Month: March 2019

The road closures and repairs on the 243 continue to cause problems for mountain commuters and residents in Idyllwild. Long-time local residents and business owners say the situation has become dire up in their beloved town. “It’s been horrible. And there are so many families up here just trying to get by day to day,”

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a sedan in Palm Springs this morning. The man killed in the crash was identified as Eddie Lustro, 34, a Palm Springs American Medical Response paramedic. Officials said Lustro was fresh off a 12-hour shift before his death. A procession was held for Lustro starting shortly before

A bomb threat reported at Palm Desert Charter Middle School has been determined to be a hoax, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department public information officer Robyn Flores confirmed. According to Flores, about 50 students and staff who were still at the school and at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School next door were evacuated. The school is located

Canndescent, a massive cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Desert Hot Springs, is working to make the ‘green industry’ go greener, completing the industry’s first commercial-scale solar project. “These facilities are fairly energy intensive and we knew that we wanted to reduce not just our operating costs, but we wanted to reduce our impact on

A large stretch of Box Canyon Road in Mecca will be closed for several months for repairs. The repair work is scheduled for March 18 to June 1. According to a tweet from RivCoTrans, these repairs activities will happen during the closure Repair damaged roadway Pave new roadway Remove/dispose debris The closure will affect eight

Alrededor de las 4 de la tarde autoridades arrivaron a la escuela Charter de Palm Desert, respondiendo a una amenaza de bomba en el establecimiento. Inmediatamente se llevaron a cabo operaciones de evacuación de niños que todavia se encontraban en el lugar. Autoridades escolares informaron que alumnos y maestros de programas “de despues de escuela”

Una ciudadana mexicano de 26 años de edad fue arrestado el sábado por la Patrulla Fronteriza bajo sospecha de contrabando de metanfetamina en el tanque de gasolina de su automóvil. A las 5:47 p.m., la mujer, que no ha sido identificada, llegó al punto de control de inmigración de la autopista 86 cerca de Salton

Deputies are seeking a man and woman wanted in connection with a Twentynine Palms attempted murder over the weekend. On Sunday at 12:05 p.m., San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault at a residence on the 5400 block of Daisy Avenue in Twentynine Palms. After an investigation, it was determined

History was made on Sunday with two first-time tournament champions. On the women’s side, 18-year-old wildcard entry Bianca Andreescu defeated Angelique Kerber in a 3-set thriller. While on the men’s side, Austrian talent Dominic Thiem took down the great Roger Federer after being down the first set. Andreescu becomes the first wildcard to win this

A trail temporarily closed to visitors in Lake Elsinore where stadium-sized crowds poured in over the weekend to view acres of blooming poppies, causing massive traffic headaches for law enforcement and angering locals, was reopened today, drawing huge crowds once again. “We expended lots of resources over the weekend, and we have folks out there

A small and shallow earthquake struck Riverside County today, according to a computer-generated report from the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor struck at 1.55 a.m. at a depth of around .6 of a mile, its epicenter was approximately 6.2 miles east southeast of Anza and 17.6 miles south-southwest of Rancho Mirage, according to the USGS.

Flames damaged a Beaumont animal shelter and displaced its three occupants, sending one person to a hospital with minor injuries, authorities said today. According to Beaumont Police, the owner went back into the shelter while it was on fire to save animals. The fire was reported at 7:06 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of

A 26-year-old Mexican citizen was arrested Saturday by Border Patrol on suspicion of smuggling methamphetamine in the gas tank of her car. At 5:47 p.m., the woman, who has not been identified, came to the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint near Salton City. A Border Patrol canine unit alerted to the vehicle, and agents waved it

Un motociclista pierde la vida al impactarse contra un sedán en Palm Springs esta mañana. La identidad de la vÍctima no ha sido revelada hasta el momento, pero se conoció que se trataba de un paramedico, colegas arrivaron a la escena y rindieron primeros homenajes a la victima, cuyo cuerpo fue cubierto con una una

A Coachella man convicted of beating his girlfriend’s toddler in 2011, leaving her with permanent brain damage, faces up to 12 years in prison when he’s sentenced next month. A jury at the Larson Justice Center deliberated less than a day before finding 31-year-old Adan Diaz Orozco guilty late Friday of willful child cruelty, with

Circulan fuertes rumores de que la ciudad de Palm Springs podría revocar el permiso de operación del night club Zelda’s que se ubica sobre la calle Palm Canyon cerca de la Indian Canyon debido a los recientes incidentes violentos ocurridos últimamente incluyendo el asesinato de un hombre a quien balacearon en el estacionamiento. Además se

Prosecution testimony will continue today in the trial of two reputed gang members accused in the 2015 shooting death of a 19-year-old man in Indio. Martin Gutierrez Jr., 24, and Enrique Villa Alvarez, 23, are charged with killing Indio resident Julio Chavez Barraza on Sept. 22, 2015. The shooting was reported at 9:11 p.m. outside

UPDATE: Londelius has been found, family members told News Channel 3 over the weekend. **** Family members of a woman last seen in Escondido who was believed to be headed to La Quinta are asking for the public’s help to find her. 68-year-old Christine Londelius was last seen leaving Palomar Hospital in Escondido on March

Hundreds of locals were out Sunday afternoon enjoying their St. Patrick’s Day across the valley. Downtown Palm Springs was packed with people dressed in green celebrating the holiday. Shamrock’s Irish Pub was a popular spot all weekend, and across town in Rancho Mirage O’Caine’s Irish Pub celebrated their grand opening weekend offering traditional live Irish