m. on Nov. 5 at the CHP office at 79-650 Varner Road. The program is designed to give older drivers tips on driving safer

California could gain tens of millions of dollars annually in federal reimbursements for sick prison inmates under the nation’s new health care law. State and federal officials said Tuesday that the money would come from higher Medicaid reimbursements for inmates who are treated in outside hospitals. It would not help pay for health care within

San Diego detectives say felony charges could be filed against three valley residents who tried to sell a stolen Super Bowl ring back to it’s owner, Hall of Famer Lance Alworth, for 40 thousand dollars. The 1971 ring was taken from a restaurant in San Diego known for displaying sports memorabilia. The ring was reported

A fire destroyed one room of a house on the 56300 block of Market Street in Thermal. The fire was contained just after 2 pm Tuesday. Dalia Garcia’s family called the house their home for three years. “It’s been really emotional,” said Garcia. “A lot of holidays, happy memories and all that stuff.” Garcia’s mother

Julia Dominguez said her heart breaks for her 24-year-old daughter, Julie. She remains in the hospital after a suspected drunken driver injured her and killed her friend, Celena Nava, in Coachella more than a week ago. “I don’t want him out of the jail,” said Dominguez’s mother. “It’s not easy because what happened to her

“When you stand up in front of a judge or minister and say, ‘I do’, automatically 26 laws in the state of California apply to you and your spouse,” divorce attorney Jeff Patterson said. ‘Til death do us part sometimes turns into ’til divorce do us part. That’s why a new survey of the American

There’s a new childcare and pre-school option for parents in the East Valley. The Indio Learning Center celebrated the opening of its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday. “We’re really excited that we are opened! The school program opened in the spring of last year and the pre-school program just opened a couple weeks

El lunes se le dio e ltimo adis a Celena Nava mujer de la ciudad de Coahcella que pereciera luego de que un conductor presuntamente borracho le quitara la vida. Hoy en exclusiva Telemundo Palm Springs habl con los familiares de Julie Domnguez, la otra victima que se salvo de milagro. Ellos nos narraron la

Deputies were called out to the intersection of Eucalyptus St. and Ida Avenue in Cabazon on October 17th to investigate some skeletal remains. Those remains were identified Tuesday as Jason Timothy Swenddal, a 31 year old blind man missing since November of 2009. Swenddal’s roomate reported him missing on November 5th, 2009 noting that he

A motorcycle stolen in 1985 in St. Paul Minnesota has been recovered in Joshua Tree 28 years later. Owner makes arrangements to ship bike back after being called by Morongo Basin CHP Officers. The motorcycle was recovered on October 1st after a Joshua Tree resident brought it to a local CHP office. After running the

If you are planning a trip up to the Tram this week you should know that some food choices may not be available to you. Food Service is limited at the Tram because Monday’s windstorm caused damage to the Mountain Station water tank. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway’s Peaks Restaurant is closed and the Pines

Nearly 10,000 homes have been put into the process of foreclosure this year in Riverside County. When a notice of default is filed, it becomes public record. Scam artists are taking that information and using it to trick homeowners into giving them money. “There’s people out there that are scamming. Trying to say they will

An 18-foot oarfish found off Catalina Island earlier this month had a host of parasites living in its serpent-like body. Scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara dissected the fish last week and found large, larval tapeworms in its intestine. An adult spiny-headed worm also was found embedded in the intestine. Scientists say the

Con una ley que entra en vigor la prxima semana, algunos opositores a esta medida temen que perros Pit bull sean abandonados. Todos los caninos Pit bull mayores de cuatro meses que vivan en reas no incorporadas del Condado de Riverside tiene que ser esterilizados. Los oponentes dicen que los perros podrn ser abandonados ya

The governors of Pacific coast U.S. states and a Canadian province are vowing to collectively combat climate change and promote clean energy. Governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the premier of British Columbia on Monday gathered in San Francisco to commit to putting a price on carbon pollution throughout the region and mandate the use

San Francisco is getting into the debate over regulating sugary drinks. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a city supervisor is set to introduce a ballot measure that would levy a 2-cent-per-ounce tax on all sugar-sweetened beverages sold in the city. A can of soda, for example, would cost 24 cents more. The money would

The regional economy is making a comeback, but the promise of future growth depends largely on what happens at the federal level, according to an economic report released today. The 2013 Riverside/San Bernardino Economic Forecast, a joint project of Los Angeles-based Beacon Economics and the UC Riverside School of Business Administration, indicates that the Inland

With a controversial new ordinance set to take effect next week, some believe the county’s to blame for reports of abandoned pit bulls. The ordinance, passed unanimously by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, calls for the sterilization of pit bulls and pit bulls mixes older than four months old in unincorporated areas. It’s geared