Month: July 2015

A small plane has crashed and caught fire in Riverside, killing the pilot. Fire Capt. Tim Odebralski said the plane went down in the yard of a home Sunday. He says the fire was quickly doused and nobody on the ground was hurt. The pilot was the only person on board. Odebralski says the pilot

Campgrounds have been evacuated near a Central California wildfire that has chewed through more than 2 square miles of dry timber in Sierra National Forest, one of several blazes burning across the state. The fire in a rural area of Madera County was just 5 percent contained late Sunday. Officials say about 450 structures in

All playoffs long, the Palm Springs Power were down. They were never out. After battling back from two 0-1 deficits in the best-of-three series formats, the Palm Springs Power once again claimed the SoCal Collegiate Baseball League championship. Palm Springs beat Orange County 4-2 in the winner-take-all Game 3 for the SCCBL title, their fifth

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a power pole, hurting a passenger and knocking out power to people in Palm Springs Sunday, police said. Around 2:15 a.m., Palm Springs Police says a car crashed into a power pole, coming to rest on its roof, at N. Indian Canyon and E. Vista Chino. Multiple lines fell

A man is in jail for evading police during a DUI checkpoint in Desert Hot Springs, police say. Friday night, police conducted a DUI/drivers license checkpoint on the 13700 block of Palm between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. While at the checkpoint, a gray 2012 Volkswagen Jetta failed to stop at the DUI checkpoint. Officers

News Channel 3 & CBS Local 2 are tracking reports First Lady Michelle Obama might be staying in the Coachella Valley this weekend after she opened the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles Saturday night. Viewers called into our newsroom saying traffic was stopped just before 11 p.m. at Da Vall Drive and

The five-peat isn’t dead just yet. A day after the Palm Springs Power lost Game 1 of the SoCal Collegiate Baseball League championship series to the Orange County Riptide, the team rebounded for an 8-2 win in Game 2. Luke Barker pitched a complete game for the Power with nine strikeouts and only allowed two

Firefighters battled a mulch fire that ignited near the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal Saturday. Flames sparked around 2 p.m. on Airport Boulevard and Tyler Street. Cal Fire said the 150 foot length fire was in a deep-seeded mulch pile and reached heights of 10 to 15 feet. The first reporting firefighters called in

All lanes are back open on I-10 near Cabazon after a police pursuit Saturday night, according to CHP. Two lanes were shutdown in the area as officers tried to stop a vehicle. Viewers called into our newsroom around 6:45 p.m. telling us they were stuck in traffic because of the lane closures and saw police

The opening ceremonies of the Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles kicked off Saturday. The star studded event celebrates all the Olympians participating, with the parade of athletes, along with the lighting of the Special Olympics cauldron. Clients and staff from Desert Arc have the once in a lifetime opportunity to attend the ceremonies

Thirteen people were arrested and more than 11,000 marijuana plants were seized during raids on two properties on the Cahuilla Indian Reservation, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported Friday. Two search warrants were served Thursday morning at the properties in the 39400 block of Cary Road and the 49900 block of Puckit Drive, said sheriff’s

Interstate 10 has been shut down between Coachella and Blythe since Monday, but one community in particular has felt the pain the most. “Yeah, we’ve felt very, very isolated and alone a few times, yeah,” said Heather Garcia, manager at Chiriaco Summit. Chiriaco Summit’s the travel stop between the two cities and has been practically

Step right up to see a local show filled with fire-breathers, sword-eaters and deadly knife throwers. The Morongo casino resort and spa is featuring a new summer promotion with more than $300,000 in prizes. “So it’s half game show and it’s half sideshow and it is amazing,” Sideshow talker Deon Aumaier said. These performers are

Dos evaluaciones por separado del puente Tex Wash dejan ms preguntas que respuestas y es que se cuestiona su seguridad antes de que se derrumbara el fin de semana pasado. El puente recibi un puntaje de 91.5 de un posible 100 durante una revisin llevada a cabo por la Administracin Federal de Carreteras. En ese

California’s Department of Transportation plans a limited reopening today of the Interstate 10 bridge over Tex Wash. Traffic will share the two lanes on the bridge’s westbound span. The 2 lanes are scheduled to open at noon. The federal government is offering California $2 million in emergency funds to repair an interstate bridge over a

Hundreds of elementary schools across California are receiving federal money to promote healthier snacks for their students, and 11 of those schools are within the Coachella Valley Unified School District. According to the CVUSD release, last week State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that 371 elementary schools will share $12.2 million in federal

An inmate died Tuesday morning at the Riverside County Jail in Indio after apparently becoming unresponsive in a housing unit. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office identified the man Friday morning as 48-year-old Andrew Malanche of Indio. Malanche is the second inmate at the jail who died while in custody in just over a week. The

The I-10 reopens Friday at noon. At 10:00 a.m., you can watch a news conference about the reopening live on KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 to get some questions answered.

El forense del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside ya revel la identidad de un preso que muri el martes mientras se encontraba en custodia en la crcel de Indio. Se trata de Andrew Malanche de 48 aos residente de Indio. Malanche es el segundo recluso que muere en dicha crcel, que en poco

We’re still waiting for more information regarding the hours-long standoff in Coachella on Thursday night. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was assisting the U.S. Marshal’s Service to serve a search warrant in the area of Vine Avenue and Seventh Street, near Palm Elementary School, according to officials. Viewers said they began seeing police activity around