Month: August 2018

Motorists shared the road with a fleet of slow-moving tow trucks on local desert roadways today. More than 80 tow truck drivers drove in a Spirit Ride procession to promote California’s “move over” law. Their jobs are perilous, and help extra caution is required from motorists to keep them safe. “It’s not that hard. You

Mosquitoes capable of transmitting harmful viruses like Zika and yellow fever have been found in Rancho Mirage, prompting a round of planned door-to-door inspections, local vector control officials said today. Two Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae and four mosquito pupae were recently collected in a Rancho Mirage neighborhood, making it the eighth Coachella Valley city where

A man was arrested today on suspicion of vehicle theft following a high-speed chase that began in Palm Springs and ended in Indio. March Rangel, 37, was arrested at 11:28 a.m this morning on Avenue 44 west of Golf Center Drive on several charges, including felony counts of taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent,

A rebate project to increase public access to high-powered charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles throughout Southern California was launched this week in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, it was announced today. Up to $29 million is now available through the Southern California Incentive Project — SCIP — to install charging stations

Frontier Airlines adds more non-stop season flights between Chicago and Palm Springs. The service, which starts on December 14, will give residents and visitors the ability to fly between Chicago O’Hare Airport and the Palm Springs International Airport twice a week. “The City of Palm Springs is thrilled that Frontier Airlines will add seasonal nonstop

El precio del limón registró uno de sus mas altos incrementos, Propietarios de restaurantes locales reportaron que la fruta les cuesta ahora un 40% que hace unas semanas. A consecuencia del aumento restaurantes estan implementando cambios sobre cómo lo sirven. “Ahora, lo que hemos hecho es dejar que el invitado los solicite”, dijo Bluhm del

KRDO Newschannel 13 reporter Krystal Story and photographer Pete Miller were covering a shooting near Memorial Park Tuesday morning when a driver plowed through the crime scene hitting a police car and then grazing Miller with the car’s side mirror. Story was in the middle of a live shot for Good Morning Colorado when the

A felony assault with a deadly weapon charge was filed today against an ex-con who allegedly stabbed another man several times in Idyllwild, and was on the lam for two days before being arrested near the crime scene. Jeremy Greene, 23, of Oceanside, is also charged with two felony counts of being a felon in

Riverside County supervisors signed off today on the county’s official response to a grand jury report that identified shortcomings in how the Department of Veterans’ Services handles customers’ needs, acknowledging that there’s room for improvement. “I think we can all agree there’s a need for an increase in staffing as much as we can,” Supervisor

Blistering temperatures in the Coachella Valley are expected to increase over the next century, affecting local economic drivers like agriculture and tourism, while likely increasing the risk of wildfires, according to a state climate report released today. California’s fourth Climate Change Assessment concluded that daily average high temperatures will increase by eight to 14 degrees

Milagrosamente no se presentan heridos despues que un vehiculo terminara en el estacionamiento cerca al estacionamiento del casino Spotlight . La policía dice que nadie resultó herido cuando un automóvil salió de los carriles hacia el este de la Interestatal 10 y aterrizó en su techo en el estacionamiento del Casino Spotlight 29. La Patrulla

An appeals court today upheld the second-degree murder conviction of a man who caused the death of a Cathedral City police officer during a drug- and alcohol-fueled high-speed chase in a stolen car. Durjan Germaine Gray, 42, was convicted in 2016 in the death of Officer Jermaine Gibson during a vehicle pursuit on the night

The first of two interactive public workshops will be held today regarding the mapping process in Palm Springs’ transition from at-large to district elections, and will give residents a chance to learn how to submit their own custom district maps to city officials. Residents can attend the free 6 p.m. forum at James O. Jessie

Police say nobody was injured when a car left the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 and landed on its roof in the Spotlight 29 Casino parking lot. The California Highway Patrol reported the wreck at 3:03 a.m. There were no reported injuries. A tow truck was called in to remove the vehicle. There was no

The nearly 23,000-acre Holy Fire that has been burning for three weeks in the Cleveland National Forest and forced thousands of people from their homes in Lake Elsinore flared up again Monday, scorching about 150 acres and threatening communication towers on Santiago Peak. The flames erupted shortly after 9 a.m., fire officials said. Fire officials

Greater awareness on concussion safety has sparked in the past years, prompting new policies and more tools for student-athletes across Coachella Valley. Experts notice while the injury is commonly underreported, more females and student-athletes from all sports are affected. “This year I’ve actually seen more cheerleaders…I may have seen a swimmer, definitely football, soccer basketball,

A community meeting to discuss potential flooding and debris flow in areas of the San Jacinto Mountains blackened by the Cranston was hosted in Idyllwild Tuesday night. Various agencies, including Cal Fire, Caltrans and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department discussed the threats of heavy rain fall. The meeting took place in the Idyllwild School gymnasium.

A man is dead following a Sunday evening collision in Cathedral City. At 9:10 p.m. Sunday, officers from the Cathedral City Police Department responded to a call of an injury traffic collision near the intersection of Ramon Road and Shifting Sands Trail. Upon arrival, they found a Hispanic male pedestrian who had been struck by

As with every Monday, CIF-SS releases their latest poll rankings. And today two local football teams saw themselves ranked atop their respective division. Palm Desert is No. 1 in Division 9, while Shadow Hills is No. 1 in Division 10. Both teams are 2-0 to start the 2018 season. Rancho Mirage was formerly the top