Month: June 2018

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped four-tenths of a cent today to $3.691, one day after being unchanged. The average price has dropped six of the past eight days, decreasing 1.3 cents, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is

A Humane Society of the Desert board member is speaking out about harassment allegations filed against the board’s president, Malinda Bustos. We first heard from concerned employees alleging harassment, a hostile work environment and the mistreat of animals, among other accusations against Bustos and now Tracey Essex is explaining more about a pending investigation into

KESQ & CBS Local 2’s general manager Mike Stutz was not expecting to be honored Tuesday afternoon at the Renaissance Indian Wells Resort & Spa. He attended the Oasis Awards expecting to honor CBS Local 2 anchor Brooke Beare, who also served as emcee. But the tables were turned with CVB President Scott White presented

College of the Desert is growing by the year with over 14,000 students enrolled in classes. Renovations are being done around campus and it’s become the top choice for local students. Cody Krupp checks in with the Roadrunner athletic department to see what kind of impact it has had. “Now College of the Desert owns

Local veterans are weighing in on the historic US-North Korea summit. “The attitude I think is very positive, it’s hopeful, it’s gleaned a lot of respect for this president from people that vowed they would never respect him and I happen to be one of those, ” said Rick Johnson, U.S. Air Force Security Service

A Palm Desert woman charged with murder for allegedly causing a string of overdoses in a woman she cared for, so she could gain access to the woman’s estate and more than $200,000 from her bank accounts, was arrested today. Marilyn Joy Zemek, 59, is accused in the June 17, 2016, death of Pamelia Powell,

Pharmaceuticals purchased from unauthorized vendors may contain hazardous substances that endanger the buyer’s health, so stay away from them, Riverside County officials warned today. District Attorney Mike Hestrin was joined by former Rep. Mary Bono of Palm Springs and others for a news briefing in downtown Riverside announcing the seizure of 9,700 doses of different

Suspect arrested after stolen vehicle pursuit and crash in Indio. Deputies first received a report of a stolen vehicle at 12:40 p.m. in the 47000 block of Van Buren, Investigator Armando Munoz of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department told KESQ & CBS Local 2. The stolen vehicle was eventually located and a short pursuit ensued.

A bill that would make the LGBT Veterans Memorial in Cathedral City’s Desert Memorial Park the nation’s first official state memorial to LGBT veterans cleared its first legislative hurdle today. AB 2439, authored by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, was approved by the Senate Governmental Organization Committee Tuesday, taking California one step closer to being the

A previously-deported sex offender and four other individuals were arrested by El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents early Monday morning in Niland. At 5:30 a.m., agents stopped a vehicle at their Highway 111 checkpoint and waived it along for secondary inspection and a brief immigration interview. During this secondary review, it was determined that four

La persecución de un vehículo robado provoca un explosivo accidente. La policia logra el arresto de un sospechoso despues que el vehículo se estrelló en la HWY 111 y Indio Boulevard, despues de haber recibido una llamada informando sobre un carro robado a las 12:40 en la cuadra 47000 de Van Buren, el Investigador Armando

Detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Basin detective bureau are seeking the public’s help to find an armed robbery suspect wanted for the robbery of a 29 Palms Pizza Hut over the weekend. On June 9 at around 11:00 p.m. a man wearing a hoodie and facemask entered the Pizza Hut located at

Un juez de Atlanta sentenció el lunes a 49 años de cárcel al exfutbolista de una escuela de Texas que libró una sangrienta lucha por el control de un cártel mexicano del narcotráfico. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, conocido como “La Barbie” por su complexión y ojos claros, tambien tendrá que pagar 192 millones de dólares. Valdez,

Military members will receive free admission to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway during the entire month of July, tramway officials announced today. The tramway’s “Military Days” is an annual tradition offering complimentary rides to all U.S. active, former and retired military personnel with valid military ID, with free admission also applying to spouses of deployed

Jurors will begin deliberations today in the penalty phase of trial in the case of a U.S. Marine Corps veteran convicted of killing eight women. Defense attorneys say their client has shown multiple symptoms of impulse control impairment stemming from brain damage due to his mother drinking alcohol while pregnant, so jurors should spare him

Algunos empleados de un hospital local de animales sin fines de lucro aseguran estar siendo víctimas de represalias despues de que se presentaron quejas formales de acoso contra un supervisor. Los empleados alegan que existe un ambiente de trabajo hostil y violaciones a la legislación laboral, entre otras cosas, se les dijo que Desert Hot

Police and firefighters were on the scene of a big rig rollover in the east valley Tuesday morning. The California Highway Patrol said a driver in a silver Ford Edge collided with the big truck at 6:28 a.m. westbound on Interstate 10 just east of Dillon Road. Nobody in the small car was injured, but

Jeffrey Grant Hammer Jr. es arreatdo en relación a un tiroteo en Desert Hot Springs que dejó una persona herida. La victima es sometida a cirugía, se espera que sobreviva . Los hechos sucedieron el domingo alrededor de las 2:20 pm, cuando un hombre recibió un disparo en la parte superior del cuerpo en el

Firefighters battle residential structure fire in Coachella. The fire was reported at around 2:46 p.m. at the 83000 block of Avenue 54 in Coachella. The fire was contained by 7:08 p.m. According to Cal Fire, crews are on scene of multiple debris piles, with one residential structure on fire, that is spreading into an active