Month: May 2018

Update 5/2/18: The man shot was identified as Michael Curtis, 38. Curtis suffered non-life threatening injuries and was later charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. The criminal complaint revealed Curtis allegedly advanced toward the deputy holding “a cutting instrument with a 12-inch blade” before being shot. Full update: Man shot

A body shop worker accused of stealing Palm Springs police Chief Bryan Reyes’ patrol vehicle from the Cathedral City body shop where the ex-con worked and subsequently posing as a cop pleaded not guilty today charges related to the alleged theft and unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition and other prohibited items seized from his Indio

Emergency responders are on the scene of a two-vehicle crash on State Route 62 near Indian Canyon Drive leading into Morongo Valley. State Route 62 shut down at 10:50 a.m, and reopened around 11:35 a.m. At around 10:26 a.m., a red Hyundai sedan spun out traveling north, struck the center divider and came to rest

Llenos de nostalgia un grupo desamparados que habian hecho de un terreno propiedad de Caltrans, su hogar, enfrentaron finalmente el desalojo del lugar. La agencia del transporte anunció que la tierra será vendida y que requieren su salida inmediata. Muchos de ellos empacando, otros resistiendose a los proyectos sociales , a ültima hora solo buscaban

On April 13, the Coachella Valley lost a ray of light. Riley Rose Sherman passed away after an extended battle with a rare form pediatric cancer, and the community mourned. Riley’s funeral Mass and reception began at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert, “at the same place that she was baptized” according

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose two-tenths of a cent today to $3.589, one day after a run of 12 increases in 13 days ended with a decrease of three-tenths of a cent. The average price is 2.8 cents more than one week ago, 9.9 cents higher

Millions across the nation and right here at home came together to support immigrants and promote workers rights. In Indio, a peaceful protest was held commemorating the working immigrants here in the Coachella Valley. It’s all for ‘May Day’ or International Workers Day. It’s held each May 1 to celebrate the struggles of laborers. Today’s

There are almost too many swimming pools in the Coachella Valley to count. An aerial view shows them dotting the desert, a scattershot of blue oases. As wonderful and refreshing as they are during our summer months, they can also be deadly – Tuesday on CBS Local 2 News at 5:30 Kris Long investigates in

Xavier Prep track stand-out Taylee Undem hasn’t been in the desert long but did she ever jump onto the scene. “Coaching stand point I was like who is this girl? The first jump she jumped was 18-feet to so that blew me away.” Xavier Prep assistant track coach James Toland III said. It was one

After months of notices, people were evicted from a homeless encampment along Highway 86 in Coachella Tuesday morning. Caltrans began its clean up of the area where homeless individuals had been staying in makeshift shelters. They had given the inhabitants notices since January to vacate the area. The agency is looking to clean up the

After a 4-day pause, the trial of Cristin Smith and Robert Pape picked back up today. On Thursday, Day 8 of the trial, Riverside Sheriff’s Office Investigator Gary LeClair, the former lead investigator on the case, took the stand to testify about topics including the scene of the killings, initial evidence gathered, and an interview

A fire broke out in the attic of a Coachella home this afternoon, but nobody was hurt. It took about a half-hour to extinguish the blaze, which was reported at 1:48 p.m. in the 1,200-square-foot home in the 52000 block of Fillmore Street, said April Newman of the Riverside County Fire Department. There was no

Pretrial motions concluded today ahead of jury selection for the trial of an ex-con accused of shooting his girlfriend and leaving her body in a car that was abandoned on a Perris street. Martin Jason Estrada, 43, of Desert Hot Springs was arrested in February 2016 following a Riverside County sheriff’s investigation into the slaying

The May Coachella Valley Spotlight recipient is the Waring International Piano Competition. The program’s mission is: “to excite, educate, and engage the community at large with the joy of classical piano by presenting, promoting, and nurturing classic music through live piano performance including international competitions, concerts, and local educational outreach programs for all ages.” The

Los jóvenes estudiantes de la secundaria de Desert Mirage en la ciudad de Thermal hoy fue un dia especial para ellos ya que mas de 200 estudiantes hicieron su compromiso y le dejaron saber a todos a que colegios y universidades iban a ir para continuar con sus estudios de nivel profesional. Jesús Núñez un

The Board of Supervisors will consider today whether to approve Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff’s request to hike the jail access fee charged to cities and other entities that book arrestees for misdemeanor offenses into one of the county’s five detention facilities. The sheriff is seeking a 10 percent increase in the booking fee, raising

A felony burglary charge was filed today against a parolee who allegedly broke into a home in a Desert Hot Springs gated community and was kept at the scene by residents until police arrived to arrest him. Court records show that Jason Douglas Smith, 43, of Desert Hot Springs, who’s scheduled to make his initial

UPDATE: DUI is suspected as a potential cause of an early-morning big-rig collision on Interstate-10 in Whitewater Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. The big rig was traveling westbound on I-10 east of the I-10/Highway 111 split when it lost control and skidded

UPDATE: The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim in an early morning Thousand Palms crash as Anthony Herrera of La Mirada. The 21-year old was driving a 1998 Honda Accord westbound on Interstate 10 east of Monterrey Avenue at approximately 1:57 a.m. this morning when his vehicle traveled off the left side of

Construction is set to resume Tuesday on an Indio road-widening project along Highway 111, which was suspended during the city’s festival season. The project, set for completion by this Thanksgiving, will widen a two-mile stretch of the roadway to three lanes from Madison to Rubidoux streets and replace pavement and traffic signals along the street.