Month: October 2013

A wind advisory was in effect Wednesday in the Inland Empire, where gusts of up to 45 miles per hour were possible below passes and canyons, meteorologists said. An upper-level trough of low pressure moving through the Southern Rockies, and surface high pressure over the Great Basin will bring gusty northeast to east winds through

A 34-year-old Cathedral City man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly driving drunk and causing a fiery Palm Desert crash that injured his passenger. Michael John Moore was arrested at the scene of the crash, which was reported around 1:15 a.m. at Portola Avenue and Gerald Ford Drive. The car was burning when deputies arrived, and

The state’s monthly unemployment report, which includes data for Riverside County and the entire inland region, will not be released as planned this week because of the partial government shutdown, said officials. The California Employment Development Department was scheduled to post unemployment figures for September on Friday, but with analysts at the U.S. Bureau of

A jury deadlocked today in the retrial of a Coachella man accused in a gang-related drive-by attack that killed a 19-year-old woman. Daniel Cardona Torres, 27, was charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder in the Aug. 12, 2005, shooting death of Vanessa Torres, who died in the driveway of her boyfriend’s home

The new $80 million project designed to connect the valley is drawing both support and criticism. The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) says CV Link will connect the Coachella Valley with a continuous pathway along or near the existing Whitewater River for pedestrians, bicyclists and low-speed electric vehicles. “We live in Indio and would

Police need your help in finding a suspect wanted in a series of robberies mostly in the city of Coachella. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released surveillance video of a man they believed is responsible for many armed robberies. According to a news release, the robberies took place between August 30th and October 14th of

An autopsy is expected to be performed Wednesday on a newborn baby found dead on a playground in a Mecca park. Police arrested Esmeralda Martinez, the baby’s mother. The Thermal woman faces charges of voluntary manslaughter and willful harm to a child. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. While it’s not clear what

Coachella Valley Unified School District bond measure money is not itemized on property tax bills, leaving some residents to wonder why the amount of their taxes that goes to the schools nearly doubled in some cases. “I certainly would like to get to the bottom of the large increase,” said La Quinta homeowner Don Jeffers.

Raul Resendiz loves to walk around downtown Palm Springs and his neighborhood. “Important for me is I need independence. Right now, I’m independent,” Resendiz said. He said he feels independent because of his white cane. Resendiz joined other Braille Institute students, staff and volunteers on National White Cane Day to send an important message about

Una nueva ordenanza para residentes del condado de Riverside entrara en vigor el prximo mes. Est aplica a dueos de de perros de la raza Pit Bulls, quienes ahora tendrn que castrar o estirilizar a sus mascotas. Sin embargos los dueos de esta clase de animales dicen que esto en vez de ayudar podria ser

Mxico buscar asegurarse el martes al menos la posibilidad de jugar un repechaje a fin de mantener viva su esperanza de asistir a la Copa del Mundo Brasil 2014, ante una Costa Rica que promete buscar el triunfo pese a tener ya su boleto en la bolsa. Con el impulso anmico conseguido el viernes tras

Por lo menos 93 personas murieron el martes debido a un potente terremoto que estremeci al centro de Filipinas, y se teme que la cifra podra aumentar ya que los socorristas no han podido llegar a un hospital derrumbado. El terremoto de 7,2 grados sacudi la isla de Bohol, en el centro de Filipinas. Iglesias

Hace una semana el Condado de Riverside convirti en ley la esterilizacin de perros Pit bull mayores de cuatro meses de edad en las reas no incorporadas del condado. El objetivo es que la poblacin canina de esta raza no est en las calles y que no crezca. Los dueos de dichas mascotas dicen que

Property tax bills began going out last week, and homeowners here in the valley are likely to see bigger bills, because the assessed values of many homes have gone up. But, if you live in the Coachella Valley Unified School District, you may want to take an even closer look at how much of your

Detectives from Michigan and California have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of his wife, whose body was found buried in the desert near Yucca Valley in 2004. Authorities say Charles Patrick Leppan was taken into custody at his home in Brandon Township, Mich., on Monday. Leppan and his wife, Jean, lived

Taking shorter showers won’t be enough to forestall a water shortage, as the state faces uncertainties related to declining fish habitats and a third year of dry weather in the Sierra Nevada, water officials said toMonday. To ensure there is enough water to go around, Southern Californians must make a concerted effort to cut back

Detectives were trying to find whoever left three dry ice bombs at Los Angeles International Airport’s Tom Bradley Terminal, one of which exploded harmlessly in the second such incident in two days. The device went off just before 8 p.m. Monday outside the Tom Bradley Terminal, said Los Angeles police Detective Gus Villanueva. The bomb

The California State Board of Equalization will hold an informational seminar in Palm Desert today for those working in or aspiring to work in the food industry. Restaurant and bar owners, mobile food vendors and others can attend the free seminar, which starts at 9 a.m. at the Coachella Valley Water District’s Steve Robbins Administration

The sinkhole that swallowed part of a car on Cook Street in Palm Desert in August is still there. Some neighbors and business owners say they haven’t seen any progress on repairing it, other than a mound of dirt that’s filled it up. The sinkhole, 20 feet wide and 10 feet deep, was created by