Month: March 2014

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors approved a $250,000 award to Seismic Warning Systems, Inc. of Scotts Valley, to deploy the nation’s first regional earthquake warning system, officials announced on Tuesday. Seismic Warning Systems has already been providing systems for early seismic detection and automated system response to commercial, industrial and government customers for twelve

Increasing reports of counterfeit money has the Palm Springs Police Department warning businesses in the area. Authorities said the majority of the fake money is being passed around Downtown Palm Springs. The counterfeit bills they found were $100 and $50 denominations that were originally $5 bills. The bills were chemically washed and reprinted to change

Hoy a las 4:56 a.m. le tron una llanta a un trailer que transportaba verdura sobre la I-10 al este de Dillon Road en Coachella, de inmediato el semais ardi en llamas de acuerdo al Departamento de Proteccin Forestal. Por espacio de una hora todos los carriles con rumbo al este fueron cerrados al flujo

Al momento las autoridades no han dado a conocer la condicin mdica de la seora que el pasado fin de semana recibi ms de mil piquetes de abejas africanizadas tambin conocidas como abejas asesinas. La mujer de 71 aos est en el Eisenhower Medical Center de Rancho Mirage. Las autoridades urgen a la poblacin a

A man was robbed in Palm Desert Monday night as he was walking home from work. Police said the 34-year-old victim from Rancho Mirage was approached by two suspects who asked to borrow his cell phone at Town Center Way and Fred Waring Drive. The suspects simulated a weapon and demanded money, according to police.

Riverside County supervisors are expected to sign off on agreements with a solar power company planning to build a generating facility near Blythe that will net the county hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees and create several hundred construction jobs. The 4,400-acre McCoy Solar Energy Project will require use of county roads and the

It was a day of shocks at the Indian Wells Masters tournament Monday as two of the biggest names in tennis suffered third round defeats. Defending champion and world No. 1 Rafael Nadal was beaten in three sets by Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov, while women’s 2013 winner Maria Sharapova lost to Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi. Spain’s

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles is wading into the complex question of how to regulate the use of cars that rely on computers – not people – to drive them. Once the stuff of science fiction, “Driverless cars” could be commercially available by decade’s end. On Tuesday, the DMV is hearing ideas on how to

Because of California’s lingering drought, millions of young California salmon could soon be migrating to the ocean via freeways instead of the Sacramento River. The Sacramento Bee reports state and federal wildlife officials announced a plan Monday to move hatchery-raised salmon by tanker trucks should the river and its tributaries prove inhospitable for the fish.

As the population continues to grow and recover from hard times in Palm Springs, some residents are calling for the police department to follow suit. A group is petitioning the city for more officers and more patrols, especially in downtown. Some restaurants in downtown report a rise of nearly 10% in sales from this time

Lestat Lives: That was the headline Monday morning across the literary world. Local Author Anne Rice, announced Sunday night on her son Christopher Rice’s radio blog “The Dinner Party Show with Christopher Rice and Eric Shaw Quinn”, that a new installment of the Vampire Chronicles will be on store shelves later this year. The book

A visit to the dentist is already stressful enough for an adult, imagine what it’s like for a 5-year-old child. What was supposed to be a simple visit to the dentist, turned into a nightmare for a Coachella Valley family and their young son. The family, who does not want to be named, said last

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck 50 miles west of Eureka, California Sunday at 10:18 pm. To put that in perspective, the Northridge earthquake in 1994 had a magnitude of 6.7. In addition, the Joshua Tree earthquake in 1992 had a 6.1 magnitude. Northern California was not the only place that felt a jolt Sunday evening.

New developments have surfaced in a triple murder investigation that remains unsolved after nearly 7 1/2 years. On September 17, 2006, 18-year-old Rebecca Freidli, her mother Vickie Freidli, 53, and her mother’s boyfriend, 55-year-old Jon Hayward, were found dead at a Pinyon Pines home. A Riverside County Grand Jury heard testimony in the case Monday,

Someone tagged graffiti on the Forever Marilyn statue just weeks before she’s set to depart Palm Springs for New Jersey. On Facebook, residents posted images of the graffiti. Bill Walter provided a photo of the vandalism, which apparently happened late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The blue paint started just above Marilyn’s left ankle.

A teenager has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting in Desert Hot Springs that happened in January. The identity of the 16-year-old boy has been released because he’s being charged as an adult. Isaac Pugal Moreno, of Desert Hot Springs, was charged Thursday with murdering 19-year-old Isaac Paez, near Buena Vista Avenue and

An Amber Alert is over in Long Beach and a 12 year old boy is safe after the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive task force located the missing boy on Monday afternoon. Nicholas Johnson, 12, was abducted around 1 p.m. by Sri Johnston, according the the California Highway Patrol. The suspect was found at 2:40 p.m. and

Ayer a las 2:29 p.m. el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside recibi una llamada en la que se reportaba que un seor estaba sin signos vitales en el rea silvestre de las Montaas San Jacinto cerca del telefrico de Palm Springs. Una cuadrilla de unos 20 elementos camino hasta donde se encontraba Ulrich

A Banning man was arrested Thursday night after officers saw him siphoning diesel fuel from a 1978 dump truck. Brad Ward, 56, was reportedly dumping the fuel onto the ground and down the gutter with his garden hose. The incident happened around 5:35 p.m. in the 700 block of 10th Street. Neighbors called police to

Two drivers involved in a Los Angeles-area car crash each suffered hundreds of bee stings after one of the vehicles hit a tree and disturbed a hive. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Larios says the collision occurred Sunday in suburban La Canada Flintridge. One of the drivers, a 51-year-old woman, jumped into a backyard