Month: September 2018

FIND Food Bank is celebrating their 35th anniversary. They have fed millions of hungry families across the Coachella Valley. The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians hosted the anniversary event at the Fantasy Springs Hotel free of charge and additionally donated $35,000 dollars to the Food Bank in honor of the impact they’ve had on so

JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. – Street races and drivers speeding to evade capture caused two crashes in Jurupa Valley. One man was taken a hospital with major injuries in a single-vehicle crash on Agua Mansa Road between Brown and Hall avenues, said Riverside County Sheriff’s Investigator Armando Munoz. It happened at 11:45 p.m. Saturday. About 15

Cayden Griffiths is a 12-year-old 7th grader at Desert Christian Academy and recently won the title as national champion in a tournament at Oxnard. Griffiths began boxing at 7-years-old and since then has won four California State Championships as well as two junior Olympic silver medals. His dream is to make the 2024 Olympics in

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The remnants of Hurricane Rosa are expected to drop rain in the desert and mountain regions of Riverside County as early as Sunday, according to the National Weather Service and the First Alert Weather Team. Although the hurricane is expected to weaken as it moves up Mexico’s Baja peninsula and into the

COACHELLA, Calif. – Once considered a pipe dream, the concept of saving the Salton Sea by tapping ocean water from Mexico to keep the accidental salt lake from drying up will get an official consideration at two meetings in the desert this week. The California Natural Resources Agency will look at three competing proposals at

Three students from Xavier College Preparatory High School have been identified as the victims of a vehicle rollover accident occurring early Saturday morning in Indio. Two students are still hospitalized and one has been released. According to friends of family members of the parties involved, one student is in critical condition and another sustained a

ENCINITAS, Calif. – A teenage boy was seriously injured Saturday morning when he was bitten by a shark off the Encinitas shoreline while diving for lobster. It occured just before 7 a.m. at Beacon’s Beach, on Neptune Avenue near Leucadia Boulevard, according to Encinitas officials. The boy, 13, was airlifted to Rady Children’s Hospital, where

LA QUINTA, Calif. – Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in La Quinta on Friday who is suspected of starting six fires. Deputies arrested John Hupp, 32, behind a Home Depot near the intersection of Highway 111 and Jefferson Street. Hupp was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Center on suspicion of 10

Mercy Air Ambulance crews flew one victim with serious injuries to an area hospital after a vehicle rollover on Avenue 42 and Madison St. in Indio. CAL Fire and Riverside County Firefighters responded to a report of a traffic collision around 3:40 a.m. Saturday morning. The first crew reported a single vehicle turned over about

Check out the highlights and final scores for week 7 of the high school season. Desert Empire League Palm Desert – 26 at Shadow Hills – 14 *Game of the Week La Quinta – 21 at Rancho Mirage – 17 Palm Springs – 14 at Xavier Prep – 20 Desert Valley League Coachella Valley –

Hurricane Rosa tied the 2015 record as the seventh Category 4 or stronger hurricane to occur during the 2018 eastern Pacific Hurricane Season. Weakening has now begun to occur as the storm moves over cooler ocean waters. Rosa is now a Category 2 hurricane with 105 MPH maximum sustained winds. Today Rosa veers northward and

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The Desert Empire football season debuts this Friday night, headlined by a marquee matchup between Palm Desert (5-0) and Shadow Hills (5-0). The Aztecs are ranked No. 1 in Division 9 and the Knights are ranked No. 1 in Division 10. Aside from their top ranking and undefeated record, they both have two shutouts, they

Police have surrounded a home near the intersection of Alvarado Ave. and Jackson Street in Thermal following reports of shots fired, according to Investigator Armando Munoz of the Riverside Sheriff’s Department. One woman was seen being taken into custody at around 5:15 p.m. According to a neighbor, the shots were fired following a domestic dispute

The testimonies from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and slated Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh have impacted victims of sexual assault locally in Coachella Valley. Program Director Winnette Brenner at Coachella Valley Sexual Assault Services said in the past two days the center’s hotline has spiked with an influx of calls. “Today alone we’ve received

The family and friends of a 27-year-old Cathedral City man who was killed in Palm Springs Tuesday are speaking out. Police say around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, a car crashed into a brick wall at the intersection of Rosa Parks and Granada. Officers found a man dead in the drivers seat with gunshot wounds. Family and

Riverside County officials today cautioned residents who live in areas recently ravaged by wildfires, including Idyllwild and Lake Elsinore, to prepare for possible mudslides and other impacts resulting from storms spawned by Hurricane Rosa, now approaching Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. According to the Emergency Management Department, thunderstorms fueled by the cyclone could trigger mud and debris

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in tonight’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing will grow to $336 million. One ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number was sold in New York and is worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which

A bald parolee who stuck up a Palm Springs bank with an air pistol while wearing a blonde wig was sentenced today in Los Angeles to nearly seven years in federal prison. Anthony Tyrone Mack, 41, of Palm Springs was ordered by U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. to serve five years of supervised release