Month: May 2014

Riverside County is working behind the scenes to protect Coachella Valley residents in the event a major disaster, like the wildfires in San Diego, happens here. The county has built a state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center in Indio to coordinate the response during a major emergency, whether it’s a fire or that big earthquake we all

The body of a man believed to be that of a man missing from Palm Springs was discovered Friday night. Sources close to the Stubbs family tell CBS Local 2/KESQ it was discovered in the Avalon community, adjacent to the community where 51-year old Andrew Stubbs lived. Police say it happened about 7:00. They received

Smoke from the wildfires in San Diego county is now making its way into the Coachella Valley creating some air quality concerns. Friday night, the Air Quality Management District listed the valley’s air quality as “moderate.” The Anza Valley and Temecula areas, were listed as “unhealthy for sensitive groups.” Sensitive groups means children, the elderly,

You may have heard, broadcast icon, Barbara Walters is retiring. All week long ABC has been celebrating her 50 plus years in the business. Each day on The View, that airs right here on News Channel 3 at 10 a.m., special guests have appeared to pay tribute to Walters. Tonight at 9, a two hour

Anthony Pacheco of Cathedral City, owner of Pacheco’s Pool Service, said he’s diving into his busiest time of the year. “Now we’re going into our summer swimming season, a lot of chemicals will be used in traveling and entering into pools,” he said. Those chemicals could be dangerous if mishandled or improperly stored. A study

Uniformados del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside estn investigando dos decesos bajo circunstancias consideradas sospechosas. Autoridades recibieron la llamada de emergencia al filo de las 4:10 a.m. del viernes. Encontraron al hombre muerto y a una mujer con herida de bala en el hogar localizado en la cuadra 77-000 de Sioux Drive en

A felony DUI charge was filed Friday against an 83-year-old Palm Desert man who crashed his car into a fence at an elementary school last fall, sending debris flying that struck a 10-year-old boy who later had to have his leg amputated. Malcolm Ross Paterson faces one count of DUI causing injury, along with a

La revisin que har el gobierno a la poltica de deportaciones de Estados Unidos podra resultar en cambios a un controvertido programa que coteja los nombres de detenidos por las policas locales con un banco de informacin federal de inmigracin, pero es improbable que tales pasos satisfagan a los defensores de los inmigrantes, que exigen

A power outage was reported in Palm Springs just after 2:30 p.m. Crews with Southern California Edison are hoping to have the problem resolved by Friday afternoon. SCE’s website said the outage initially affected 1,791 customers, but by 3:50 p.m. that number was down to 158. The outage occurred in the northwest part of the

Tras las rejas se encuentran dos sujetos que ayer jueves a las 12:27 p.m. realizaron un asalto a mano armada en la manzana 66-500 de la calle Octava en Desert Hot Springs. Gracias a la ayuda de un numeroso grupo de testigos, los sospechosos fueron identificados y aprehendidos. Se trata de Marcus Eric Lawton de

The Palm Springs Police Department is currently investigating a missing person identified as Andrew “Andy” Stubbs. Now his friends are looking for volunteers to help search for him on Saturday. Stubbs is a 51 year old white male. He has blond hair and hazel eyes. He’s 5’11” and weighs 160 lbs. Stubbs lives in the

Two men are in jail tonight accused in an armed robbery in Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. Police say the hold-up happened around 12:30 in the afternoon in the 66-500 block of 8th street in Desert Hot Springs. One victim was injured. Police say several witnesses identified 2 men who were later arrested. They are

The ex-boyfriend of a young woman killed in a 2006 triple murder in Pinyon Pines appeared in court Friday morning, but his arraignment has been delayed until June 13. Robert Lars Pape was arrested in March along with co-defendant Cristin Conrad Smith, and charged with the Sept. 17, 2006, killings of Vicki Friedli, 53, her

Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department are investigating two deaths with strange circumstances at a home in the Indian Wells Country Club. Authorities received the call at about 4:10 a.m. Friday. They found the man dead and a woman with a gunshot wound at a home on the 77-000 block of Sioux Drive in

Videos showing Sonoma County high school students abusing rats at an on-campus wildlife museum have sparked outrage and a petition to the governor asking him to shut down the nonprofit program. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported Thursday that the videos, posted to an anonymous student’s Instagram account, show at least two students slamming live

Passes for next year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will go on sale at 10 a.m. today on the festival’s website, coachella.com. General admission passes are $375 and VIP passes $799. Parking, camping and shuttle passes will also be sold, according to festival organizers. The festival is scheduled for April 10-12 and 17-19 at

Advanced ticket sales and payment plan options for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2015 will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Officials with Goldenvoice said this is the only chance you have to take advantage of the payment plan. The advanced tickets will be available while supplies lasts. General admission passes are

The Desert Recreation District will be holding a job fair this weekend. They are looking for local residents with a talent or a skill who are interested in teaching. The recruitment fair will be held at the Palm Desert Community Center on Saturday, May 17th, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Potential instructors can learn

For close to a quarter century the Palm Springs Follies filled the Plaza Theater with spectacular costumes, dance and memorable music of decades past. “It’s so amazing and so motivating to all of us folks that are past the 65 mark,” said Virginia Dillon of Long Beach who has seen the show 11 times. But