Month: September 2015

Two dogs are dead and 13 others are missing following a break-in at the Riverside County Animal Shelter in Jurupa Valley. Riverside County investigators are reviewing surveillance video from Saturday night and Sunday morning, looking for clues as to who may have deliberately released dogs from kennels. RivCo Animal Services Public Information Officer John Welsh

A 90-year-old woman from San Jacinto is missing, police say. The San Jacinto Police Department says Raymonde Gumtow went missing from a home on the 800 block of Community College Drive in San Jacinto around 5 a.m. Thursday. Police say Gumtow is about 5’7″ and weighs 150 lbs and has brown eyes and white hair.

A festival marking El Grito/Fiestas Patrias, which celebrates Mexico’s independence from Spain in 1821, is expected to draw more than 15,000 people in Coachella Sunday. The festival, which starts at 3 p.m. at Rancho Las Flores Park, will feature folkloric dancers from Mexicali, live music, food, a beer garden and children’s activities. It’s being organized

More than a billion gallons of water will be saved in California as a result of one water-saving program. It’s called Home Energy Renovation Opportunity or HERO and it’s the nation’s fastest-growing energy efficiency program. Eugene O’Neill wanted make his home drought friendly and less of an eye sore. “It was just dirt. There was

“Iron Chef” competitor and restaurateur Kerry Simon has passed away. The celebrity chef helped open restaurants around the world, including his restaurant in Palm Springs, “The Simon Kitchen and Bar” at the Hard Rock Hotel. The Palm Springs Hard Rock offered their condolences on their Facebook page, “Today we grieve the loss of one of

A 200-pound tortoise that was found wandering the roads of Aguanga earlier this week was reunited with his owner Saturday, according to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services. The appropriately named “Tortoise” was released to Vince Tarantino, ofAguanga, who also owns another tortoise. The Department of Animal Services kept Tortoise at their San JacintoValley

A man is dead after getting hit by a car in Indio early Saturday morning, police say. At 5:05 a.m., a white Dodge Dakota was traveling west on Indio Blvd. when it hit a man crossing near Civic Center Way. Indio police say the driver stopped and called 9-1-1 immediately, remaining at the scene and

See which teams will be facing off as Week 2 of the high school football season gets underway Friday night. Blake Arthur and Angelo Caruso will have all of the highlights Friday night at 11 p.m. on KESQ News Channel 3’s Best Local Sports Show. Watch tonight for the most complete coverage in the Coachella

A valley man says he was falsely accused and held at gun point by an officer of the law. Is it abuse of the badge? We’ve learned several agencies are now investigating. “I’m looking down the barrel of a pistol and I put my hands up,” said Eddie Jones. Jones told News Channel 3 and

According to the California Highway Patrol, a school bus hit a pedestrian at Avenue 66 and Filmore Street in the Thermal area near Desert Mirage High School Friday night. The accident happened around 10 p.m. CHP said the school bus was returning from a field trip. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 had a

A sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a dog that attacked an animal control officer, department officials said Friday. Deputies were called at 10:08 p.m. Thursday to assist Riverside County Animal Control officers looking for two dogs in the 50000 block of Calle Mazatlan in Coachella, sheriff’s spokesman Michael Vasquez said. Residents of the area had

Making it to 99 years old is something many of us never expect to do. Reaching that milestone age is doubly special for one pair of local twins. They said they’ve been celebrating for nearly a month! Bernice Schroeder and Beatrice Schaefer never lived more than 50 miles from each other. And on their 99th

El Departamento de Polica de Desert Hot Springs arrest a 3 personas esta maana despus de efectuar una barrida policial en la ciudad. La redada inicio a las 5:30 a.m.y termino a las 11:00 a.m. Agentes no especificaron las ubicaciones exactas donde se realizaron las rdenes de arresto pero indicaron que 2 de los fichados

Un hombre de 77 aos podra ser la primer vctima mortal en el Condado de Riverside por el Virus del Nilo en casi siete aos. El Departamento de Salubridad del Condado de Riverside dice que el hombre tena su domicilio en el oeste del Condado de Riverside y dio positivo con el Virus del Nilo

Celebrities will join forces for a Think It Up telecast Friday at 8 p.m. on CBS and ABC to bring urgency to improving learning across America. The new initiative invites public middle and high school students to collaborate with their teachers to develop projects that will draw on their passions and help them pursue their

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department arrested three people Friday morning after conducting a warrant sweep in the city. The operation took place from 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Officers didn’t specify the exact locations where the warrants were served, but they said two people were arrested for violating their probation and another person was

A 42-year-old man from San Diego is behind bars in Blythe after a K9 deputy with the Colorado River Station found over 53 lbs. of methamphetamine, 15 lbs. of cocaine and a loaded handgun in his car, according to the sheriff’s department. Authorities said Danny Ruiz was pulled over for a vehicle code violation on

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has honored the Coachella Valley-based board of directors of the Patrick Warburton Celebrity Golf Tournament with the 2015 Volunteer Committee of the Year award. The ceremony was held in Memphis, Tennessee. Of the more than 100 dinner and golf events organized around the country each year to raise funds for

We’ve got the report card on how Valley schools fared with the new Common Core curriculum. The test scores show some districts are doing better than others, but there is a lot of room for improvement. This is the first time districts get to see how the new curriculum is working in their schools. So