Month: August 2014

A significant aftershock from last weekend’s magnitude-6.0 earthquake has rattled Northern California’s wine country. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.2 tremor struck 5 miles south of the city of Napa just before 2 a.m. Sunday. Thomas Brocher, director of USGS’ Earthquake Science Center, says it wasn’t the strongest aftershock to rumble the region since

Riverside County Fire Department/ CAL FIRE rescue a hiker with a broken leg in a remote area near Idyllwild Sunday. Riverside County Fire Department/ CAL FIRE along with the Idyllwild Fire Protection Districtreports just before 9:30 Sunday morning a hiker was in need of help on the Ernie Mack hiking trail in Humber Park. Idyllwild

One suspected drunken driver was among seven people arrested during a sobriety checkpoint in Coachella that ended Sunday. Sheriff’s deputies began their operation at 7 p.m. Saturday at Grapefruit Boulevard and Ed Mitchell Drive. They ended the checkpoint at 3 a.m., Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Tim White said. A total of 861 vehicles passed through

One motorist suffered major injuries early Sunday in a crash on westbound Interstate 10 in Cathedral City. California Highway Patrol officers received a dispatch at 5:54 a.m. and went to the freeway west of Date Palm Drive, about 37 miles from the San Bernardino County line. The crash involved two vehicles, a CHP dispatcher said.

A fugitive suspected of driving a stolen Lexus with a loaded revolver was arrested outside a Wal-Mart department store in Palm Springs Saturday. Police received a call at 10:07 a.m. Saturday about the stolen 1992 Lexus sedan and spotted it, unoccupied, 20 minutes later in the store’s parking lot on East Ramon Road, Palm Springs

It’s time to stock up on reusable bags, California is saying goodbye to plastic bags. The statewide ban was one of several historic bills sent to the Governor’s desk before state lawmakers wrapped up their two-year session Saturday morning. This will make California the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. It’s

People interested in becoming American citizens gathered in Mecca Saturday. Dozens of people met at the Mecca Family and Farm Workers Service Center on Avenue 66. Immigration groups were there with booths and information encouraging those here illegally to prepare for citizenship. Others learned about the process of getting a California drivers’ license. “The challenge

Riverside County firefighters responded to two near drowning incidents Saturday, one in Palm Desert and another in Lake Elsinore. A man was in stable condition at a hospital after nearly drowning in the 77000 block of New York Avenue in Palm Desert, said Jennifer Fuhrman of the Riverside County Fire Department. His injury was described

The U.S. Forest Service says a pair of wildfires sparked by lightning nearly three weeks ago continues to grow while threatening as many as 250 homes in far Northern California. Forest Service spokesman Marc Peebles said low humidity and warm weather helped the fires burning in the Klamath National Forest near the gold mining and

Hundreds of kids got new backpacks and school supplies Saturday. Sword of the Lord Ministries” in Thousand Palms hosted a free backpack and school supply giveaway. Families lined up to enjoy music, a free barbecue and painting. More than 200 students of all grade levels walked away with backpacks filled with pencils, paper and folders,

Rundown of Week 0 schedule: Desert Hot Springs – 0Cathedral City – 40 (FINAL) Heritage – 27 (FINAL)La Quinta – 26 Tahquitz – 0Palm Springs – 24 (FINAL) San Jacinto – 49 (FINAL)Palm Desert – 23 Coachella Valley – 26 (FINAL)Rancho Mirage – 7 Indio – 14Desert Mirage – 53 (FINAL) West Shores – 0Desert

Our top three plays from Week 0 of high school football are posted in the video above. Desert Christian Academy’s Nate Frahmann made something out of nothing, turning a botched play into an 18-yard touchdown. His play received nearly 13,000 of the near 27,000 votes cast, easily earning Play of the Week honors for Week

Officials from the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District say they collected twenty mosquito samples that tested positive for the West Nile virus. The sample included the first positive test from the west valley. That sample was collected east of Desert Hot Springs. The other nineteen in the east valley are in areas bordered

A Lucerne Valley couple has been arrested after deputies with the Victor Valley Station discovered six children and over 60 animals living in the residence under deplorable conditions. According to a release from the Victor Valley Station, 38-year-old Ronald Mills and 39-year-old Venus Mills were taken into custody Wednesday evening. Deputies were called to the

The Cathedral City Police Department has found an at-risk man who was reported missing Friday afternoon. The man is safe and has been returned to his family. Officers were called to the 68300 block of Corta Road at about 5 p.m. after 27-year-old Miguel ‘Mikey’ Lopez was reported missing. According to a release, Lopez left

Palm Desert City Council says no to a high-end gym. The owner wanted to renovate a building north of Highway 111 that’s been vacant for over 9 years, but the City Council decided a gym doesn’t belong mixed in with office buildings. “I wanted to put a special elite gym, Five Star Fitness, just like

Robb Roberts is the security adviser at Maximum Security in Palm Springs. He’s well aware of crooks posing as alarm system technicians. Police warn that they dress the part and then hit the streets to get inside your home. “What they do is they’ll say, ‘We’re here from your alarm company,’ or ‘The company has

A local center in Palm Desert is helping sexual assault victims speak up and heal. The Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services Rape Crisis Center is apart of the sexual assault response team, otherwise known as SART. They work with law enforcement and Eisenhower Medical Center ensuring victims receive the services they need. The center provides

El Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector . Control District recibieron confirmacin por parte del Centro de Enfermedadestransmitidas por vectores en la UC Davis que una muestra de mosquitos dio positivopara el virus del Nilo Occidental (WNV). Esta es la primera seal de la transmisin del (WNV) en el valle al oeste en 2014.Adems, 19 muestras

A man who killed an artist in his La Quinta home more than a decade ago was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison. Jesse Dean Nava, 34, was convicted in an April 2013 retrial of second-degree murder in the 1997 shooting death of 43-year-old Bernardo Gouthier, as was co-defendant Jerry Eugene Reynolds,