Month: March 2017

An Indio family is mourning the loss of their little boy Friday night, after police say the almost three year old child, fell into the family’s swimming pool sometime during the early evening. Police received an emergency call around 5:50 p.m. The caller stated that someone was not breathing at the home on the 81400

A couple in Cathedral City says they “can’t take it anymore”. They say “loud, booming sounds” are coming from a health club next door. CBS Local 2 “Stands for You”, so Tom Tucker responded to their call for help. Nick and Erin Stone stood in the driveway of their Cathedral City condo, inside the Cathedral

Palm Springs police arrested a man suspected in an armed robbery that happened Wednesday night. 23-year old Avante Gant was arrested for an armed robbery on Wednesday at around 11:00 PM in a parking lot on the 1700 block of Vista Chino. According to PSPD, the victim had just withdrawn money from an ATM machine,

A 19-year-old Coachella man was in custody today for allegedly smashing a window at a local dollar store in order to take merchandise, a week after burglarizing a second business across the street. Jesus Rebollar-Miranda was arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary after sheriff’s deputies found him walking near the dollar store with “several items

Windy weather is causing problems across the Coachella Valley. Trees and power lines have been downed by heavy wind gusts, knocking out power to nearly 2,000 customers in Palm Springs, the ANA Inspiration LPGA golf tournament was delayed until about 9 a.m. Friday in Rancho Mirage, and one person was critically injured after a tree

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: PSPD has reopened North Indian Canyon Drive to traffic as of 7:00 a.m. ——— Original story: Windy weather is creating several problems throughout the Coachella Valley on Thursday. Palm Springs police have shut down North Indian Canyon Drive between I-10 and Tramview Road due to blowing sand limiting visibility. The roadway will

Update: 3-31-17: Suspect arrested on accusations of murdering two women in 29 Palms Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 22-year-old man at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms Thursday on suspicion of a double murder that occurred on Friday, March 24. Authorities said Rafael Ari Aikens is accused of killing 32-year-old Christy McKissic

Wet N’ Wild Palm Springs reopened Friday morning after a scary evacuation occurred Thursday afternoon following a damaging wind storm that left a power pole snapped and nearly falling onto the water park grounds. Watch: Wind Damage Updates in Palm Springs KESQ and CBS Local 2 was at the water park at 12 p.m. Friday

An Indio man was in custody Friday for allegedly stealing a car from a local dealership, as well as committing multiple vehicle thefts and commercial burglaries throughout Indio and La Quinta. Gerardo Zarco, 50, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of vehicle theft, possession of methamphetamine and paraphernalia, and a probation violation, according to sheriff’s Sgt.

A couple living in the Cathedral Canyon Country Club says they have been complaining for months to the city, about loud “booming” sounds caused by weight lifters dropping weights at the In-Shape health club next door. Nick and Erin Stone say the noise and vibrations wake them late at night and early in the morning.

El forense de Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside reveló la identidad del hombre que ayer murió en Cathedral City en un accidente automovilístico provocado por un sujeto en estado de ebriedad. Se trata de Miguel Villanueva Munguia de 26 años de edad quien era residente de la misma ciudad. El percance ocurrió a

The ANA Inspiration from Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage was suspended during first round action on Thursday around 3 p.m. due to windy conditions that uprooted trees on the golf course. The intended schedule was to have the players remaining first round holes continue Friday at 7:30 a.m., but damage to the course

There was a heavy police presence on Monterey Avenue, north of Gerald Ford Drive Thursday morning, as police arrested three people connected to the robbery of a Palm Desert business, which occurred at about 10:30 a.m. The Palm Desert Police Department was called to investigate the robbery, which occurred in the 72800 block of Highway

UPDATE: 6:15 p.m. Longtime Desert Hot Springs resident Jennifer Battenfield spent much of Thursday checking on a home her stepdad is about to move into near 6th Street and Cactus Drive. The home is located close to where officers found a body the night before after a deadly shooting. “My stepdad’s 74, he’s very friendly

Strong winds pummeled through Horizon Mobile Village in the south end of Palm Springs. Gusty winds ripped off carports, awnings and the cover to a large shuffleboard area. “Half of his entire porch went straight up in the air, went behind our RV and landed on the neighbor’s home,” Horizon Mobile Village resident Terry Gabriel

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized an ultralight aircraft that crashed near the Salton Sea after flying in from Mexico Wednesday night. At approximately 10:30 PM, a Border Patrol agent assigned to surveillance duties observed an ultralight aircraft fly over the international border from Mexico into U.S. airspace. The aircraft was operating without any

The Department of Transportation (DOT) released a map measuring transportation related noises in the country and to not much surprise, areas close to airports and freeways had the highest amount. According to the DOT, about 97 percent of Americans has the potential to be exposed to noise from aviation and Interstate highways at levels below

The Palm Springs Architectural Advisory Committee will consider plans for a Tommy Bahama restaurant and a Starbucks in the new downtown development. Both items are on the agenda for the committee’s next meeting scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Monday. The commitee will be looking at storefront designs. A new Kimpton Hotel is scheduled to open this