Month: March 2016

Firefighters were called to the Ramon Road bridge in Palm Springs on Thursday after a small fire ignited below the bridge. Firefighters responded at about 3 p.m. after people began reporting heavy smoke in the air as they were driving in the area. The Ramon Road bridge is located between Landau Boulevard and Crossley Road.

Agentes de inmigracin lograron el arresto en las ltimas horas en Houston de Jos Alejandro Galeano, uno de los 10 inmigrantes indocumentados ms buscados en los Estados Unidos. Galeano, quien pertenece a la pandilla mara salvatrucha o MS-13, tiene 38 aos de edad y es de origen hondureo. Galeano engrosaba esa lista haba sido deportado

A 61-year-old woman is facing charges of cruelty to a child after investigators said she was found to be abusing five children in her care at the Child Development Center at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base. Pamela Cadwallader of Twentynine Palms was arrested on Thursday, March 17 after deputies were called to the center,

German supermarket chain ALDI will open five stores Thursday in Riverside County, two of them in the Coachella Valley. Three stores will also open in San Bernardino County. News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 was there for the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new store in Palm Springs Thursday at 8:45 a.m. The store

Officials with the Desert Sands Unified School District sent out a notice Thursday about staff changes at several schools: Indio High School’s Principal Derrick Lawson – On March 15th, the Board of Education appointed Derrick Lawson to fill the vacancy created by Principal Rudy Ramirez’s retirement. A lifelong resident of the Coachella Valley and proud

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Thursday afternoon to celebrate the reopening of the Varner Harbor Boat Launch Ramp at the Salton Sea State Recreation Area, which is just south of North Shore on Highway 111. “The dredging of the channel and repair of the boat launch ramp at the state park is an historic

A Palm Springs man is being held in connection with a string of burglaries over the past year. 22-year old Brandon Prude was originally arrested by Cathedral City police last Friday. He was then tied to a string of burglaries in Rancho Mirage which the Palm Desert Burglary Suppression Unit began investigating in January of

Firefighters were working to contain a vegetation fire in Thermal Thursday morning. It was first reported near Grapefruit Boulevard and Pierce Street at 3:16 a.m. A KESQ News Channel 3 / CBS Local 2 News crew at the scene said the fire was burning on both sides of Grapefruit Boulevard. Firefighters were having to bring

A woman who killed a 64-year-old man in an alcohol-fueled crash last July 4 near Idyllwild was sentenced today to 16 years in state prison. Maryjane Anne Plante, 47, of La Quinta pleaded guilty earlier this month to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of .10 or higher and

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department said a man who was reported missing Wednesday afternoon is now home safe. The California Highway Patrol issued a Silver Alert for 75-year-old Milan Butkovich after he failed to return to his home Monday night. Authorities said Butkovich has medical problems and needs medications daily so his family was

The Coachella Valley Water District is considering higher customer water rates, and will hold the first of a series of public workshops Thursday to talk about them. If approved, the district’s first rate hikes since 2010 would go into effect in July. The additional revenue would help pay for a $250 million capital improvement project

La cadena alemana de supermercados ALDI abrir cinco sucursales hoy en el Condado de Riverside de las cuales dos se ubican en el Valle de Coachella, en el Condado de San Bernardino inaugurarn tres mercados. ALDI planea abrir un total de 45 tiendas en todo el sur de California. Hoy a las 8:45 a.m. se

Divers were searching the bottom of Lake Perris today for a presumed drowning victim who saved one of his four children before slipping underwater following a boating mishap. Abel Brambila, 38, of Riverside was last seen in the middle of the lake on Sunday afternoon, trying to get back to the boat that he and

We are getting new information following an extensive raid by the Riverside County Sheriffs Department on a local gang a few weeks ago in Coachella. The Sheriffs Department orchestrated the Feb 25 cracked down on the Varrio Coachella Rifa gang. Twenty five people were arrested and deputies recovered guns, drugs, and money. Since the raid

With temperatures rising and students out of school for spring break, taking a dip in the Whitewater River might be tempting. But water districts are urging everyone to avoid that area. “The river is so quick that even when it’s just under knee deep, it will take your legs out from under you and wash

Desert Hot Springs asks for the public’s help to stop a string of suspicious fires in the city. There have been at least ten fires in the last month, many at abandoned homes or buildings. While the cause of these fires are still being investigated, police are focusing on the city’s large number of abandoned

Olivia Newton-John’s former boyfriend who disappeared 11 years ago has allegedly been found alive and well in a small fishing village in Mexico, according to detectives. Woman’s Day magazine claims that Patrick McDermott, who dated the Australian actress for nine years, was found living in Mexico with his German girlfriend. Investigator John Nazarian told the

Le tenemos ms informacin sobre el choque ayer que involucr a un hombre a bordo de una motocicleta y el conductor de un vehculo modelo Mercedes color gris en Coachella. Kuna Noticias Telemundo 15 se percat que el motociclista de 61 aos murio, responda al nombre de Steven Schlie. Socorristas recibieron la llamada de auxilio

Defending champion Brittany Lincicome will headline a field of the LPGA’s biggest stars at the 45th annual ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage next week. The LPGA’s most iconic major championship will feature 110 of the world’s best golfers, including the top 15 players on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings,

Un hombre que supuestamente sostuvo a una mujer contra su voluntad adentro de una residencia en Coachella fue aprendido hoy bajo los cargos de rapto y violencia domstica entre otros, de acuerdo con agentes de el Departamento del Shrif. ngel Gmez, 33, con residencia en Coachella, fue arrestado bajo la sospecha de cometer rapto, relacionado