Month: February 2015

Un residente de Thousand Palms fue arrestado el pasado fin de semana y es acusado de balacear a dos hombres durante un altercado en la manaza 78000 de Varner Road en la misma ciudad. La polica recibi una llamada que reportaba que se haba escuchado un gran nmero de disparos y que una mujer lloraba,

The California Highway Patrol says a man drove into the back of a slow-moving truck and was killed early Saturday morning in Cathedral City. The collision happened around 3 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10, east of Palm Drive. CHP says the driver, 26-year-old David Escarcega of Desert Hot Springs, had been traveling east when he

Police are investigating a homicide after a man was shot to death in Coachella Saturday night. Update: homicide suspect arrested Officers with the Coachella Police Department were called to the 85000 block of Napoli Lane around 10:30 p.m. where they found Angel Antonio Monroy had been shot. Monroy was taken to the hospital where he

Swastikas, profanity and white supremacist graffiti were sprayed on the walls of San Diego’s La Jolla High School over the weekend. U-T San Diego reports Sunday that police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. San Diego Unified School District spokeswoman Ursela Kroemer said the district allowed police to investigate the black-and-red paint in

UPDATE 8:30 a.m. Sunday:After high winds and drifting sands, Palm Springs Police have opened N Gene Autry and Vista Chino at the wash. Indian Canyon at the wash is still closed. ___ Vista Chino, N. Indian Canyon and N. Gene Autry are all closed at the wash due to blowing sand, according to Palm Springs

Two motorists, one reportedly driving drunk, suffered major injuries in a head-on crash in Coachella, a police sergeant said Sunday. Stefan Thomas Keen, a 53-year-old resident of Santa Monica driving a red Ford Focus, allowed the northbound car to veer into oncoming traffic on Enterprise Way and strike a southbound blue Acura 3.2L, said Coachella

It wasn’t just Hollywood who rolled out the red carpet for the Academy Awards. People walked the red carpet at several events in the Coachella Valley Sunday night to not only watch the Oscars, but raise money for charity. “Oh my gosh, it is just glamorous and fun and for a great cause and we

It took twenty Riverside County firefighters to gain control of a blaze in the garage of a Banning home this morning. CAL FIRE says the fire was reported at 12:29 a.m. in the 200 block of North Phillips Avenue. The first engine company reported the garage of a semi-detached, single family residence well-involved with fire.

David Taylor remembers his best friend Marlon Mack, 29, of Desert Hot Springs. “He was the life of the party, always laughing, dancing, smiling,” said Taylor. The two grew up together. They had just celebrated Mack’s 29th birthday Tuesday and two days later “I had let him use the car. He was actually on his

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire Saturday recorded its largest daily increase since April 12, rising 4.7 cents to $2.947. The increase comes three days after an explosion damaged the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, causing a partial shutdown, reducing the supply. The average price in Riverside and

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies Joe Ruiz and J.C. Garcia were patrolling the county fair Thursday night when someone ran up to them screaming that a baby was choking nearby. “We rushed over there, the mom was trying to revive the baby. Once I turned it over I noticed it was blue in color,” Ruiz said.

A local man is sentenced to death along with getting 141 years to life. A judge handed down the sentence today against 30-year old Angel Esparza. Esparza was found guilty last year in a re-trial for the deaths of Gregorio Juarez and Pedro Garcia. Their bodies were set on fire and dumped in a Thermal

We’re learning more about one of three men accused of sex crimes as part of a child porn ring. John Yoder is a special-education aide and a foster and adoptive parent. Foster parents who knew him say he’s not representative of the foster parent community. “We call ourselves family, all of the kids refer to

The government released new federal ratings on evaluating nursing homes across the country, with about 61% of all nursing homes getting lower quality-of-care scores,. That included a few facilities in the Coachella Valley that couldn’t even clear more than two stars. Businesses are feeling the heat, but want to remind potential residents the star ratings

Many families in the Coachella Valley have to deal with high levels of arsenic in wells that supply their drinking water. New legislation brought by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia of the 56th Assembly District might be able to help East Valley communities get clean drinking water at no additional cost to the tax payer. AB

Desert Hot Springs Police say they arrested 3 people connected to an assault with a deadly weapon on Friday. Around 11:00 a.m., police say they got a call that an assault was in progress in the area of Buena Vista Avenue and Verbena Drive. Officers arrived and detained one suspect and found two others a

A 65-year-old man was killed in a two-car crash early Friday morning on Jefferson Street after he apparently suffered a medical emergency at the wheel. The crash happened at 6:10 a.m., just south of Miles Avenue. According to the Indio Police Department, the man who died was driving a brown GMC pickup truck northbound on

The chain of arrests continues in connection to multiple armed robberies that occurred throughout the Coachella Valley beginning in the summer of 2014. Jesus Parra, 18, is the seventh Coachella gang member taken into custody for allegedly taking part in the crimes. The sheriff’s department said Parra was wanted in connection to an armed robbery

A 29-year-old man who was killed after crashing his car on N. Indian Canyon Drive Thursday afternoon has been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Office. Desert Hot Springs resident Marlon Mack died at the scene after losing control of his Toyota Camry just north of Thomas Drive around 12:25 p.m. CHP said he was