Month: March 2016

The first Warburton St. Jude BMW Anchor Challenge kicked off Friday at the BMW Performance Center at the Thermal Race Track. Our own John White and Karen Devine participated, along with our sister station CBS Local 2 Brooke Beare and Kris Long. Anchors and some Hollywood actors put the pedal to the metal to benefit

Some of rock ‘n’roll’s biggest names performed in Palm Desert Friday night and it was all for a good cause. The Warburton “Jam Session” at the JW Marriot in Palm Desert is an all-star concert supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. It’s one of the biggest events that goes along with the Warburton Celebrity Golf

UPDATE 9:55 p.m.Power has been restored to all but roughly two dozen SCE customers in Desert Hot Springs, and all roads that were closed related to weather have re-opened. UPDATE 8:15 p.m. Southern California Edison is reporting more than 2300 customers are without power near N. Indian Canyon and 14th Avenue in unincorporated Riverside County

CAL FIRE was on scene of a vegetation fire in Desert Hot Springs Friday night. Crews shutdown northbound and southbound lanes of Palm Dr. at Dillon Rd. and Two Bunch Palms. The fire sparked around 5:30 p.m. after strong winds knocked down power poles in the area and knocked out power to several thousand Southern

UPDATE: Traffic was moving again in both directions of Highway 62 as of 8:15 a.m. Friday morning. And Southern California Edison is no longer reporting a power outage for the 1,014 customers impacted by the crash, as of 12 p.m. ————- Original story: Motorists were urged to avoid Highway 62 between Yucca Valley and Palm

An Indio woman died of injuries suffered in a fiery Palm Springs crash last weekend that also seriously injured the driver, the county coroner’s office reported Friday. Monica Flores, 32, died at Desert Regional Medical Center at 10:35 p.m. Thursday. She was the passenger in a red Kia that crashed into a tree and a

In anticipation of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Festival, slated to flood the Coachella Valley with music lovers and their cars this April, the Indio Police Department will be offering traffic, safety, weather and emergency updates via Nixle, the department announced Friday. Check out Coachella Fest lineup Residents and attendees

Update: Tournament organizers will attempt to continue tonight’s scheduledmatches about 20 minutes after suspending play due to rain. The tennis match between Venus Williams and Kuruma Nara was delayed today due to a heavy downpour in Indian Wells. The rain began to come down around 5:30 p.m. at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, postponing the

El ex presidente de mxico Felipe Caldern del sexenio 2006 a 2012 por el Partido Accin Nacional PAN se dirigi a un grupo de invitados especiales y despus a 150 alumnos de distintas escuelas a lo largo y ancho del Valle de Coachella incluyendo Leonardo Hernandez quien lleg a los Estado Unidos a los 10

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department seized over 200 marijuana plants from an illegal outdoor cultivation operation in Twentynine Palms on Thursday afternoon. Deputies served a search warrant at the residence, located at 6667 Sage Avenue, at about 2 p.m. The investigation revealed the marijuana cultivation was illegal and not in compliance with California medical

The Living Desert Zoo has invited guests to stay overnight Friday for a camp out beneath the stars. The Living Desert will hold the first of 11 “Starry Safaris” scheduled over the next three months, giving guests a close look at what the zoo has to offer. A four-person tent awaits each camper in the

New information was released Friday in connection to a Riverside County cold case homicide investigation which has been ongoing for over 20 years. Homicide investigators released a composite sketch in hopes that someone may finally recognize the victim. Authorities said the woman’s body was found on January 27, 1996 along Highway 60, about 1.5 miles

Former Mexican President, Felipe Caldern was in the Coachella Valley Thursday night, headlining the Desert Town Hall Speaker Series in Indian Wells, and he had some strong words about Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s proposed immigration policies. “It’s a lose-lose situation for everyone. Everybody will lose with such kind of business. That is the reason

Nancy Reagan will be buried alongside her husband on a Southern California hilltop. Former President George W. Bush, Michelle Obama and three former first ladies, and a long list of other celebrities and dignitaries are set to attend Friday’s funeral at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Ronald Reagan’s Chief of Staff James

Cathedral City’s new Eagle Canyon flood control dam is now officially completed. City and Riverside County leaders gathered Thursday morning for a traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, and tours, to mark the occasion. Riverside County 4th District Supervisor, John Benoit, said “I’m told, in January, if we hadn’t got this done we’d have had another chance to

A 25-year-old Palm Desert man was arrested Wednesday night by the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force after deputies served a search warrant in the 44500 block of Baden Court. Deputies said Jackson David Worlow was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning after the task force confiscated about five pounds of marijuana

A married couple is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly beating a 64-year-old man at a Calimesa bar on Sunday night. Deputies with the Cabazon Station said the incident happened just after 7 p.m. at Rumors Bar, located in the 1100 block of Calimesa Blvd. According to the sheriff’s department, Robert

Bomberos con Cal Fire y el Departamento del Condado de Riverside acudieron al llamado de un incendio residencial reportado este jueves a las 10:30 p.m. sobre la cuadra 13500 de Monterrey Avenue en Desert Hot Springs. Al desplazarse al lugar de los hechos, guardianes del fuego fueron sorprendidos por fuertes llamaradas y denso humo proveniente

A photogenic, 5-year-old Chiweenie with an exaggerated overbite, recessed jawline and wrinkly neck, has been making the rounds on the internet for the past few years after being rescued by a woman in Los Angeles in 2010. The dog’s backstory has a happy ending, but it’s his unique appearance that skyrocketed him to social fame

The Justice Department has filed a brief saying the judge’s order on the locked iPhone case is “narrow, targeted” and ”invades no one’s privacy”. The brief was filed on Thursday, March 10 in Riverside County. Several families who lost loved ones in the San Bernardino terrorist attack also signed a brief on March 3 supporting