Month: September 2015

After several months of fielding 160 police body cameras in Jurupa Valley, Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff said more will be on the way. The plan is to deploy 3,000 devices to sworn and correctional officers across the county within the next several years. It’d cost more than $1 million to do it and Sniff

Gold is better than green. That’s what water agencies are trying to tell customers to cut back on water use. Letting your grass go gold or brown might be the only way water districts have to meet the state mandates. For the month of August no local water district has met the state mandated requirements

A Los Angeles-based HIV/AIDS organization said today that it has collected enough signatures for a statewide ballot measure that, if approved by voters, would enforce condom use on adult film sets throughout the state. The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act is intended to prevent sexually transmitted infections among performers in the

Seven dogs set loose or carried off during a break-in at the county’s Jurupa Valley Animal Shelter remained missing today, while authorities confirmed that a total of four canines died as a result of the burglary. Riverside County Department of Animal Services officials said initial reports that a dozen dogs had gone missing Sunday stemmed

A Morongo Valley man is in jail tonight accused of making contact with a 12-year-old New Hampshire girl for sex and arranging to meet the girl in Palm Springs. The Special “Crimes Against Children” unit was contacted by police in New Hampshire. Police say 20-year-old Christopher Michael Pate emailed lewd pictures and messages to the

6:00 p.m. Update: The forward rate of spread has been stopped. The fire is confined to palm trees. Resources will be committed for a minimum of two hours for mop-up. Cal Fire is on scene of a structure fire in Coachella. According to officials they got a call just after 5:00 p.m. reporting a fire

Un incendio residencial se efectu esta tarde en la cuidad de Indian Wells. De acuerdo con oficiales, bomberos fueron alertados de un fuego proveniente de una vivienda ubicada sobre la cuadra 77-000 Shasta Lane adentro del sector comunitario Indian Wells Country Club alrededor de las 11:30 a.m. Cal Fire indic que la hoguera se haba

It took nearly 50 firefighters about three hours to get a handle on a stubborn blaze that began in the attic of a home at the Indian Wells Country Club Monday morning. Cal Fire says the fire first erupted just before 11:30 a.m. on the 77-000 block of Shasta Lane. Cal Fire Riverside spokeswoman April

Se estrella motociclista contra dos automovilistas. Este lamentable accidente de gravedad que involucr a un motociclista y a dos automovilistas hoy lunes sucedio justo antes de las 11:45 de la maana a la altura de Indian Canyon y Via Olivera al norte de Raquet Club Drive. El motociclista sostuvo heridas de gravedad por lo que

A motorcyclist sustained major injuries after crashing into two vehicles on North Palm Canyon Drive Monday morning. According to Palm Springs Police, just after 11:30 a.m. they responded to an injury traffic collision in the area of North Palm Canyon Drive and Via Olivera. The preliminary investigation revealed that the motorcycle rider struck the back

EL CAIRO, Egipto (AP) Fuerzas egipcias que andaban en busca de terroristas en una remota zona del desierto dispararon por error contra un grupo de turistas, matando a por lo menos 12 personas, incluyendo dos mexicanos, informaron autoridades el lunes. Autoridades egipcias indicaron que el grupo de safari no tena permiso para estar en el

Authorities have identified the person found dead at Westfield mall as 30-year-old ErnestUriquidez, Jr. Authorities are attempting to determine how a man, who was reportedly involved in shoplifting merchandise, suddenly died near the parking structure at the Westfield Mall in Palm Desert, a sheriff’s sergeant said Sunday. Officers were dispatched at 1:30 p.m. Saturday to

Coachella police are asking for help from the public in finding a man who shot a woman and then stole her car. It happened around 5:00 Saturday morning at the 53-500 block of Harrison Street in Coachella. The woman who was shot told police a man had stolen her vehicle at gunpoint and then shot

Autoridades han identificado a la persona que fue encontrada sin vida en el centro comercial de palm desert Westfield. Se trata de Ernest Uriquidez, Jr de 30 aos de edad. An se investiga el origen de su muerte. Segn el reporte policial, el ahora occiso estuvo involucrado en un robo en uno de los negocios

Officials say two planes clipped each other while on the ground at Los Angeles International Airport, but no one was hurt. The City News Service reports that an arriving United Airlines flight and a departing Alaskan Airlines plane bumped Sunday night while maneuvering between two terminals. LAX Public Relations Director Nancy Castles says an investigation

We’ve narrowed down the top high school football plays from week two and now we need your help to choose the best. Vote as many times as you want through 11:59PM Sunday to determine which athlete takes home top honors this week. Voting has ended. Tune into News Channel 3 Monday evening to see the

The Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians will make a donation and check presentation of $40,000 to the nonprofit Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House Monday. The event will begin at 11 a.m. at the Cabazon Cultural Museum at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio. The donation will help LLRMH renovate and expand its facilities to include 42

Artists of all abilities came together at the Palm Springs Art Museum to paint for peace. It’s all a part of the lead up to the United Nations International Day of Peace. “The desire came to bring people together of different cultures, different races, different lifestyles, just everyone together and to find that common ground,”

A Navy veteran who went missing Saturday returned home Sunday following a day’s search, according to the Indio Police Department. Walter Sanford, 32, returned home safely and was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, said Sgt. Daniel Marshall of the Indio Police Department. Family members first reported him missing around 11:30 a.m. Saturday

UPDATE: Police say the body of a 4-year-old boy was found about 100 yards off shore at Mission Bay. Awaiting more details. ___ An Amber Alert was issued for a four-year-old boy abducted in San Diego, police said Saturday. Many people in the Coachella Valley were awoken to the alert on their smartphones around 7:20