Month: July 2014

A Thermal resident has been arrested in connection to a string of arson fires that were set on the Torrez-Martinez Indian Reservation. According to a release from Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department, Joseph Auclair was taken into custody on July 15. He was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio on

A heat warning has been issued across Riverside County for Thursday and Friday as temperatures are expected to climb well into the triple digits. The heat wave means Cool Centers will be open to provide relief to residents. Find a Cool Center in Riverside County County health officials said people who are susceptible to excessive

Segn estadsticas recin dadas a conocer, en California hay ms nios de crianza sin un hogar que veteranos. Y segn comentarios de directivos de la organizacin CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children se debe a la creciente inmigracin y a que el sistema de hogares sustitutos est roto. En el Condado de Riverside hay

The body of the person believed to be the lone suspect in a pair of Moreno Valley killings and wounding of a sheriff’s deputy was found Wednesday. Riverside County sheriff’s officials said the body was found just off Pigeon Pass Road, where deputies had been conducting a massive manhunt following the outbreak of violence Tuesday

Too cute, is just one way to describe CBS Local 2 This Morning’s puppy on our pet segment. Meet Raquel a Miniature Pinscher-Chihuahua mix or more fun to say, a Chipin. Her foster mom calls her a wonderful and perfect pup. She’s approximately five and half months, loves people, playing and giving kisses! If you

A dryer fire in Palm Desert displaced three adults and three children Wednesday morning, a county fire department spokeswoman said. The fire in the 45900 block of Quailbrush Avenue was reported at 7:10a.m., Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman Jennifer Fuhrman said. Firefighters doused the blaze in about 20 minutes. No injuries were reported. Damage to

More information has been released regarding the man arrested Tuesday after a police chase ended at the front entrance of Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to a family disturbance in the 84000 block of Leyte Avenue in Indio at about 3:40 p.m. Family members told authorities

Enrollment growth at California State University will be cut by half this fall – from 20,000 to about 10,000 additional students – after state funding fell short of expectations. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the final budget puts the 23-campus system’s revenue increase at $142 million, the same as committed to the University

Some Southern California Edison customers near Palm Springs were without electricity Wednesday morning just west of the city in Windy Point. Edison reported 109 customers were going to spend much of their day without lights and more importantly their air conditioners. Edison blamed equipment failure for the unplanned outage. The outage was expected to last

A La Quinta man is facing burglary charges after police say he broke into a home on Monday. A deputy with the La Quinta Police Department spotted 22-year-old Jose David Gonzalez acting suspiciously, while he was patrolling the 51200 block of Avenida Valasco just after 10:00 p.m. Authorities say Gonzalez took off running when the

A Central California company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of specific lots of its fresh peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots over concerns of possible listeria contamination. Wawona Packing says on its website that no illnesses have been reported and the recall is a precautionary measure. The company says the recalled fruit was packed and

Currently in the state of California, there are more homeless foster children on the street than homeless veterans. It’s a staggering statistic that’s left local advocates searching for answers. The problem may only get larger with the continued immigration crisis in our state. “The foster system is broke,” said Deborah Sutton-Weiss, the CEO of the

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will headline next year’s Desert Town Hall speakers series in Indian Wells, it was announced Tuesday. Also scheduled to take part in the series are astrophysicist and television host Neil deGrasse Tyson, photographer Platon Antoniou and Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist Charles Krauthammer, according to organizers. All talks are at

Palm Springs Unified School District students on the Traditional Calendar will start the new school year Aug. 18, two weeks earlier than usual. However, students at eight year-round elementary schools are still on the Modified Traditional Calendar and will begin Aug. 4, including Agua Caliente Elementary, Cabot Yerxa Elementary, Cahuilla Elementary, Cathedral City Elementary, Cielo

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side — homeowners associations can no longer slap fines on residents for dry, brown lawns during declared droughts. “I think it’s appropriate especially with the times we are in right now where everyone’s trying to conserve water,” said William Pullis, owner of Community Management Associates. The property

Cory Tschogl le alquil su apartamento a un hombre por 44 das en el popular sitio denominado “Air B-N-B”.Al vencer el trmino del acuerdo , se rehus salirse de la propiedad. El hombre dice que ahora es un inquilino legal en California porque ha estado dentro de la propidad por ms de 30 das. Vecinos

A squatter who’s refusing to leave one Palm Springs rental property isn’t popular among neighbors, or online gamers. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 reporter Samantha Cortese investigated Tuesday, and it turns out, this might not be the squatter’s first scam. Rather than letting her quaint condo in Palm Springs sit empty during the

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is seeking answers in the disappearance of Erin Corwin. A news release from the department stresses that they have “a responsibility to Erin’s family, her loved ones and her unborn child to provide answers regarding her disappearance.” The release also points out that the arrest of Christopher Lee was

Por medio de un comunicado de prensa, la Patrulla Fronteriza dio a conocer que el viernes pasado realiz un decomiso de 52.02 libras de cocana en el punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 que se ubica entre Westmorland y Salton Sea. A las 9:45 a.m. un oficial canino de la Unidad K-9 alert a los

California Gov. Jerry Brown won’t be deploying National Guard troops to the Mexico border like Texas is doing in response to an influx of immigrants. Capt. Will Martin of the California Military Department said Monday that Brown has no plans to send the California National Guard to the state’s southern border. Martin issued a statement