Month: September 2014

There’s concern over the time it took to alert drivers about the big rig crash on Interstate 10 Tuesday morning, that backed up traffic for hours. A ‘Nixle’ alert, used by the city of Palm Springs and Riverside County to let people know about emergencies, wasn’t sent out for at least 3 hours. “And then

Greg Brown, used car manager at Fiesta Ford, says the car business is the best it has been since 2007. But, dealers need you to drive up their used car inventory. “I’m aggressively buying used cars all the time at auction, off the streets, through trade-ins and I’m paying more for used cars now than

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell joined local and federal leaders to tour different solar and wind energy facilities in the Coachella Valley Tuesday. She celebrated the desert’s efforts toward clean energy and unveiled the draft Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. The plan will set aside 22.5 million acres of California desert for wildlife and recreation,

Gracias a una generosa cifra donada por la tribu india Agua Caliente Cahuilla , el Departamento de Policia de Palm Springs recibir entrenamiento con la ms alta tecnologa. El gremio policial recibio $25,000 de la tribu antes mencionada para comprar un simulador de armas denominado “Lasershot,” que se utilizar para mejorar la respuesta y acciones

El presidente Bashar Assad dijo el martes que apoya cualquier esfuerzo internacional contra el terrorismo, en lo que pareca un intento por posicionar a su gobierno del lado de la coalicin encabezada por Estados Unidos que lanz ataques areos contra el grupo Estado Islmico en Siria. Las declaraciones de Assad se produjeron horas despus de

Actualmente, se estima que existen ms de 27 millones de personas en esclavitud. En los Estados Unidos — aproximadamente unas 50,000 personas, en su mayora mujeres y nios, son tratados con fines de explotacin laboral. A nivel local, California y especficamente la ciudad de Los Angeles son puntos catalogados como zonas principales donde vctimas son

A baby porcupine that was born at The Living Desert in May will soon be introduced to the Animal Encounter Program. The program was developed to give guests an up close and personal interaction with zoo animals. The African Crested female baby porcupine is named Tootsie. She was born on May 23. Zookeepers said on

An faltan dos meses para que comience el segundo periodo de inscripcin para el seguro mdico del gobierno, mejor conocido como “Obamacare”, y ya varias organizaciones estn trabajando para motivar a los latinos a comprar seguro Segn datos oficiales, ms de 10-millones de hispanos viven sin seguro de salud a pesar de que son elegibles

A 57 year old woman from Mesa, Arizona died in a car crash on westbound I-10 Monday afternoon in Indio, according to CHP Spokesman Michael Kissenger. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the woman Tuesday afternoon as Elsie Shumway. The crash happened just west of Monroe Street at about 11:46 a.m. Firefighters were ready to

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has signed off an emergency declaration that will enable the county to seek state and federal aid to cover some of the repair bills from damage caused by flooding on September 8. County Office of Emergency Services Director Peter Lent said the torrential downpours on Sept. 7 and the

All day long the westbound I-10 looked like a parking lot from Indian Canyon to just past Haugen-Lehmann Way. A big rig loaded with household supplies and nearly 700 pounds of pesticides exploded into flames after the driver lost control at around 6:45 a.m. By 11 a.m., only the two right lanes had re-opened. “Once

Thanks to a generous donation by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Palm Springs Police Department is getting state of art training. The department received a $25,000 donation from the tribe to buy a new firearms training simulator called ‘Lasershot,’ which the department says will be better prepare their officers for critical real-life

A 71-year old woman is expected to survive after she was stung an estimated 1,000 times by bees, and she wasn’t the only victim. A bee removal company was called in to remove the swarm of about 80,000 bees. The attack happened just before 5 p.m. Thursday at Lucerne Drive and Merrill Drive, in a

A fire that forced evacuations from a wharf at the Port of Los Angeles continues to smolder but officials say it’s under control. Nearly 12 hours after starting, the blaze is sending up a huge plume of smoke that is drifting over Los Angeles Harbor early Tuesday. Los Angeles fire spokeswoman Katherine Main said about

A commercial airplane traveling from Boston to Los Angeles has made an emergency landing in Nebraska. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Virgin America flight made the unscheduled landing Monday morning at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield. The plane landed safely and no injuries were reported. The agency says the flight crew requested a diversion following a

On June 7, 2014, about 10:00 p.m., an armed robbery occurred at Carl’s Jr. restaurant located in the 45700 block of Dillon Road, Coachella. Investigators from the Thermal Station responded and assumed the investigation. On September 22, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., investigators arrested Daniel Gonzalez, age 21 of Coachella, for the armed robbery. Gonzalez was

Investigators still searching for answers about Saturday night’s fatal shooting between the feuding Hell’s Angels and Mongols motorcycle clubs in Corona. The shooting happened the same day the rival clubs held separate rallies in Riverside County. Our valley, no stranger to biker groups and events, is gearing up for the “American Heat” biker rally just

The United States and allies launched airstrikes against Sunni militants in Syria early Tuesday, unleashing a torrent of cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs from the air and sea on the militants’ de facto capital of Raqqa and along the porous Iraq border. American fighter jets and armed Predator and Reaper drones, flying alongside warplanes from

We’ve narrowed it down to three top plays of the night for Week 3 HS Football, now we need you to cast your vote to determine who takes home top honors. Voting has closed and with 49% of the vote DCA QB Kenny Gagnon is the Week 3 winner.