Month: August 2014

Thunderstorms east of the Coachella Valley and near the Salton Sea fueled a weak haboob to move through the valley Monday morning. The outflow from the storms caused gusty winds at times and blowing sand periodically. A Dust Advisory was issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District for the area. Air quality was

California’s extended drought has impacted the efforts of local water agencies to recharge the Coachella Valley’s underground water aquifer. But local water managers say this dry desert area is doing much better than the state as a whole when it comes to future water supplies. A shortage of rain and snow has dried up water

A Riverside Animal Control officer saved a bighorn sheep Sunday evening in La Quinta. According to a news release late today, Riverside County officer Kyle Stephens responded to the PGA West Country Club Sunday at about 6 p.m. after receiving a call from a security guard, with a report of a bighorn sheep stuck in

Hoy existen nuevos detalles sobre la desaparicin de Erwin Corwin, una mujer embarazada y esposa de un infante de marina de Twentynine Palms. El Departamento del Sheriff de San Bernardino dio a conocer hoy que el presunto amante de Erwin, quien responde al nombre de Christopher Brandon Lee fue arrestado en Alaska ayer y ahora

Joint Family Statement about the death of Erin Corwin: The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to us early Monday, August 18th that Erin’s body has been found. While we were praying for a different outcome, we cannot begin to express the gratitude we have for every person that has been involved in the search

Usted se preguntar que est pasando con el clima en el valle de coachella? El dia de hoy el servicio nacional de metreologia emitio una advertencia de mala calidad de aire se recomienda que nios y personas de la tercera edad eviten las actividades al aire libre. ni siquiera las montaas aledaas a la regin

Este jueves nuestra Cadena Telemundo celebra por todo lo alto Premios Tu Mundo, el evento que celebra lo mejor de la cultura pop latina en los Estados Unidos. El American Airlines Arena de la ciudad de Miami ser testigo de lo que promete ser una noche de estrellas. A solo das del gran evento los

State and federal water agencies are seeking an investigation into whether some California farmers are taking water released from upstream dams intended for consumers in other regions of the state. The Sacramento Bee reports the California Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation are calling on the state board that oversees water rights

A collegiate football player from Los Angeles was killed over the weekend in a car-to-car shooting on the 60 freeway. The president of Chaffey College says Sheldon Martin was fatally shot Saturday night in the westbound lanes near Main Street. Martin was a wide receiver for the Rancho Cucamonga-based college. He was one of five

A new form of solar energy is having an unwanted side effect: It makes some birds ignite in midair. California’s energy commission is studying the issue of bird deaths at a new kind of solar plant that works with concentrated sun rays. The technology has proved unexpectedly deadly to birds at a new solar plant

A man and his dog are out of their home in Thousand Palms Sunday. The homeowner, only identified as Steve, tells us at around 2:30 a.m. his barbecue sent embers or flames into the roof, quickly igniting the home. The house is located on Westchester Rd. in the Tri Palms Estates. Firefighters were able to

Authorities say gunfire may have sparked a fire that scorched about 20 acres of dry brush in San Diego County. Sheriff’s Lt. Christine Robbins tells U-T San Diego that Border Patrol agents stopped a car leaving the area near the fire Saturday in Otay Mesa. She says the people in the car had been shooting

A new study of California records shows that Bay Area water providers have been losing about 23 billion gallons of water a year due to aging and broken pipes as the state grapples with an historic drought. The San Jose Mercury News reports that Bay Area water agencies have lost from 3 to 16 percent

One person is dead and two others were injured during a car-to-car shooting on the 60 Freeway, a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy said Sunday. It happened at 11:10 p.m. Saturday on the westbound 60 Freeway west of Main Street, said Riverside County sheriff’s Dep. Armando Munoz. He described the incident as an assault with a

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a vehicle in the narrow, winding switchbacks of Highway 74 above Palm Desert Sunday. California Highway Patrol responded to a crash about two miles above the Palm Desert city line, near Vista Point on Highway 74. Sgt. Destiny Tafoya says either the SUV, a silver Toyota, or

The Sports Medicine program at Desert Regional Medical Center’s Institute for Clinical Orthopedics & Neurosciences (ICON) provided baseline concussion testing for Xavier College Preparatory High School football players on Saturday. They used a test called ImPACT, a computer-based test that measures verbal and visual memory, processing speed and reaction times of the student athlete. If

A large group crowded Signature Aviation at Palm Springs International Airport to wave goodbye and send off Desi Cechin. “She excited, first time on a plane and go to this new city with tall buildings,” Desi’s mom, Laura, said. Desi was diagnosed in April with stage 4 high-risk neuro-blastoma. She’s been getting chemotherapy at Loma

A motorist was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and two vehicles were towed during an overnight driver’s license/sobriety checkpoint in Coachella, a police sergeant said Saturday. Also, 16 drivers were cited for driving without a valid driver’s license during the checkpoint at Grapefruit Boulevard and Ed Mitchell Drive that began at 7 p.m. Friday

Two people are fine after a para glide went down in a remote area of San Jacinto Friday night, according to Riverside County Fire Department CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters, with assistance from Riverside City PD, responded to the report of one para glider down north of Soboba Road and Gilman Springs Road on North Mountain

Two Palm Desert residents are behind bars for allegedly making a dangerous oil out of marijuana plants and also operating a large marijuana growing operation in Yucca Valley. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says that on Wednesday August 13th, the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force served a narcotic related search warrant at a residence located