Month: July 2014

A fire in Napa County continues to grow. As of 11 o’clock Tuesday night 2,700 acres of vegetation had burned. Officials say the fire has damaged five structures and prompted mandatory evacuations. The fire broke out around noon Tuesday and blew up from about 200 acres to over a thousand in just a couple hours.

About 140 undocumented immigrants, mostly families with children walked into a San Ysidro Border Patrol station, south of San Diego Tuesday evening. It was a quiet end to their day, a stark contrast to the near riot they were in the middle of, just hours before. A crowd of protesters in Murrieta voiced their frustrations

A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy is accused in the murder of a man in the San Bernardino County mountain community of Crestline. Authorities say 53-year old Steve Baumgartner shot his neighbor, Michael Clark, after an argument on Monday. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirms Baumgartner was a sworn deputy, assigned to court services in

Three buses carrying 140 undocumented immigrants are heading back to San Diego County after being met by angry protesters at the Murrieta Border Patrol facility Tuesday afternoon. The group was flown from Texas to San Diego Tuesday morning and quickly boarded buses bound for the facility. They arrived in Murrieta shortly after 2 p.m. News

Team USA suffered a devastating loss Tuesday afternoon. But while they were busy scoring on the field, local valley businesses scored at the bank. Both the Beer Hunter and Burgers & Beer in La Quinta were packed with fans. “A Tuesday in the summer this would be maybe 30 or 40 people in here and

The Indio Police Department arrested a suspect on homicide charges connected to the deadly shooting of Juan Carlos Hernandez on June 16. Palm Desert resident Shawn Anthony Wynn, 21, was taken into custody around 3:35 p.m. Tuesday. Detectives believe there may still be more suspects on the run. Authorities haven’t released any additional information detailing

A federal jury has awarded an Indio family $1.9 million regarding the Indio officer involved shooting death of 23-year-old Alejandro Rendon on February 14, 2013. The six day civil trial wrapped up last week in Riverside. Jurors ruled the officer used excessive force and the city approved of it, according to court documents. Rendon reportedly

Llegarn por avin de Texas a San Diego y posteriormente fueron trasladados por autobs a la oficina de la patrulla fronteriza en Murrieta, al oeste de Temecula.el alcalde de dicho lugar Alan Long le insta a sus residentes que se opngan a este plan. La oficina de la patrulla fronteriza del condado de Riverside procesara

Emergency responders were called Tuesday morning after five kids complained of a heat-related illness in Coachella. Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said several kids with the Cadet Academy were watching a demonstration being held at Bobby G. Duke Middle School, located at 85358 Bagdad St. Emergency responders showed up around 10:40 a.m. after

There is a new band of criminals in the Coachella Valley and they’re proving difficult to sniff out. You’ve seen them at restaurants, the mall and airport. You may even be an accomplice to one…the fake service dog. A growing trend of people are breaking the law by dressing their personal pet up and passing

A man is lucky to have escaped serious injury after his motorcycle collided with a big horn sheep on Highway 74 Monday night. The crash happened just before 6:30 p.m. According to a release from Officer Mike Radford with the California Highway Patrol, 60-year-old Indian Wells resident Dennis Hurvitz was riding eastbound on the highway,

In an effort to process a massive influx of undocumented children, about 140 people will be brought to Riverside County Tuesday. The group, mostly children, will be flown from South Texas to San Diego then bussed into Murrieta in southwestern Riverside county. The border patrol office will process and release them, hoping they’ll get picked

An Oregon woman was being held on $35,000.00 bail Tuesday morning after police arrested her on child endangerment charges. Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested Cynthia Watson, 51, of Aloha Oregon Monday accusing her of leaving a cup of methamphetamine-laced tea unattended on a counter. Deputies had responded to a child endangerment call

Former Xavier Prep and College of the Desert student, Brandon Vandenburg was back in court today in Tennessee. Vandenburg is one of four ex-Vanderbuilt football players charged with raping an unconscious female student. Defense attorneys say they want the case against Vandenburg tossed out, citing prosecutors misconduct and missing evidence. It led to an exchange

Rite Aid Corp. has settled a lawsuit with Riverside County and other jurisdictions that alleged the chain’s California-based pharmacists failed to conduct patient consultations, it was announced Monday. Under the settlement, Rite Aid will pay a total $498,250 to Riverside, San Diego and Alameda counties, as well as implement reforms, according to prosecutors. The agreement