Month: October 2014

We’re exactly a month from the November 4th mid-term election, and here in the Coachella Valley, the race between incumbent Congressman Raul Ruiz and his challenger Assemblyman Brian Nestande is heating up. Sunday night both candidates will come face-to-face for their first and only debate airing live on KESQ News Channel 3/CBS Local 2. It’s

California Highway Patrol says two accidents that occurred around 9 a.m. Sunday caused a major traffic jam on the 60 Westbound in what’re called The Badlands, near Jack Rabbit Trail, west of where the 60 and 10 split in Moreno Valley. CHP says around 8:50 a.m., two vehicles crashed, one of which overturned, on Jack

Cal Fire confirms the driver of a car that crashed into a tree in Moreno Valley died Sunday. The car left the 60 Freeway at 2:13 a.m. on the eastbound Valley Freeway at Day Street, said the Riverside County Fire Department’s Melody Hendrickson. The driver has not been identified. California Highway Patrol is investigating the

The Cathedral City Professional Firefighters Association will display fire engines and serve beer from local breweries at an event Sunday to launch National Fire Prevention Week. The event will be held at 11 a.m. in conjunction with the city’s farmers market in Town Square on Avenida Lalo Guerrero. Besides beer, attendees can peruse five food

Two men are in custody accused in multiple burglaries around La Quinta and Palm Desert. Police say the burglaries happened between July and October of this year. Officers say 24-year-old Eric Cunningham from La Quinta, and 26-year-old Joel Diaz from Cathedral City, allegedly used a blow torch to remove ATMs and safes from businesses. The

Belly dancers by the dozen will be shimmying, shaking and twirling Saturday to encourage Riverside County residents to adopt a pet from the county’s largest animal shelter. About 50 dancers will take part in the annual “Shimmy for Critters” event at the Western Riverside County Animal Shelter in Jurupa Valley, starting at 11 a.m. “Many

Five young people were killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash on the Santa Ana 5 Freeway in Irvine early Saturday morning. “They were burned beyond recognition,” said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi. Concialdi also said paramedics rushed a sixth person, a male teenager, to Mission Hospital in serious condition. That victim said the

Robert Pape and Cristin Smith were not in the courtroom Friday morning as all of the charges against them were dropped. Instead, they remained behind bars in Riverside. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges against two men who had been charged with the 2006 murders of three people found dead at their

The abduction and sexual assault of a teenage girl left many in the valley reeling. The news especially affecting young women and girls. “It makes me sick, how can you do that to a little girl,” said 18-year-old Celia Kerr. Kerr and Erin Escalante, also 18, don’t know each other but they now have the

Las elecciones de noviembre estn a la vuelta de la esquina y ser otra oportunidad para ejercer su derecho al voto. Tambin estamos a das del debate congresional para el distrito 36 entre el titular Ral Ruiz y su contrincante el Asamblesta Brian Nestande. Ser una oportunidad para que usted conozca el punto de vista

Police are looking for a man accused in a hit and run crash that injured an 8-year-old child in Coachella on September 6. According to police, 28-year-old Noel Cipriano Felix is suspected of fleeing the scene after crashing into a home in the 86000 block of Palmeras Circle. The child was sleeping in the residence

La Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito del Condado de Riverside desestim todos los cargos contra dos hombres que haban sido acusados de los asesinatos de tres personas encontradas muertas en su residencia en Pinyon Pines en el 2006. La oficina del fiscal hizo la mocin para desestimar los cargos en el Centro de Justicia Larson

A year after its wings were clipped because of federal budget cuts, the Miramar Air Show in San Diego is taking to the skies again. U-T San Diego reports the annual show, dubbed the nation’s largest military air fest, starts Friday and continues through the weekend. It typically attracts more than a half-million people. In

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges against two men who had been charged with the 2006 murders of three people found dead at their Pinyon Pines home. The DA’s office made the motion to dismiss charges against Robert Lars Pape and Cristin Conrad Smith at the Larson Justice Center in Indio Friday

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Missouri and five other states asking the court to strike down a California law barring the sale of eggs produced by hens kept in cages that are too small. U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller dismissed the suit Thursday, saying the states lacked legal standing to

The family of a California teenager declared brain-dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery is seeking an unprecedented court order declaring her alive. The family’s attorney, Chris Dolan, argued in court papers filed this week that 13-year-old Jahi McMath is no longer brain-dead and shows significant signs of life. The girl’s mother has kept

A large area of high pressure will bring dry offshore winds and temperatures 10-15 degrees above average through Saturday. A Heat Advisory is in effect for inland areas in Riverside and San Bernardino counties west of the deserts through 8 PM on Saturday. Highs could reach over 100 degrees in some areas. The full text

Police intensify their search for the man who abducted and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old Palm Springs girl who was going for a run. Police say the victim was last seen running near the intersection of Sunrise Way and Mel Avenue, shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday night. Authorities say a man found her around 7:30 a.m.

Brad Fisher’s been principal at Amelia Earhart Elementary School for six years and takes safety very seriously. “Every year, we try to do more to keep our students safe,” Fisher said. Currently, parents and random adults can go straight to a classroom during after school pickup hours, but that’s all about to change on October

Yadira Osuna has five children. One is a senior at Coachella Valley High School. “They’re always on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat,” she said. Osuna admits it’s hard, but she does her best to check their phones, photos and keep up with her kids on all the social media sites. One that’s gotten students in big