Month: July 2018

A small luau was held Tuesday evening in Palm Springs as the community gathered to say aloha to a local boy and his family who are jetsetting to Hawaii thanks to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. 12-year- old Javier “JJ” Luna was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2016. Over the past two years, he has received

Legislation that would increase benefits to the families who have lost a loved one in the line of duty has secured a critical endorsement. The “Heroes Lesley Zerebny & Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivor Support Act” was recently endorsed by the National Sheriff’s Association. Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz introduced the bill in February saying the

Funeral services will be held this week in Riverside for a U.S. Army staff sergeant and Los Angeles native who was killed during World War II but whose remains were not identified until earlier this year. Sgt. David Rosenkrantz, 28, was killed Sept. 28, 1944, while on a mission to disrupt German defensive lines in

The Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage is using new technology to help the environment. As we first reported last week, the resort is using the “ORCA Digester,” a system that turns food waste into environmentally-safe water that can flow straight into the public sewage system. Agua Caliente is the first resort to

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department is hopeful their new motorcycle officer will make drivers think twice about speeding. The new officer will monitor traffic on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road. The officer is out on the road from 5:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. and also during the evening commute hours focusing mainly on

A single-vehicle crash in La Quinta involving a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department unit left one person injured early Saturday morning. According to RSO, the crash happened around the intersection of Ave. 50 and Washington St. just before 4:30 a.m. Deputies said the Sheriff’s department vehicle crashed into a palm tree. The driver was taken to

La policía arrestó a un hombre y una mujer en relación con una serie de robos de vehículos en La Quinta y Palm Desert. Los oficiales del equipo de aplicación especial de La Quinta contactaron a Daniel Contreras y Nancy Fuchs, ambos de La Quinta, alrededor de las 10:30 a.m, una investigación posterior reveló que

Una mujer del Condado de Orange que supuestamente golpeó e hirió gravemente a un oficial de motocicletas del Departamento de Policía de Indio esta hoy bajo custodia. Margaret Kendric estaba bajo la influencia de una droga que altera el estado de ánimo, los hechos sucedieron el 9 de octubre de 2016, el oficial Jeffery Merritt

A Riverside County sheriff’s deputy involved in a single-vehicle collision on July 14 was released from Desert Regional Medical Center yesterday, according to Investigator Armando Munoz of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The deputy, who remains unnamed, crashed an RSO patrol car into a palm tree while traveling eastbound on Avenue 50 near Washington Street

Cal Fire y agentes de la Patrulla de Caminos de California respondieron a la escena de un vehículo que se estrelló en el escaparate de una estación de Chevron aproximadamente a las 10:10 a.m. esta mañana. El vehículo es una minivan gris Toyota Sienna. El vehículo fue retirado del edificio aproximadamente a las 11:35 a.m.

Authorities today were investigating what led a Toyota Prius to veer off Interstate 10 in Desert Center and overturn, killing the driver and injuring three of her passengers. The crash was reported just before 11 a.m. Sunday on eastbound Interstate 10 west of Desert Center, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jackie Quintero. The 2003

One woman died Sunday afternoon after a rollover crash left multiple people injured in Desert Center. Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters responded to a vehicle rollover on Interstate 10 and Desert Center Rice Road Sunday morning. The California Highway Patrol released a statement Monday saying, “for unknown reasons, the Prius traveled to the left and off

Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crashed through the storefront of a Chevron station at approximately 10:10 a.m. this morning. The vehicle is a gray Toyota Sienna minivan. The vehicle was removed from the building by approximately 11:35 a.m. According to officials, the driver’s foot slipped onto

Estos refugios pueden marcar la diferencia cuando se esta huyendo de una ola de calor. Centros para refrescarse del Condado de Riverside Centro de Enfriamiento Posicion Ciudad y Codigo Postal Horas de Operacion Numero de Telefono Cruzar las Calles Anza Community Hall 56630 Hwy. 371 Anza 92536 Lunes – Viernes 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Police arrested a man and woman today in connection with a string of thefts from vehicles in La Quinta and Palm Desert. La Quinta Special Enforcement Team Officers contacted Daniel Contreras and Nancy Fuchs, both of La Quinta, about 10:30 a.m. and detained them for questioning, according to Sgt. David Smith with the La Quinta

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped four-tenths of a cent today to $3.58, the fifth consecutive decrease. The average price has dropped two cents over the past five days, including six-tenths of a cent on Monday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

Swimming pools in a Palm Springs community have been shut down for almost a month, after water tested positive for legionnaires’ disease last month. “It just, kind of, was something we would never think would happen here because it’s (the swimming pools) always so well maintained,” said James Laque, who lives across the street from

A multi-vehicle collision caused major backups on I-10 westbound near the Cook Street exit in Palm Desert. The traffic has since cleared. At its worst, traffic was backed up from the Cook Street exit all the way to the Washington Street exit. At least four vehicles were involved in the crash. Passengers in the vehicles