Month: January 2016

Gov. Jerry Brown is set to release his budget proposal for the next fiscal year, as California continues to see its tax revenue booming. On Thursday, the Democratic governor will spell out how he thinks the money should be spent. He has generally taken a restrained approach to boosting spending, but Brown faces increasing demands

Cal Trans was working Wednesday night to remove large boulders that were blocking a lane of traffic on Highway 74 South of the Coachella Valley. The boulders crashed onto the roadway about two miles beyond Vista Point on the way up the mountain South of Palm Desert. There are no reports of injuries.

Powerball Numbers: 2, 11, 47, 62, 63, Powerball 17 A lottery official says there is no jackpot winner in the drawing for a Powerball prize worth an estimated $500 million. Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas Lottery, says no one matched the numbers drawn Wednesday night. She says that means the estimated prize for

Autoridades advierten que las tormentas ocasionadas por El Nio pudieran ocasionar trampas mortales en las carreteras y zonas montaosas en nuestra regin. El Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa emiti una Vigilancia de Inundaciones Repentinas para el Paso de San Gorgonio hasta este jueves a las 11 a.m. Deslaves pudieran originarse. Adems, un Aviso por Tormenta invernal

Las tormentas causadas por el fenmeno El Nio sobre El Pacfico comienzan a dejar estragos. En nuestra regin, Elizabeth Harvey aprendio su leccin despus de cruzar una calle estancada con agua producto de las lluvias por el despertar de El Nio. La defensa de su automvil por poco se desprende al manejar sobre la calle

Update 11:35 a.m. Palm Springs Police says Indian Canyon at the Wash is now open. Update 9:00 a.m. Cathedral Canyon Drive at Whitewater Wash is back open. Some roadways still have flashing red lights. Please check back frequently for updates on these road closures and outages. Palm Springs: Indian Canyon is now open between Rosa

Passes for this year’s Coachella Music and Arts Festival sold out today in about an hour, according to the event promoter. A reunited Guns N’ Roses featuring lead singer Axl Rose and guitarist Slash will headline the event, marking the band’s first stage performance in more than 20 years. Other artists for the concerts —

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake was felt over a wide area of Southern California Wednesday morning. The quake was centered in the mountains 4 miles northwest of Banning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was felt at 6:42 a.m., and centered at a depth of about 10 miles, according to the USGS. Though only of moderate

CBS Local 2 Meteorologist Jeff Forgeron kept his cool when the earthquake shook the Coachella Valley Wednesday morning. The quake struck at 6:42 while Forgeron was presenting his weather forecast. Jeff accurately estimated the magnitude at somewhere between 4.0 and 5.0 before CBS Local 2 received confirmation of the quakes actual size of 4.5 from

5:30 p.m. Update: Cathedral City Police say two major intersections lights are flashing, They include the intersection at Dinah Shore Drive and Cathedral Canyon Drive as well as the intersection of Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive. Crews have attempted to repair the traffic signals, but the wires in question are under ground and under

While Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she is “very pleased (the President) is using his authority to bring some sanity to our gun laws and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and other potentially dangerous individuals,” many legislators agreed Congressional action would solidify efforts needed to reduce gun violence. Following President Obama’s announcement

Update: 10:15 p.m. Riverisde County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Deputy Armando Munoz says the man and his vehicle were located in the rushing water, and were pulled to safety. Original Story: Cal Fire Riverside County rescue crews are looking for a driver who called for help tonight in Mecca. When dispatchers received the call, the man

A two-time champion of the Valley’s PGA tournament has committed to play the 2016 CareerBuilder Challenge. Southern California native and Coachella Valley homeowner Phil Mickelson has entered the tournament, which runsThursday, Jan. 21 through Sunday, Jan. 24. This is the first year the tournament will run as the CareerBuilder Challenge, and will play on two

A man is safe tonight after a water rescue inside Tri-Palm Estates in Thousand Palms about 6:30 Tuesday night. The man drove into about two feet of standing water on Broadmoor Drive inside the community in a pick-up truck. He wasn’t injured. Authorities remind motorists not to drive through standing water and obey all road

The California Highway Patrol was very busy late Tuesday afternoon working several accidents caused by rain slick roadways. According to CHP officers, there were about different accidents near Whitewater just around 3:00 Monday afternoon. Several cars reportedly went off the roadway, and a truck carrying empty crates flipped over, dropping the load on the wet

The Board of Supervisors has authorized the Riverside County Department of Animal Services to increase charges for dog licenses and other services but withheld approval of the agency’s request to bundle “owner turn-in” fees, which would have translated to a $134 rate hike on paper. The county’s current owner turn-in fee is $30. But Animal

The Morongo Indian Reservation was on lockdown due to the pursuit of a suspect wanted for an assault with a deadly weapon earlier today. A tribe spokesman has told us that the lockdown is now over. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department they were assisting tribal police on the Morongo Indian Reservation in Cabazon,

A 54-year-old Whitewater man charged with fatally beating a 3-year-old terrier mix with a shovel, then dumping the dog over a fence to get it out of his yard, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. Efren Rodriguez Martinez is charged with one count of felony animal cruelty and a sentence-enhancing weapon-use allegation for

Palm Springs police are searching for the owner of a pit bull that attacked and killed a female chihuahua at Sunrise park Monday afternoon. Police say the attack happened shortly after 1:00 p.m.. The pit bull was unleashed and attacked the chihuahua which was leashed. The chihuahua was taken to the Palm Springs Animal Shelter

Opponents of a new California law that will allow terminally ill patients to legally end their own lives say they did not collect enough signatures to ask voters to repeal the law. The group Seniors Against Suicide had hoped to take the right-to-die question to California voters next November. Proponents needed to submit nearly 366,000