Month: July 2014

Firefighters were able to extinguish a grease fire quickly at a Palm Desert apartment complex Friday afternoon. The blaze was reported about 2:20 p.m. at The Regent, located at 73373 Country Club Drive. Firefighters saw light smoke when they arrived, and put out the fire a short time later, Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer

Un comandante rebelde en el este de Ucrania dio una versin extraa de lo ocurrido al avin de Malaysia Airlines e insinu que muchas de las vctimas posiblemente ya estaban muertas antes de que despegara el avin. La pgina de internet Russkaya Vesna, que simpatiza con los insurgentes prorrusos, cit a Igor Guirkin diciendo que

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department continues its investigation into the disappearance of Erin Corwin, but officials said the incident has not been classified as a criminal investigation at this time. Deputies aren’t releasing any information regarding possible witnesses, witness statements or investigative techniques during the search. Specialized investigators have been in Twentynine Palms and

California’s unemployment rate continues to fall, reaching 7.4 percent in June. The unemployment rates for Riverside County and San Bernardino County have increased over the past month, but have decreased over the same time from last year. Riverside and San Bernardino counties reported an unemployment rate of 8.4 percent in June, up from 8.0 percent

A Moreno Valley woman who put a 14-year-old girl to work as a prostitute is slated to be sentenced Friday to 5 to 12 years in state prison. Kayla Corithian Jackson, 19, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy and false imprisonment. She had been charged with five sex trafficking-related felonies, but those counts were dropped

The ex-boyfriend of a young woman killed in a 2006 triple murder in Pinyon Pines was arraigned in Indio Friday morning. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 was in the courtroom when Robert Lars Pape plead not guilty. Pape was arrested in March, along with co-defendant Cristin Conrad Smith, and charged with the Sept.

The Coachella Valley is an oasis in the desert, whether it’s when you step off the plane in Palm Springs, or enter your community, water greets you in this hot desert climate. However the State of California is in a drought, which begs the question, should these prominent water features be turned off? “This is

A stretch of the South County shoreline has been closed off to swimmers because bacteria levels from sewage-contaminated runoff originating near the U.S.-Mexico border exceed state standards, county health officials said. Recent rainfall has pushed sewage-contaminated runoff from the Tijuana River into the Tijuana Estuary, and water samples confirmed that bacteria levels were elevated above

Starting tonight, road work at a Cathedral City intersection is expected to cause traffic backups. Asphalt work is scheduled from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. at Date Palm Drive and Vista Chino, Leisa Lukes said. No work is scheduled over the weekend, and the job is expected to be completed Wednesday, she said. Cathedral City’s

Last month’s fire operation is burned into the memory of people living at the Sungate mobile home park community. “I honestly thought my house was going up with the rest of it,” said Ivan Jenkins who lives next door to where the explosives-filled home stood. He was shocked to return the next day and see

Human remains found by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department in the high desert, are not related to the search for Erin Corwin, the missing pregnant marine wife. Authorities found the remains in open desert near Newberry Springs. The location isn’t far from the Twentynine Palms Marine Base. Officials say the remains have been there more

Indio tops the list of most murders committed in the Coachella Valley this year. “So far this year we’ve had six homicides,” said Sgt. Daniel Marshall, of Indio Police Department. “Last year we had three.” Indio averages five to six homicides each year. Across the Coachella Valley there have been 20 homicides reported in 2014

There has been another drowning in the Valley involving a senior citizen. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and Cal Fire responded Thursday just after 11:30 a.m. to a call of a drowning in the pool area of the Park West Mobile Home Park in the 64000 block of Pierson Boulevard, near Desert Hot Springs. The Sheriff’s

Cerca de Desert Hot Springs, hoy se reporto el ahogamiento de una persona de la tercera edad. Los hechos sucedieron en un jacuzzi del estacionamiento de casas mviles Park West, ubicado en la cuadra 64625 de Pierson Blvd a eso de las 11:30 a.m. Al parecer, la mujer de la tercera edad estaba en la

Westbound lanes of El Paseo near Ocotillo Drive were closed for about an hour Thursday afternoon when a car crashed into two palm trees, knocking them into the roadway. The driver wasn’t injured and there was no immediate information regarding the cause of the crash. Authorities moved the palm trees onto a median to clear

Un avin con 295 pasajeros de malaysia airlines se estrell en el este de Ucrania, cerca de la frontera con Rusia. La zona donde ocurri el accidente es escenario desde varios meses de combates entre las fuerzas del gobiernio de Ucrania y los rebeldes prorrusos.el presidente de Ucrania denunci que se trat de un acto

Landscaping improvements will be installed along Ramon Road in Cathedral City beginning Monday, July 28. Officials said the the project will take place in the medians between Date Palm Drive and Landau Boulevard and the work is expected to last for about eight weeks. Crews with Conserve Landcare will be working Monday through Friday from

The Disneyland Resort celebrated its 59th anniversary today with a festive ceremony and look ahead to the 60th anniversary. In the spring of 2015, the resort will launch a dazzling yearlong Diamond Celebration that salutes 60 years of magic. As part of the annual July 17 anniversary celebration at Disneyland Park. Guests joined 59 Disney

An elderly woman drowned in a therapy pool at a mobile home park near Desert Hot Springs Thursday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Cal Fire was called to the Park West Mobile Home Park, located at 64625 Pierson Blvd., around 11:30 a.m. According to officials, staff members found the woman unresponsive in