Month: January 2015

A string of recent bike thefts in Palm Springs led officers to conduct an undercover operation using a marked bicycle that belonged to the Palm Springs Police Department. Plain clothes officers set up surveillance of the bicycle around the city and ended up catching two suspects after seeing them try to steal the bike. Daniel

A Sunline Transit Agency bus was involved in a fender bender Thursday morning in Palm Springs. It happened around 7:15 on Ramon Road at Comprade. Police tell us a driver in a westbound white Ford Focus clipped the back end of a gardening truck, before striking the side of the bus. The bus had stopped

Despus de una excelente investigacin y amparados con una orden de cateo las autoridades llegaron al restaurante Las Flores que se ubica sobre Grapefruit Blvd y la calle Sptima en Coachella donde encontraron metanfetaminas. Lorena Gonzalez y Jos Navarro fueron arrestados con cargos de posesin de narcticos para su venta, conspiracin y venta de drogas

Ayer alrededor de las 4:30 p.m. el conductor de una camioneta que circulaba sobre Cook Street en Palm Desert perdi el control y se subi en un terrapln para despus impactarse con un rbol. El percance provoco el cierre del tramo entre las calles Gerald Ford y Frank Sinatra. Las cuadrillas de rescate tuvieron que

The 1,600-plus jail beds that Riverside County officials were hoping to have available for use by the end of next year in Indio probably won’t be in place until the end of 2017 because of delays at thestate level, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors said today. “We’re not taking this lightly,” Supervisor Marion

A part of a major road in Palm Desert is closed after a van hit a tree. It happened about 4:30 on Cook Street when the driver of the van lost control, drove up an embankment and hit the tree. The accident closed Cook Street is between Gerald Ford and Frank Sinatra. “The vehicle was

A Coachella caf is closed for health code violations, but News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 learned there was also a possible drug ring operating inside the business. The Coachella Narcotics Task Force and Special Investigation Unit raided Las Flores Restaurant last Friday. The large, turquoise building sitting at 7th Street and Grapefruit Boulevard

Un total de 5 personas enfrentan cargos criminales despus de que se efectuara un decomiso en la ciudad de Desert Hot Springs el pasado jueves 15 de enero. En un reporte preliminar, autoridades sealaron que incautaron una variedad de propiedad robada valorada en ms de $20,000 dlares, drogas y un lanzacohetes militar adentro de una

The Cathedral City Police Department and City Hall were both evacuated as a precaution Wednesday afternoon when an elderly couple brought in a grenade they found in their late son’s belongings. The evacuations were ordered around 1 p.m. when the couple arrived to the police department. Officers with the bomb squad determined the explosive device

Police and school district officials held a drill Wednesday morning to practice their response in the event of an armed intruder on the campus of Palm Springs High School. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 were at simulation. The drill ran from 8:15 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the campus, located at 2401 E.

Free dog vaccination and microchip services will be offered to Indio residents on Friday and Saturday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Officials with Riverside County Animal Services said the event will take place at Miles Avenue Park, located on Miles Avenue in Old Town Indio between Arabia Street and Deglet Noor Street. The free

Cases of the highly contagious measles virus are on the rise across Southern California. County health officials told News Channel 3 four people have now been infected with measles in Riverside County. The newest cases: two adults, both of whom are connected to the Disneyland theme park outbreak. But health officials say the virus has

While PGA professionals geared up for the start of the Humana Challenge, many valley woman also made their way to PGA West. Over 100 businesswoman took part in Executive Women’s Day Tuesday at the Humana Challenge. The event was sponsored by Astellas. “I just really came here to learn and absorb,” said Arlene Amick who

El cuerpo del hombre reportado desaparecido de 33 aos quien responda al nombre de Omar Meza fue descubierto flotando en un estanque cerca del denominado 18th hole del hotel J.W. Marriott Desert Springs Resort el jueves por la tarde. Oficiales con el departamento policial de Palm Desert fueron llamados a la cuadra 74800 de Country

Officials with indiGO Auto Group’s Desert European Motorcars announced that the dealership broke ground on its new state-of-the-art Jaguar Rancho Mirage showroom on Tuesday morning. According to a release from Chairman and CEO Todd Blue, a groundbreaking ceremony was held at 10:00 am at the site of the new showroom located on the Desert European

An elderly woman was hit by a Dodge Caravan Tuesday afternoon while crossing a busy street in Desert Hot Springs. Emergency crews rushed the woman to the hospital in critical condition. According to officials, the woman was was hit near the intersection of Palm Drive and Cahuilla Avenue around 12:20 p.m. Southbound Palm Drive was

Students returned to Indio High School after winter break to a very different campus. Rudy Ramirez has walked the halls of Indio High School as principal for 23 years. On Tuesday, he spoke to News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 from the halls that now look much different. “Seeing the pillars go up, seeing

“An ex super-model who gets out of rehab and wants to pick up where she left off except being 36 and in rehab for 26 years,” writer and producer Lindsey Stoddart said about Salem Rogers: Model of the Year 1998. It’s a pilot Amazon picked up, with well known actors like Leslie Bibb and Rachel

Five people were arrested on multiple charges after officers from the Palm Desert station served a narcotics-related search warrant at a home in Desert Hot Springs on Thursday, January 15. Officers said the home is located near the 66000 block of 3rd Street. Authorities did find methamphetamine and heroin in the home, but they also

Professional golfer Robert Allenby has withdrawn from the Humana Challenge on the advice of his personal doctor. Allenby was beaten and robbed after being kidnapped from a wine bar near Waikiki on Friday night, his caddy said. According to reports, Allenby was dropped off in a park 6 1/2 miles from where he was taken,