Month: October 2014

San Mateo County health officials are trying to determine what caused more than 50 people attending an NAACP gala to fall ill. George Holland heads the civil rights organization’s Oakland chapter and was among several hundred people at the weekend event at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay Hotel in Redwood City. He tells the Oakland

A woman was killed after crashing her BMW head-on into a Ford Econoline van while she was driving on the wrong side of I-10 early Wednesday morning. According to Officer Mike Radford with the California Highway Patrol, the collision happened at about 4:23 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of the interstate, just east of Dillon

Election day is just one week away. The political battle lines are pretty well drawn. But, rarely do those lines get drawn in your own front yard. CBS Local 2’s Jenifer Daniels met with this husband and wife, who mix politics with a successful marriage.

The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) in partnership with the Riverside County Department of Public Health and the Southern California Association of Governments are conducting a Health Impact Assessment of the CV Link project and will hold a series of public workshops starting next week to discuss how the CV Link design can be

Desert Sands Unified School District is warning parents about a man exposing himself to children outside an elementary school in Palm Desert. It happened on Friday during school hours, and police are still looking for the person responsible. “It’s disturbing because my brother goes here and neighbors go here and having somebody just expose themselves

Since 1973, an oleander hedge created a border between Highway 74 and the Indian Creek Villas in Palm Desert. Property manager Samuel Hinds said the hedge helps filter out some of the noise from the highway’s fast-moving traffic. “For the residents, it keeps the noise down,” said Hinds. However, neighbors said the overgrown bushes create

El Distrito Escolar Unificado Desert Sands advierte a padres de familia sobre un exhibicionista rondando por las calles afuera de una escuela primaria en Palm Desert. El viernes por la noche un hombre se acerc al patio de la escuela Washington Charter Elementary y segn el reporte policial le mostr sus partes privadas a tres

En ms informacin en torno a la balacera que oportunamente le informamos que ocurri el domingo alrededor de las 10 de la noche en el rea de la calle Camino Las Brisas cerca de la Avenida 48 en Coachella, lamentablemente perdi la vida Fabin Martnez de 23 aos. Ayer por la noche las autoridades de

Officials with the Desert Sands Unified School District said a ‘flasher’ reportedly approached students on the playground at George Washington Charter School in Palm Desert Friday afternoon. Police were called after students reported the incident to supervisors, according to Mary Perry, public information officer for DSUSD. DSUSD sent out an advisory notice to inform parents

The Women Leaders Forum (WLF) of the Coachella Valley has announced the honorees for its 3rd Annual “Women Who Rule” Fundraiser. Trina Turk, Peggy Cravens, Selby Dunham and Fern Rudd will be honored for their extraordinary community leadership, public service, commitment to education and visionary entrepreneurship on Friday, January 30th, 2015 at the Agua Caliente

An airline passenger flying out of Maui checked in with a weapon not often seen in baggage – the barrel of a cannon. Transportation Security Administration officials confirm they spotted the cannon barrel last week in the checked luggage of a passenger at Kahului (kah-hoo-LOO’-ee) Airport. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the cannon barrel was found

Authorities say a northern New Mexico sheriff’s deputy killed a fellow deputy at a hotel after firing several rounds at his colleague who was trying to flee after they argued. Police say the shooting happened just after midnight at the Hotel Encanto in the southern New Mexico city of Las Cruces. The Santa Fe County

Fresno police say a reputed gang member shot himself with his own gun – the second such shooting in as many days. Police say officers answering a report of shots fired early Sunday found 28-year-old Randy Mcbride with a gunshot wound to the leg. Sgt. Tony Bustos says it appears that Mcbride was in a

A former Orange County teacher has been arrested on suspicion of having traveled to the Philippines to have sex with a 14-year-old girl and videotaping the encounter. The United States Attorney’s Office said Monday that 63-year-old Robert Ruben Ornelas is charged with engaging in sexual conduct in a foreign place, producing child pornography and possessing

Two Palm Desert teenagers were in custody Tuesday morning charged for the murder of a Coachella man, Fabian Martinez, 23. The Riverside County Sheriffs Department said its detectives with the Central Homicide Unit arrested Carlos Jay Martinez, 19, and Noel Hernandez, 18. Fabian Martinez was shot and killed late Sunday night along the 48600 Block

“We want answers that’s all, we want answers and peace for our family,” said Christina Torres, the niece of 51-year-old Teodoro Torres, the hit and run victim who was struck by two vehicles while crossing Ramon Road in Cathedral City last Wednesday. Torres died in the hospital Friday with his family by his side. “We

Tune into The Best Local Sports Show on News Channel 3 Friday night’s at 11 p.m. to see all of the week’s action and highlights. La Quinta’s Michael Avina to Mario Villegas earns play of Week in Week 8.

A video recording of a traffic stop in Palm Desert went viral on social media before it was removed from Facebook Monday. It showed Riverside County sheriff’s deputies with guns in hand telling the driver and passenger to get on the ground and you hear the car passenger Alejandro Natividad, of Indio, shouting, refusing as

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