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Month: July 2014

Missing 88-year old woman is safe

An 88-year old woman missing since last week is safe tonight. Indio Police say Bettie West Pente showed up at an assisted living center today in Palm Desert around 1:30 p.m. Monday. Police say she was in good physical condition. Last week, police issued a Silver Alert to find Pente who they said was considered

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Tribe raises thousands for local charities

Five Coachella Valley charities received $175,000 in donations Monday morning. The Agua Band of Cahuilla Indians raised the money at its annual golf tournament. Each member of the council chooses a charity, and the money raised is split evenly between them. Each of the following charities received $35,000: The Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center – Counseling

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West Nile Virus detected in Rialto

Sentinel chicken flocks were placed in various locations throughout San Bernardino County to detect West Nile Virus. The Division of Environmental Health Service’s Mosquito and Vector Control Program (MVCP) is reporting a chicken from a flock in Rialto has tested positive for the virus on Monday. Officials said this means it’s more than likely that

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Cell phone video shows shark attack

The director of the Manhattan Beach Pier’s aquarium today knocked down reports that anglers had chummed the water with shark bait just before a fisherman hooked a 10 foot long great white shark, which then chomped and spat out a swimmer. Officials said nothing illegal was done, and Aquarium Co-Director Eric Martin told the Los

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Small plane crash kills three people

Three people aboard a small plane were killed Sunday when a wing clipped a tree and crashed in the Santa Ana mountains, off the Ortega Highway near Lake Elsinore, authorities said. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:22 a.m. to an area near the Lookout Roadhouse restaurant, in the 32100 block of Ortega Highway, in response to

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