Month: August 2014

Mientras decenas de miles de nios centroamericanos han cruzado ilegalmente hacia Estados Unidos, el legislador republicano Scott Perry de pronto est viendo que la inmigracin se ha vuelto un tema importante para los electores en su distrito rural en Pennsylvania, bastante lejos de la frontera con Mxico, eclipsando incluso al dficit y la ley de

Eastbound traffic on I-10 near the Date Palm Drive exit was slow-moving after a car became fully engulfed in flames Monday afternoon. The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. According to the California Highway Patrol, the #3 and #4 lanes were temporarily closed while emergency crews extinguished the fire and cleared the car from the

En mxico, veinte maestros de la escuela normal bilinge intercultural de oaxaca fueron liberados el sbado tras permanecer retenidos durante seis das en el interior de esa institucin. Los profesores fueron retenidos desde el pasado lunes en san jernimo tlacochahuaya por integrantes del comit estudiantil, que exigan la salida de 11 de ellos. Sin embargo,

Aviso a los conductores que transitan las arterias viales entre, Monroe , Madison y la carretera 111, ya que el dia de hoy . Comienza la instalacin de una tubera de agua en las calles principales de Indio. La obra, que cubre la carretera 111, entre las calles Monroe y Madison, se espera que est

Some roles are shifting at the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff Stan Sniff appointed Chief Deputy Raymond Gregory to the rank of assistant sheriff Monday morning. Gregory will be responsible for oversight of the sheriff department’s administration, corrections, courts and coroner divisions, according to Sniff. Assistant Sheriff Gregory is filling a vacancy that was created

A motorcycle rider and his passenger killed in a crash in Desert Hot Springs Saturday were identified Monday. Lorne Powers, 62, of Joshua Tree was speeding east on state Route 62,east of North Indian Canyon Drive, on his Harley-Davidson about 7:25 p.m.Saturday when he lost control and veered into the path of an oncoming Jeep,

A La Quinta gym is hosting a blood drive today in support of a 5-year-old Indio girl battling late-stage cancer. Desirae Cechin, who goes by Desi, was diagnosed in April with Stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma, which affects the nervous system. Local fundraisers and donors paid for her trip to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in

Cuatro menores de edad fueron tomados en custodia esta maana despus de que intentaron robar en una casa ubicada en el rea de las calle Sierra del Sol en Thousand Palms, de acuerdo con el Oficial Muoz del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside. Originalmente la polica fue llamada al rea de las calles

A partir de hoy se realizan trabajos de instalacin de una lnea de pipas sobre el Hwy 111 entre las calles Madison y Monroe en Indio y se espera se complete en Noviembre 13. Dicha instalacin se ha realizado en dos fases y este tramo es el segundo, el primero fue el tramo entre las

Happy Birthday! Our National Park Service is 98 years old today. In recognition of this momentous occasion all national parks are waiving entrance fees. Joshua Tree National Park is one of 401 parks across the country celebrating by giving visitors the free gift. Joshua Tree National Park is open today 9am-5pm (760) 367-5500. Visit an

Contractors will finish installing a water line on one of Indio’s main thoroughfares starting Monday The work, which covers Highway 111 between Monroe and Madison streets, is expected to be finished by November 13th. Installation is being done in two sections, and the segment between Monroe and Madison is the final section, Indio city spokesman

A senior federal nuclear expert is urging regulators to shut down California’s last operating nuclear plant until they can determine whether the facility’s twin reactors can withstand powerful shaking from any one of several nearby earthquake faults. Michael Peck, who for five years was Diablo Canyon’s lead on-site inspector, says in a 42-page, confidential report

The man charged with murdering 19-year-old Erin Corwin was transported from Anchorage Alaska and brought back to San Bernardino County Sunday night, according to San Bernardino County jail records. Christopher Brandon Lee, 24, is expected to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Morongo Superior Court. The alleged lover of Erin Corwin is accused of

A small, magnitude-3.3 earthquake has struck off the coast of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 7:50 p.m. and was centered about 5 miles southwest of San Pedro and 6 miles southeast of Rancho Palos Verdes. A Los Angeles police officer in San Pedro said there have been no reports

UPDATE: The U.S. Geological Survey downgraded the quake that struck central Peru to a 6.9. It was originally reported as a 7.0. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The seismological service says in a preliminary report that the quake occurred at 2321GMT Sunday and was centered about 42 kilometers (26 miles) of

Firefighters contained flames to the shed behind a single family residence in Thermal, a Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman said Sunday. The fire was reported just before midnight at a residence in the 56300 block of Market Street, said the Riverside County Fire Department’s Melody Hendrickson. The first arriving engine company reported seeing flames behind

A shed and an apartment in Indio were damaged by fire early this morning, a Riverside County Fire Department spokeswoman said Sunday The fire was reported at 3:13 a.m. in the 44900 block of Oasis Street, said the Riverside County Fire Department’s Melody Hendrickson. “The Incident Commander reported the fire consumed an outdoor shed, and

Two people were killed in a motorcycle crash on State Route 62 and North Indian Canyon Drive Saturday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash happened at about 7:25 p.m. when a man on a 2007 Harley Davidson crossed into the #2 lane and clipped the right side of a 1998 Jeep. Officers

11:15 p.m. Update: Arrest is made. Man surrenders. Look for more updates overnight. 10:35 p.m. Friday night update: Police are now setting up a command post about a block from this home. SWAT continues to surround home, trying to get suspect to surrender. Police are outside a home in the 2900 block of Chuperosa in

Democratic state Sen. Ben Hueso, who represents the eastern Coachella Valley including Indio, Coachella and the Salton Sea, said he will try to prove his innocence hours after he was arrested for drunken driving in the state capital. Hueso emerged from Sacramento County Jail about 11:45 a.m. Friday and told reporters “the process isn’t over.”