Month: July 2014

Homeowners in Palm Desert can get paid up to $2,000 by replacing the grass in their front yard with desert landscaping. The incentive was created through a new partnership program between the city of Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley Water District. Beginning August 1, the new turf buy-back program offers Palm Desert residents a

Homeowner associations can no longer slap fines on residents with dry, brown lawns during droughts. Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB2100 on Monday. The legislation enshrines into law the governor’s order in April prohibiting homeowner associations from penalizing residents who conserve water in a declared drought. Democratic Assemblywoman Nora Campos of San Jose introduced the bill

A man who volunteered at the same horse ranch as missing Twentynine Palms woman Erin Corwin, is now facing charges unrelated to her case according to sheriff’s deputies. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday that investigators searched a property on the 700 block of Geronimo Trail in Yucca Valley on the 4th of

Two people were injured when a vehicle crashed into a bus in Palm Desert Monday, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The crash was reported at 11:30 a.m. at Fred Waring Drive and Warner Trail, where a vehicle struck a SunLine bus that had stopped to pick up passengers. The vehicle’s driver and one of the bus’s

The state of California is in the worst drought we’ve seen in years. But, one valley city is working hard to help the state change that. The city if Coachella is doing its part to keep the state hydrated. “Back in, I believe it was, 2009 the state came back and asked us to reduce

“If you are setting fires in California, you might as well be pointing a gun at somebody,” says Mike Hestrin. After billions of dollars in property loss, and too many lives lost, he says, “I think there’s no tolerance. We have a zero tolerance policy.” If anyone understands what a jury will tolerate when it

Segn el portavoz del Departamento Policial en Indio, el sargento Dan Marshall, agentes recibieron una llamada de emergencia el domingo al filo de las 8:00 p.m. reportando un tiroteo a la altura de North Jackson Park cerca de la Avenida Crest. Al llegar los oficiales , localizaron a un hombre hispano con varias heridas de

El trfico se vio afectado en las inmediaciones de las calles Fred Waring y Portola en Palm Desert al perder el control del volante el conductor de un camion de carga. Termin llantas hacia arriba al salirse de la carpeta asfltica. El camion se volc sobre Fred Waring y la Avenida Portola. La calle Portola

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized over 50 pounds of cocaine on Friday. The smuggling attempt occurred at the Highway 86 checkpoint around 9:45 a.m. Border Patrol agents encountered a 41-year-old woman driving a Chrysler Pacifica when a Border Patrol canine team alerted to the vehicle. During the inspection, agents discovered 20 bundles within

A school custodian who sexually abused a child over a period of several years and shared visual images of the molestations online pleaded guilty Monday to federal child pornography charges, according to a release from Thom Mrozek with the U.S. Attorney’s office of Los Angeles. Matthew Frazer, 39, of Yucca Valley, pleaded guilty to one

A truck has flipped over on Fred Waring and Portola Avenue. Northbound Portola is closed to through traffic while police investigate the crash. If you are driving in this area, expect delays or take an alternate route. There were no major injuries. The driver was taken to the hospital to be checked out after the

It was a law approved by Governor Jerry Brown in 2010 that was aimed at reducing overcrowding in California’s prisons. But not only did Assembly Bill 109 send thousands of state prisoners back to county jails, it has also led to the early release of thousands of convicts. Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff talked about

The Palm Springs Swim Center will close for a month for sales tax-funded pool deck renovations, it was announced today. The center will close Aug. 3 and reopen Sept. 1. Organized swim teams don’t meet in August, and overall pool usage declines, city parks and recreation director Vicki Oltean said. “We appreciate the community’s patience

Sixty-one sheepdogs and sheepdog-mixes have been rescued from a house fire in Riverside, “all look great” and will be put up for adoptions, a county worker said Sunday. The Shetland sheepdogs and Shelty-mixes have “good coats and no behavioral issues,” said Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John C. Welsh. This was despite records that show

Indio police are investigating a second deadly shooting which happened Sunday night. Police say the Hispanic male victim turned up at a home on 48th between Calhoun and Van Buren. This shooting happened just a short time after a deadly shooting which happened around 8:00 Sunday night at North Jackson Park. There is no word

A Powerball ticket sold at a store in San Bernardino County matches all six numbers in this weekend’s drawing to win $60 million. California Lottery officials said Sunday that the ticket sold at Cardenas Market #21 in Fontana matched the numbers 10, 53, 17, 25, 45 and the Powerball 9 during Saturday night’s drawing. Officials

Sheila Zacker saw firsthand how much the Idyllwild fire station needed fixing up. She lived here during last year’s mountain fire and manned the phones while the rest of the town evacuated. “It was horrible. It was unacceptable living conditions. I said we gotta do something, you put your lives on the line every day,

A Culver City woman is safe after rescue crews helped her down a trail in Mt. San Jacinto State Park. State parks received a brief phone call just after 4 p.m. Saturday about an injured hiker atop the mountain at Wellman’s Divide and then the call was dropped. A rescue team quickly assembled and found

Bodies, backpacks, passports and other piles of debris lay splayed across a miles-long area in the remote area in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down. The crash site is massive — an international observer called it “one of the biggest — or the biggest — crime scenes in the world right now.”

A Riverside County sheriff’s helicopter rescued an injured paraglider from remote area north of San Jacinto Saturday. The fall was reported at about 7:53 p.m. Saturday in the 260 block of Soboba Road, said Jennifer Fuhrman of the Riverside County Fire Department. “One patient was hoisted from scene to the Soboba Flight Park by a