Month: July 2014

The first product recall has been issued for a California chicken producer since it was linked to an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of salmonella that has been making people sick for more than a year. The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture said Thursday night it has found evidence directly linking Foster Farms boneless-skinless

There is plenty to do to celebrate Independence Day in Riverside County. Check out a full list of fireworks shows displaying, some as early as Saturday, June 28th. Saturday, June 28th: 9 PM, Eastvale – Eastvale Community Park, 12750 Citrus St. 9 PM, Menifee – Wheatfield Sports Park, corner of Menifee Rd. and La Piedra

One day after saying they were hopelessly deadlocked, jurors in the trial of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow’s negligence lawsuit against former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt went back to work today and deliberated for a sixth day without reaching a verdict. The panel is scheduled to resume deliberating Monday.

Luis Sanchez, 8, and his parents passed on bags of their clothes to Fire Station 79 in Coachella Thursday. The city is collecting clothes along with food, medicine and toys to help relocation centers and shelters struggling to handle the surge of unaccompanied children and families coming from Central America. “It’s highly likely there are

Cal Fire has contained a mobile home fire in Thermal. A family of 6 is homeless Friday after the flames destroy their mobile home park near Echols Road near Harrison Street. The fire broke out in the park just after 4:00 p.m. Cal Fire says they had several resources on scene fighting the fire, and

Un jven de 16 aos es uno de los sospechosos ms recientes arrestado en conexin al tiroteo mortal de Juan Carlos Hernandez de 20 aos en Indio el 16 de junio. Segn el boletin de prensa del Departamento de Policia de Indio, el adolecente fue arrestado el 2 de junio a eso de las 2

A fast-moving wildfire is tearing through mountainous terrain in eastern San Diego County today, damaging or destroying at least two structures and threatening hundreds of others as it moved toward the landmark former mining town of Julian. The blaze erupted for unknown reasons about 10:40 a.m. off state Route 78 in the rural Banner area,

Border Patrol agents arrested a woman who was caught with 15.5 lbs of methamphetamine in an ice cooler Thursday morning. The 49-year-old suspect was stopped around 9:30 a.m. as she approached the Highway 86 checkpoint in her Buick Regal. A canine detection team alerted agents to her car which led to a secondary inspection. While

A dog was rescued from a canal early Thursday morning in Indio after an employee with the Coachella Valley Water District spotted the distressed German Shepherd treading water. The employee reported the incident to Animal Control around 6:30 a.m. Animal Control officers were able to pull the 3-year-old female out of the canal safely and

Este 4 de julio se realizar una demostracin de fuegos pirotcnicos en el centro civico de la ciudad de Palm Desert, ah podr disfrutar en familia iniciando la celebracin a las 9:00PM 73-510 Fred Waring DrivePalm Desert, CA 92260 Tambin el dia de maana en el estdio de la ciudad de Palm Springs. La demostracin

The first woman in the history of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to oversee all county patrol operations is retiring, Sheriff Stan Sniff announced Wednesday. Colleen Walker is a Coachella Valley native who grew up in Indio. She’s been with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for over 35 years. She began as a dispatcher at

The City of Coachella is collecting food, clothing, medicine and toys to help relocation centers and shelters cope with thousands of undocumented children who have fled Central America is recent weeks. “This is a humanitarian crisis and we need to help these children by showing compassion, giving them relief and treating them with dignity,” said

The Coachella Valley Youth Aviation Education Program is rounding out its fourth year of free FAA instruction and flight education to area high school students. The program runs for seven days and offers 18 hours of FAA certified instruction to put students on a fast track to become pilots. The program was created in 2011

It’s time for competitive eaters in the Coachella Valley to channel their inner-Joey Chestnut. The Fourth of July has become a staple for the famous Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest held annually in Coney Island N.Y., and now the Coachella Valley is getting in on the action as well. The Augustine Casino in Coachella is

Drugstore chain Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a diabetic employee who was fired after eating a $1.39 bag of chips before paying for it during what she said was an attack of low blood sugar. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with Walgreens on Wednesday. The commission filed a discrimination

A 16 year old is one of the latest suspects arrested in connection to the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez in Indio on June 16. According to a release from the Indio Police Department, the teenager was taken into custody on July 2 around 2 p.m. on Aladdin Street. The teen was booked

A 36-year-old Banning man reported missing early Monday near Dodger Stadium has been found, and he has been reunited with his family, authorities said Thursday. Pete Daily Jr., a Native American about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 280 pounds, was seen in a parking lot outside the stadium about 1 a.m. Monday, according

California Highway Patrol officers will be out in force this Fourth of July weekend, beginning today, on the lookout for people driving while impaired. “Our goal is to use education and enforcement to get the message out: to be responsible this weekend,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “We want everyone to have a great Independence

A 51-year-old Bermuda Dunes man was recovering Thursday morning after he was struck early Wednesday by a motorist in an SUV. That motorist never stopped. California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Radford said Larry Morris was walking east along thenorth shoulder of Country Club Drive, when he was struck just east of Adams Street. The collision

Live Nation, producer of Made in America, a two-day music festival scheduled for Aug. 30-31 at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, is offering to pay $850,000 to cover city and county costs related to the event. The concert promoter and hip-hop mogul Jay Z have announced a lineup of alternative, hip-hop and dance music,