Month: May 2016

A 20-year-old motorcyclist — a Marine based in Twentynine Palms — has been identified by the coroner’s office following a two-motorcycle crash that occurred on Highway 62 Thursday night. Blake Creel, from Tallahassee, Florida, was pronounced deceased at Desert Regional Medical Center at about 7:30 p.m. Another rider, 20-year-old Jared Patrick, also a Marine in

The Palm Springs Police Department had to shut down traffic on Gene Autry Trail at Mesquite Avenue because of a brush fire that sparked in the area early Friday afternoon. Officers sent out a Nixel alert about the road closure at 12:36 p.m. and they began reopening the road about 30 minutes later. KESQ and

A man was killed and a 28-year-old woman from Burbank is in critical condition at Desert Regional Medical Center after their car overturned Friday morning on the freeway in Desert Center. The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened at about 4 a.m. along a remote stretch of eastbound I-10, just west of Hayfield Road.

The two big rigs that were blocking traffic Friday morning on eastbound I-10, following an early morning collision east of Dillon Road, have been removed from the roadway, about six hours after the crash was reported. The California Highway Patrol said the semi trucks were cleared at about 11:20 a.m., but traffic is still slow

Update 5:45 a.m. Interstate 10 westbound lanes have been reopened to traffic. Some residual traffic back-up was still being reported in the freeway’s westbound lanes. ———— An overnight freeway closure was slowing traffic along Interstate 10 in Indio early Friday morning. WESTBOUND freeway traffic was being detoured off Interstate 10 at the Jefferson Street exit,

Another bighorn lamb has died in La Quinta. This is the fifth death since May 6, according to officials at Fish and Wildlife Services. A spokesperson said Thursday, “Eleven lambs in that group are coming down daily, most appear sick with upper respiratory issues, and very skinny. We expect that there will be more deaths

The Associated Press reports the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint Thursday against pro golfer Phil Mickelson for insider trading. Mickelson, aWorld Golf Hall of Fame member, was named a day earlier on Wednesday as an official ambassador to the Career Builder Challenge in La Quinta beginning in 2017. The SEC says a

Throughout the years Desert Hot Springs, Dale Draayer said he and his family have bore many fruits while running their store ‘Farmer in the Dale.’ “About 26 years ago, my wife worked at an avocado packing shed, and I worked in construction,” Draayer said. “Construction shut down in the late ’80s, and she brought some

A 60-year-old man from Yucca Valley was arrested on Wednesday after deputies said elementary school children found pornographic images of him at a school bus stop. Ricky Lee Colgrove is accused of distributing obscene matter. An officer was called to Onaga Elementary School after the children found the pornographic images of the man at a

The Palm Springs City Council made two major votes at Wednesday night’s meeting involving their legal strategy as they go forward this year. Council members made a unanimous decision to replace the firm where the current city attorney Doug Holland works, with an in-house city attorney. The search will begin for that person, but in

A home in Palm Springs is a record-breaker, and is reportedly the most expensive home ever sold in the city. The 8,060 square foot home in the old Las Palmas neighborhood on N. Patencio Road just sold for nearly $6 million. That makes it the highest recorded sale in history within the city of Palm

Update: 5:30 a.m. Construction work on the freeway has ended for the night and all freeway lanes are open again. ———— An overnight freeway closure was impacting traffic on Interstate 10 in Indio early Thursday morning for a second day in a row. EASTBOUND freeway traffic was being detoured off the freeway at the Jefferson

Jury selection began Wednesday for the trial of former Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach’s wife, who is accused of crashing her vehicle into a tree while driving under the influence of prescription drugs. Paige Elizabeth Zellerbach, a 51-year-old dentist, is charged with misdemeanor DUI for the Dec. 16, 2014, mid-morning wreck near her home

The Clinton Foundation announced it will end its official role with the Career Builder Challenge golf tournament, which it partnered with for the past five years. Tournament officials said World Golf Hall of Fame member professional golfer Phil Mickelson will begin serving as an official ambassador of the Career Builder Challenge beginning in 2017. Mickelson

Some desert cities first voiced opposition to Senate Bill 1102 on Monday, a bill they believed would allow the state to collect and pocket local transient occupancy taxes, or bed taxes. Sen. McGuire, the author of the bill, said it’s quite the opposite and he wanted to set the record straight. If the law gets

Officials at the Indio Water Authority have reported a recent string of theft and vandalism occurring at their facility, but they said there’s no indication that the suspect(s) have any intention to interfere with the city’s water supply. The Indio Water Authority well site is located in the 81400 block of Avenue 48. Based on

An officer with Riverside County Animal Services saved a coyote Wednesday morning after its leg became stuck in an illegal trap on the property of the Bighorn Country Club in Palm Desert. An employee reported the incident at the country club at about 6:30 a.m. Officer Lisa Boughamer said the coyote was pretty frantic when

The California Highway Patrol is searching for the driver of a Cadillac who crashed in Thermal Saturday night, leaving a 6-year-old girl with major injuries behind in the overturned car. Officers said a 22-year-old woman was also left behind in the wreckage, but she wasn’t injured. The rollover happened Saturday, just minutes before midnight. The

A used-tire shop in Palm Springs was robbed by two armed men on Wednesday morning, and police are still searching for the suspects. The robbery occurred at Garcia’s Used Tire Shop, located in the 400 block of Radio Road, just before 11 a.m. Sgt. William Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department said a worker

Update 10:45 p.m.: Police say the 26-year old man accidentally shot himself in the lower leg. He’s being treated at a local hospital and is currently in stable condition. No other people were home at the time, and there are no suspects. Palm Springs police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Tuesday