Month: October 2014

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that no charges will be filed against two Palm Springs police officers involved in the deadly shooting of a Marine in the downtown parking garage in November of 2012. According to Spokesman John Hall, the DA’s office concluded no criminal charges will be filed against either officer.

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department arrested a man for being a felon in possession of a gun after he allegedly shot himself and his son by accident Thursday afternoon. The accidental shooting happened at a home on Estrella Avenue in Desert Hot Springs around 2 p.m., said Lt. Holcomb of the Desert Hot Springs

Three hit and run crashes in just one week in one valley city. The latest happening Tuesday night when a driver struck a woman on Date Palm Drive near Olancha Road in Cathedral City and then drove off. Then while the victim still lay on the ground, police say a second car ran her over,

Thousands of pilots and flying enthusiasts have landed in Palm Springs for the 2014 Flying Aviation Expo and the highly anticipated Parade of Planes. According to Communications Director Amy Blaisdell, nearly 80 planes began taxiing under their own power on city streets from Palm Springs International Airport to the Convention Center at 10 a.m. The

Power has been restored after thousands of people in the La Quinta area woke up without electricity Thursday morning. Officials with the Imperial Irrigation District said the outage affected 3,260 customers. A viewer contacted News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 and said his power went out in the La Quinta Cove around 5 a.m.

The California Highway Patrol released new information Thursday morning regarding a deadly hit and run crash in Cathedral City that happened Wednesday, October 22. Teodoro Torres, 51, was struck by a hit and run driver while crossing Ramon Road and was then hit by an ambulance that was already taken a different hit and run

Authorities say a 14-year-old girl who wanted a day off from school has been arrested for allegedly making a shooting threat at her Sacramento campus. The girl was taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the threat found last week scrawled on a stall of a restroom at Bella Vista High School. The graffiti warned

Voters across the nation will decide Tuesday whether to set aside billions of dollars for parks and preservation. It adds up to nearly $16 billion in tax and bond measures, more money than in any previous election for the last quarter century. And pollsters say preserving natural resources is one of the few issues where

Three hit and runs on Cathedral City streets in the span of a week have some business owners near the scenes of the crashes wondering if street lighting is a contributing factor. “I feel like if they lit it up better it would be easier to see people,” said Sean Wood, co-owner of TG Tattoo

A military jet has crashed into a field near a naval base in Southern California, killing the pilot. The plane crashed and disintegrated at around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday near Naval Station Ventura County. The base is located near the city of Port Hueneme, about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The county Fire Department says

Environmental activists with Earthjustice say a new plan proposed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture could threaten California’s organic farming industry, forcing farmers to spray organic fields with chemicals as part of a mandatory statewide program. “Pesticides have a kind of a trickle down effect,”said Palm Desert resident Kevin Owens. “And it can

El congresista demcrata Ral Ruiz se reuni con el ex-presidente de los Estados Unidos Bill Clinton en un mitin para impulsar el voto bajo el nombre “Get Out the Vote” en la ciudad de Oxnard este mircoles 29 de octubre. Ruiz, quien busca su reeleccin en la asamblea estatal, apareci en el escenario del gimnasio

Gas is getting cheaper in Riverside County. Prices at one gas station in Cathedral City dropped under $3 Wednesday. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 first heard from a viewer that the Arco am/pm at 67625 E Palm Canyon Drive was selling unleaded gas at $2.99 per gallon. Our stations spoke with the owner

La preferencia de los votantes hispanos por los candidatos demcratas duplica al apoyo que dan a los republicanos pero es sustancialmente menor al expresado en las elecciones legislativas del 2010, segn un sondeo difundido el mircoles. El Pew Research Center concluy en una encuesta que los demcratas llegarn a las elecciones legislativas del martes con

Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, joined former President Bill Clinton at a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Oxnard Wednesday. Ruiz appeared onstage in Oxnard College’s gym with Clinton, Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Westlake Village, and Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, who is running for the 31st Congressional District seat in San Bernardino County. Clinton touched on

Cathedral City High School will be the site for the PSUSD Aquatic Center. The school board voted unanimously on the swimming pool’s location at Tuesday night’s meeting. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 contacted Joan Boiko, spokesperson for the Palm Springs Unified School District, Wednesday morning. Boiko said the Aquatic Center will be designed

De acuerdo a informacin de la Patrulla de Carreteras de California, una mujer conduca un BMW en sentido contrario en los carriles con rumbo al este sobre la I-10 a seis millas al este de Dillon Road muy cerca de Caochella. Los hechos ocurrieron hoy a las 4:23 a.m. El BMW se impact de frente

Twice as much love to go around with these two beautiful Papillon sisters, Sophie and Sadie. Their story is sad and unfortunate. Their elderly owner passed away unexpectedly and without a plan to care for them. They are five years old, completely housebroken and in desperate need of a home with a heart big enough

Many may agree part of the Halloween fun is kids getting to wear a costume to school and showing it off to their fellow classmates, But students at one local school won’t get to. Carrillo Ranch Elementary in Indio cancelled Halloween, so that means no little superheros, pirates, or princesses running around on Friday. The

A woman is in critical condition after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver and then hit by a second vehicle while lying injured in the roadway Tuesday night in Cathedral City. The woman, who hasn’t been identified yet, was walking at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Olancha Road, north of Dinah Shore