Month: November 2014

As a growing number of our population ages, more and more children of elderly parents find themselves struggling to understand how their parents got swindled out of their savings and wonder what they could have done to prevent it. Feelings of absolute shock and disbelief, along with rage, at the people who had taken advantage

Las autoridades investigaban un incidente en torno a un tiroteo reportado en el rea de Violet cerca de Desert Hot Springs cuando descubrieron en una casa mas de 150 gallos de pelea. El Departamento de Control Animal los tom en custodia y los sacrific ya que comentaron que los gallos son buscados nicamente para peleas,

Some families in the Coachella Valley are no longer living in fear that they may be separated from their loved ones. This, one day after President Obama announced his plan to shield millions of immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation. Families we spoke with Friday were overjoyed by the president’s executive action. “We

Authorities say about 150 fighting roosters were euthanized after being discovered at a home in Riverside County. The birds were reportedly found Tuesday by police investigating reports of gunshots in the area near Desert Hot Springs. The roosters were humanely put down by Animal Services. The agency says it doesn’t offer roosters for adoption because

The number of California students attending charter schools has risen to more than a half million. The California Charter Schools Association announced Tuesday an estimated 547,800 students are enrolled in charter schools for the 2014-15 school year, up from 519,000 the year before. An additional 87 new charters opened this school year, bringing the total

Two-time Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater will be presented with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. Linklater’s recent film ‘Boyhood’ earned him this year’s honor. “Richard Linklater’s latest feature film is the critically acclaimed Boyhood, a one-of-a-kind epic undertaking shot over the course of

Two Mexican nationals were arrested by Border Patrol agents Friday morning for being in the U.S. illegally. After checking their records, it was discovered that one of the men had been diagnosed with active tuberculosis, according to a Border Patrol release. El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents encountered a 42-year-old man and 28-year old man

The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for the San Bernardino County Mountains Inland Empire and Santa Ana Mountains through noon Wednesday. The High Wind Warning for the Riverside County Mountains begins Monday at 4 am. Surface high pressure building over the Great Basin will bring periods of strong and gusty Santa

It’s not just Facebook and Twitter anymore, social media has become the new way to communicate and the increasingly popular way to bully. Between smart phones, tablets and computers and so many social media platforms to choose from, poking fun at a classmate has become too easy and those on the other end are feeling

Black Friday looks more like Black Week. Shoppers are already camped out in front of Best Buy in La Quinta on Tuesday. “I’m waiting for a TV, for a 50-inch TV for like $200, so you’re never going to get that deal any time of the year,” said Christopher Villalta, who is the first person

Protesters of a Missouri police shooting have flooded the U.S. 101 freeway and brought traffic to a halt in downtown Los Angeles. A few dozen protesters who broke off from a crowd that had gathered at police headquarters and ran on to the nearby 101 Tuesday night, carrying barricades that they spread across freeway lanes

On Black Friday, if you’re looking for a good bargain, you may want to head over to the old Spa Resort Hotel in Palm Springs. Everything must go before the building is razed. “This is the largest garage sale in Palm Springs that you’re going to see,” said Frank Long, President of International Content Liquidations,

The 18th annual Peace Officer and Public Safety Awards Luncheon brought together hundreds of men and women who protect and serve the Coachella Valley and celebrated their efforts to keep us safe. The event Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells took place as parts of Ferguson, Missouri smoldered after a night of violence.

Indio Police confirm that an officer accidentally discharged his weapon while on a suspicious vehicle call Monday morning. According to Dan Marshall, spokesperson with the Indio Police Department, the officer saw what he believed to be suspicious activity in a car parked on the 49-400 block of Violet Street. The person in the car exited

Un hogar sobre la calle Clancy Lane estall en llamas esta maana y un extrao puso su vida en peligro para rescatar a una pareja de la tercera edad. Segn la estacin de bomberos de Rancho Mirage, una casa de cinco mil pies cuadrados termin envuelta en llamas a eso de las 9:00am. Una columna

Bajo presin del presidente Barack Obama, el secretario de Defensa Chuck Hagel present el lunes su renuncia en medio de las preocupaciones de la Casa Blanca sobre su eficacia y las crticas generalizadas a la manera como el gobierno ha manejado la crisis en Oriente Medio. El presidente dijo que l y Hagel decidieron que

El gobernador de Missouri, Jay Nixon orde el desplazamiento de aproximadamente 500 soldados adicionales de la guarda nacional a la ciudad de Ferguson este martes 25 de octubre. La cifra de agentes vigilando la zona actualmente asciendo a 2,200 efectivos. Como recordar, este lunes por la noche miles de personas salieron a las calles a

Firefighters responded to a house fire in Rancho Mirage Tuesday morning that displaced two elderly residents. KESQ News Channel 3 spoke to a gardener who was in the right place at the right time. He didn’t want to be identified but was able to get the elderly couple out of the house when the fire

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council announced Tuesday that it will partner with JCJ Architecture of San Diego to create a master plan for 22 acres in downtown Palm Springs based on the Tribe’s vision. The Tribe closed the Spa Hotel in July of 2014 to make way for the new development,

Deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department attempted to take Malcolm Paterson into custody at his home Tuesday on an arrest warrant, but they believe he’s hospitalized at Eisenhower Medical Center. The 84-year-old Palm Desert man is charged in a crash that injured 10-year-old Adrian Grajeda on October 23, 2013. Grajeda had to have part