Month: February 2014

The owner of Hot Dog on a Stick has filed for bankruptcy protection. HDOS Enterprises says its total debt ranges from $1 million to $10 million and it estimates assets between $10 million and $50 million. The Los Angeles Times reports the Chapter 11 filing was made Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles.

A former school administrator accused of molesting two Riverside County girls — one of whom confronted the woman in a widely seen YouTube video — was charged Monday with multiple felony counts. Andrea Michelle Cardosa, 40, of Perris was arrested at 5:45 p.m. by a sheriff’s department warrant service team that took her into custody

UCR Palm Desert will start its science fiction-themed “Lit Flicks” movie series tonight. “Soylent Green,” starring Charlton Heston, will be shown at 6 p.m. In the campus auditorium. Each movie in the series is based on a work of literature. Before each film, there will be a discussion between science fiction expert Sherryl Vint, a

A week of freezing temperatures in early December cost California’s $2 billion citrus industry about $441 million, according to an industry group. California Citrus Mutual says mandarin, navel and lemon crops were lost during seven consecutive nights of freezing temperatures in the state’s Central Valley. The group estimates that citrus growers have spent $49 million

The “Snowboarder Bandit” pleaded guilty Monday to committing three bank robberies and one attempted heist in the Coachella Valley and was immediately sentenced to nearly eight years behind bars. Michael Brandon Franks, a 31-year-old Riverside resident, pleaded guilty to three counts of robbery, four counts of burglary and two counts of attempted robbery stemming from

California’s drought could dry up the state’s supply of hydroelectricity, prompting utilities to switch to more expensive gas-fired plants. While utilities don’t anticipate shortages when summer’s peak electricity demand arrives, customers could eventually end up paying more. That’s because gas-fired electricity costs about three times more than hydro power, according to federal energy officials. Andrew

The Desert Hot Springs high school swim team could be forced to cancel its season because it can’t get into a pool to practice. Budget cuts and a hang-up in fee negotiations is keeping them out of the John Furbee Aquatics Center at the city’s health and wellness center where the team had planned on

NewsChannel 3’s John White investigates what happened one year ago when a motor coach crashed near Yucaipa on Highway 38. 8 people would eventually die as a result of the crash. The investigation later revealed that all 6 brakes on the bus were defective. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association has promised to go after

Golf courses in the Coachella Valley are certainly keeping an eye on the sky hoping for rain. But, if mother nature doesn’t come through, local clubs have a plan. The Southern California Golf Association is actively working with the Coachella Valley Water District to conserve water. “Lets face it, it’s what makes this valley why

Parents may be in denial when it comes to their kids’ weight. About half of parents with overweight or obese children don’t think their kids are too heavy, a new study shows. This is true in the U.S. and around the world, the researchers found. “Parents who underestimate their kids’ weight may not take action

Much of the city of Indio is a construction zone. “At just about every major off-ramp in the city, there are projects ongoing,” said Mayor Michael Wilson. Just off I-10 at Monroe and Avenue 42, you can see the walls of the soon-to-be Walmart Super Center. The retailer is set to open before Christmas. The

A school bus carrying four high school students was hit by a Jeep in Beaumont on Monday. Police said the crash happened just before 8 a.m. Authorities said a bus with the Beaumont Unified School District was stopped on the south shoulder of Cherry Valley Avenue, just west of Fabian Street. A Jeep, driven by

A motorist was killed and his passenger was seriously injured Monday in a rollover crash near La Sierra University in Riverside. The wreck happened about 11:25 a.m. at the intersection of Raley Drive and Riverwalk Parkway, outside the south entrance to the campus, according to the Riverside Fire Department. “A vehicle hit a pole,” Division

An Orange County Fire Authority battalion chief was being hailed Monday for quickly tipping authorities to a deadly hit-and-run crash that led to an arrest. Sommer N. Gonzales of Tustin was being held without bail today in Sunday’s suspected DUI collision that killed 21-year-old bicyclist Joseph Robinson. OCFA Battalion Chief Marc Stone was driving north

A citrus industry group estimates a week of freezing temperatures in early December cost California’s $2 billion citrus industry about $441 million. California Citrus Mutual released its estimate on Monday. It says the damage was confined to the state’s Central Valley, where mandarin, navel and lemon crops were lost during seven consecutive nights of freezing

Ayer a las 3:10 p.m. la polica arrest a John Dodrill de 59 aos residente de Temecula quien apunt con una pistola a una jovencita que toc la puerta de su casa y le pidi le compara galletas. Los hechos molestaron a Dodrill quien le apunt a la nia con el arma. La muchachita de

We eat there, buy our clothes there and some people suspect teenagers may actually live there. So perhaps it was just a matter of time until funeral homes began setting up shop at the local mall. For the past couple of years, Forest Lawn has been quietly putting movable kiosks in malls around Southern California.

A Temecula man is facing assault with a deadly weapon charges after police say he pointed a gun at a young girl selling cookies. Police arrested John Dodrill, 59, on the 31000 block of Strawberry Tree Lane in Temecula on Sunday at 3:10 p.m. Authorities say Dodrill pointed a gun at the young victim after

A man and woman were arrested after police in Rancho Mirage found them removing copper cable from an electrical room. Police said an officer patrolling Bob Hope Drive and Highway 111 found a suspicious vehicle backed into a parking lot behind a commercial building around 3:15 a.m. Monday. When the officer pulled into the lot,

Nobody was hurt after a gun was fired at a car in La Quinta Sunday evening. Police said they received a report of a car-to-car shooting just after 7 p.m. It happened on the 52000 block of Eisenhower Drive in the La Quinta Cove. Police said two people were driving near Eisenhower Drive and Calle