Month: September 2014

Public health officials are warning that people may have been exposed to measles at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. In a news release, Public Health-Seattle & King County officials say a passenger who contracted a confirmed case of the disease – likely outside the United States – was contagious when he or she was at the airport.

A large ridge of high pressure will bring weak offshore winds and warm temperatures to areas west of the mountains through Monday. Highs could reach 10-15 degrees above average. A Heat Advisory is in effect until 7 PM Tuesday for areas through the Banning Pass extending west into the Inland Empire. The full text warning

Police say that after a nine-hour standoff they have arrested a 59-year-old man suspected of shooting at a group of children who were surrounding an ice cream truck in San Bernardino. No children were injured by the gunfire Sunday afternoon. Lt. Richard Lawhead says police fired pyrotechnic tear gas into the man’s house late Sunday

A judge is scheduled today to hear arguments to dismiss the case against one of two men accused in a 2006 triple murder in Pinyon Pines. The attorney for Robert Lars Pape will argue in his dismissal motion that the prosecution’s case is “entirely circumstantial and paper thin, and rests in no small part upon

One of the world’s largest charities says it will begin accepting donations in the virtual currency bitcoin. United Way Worldwide said Monday that it will accept bitcoin donations for the charity’s innovation fund through the San-Francisco-based wallet service Coinbase. The charity will accept donations from a donor’s digital wallet with no transaction fees. In a

Week 2 of HS Football has wrapped up and these are our top 3 plays of the week. Voting has now closed.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning forWest Central Riverside County including Hemet until 4:45 pm Sunday. Radar detected near stationary storms near Lake Hemet capable of producing winds up to 60 mph. The full text from the National Weather Service is copied below: Severe Thunderstorm Warning SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGCAC065-142345-/O.NEW.KSGX.SV.W.0007.140914T2243Z-140914T2345Z/BULLETIN – EAS

One person is dead and another was hurt in a crash on eastbound I-10, just east of Monterey Avenue in Thousand Palms early Sunday morning, according to Cal Fire. The crash happened at about 5:40 a.m. A 53 year old man from Indio was driving a 2003 Toyota Tundra with a 25 year old male

It’s a way to say “boo” to bullying. People in Palm Springs got a car wash to benefit the anti-bullying non-profit “Boo 2 Bullying”. The group encourages acceptance and tolerance for the LGBT community. Located on the corner of Indian Canyon and Ramon, the space is an art gallery and workshop for people to express

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.1 shook San Jacinto today, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The moderate quake was widely felt at 3:16 p.m., according to the Southern California Earthquake Center. It registered as mild shaking from the Murrieta to Beaumont, and from Moreno Valley to Temecula, according

Authorities say a wildfire in Southern California has been 20 percent contained but more than 200 homes near the Cleveland National Forest remain evacuated. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said Sunday that more than 1,000 firefighters and fire personnel are battling the 2 1/2 square mile blaze. Concialdi says six firefighters have suffered

The old Sam’s Club building in La Quinta caught fire around 11:00 Sunday morning. CAL FIRE reports the two alarm fire sent flames shooting through the roof of the vacant warehouse. Many News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 viewers could see the smoke all the way from Palm Springs on the 10 freeway. The

This is the first weekend of many, some home owners will spend cleaning up after Monday’s floods. For some of the harder hit areas, it may take weeks, even months to repair the damage caused by nearly 3 inches of rain that fell in just an hour. Saturday we found one home owner in La

It’s Week 2 of high school football and here’s a rundown of Friday night’s matchups on the gridiron. The Best Local Sports Show will have all of your scores and highlights, including the Play of the Night. Plus, Chris Alvarez and Angelo Caruso make their Week 2 predictions. (***Game of the Week***) Temescal Canyon 14

More than 700 firefighters have been sent to surround a heavy brush on the flanks on Silverado Canyon today in triple digit heat, as the fire that broke out Friday has blackened about 1,600 acres and was about 10 percent contained. Cleveland National Forest fire bosses assigned a chopper to make nighttime drops in the

A faulty transformer caused an outage all day Saturday that affected seven homes in Palm Springs. The blackout was reported at 11:30 a.m. and affected the homes on Via Fortuna. A restoration time was estimated at 1 a.m. Sunday, Southern California Edison spokesman David Song said.

Yary Alfaro of Cathedral City is fighting for her life. Police said the 14-year-old girl was walking home when she was hit by a car at the corner of Date Palm Drive and Victoria Road in Cathedral City on Aug. 31. Ana Alfaro, Yary’s sister, said the teenager texted her for a ride just minutes

Hundreds of customers were without power in Coachella for about two hours Friday night. The outage affected at least 917 customers. It occurred around 8:30 p.m. and the Imperial Irrigation District said all power was restored around 10:45 p.m. Officials never listed the cause of the outage. IID said if you’re still having issues with

Large and bulky items damaged in Monday’s flooding in La Quinta will be picked-up Saturday by Burrtec. The city, in cooperation with Burrtec, set-up the free curbside service. Items need to be at the curb by 6:00 a.m.. The pick-ups will continue until 2:00 p.m.. People outside the heavily flood damaged areas can call Burrtec

El desierto est cada vez ms cerca de ver la venta legal de marijuana medicinal. Esto se debe a una nueva ordenanza que entro en vigor este jueves que permitira la posible apertura de un dispensario en Cathedral City. Si es aprobada, la ciudad se unira a Palm Springs y posiblemente Desert Hot Springs como