Month: August 2015

Our desert veterans are being targeted by vandals. One VFW post near Desert Hot Springs was defaced again Tuesday night. After a string of attacks in just under a week these veterans said the post feels more like the war zones they left behind. They had just repaired the damage from Friday’s vandalism and then

Riverside County Animal Control is looking for help in finding a home for a special needs dog. A Riverside County animal control officer discovered the dog after someone reported a sick animal outside a home in Indio. The 4-month-old, poodle-terrier mix does not have eyes. The dog, nicknamed Cassie, is now available for adoption at

A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by a train in Banning on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Banning Police Department, officers responded to the San Gorgonio railroad track crossing at 2:55 p.m. after someone reported a pedestrian was hit by a train. When officers arrived to the scene, they said they found the 16-year-old

Los usuarios de Coachella Valley Water District, o bien el Distirto de Agua del Valle de Coachella, disminuyeron su uso de agua en un 41 porciento desde julio. sto es por arriba de lo requerido por el Gobernador de California Jerry Brown y la meta que fij para el estado de California del 36 porciento

The Indio Police Department responded to a mobile home near Avenue 48 and Madison Street Wednesday afternoon when a distraught family member apparently refused to leave the home. Police were called to the scene around 3 p.m. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 viewers began contacting our newsroom when they saw a heavy police

El gobernador de California, Jerry Brown, dio este lunes el ltimo visto bueno la iniciativa parlamentaria SB 432 por la que se prohbe emplear el trmino “alien” (extranjero-extraterrestre) de la legislacin laboral del estado para referirse a un inmigrante. La medida fue presentada en el Senado de California en febrero por el senador Tony Mendoza

A Palm Springs man was arrested Tuesday morning after police saw him carrying a TV that had just been stolen during a home burglary. Officers were called to the 200 block of Rain Cloud Street around 10:20 a.m. to a report of a residential burglary in progress. They discovered evidence of the burglary and spotted

One woman was shot several times early Wednesday morning around 1:30 a.m. It happened at an apartment complex on the 81800 block of Avenida Del Mar, near Monroe and Highway 111. There were several shell casings on the front porch of an apartment there. Police said the victim was conscious and alert after the attack

El prximo domingo 16 de Agosto estar en el Valle de Coachella el Consulado Mexicano para tramitar pasaportes y matrculas consulares. Dnde: Iglesia de Nuestra Seora de la Soledad, saln Misiones de Retiro Direccin: 52-565 Oasis Palm Ave., Coachella, Ca Horario: 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Es necesario hacer una cita para que lo atiendan,

Southern California Edison is reporting a power outage in Indian Wells after equipment problems occurred just after midnight on Wednesday. According to SCE’s website, only 49 customers are without power and crews are working on a fix. Officials estimate power to be restored to customers by 4 p.m. If you need a place to escape

A key prosecution witness in the trial of a man charged in a kidnap-murder testified Tuesday that she was smoking drugs in a Cadillac Escalade when he admitted to her that he had taken the victim out to the desert and shot him in the head. Ashley Prieto, 28, took the stand in the trial

Nellie Delatorre’s 20-year-old grandson, Anthony Delatorre, was gunned down in Coachella in March. “It’s hard for me to cope with things, it really hurts you when you find out your child was murdered,” Delatorre said. She says ever since she’s been fighting for safer streets. “They were going to try to get the money to

More than one thousand Imperial Irrigation District customers in the city of Coachellawent without electricity for hours on Tuesday night. The outage began shortly before 9:30 p.m. between Cairo Avenue and Avenue 54, west of Shady Lane and east of Frederick St. Around 11:30 p.m., IID tweeted that power had been restored for 1390 customers,

It seems Golden State residents are taking drought restrictions seriously. As our statewide drought endures, one local water district is doing better than ever when it comes to conserving water. In the month of July, Coachella Valley Water District customers reduced their water usage by 41 percent. That’s a huge difference from the 21 percent

El Distrito de Irrigacin de Imperial le insta a los residentes del este del Valle de Coachella que hagan lo posible para conservar el suministro de elctricidad. sto, despus de que las utilidades poco a poco se van restaurando para los consumidores que an estn sin suministro de electricidad despus de la tormenta elctrica del

Un infante fue transportado a un hospital local despus de que el vehculo en el que viajaba con su progenitora se volcara sobre la calle Gene Autry Trail este martes por la maana. El accidente automovilstico se sucito justo antes de las 11 a.m. a la altura del canal Whitewater. De acuerdo con el reporte

Riverside County Animal Services is offering free dog training workshops this week. Experienced dog behaviorist and trainer Jason Rae has volunteered his time to deliver the valuable workshops to dog owners, according to John Welsh with animal services. But dog owners are asked to leave their pets at home; the workshops are only for humans