Month: August 2016

A 22 year old convicted felon, who was already on parole, is being held without bail for his alleged role in a number of break-ins to homes in Desert Hot Springs. Aaron Schoolfield, 22, of Desert Hot Springs was arrested by detectives on Wednesday on Pierson Boulevard. He’s being held without bail on charges including

A Coachella Valley woman has tested positive for the Zika virus, which health officials said she contracted while traveling to Guatemala. The woman, who officials have declined to identify, is not pregnant and was expected to fully recover. Officials say she is the second Riverside County resident to test positive for the virus and the

It’s back to school for some students in the Coachella Valley. But the first day proved to be a bit chaotic for Landau Elementary School. Its parking lot is still not finished and some parents aren’t happy about the new pick-up and drop-off situation. “It’s annoying and it’s a hassle,” said Sandy Martinez. That’s the

On Wednesday, police were investigating a burglary at Marilyn Monroe’s former Palm Springs home. Officers responded to a burglary-in-progress call at 2:02 p.m. Tuesday at 1326 Rose Ave. No suspects were located but a watch commander with the Palm Springs Police Department said items weretaken from the home. Further details on the missing property were

A 3.10 magnitude earthquake hit near Idyllwild on Wednesday at about 3 p.m. According to the National Weather Service, the earthquake was centered about 10 kilometers south of Idyllwild. It wasn’t a very large quake, but KESQ and CBS Local 2 had some viewers contact us after feeling the temblor. For up-to-the-minute details on earthquakes

The Coachella Valley Unified School District is celebrating the district’s summer graduating class of 2016. CVUSD officials said an additional 20 senior students whom participated in the Summer Online Credit Recovery Program received their high school diploma during a commencement celebration at the district’s office on Tuesday. Thirteen of the summer graduates are from Coachella

A smoky haze covering the valley isn’t from the Pilot Fire, burning in nearby San Bernardino County. Forecasters say it’s actually particulate matter from a habob to the east of the Coachella Valley, along the California-Arizona. “Tonight because of thunderstorms off to our east, near Blythe, and east of the Colorado river, we get a

Closing arguments were postponed until Wednesday in the trial of a La Quinta woman accused in the 2003 death of her 2-year-old stepson. After the defense rested Thursday, a prosecutor’s rebuttal Tuesday, which included jurors hearing about five hours of recorded audio between Patricia Brown, her husband Derrick Brown, and sheriff’s investigators, led Riverside County

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department arrested a 21-year-old man Wednesday morning after he was reportedly burglarizing a vehicle near Hacienda Avenue and Tamar Drive. The victim called police at about 8:25 a.m. after he allegedly caught Gabriel Gallegos burglarizing his vehicle. The victim told police he chased after the suspect but ended up losing

Traffic signals at Highway 111 and Fred Waring Drive in Palm Desert will be in flashing-red-light-mode for much of Thursday as construction crews work at the busy intersection. Workers will be installing new traffic signal poles as part of the free right lane construction project, according to the city’s news release. The project is expected

Segn el ltimo reporte el incendio “Pilot” que arde en las montaas de San Bernardino desde el domingo pasado ya est contenido en un 64% despus de que los bomberos lograron marcar una lnea de contencin en la cima de las montaas, al momento las llamas han devorado 7,861 acres de maleza. Las llamas estallaron

Como parte del plan de renovacin de calles y caminos de Palm Springs, cuadrillas municipales iniciaran la prxima semana y por el resto del ao trabajos en diferentes puntos de la ciudad que aaden a dichos tramos una vida de unos 15 aos. Se sugiere a conductores que transiten por dichas reas que extremen precauciones,

Some children in the valley will be going back to school this week. Landau Elementary School is going through some major renovations that will change how parents drop off and pick up their kids. The parking lot for the school is under construction and can’t be used. Parents will need to use the parking lot

A masked man robbed a Cathedral City Goodwill store at gunpoint last week. At 9:37 p.m. Thursday, the unidentified man brought a black semi-automatic pistol into the Goodwill store at 67555 East Palm Canyon Drive and forced the employees into an office. No one was physically hurt. The man got an employee to open an

Phone problems could plague the first day of school for a major Coachella Valley school district. The vast majority schools in the Palm Springs Unified School District were unable to send and receive land line phone calls. The problem was fixed just after 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The district office and Agua Caliente Elementary School

Excitement for Desert Trip is building. Concert goers received a newsletter this week, getting them ready for the big day in October, but tucked in between advice on shuttles and seating is a very pointed suggestion to take Uber. It’s been an ongoing battle between the cab companies and Uber, but now it seems the

Jeni Villavicencio tiene cinco hijos matriculados en una escuela del Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella. Ella nos dijo que hace unos meses, una persona llam a su hogar asegurando que trabajaba para el distrito escolar y que deseaban venderle unos dvd’s Enciclopedia para asistir a sus hijos con sus materias escolares. Segn el

A 27-year-old registered sex offender from Redlands was recently arrested after investigators said he tried to arrange a sexual encounter with an online decoy who was posing as a 15-year-old boy. Kyle Freet is registered as a sex offender due to a prior conviction for attempting to meet a minor for sexual act, officials with