Month: July 2016

The California Highway Patrol continues to investigate the cause of a big rig crash that occurred early Wednesday morning on I-10 near Palm Springs. The deadly crash was reported at 5:40 a.m. in the westbound lanes just west of the State Highway 62 Interchange to Interstate 10. One westbound lane of the interstate was closed

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies say the driver of a car that ran a red light causing a 7 vehicle pile-up Wednesday night in La Quinta will be charged with driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Deputies say 22-year old Davell Oden was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries. The

A 38-year-old man died overnight after his vehicle went off the road for unknown reasons and fell into a drain ditch in Blythe. Califonria Highway Patrol says Louis Mendoza died at the scene. It happened on 35th Avenue and Keim Boulevard early Thursday morning about 2:00. The car was submerged in water when crews got

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Homeland Security officials must quickly release immigrant children – but not their parents – from family detention centers after being picked up crossing the border without documentation. The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that lengthy detentions of migrant children violated a 19-year-old legal settlement

There’s been another leak at a Los Angeles-area natural gas storage field where the nation’s largest methane release forced thousands of people from their homes. Southern California Gas tells the Los Angeles Daily News that a minor leak was discovered last Saturday in a buried pipeline at the Aliso Canyon storage facility. Spokeswoman Melissa Bailey

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the release of former Rancho Mirage billionaire Tim Blixseth, who has spent the last 14 months in jail for failing to account for the money from the sale of a resort in Mexico. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Yellowstone Club founder Blixseth’s emergency motion for

Last week Governor Jerry Brown signed 6-new gun bills into law, making California one of the toughest in the country. Today at the City Council Meeting, Councilmen Kors will have his own proposal that focuses even more on safety. “If you have a gun in your house and it’s lost or stolen, you need to

A former professional football player who lives in Indio is facing felony charges for allegedly staging four car crashes and filing claims resulting in $70,000 in fraudulent insurance payouts, the California Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. Jefferey Leon Webb, 34, was arrested by California Highway Patrol officers on the afternoon of June 28 on Goodrich

Halfway through 2016, law enforcement officers across the Coachella Valley reported homicides are down from this time last year. There have been 10 homicides in the desert in 2016. By July 2015, there had been 22. It’s a drastic difference for desert cities such as Desert Hot Springs, which had six homicides by July 2015.

Uniformados investigan un accidente que cobr la vida de una persona sobre la Carretera 111, cerca de Fred Waring Drive el mircoles al filo de las 12:53 p.m. Se trat de un accidente que involucr a dos vehculos. Los bomberos utilizaron las pinzas hidrulicas de la vida para rescatar a las vctimas de los fierros

A Community Service Officer who was driving a Riverside County sheriff’s patrol car struck a 79-year-old bicyclist in Rancho Mirage Wednesday morning after failing to yield to the oncoming bicycle. Deputies said the CSO was driving eastbound on Frank Sinatra Drive, approaching Thompson Road/Morningside Drive, at 7:50 a.m.. Forrest Albright, a 79-year-old from Palm Desert,

Cal Fire and a hazmat team was called to a Desert Hot Springs hotel Wednesday afternoon to investigate after someone in the laundry room complained that they may have been burned from some substance in a washing machine. But, as our crew found out at the scene, there was really nothing to investigate. The person

A Yucca Valley man was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center the day after the Fourth of July after deputies said he severely injured his arm due to a homemade fireworks explosion. Deputies were called to the 55000 block of Mountain View Trail on Tuesday at 6:11 a.m. The man was taken to the hospital

A 52-year-old woman from Mountain Center was arrested at her home on Sunday, June 26, accused of committing several arson fires in Pinyon Pines during a state of emergency. Traci Farley was arrested by the California Division of Forestry on suspicion of arson of a property, 12 counts of arson of a structure or forest

La familia de Joseles De la Cruz-Ornelas de Palm Springs y quien estuvo desaparecido desde Junio 17 confirm que se trata del hombre que fue encontrado sin vida en Cathedral City. La madre de Joseles De la Cruz-Ornelas pidi la ayuda del pblico para dar con el paradero de su hijo y coment que la

La Patrulla de Caminos en conjunto con guardianes del fuego respondieron a la volcadura de un camin de carga cerca de Palm Springs este mircoles por la madrugada. La colisin mortal se report a las 5:40 a.m. en los carriles direccin oeste, justo al oeste de la carretera estatal 62 sobre el intercambio hacia la

There were no winners for the Mega Millions jackpot estimated at $454 million on Tuesday, according to lottery officials. Now, the jackpot was expected to jump to an estimated $508 million. That drawing will take place on Friday. Tuesday’s jackpot was the 7th largest in U.S. history and the largest since a $429.6 million Powerball

Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit wants an explanation after last week’s 911 outage in the Coachella Valley. Benoit sent letters to state and federal regulatory agencies. He wants the agencies to investigate the cause of the outage in order to prevent a similar problem. In a statement Benoit said, “The public and first responders rely

SilverRock Resort in La Quinta will keep all 18 holes open for this summer, but construction of the new luxury hotel that was hoped to be ahead of schedule has been set back to its original start date in the summer of 2017. While the golf course realignment has been completely designed, Robert Green, whose

In neighborhoods all around the desert it happens every Summer. Homes left empty, when those who live in them take off to escape the heat. Sometimes those homes prove to be irresistible targets for burglars. A valley man who asked not be identified has first hand experience. Twice in recent years, this homeowner tells us