Month: March 2019

Riverside County Sheriff’s County deputies were searching for a suspect in Thousand Palms late Thursday night. KESQ News Channel 3 received numerous calls from viewers reporting heavy police presence in the area of Monterey Avenue and Varner Road. According to an RSO spokesperson, a deputy was behind a stolen vehicle shortly before 10:58 p.m. on

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department closed both sides of Monterey Avenue in Palm Desert Thursday evening following a crash involving multiple vehicles. An RSO spokesperson confirmed they received reports of a three-vehicle crash on Monterey Avenue and Country Club Drive at approximately 7:32 p.m. A man and a woman were transported to the hospital with

Women were celebrated at the Westin Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage today. The 14th Annual Eisenhower Health’s ‘Wonder of Women’ event. Women from across the valley gathered to shop, have lunch, and meet others who are making a difference in our community. This year’s event benefitted ‘Safehouse of the Desert,’ the valley’s only

La Quinta has been named one of the top 50 safest cities in California by SafeWise. SafeWise, a site that researches “home security companies, home safety products, and home automation gizmos” released the 2019 edition of their list of California’s 50 Safest Cities. According to researchers, the list is determined by using the most recent

Thursday marks one month since record rainfall hit the valley on Valentine’s Day and some Frontier customers are still without their landlines. Residents at Mountain View Apartments in Cathedral City say the outage poses a major safety threat because most people living there are elderly and disabled, left without a way to call for help

UPDATE: 12:21 P.M. – Reports of a shooting at the Hyatt Regency Resort adn Spa in Indian Wells are unsubstantiated, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies had received reports of possible shots fired at the resort at around 10:15 a.m. Room-to-room searches were conducted in the building and no evidence of a shooting

Over half of the animals housed at the Mountain Town reptile museum in Oak Glen were lost Thursday in a fire. The blaze, which broke out around 11:45 a.m. Thursday morning, was put out in about an hour. One firefighter sustained minor burns and was transported to an area hospital. Yucaipa Police. San Bernardino County

Los informes de un tiroteo en el Hyatt Regency Resort y Spa en Indian Wells no tienen fundamento, según el Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside, es la conclusión a la que llegaron reportes iniciales, esto despues de una movilización de gran cantidad de uniformados a la zona. Los Oficiales habían recibido informes de

For abducting and taking the life of a 17-year-old Moreno Valley girl, a 42-year-old welder should receive “the full of extent of justice” and be executed, a prosecutor said today, while the man’s attorney argued that because his client is “intellectually disabled,” his life should be spared. “I am going to ask you to consider

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s implementation today of a moratorium on capital punishment elicited sharp criticism from several Riverside County lawmakers, one of whom characterized the governor as undermining democracy. “The governor has given reprieve to serial killers such as William Suff, who was found guilty of murdering 12 women and dumping their bodies in fields in

La ciudad de Coachella está creciendo cada día en infraestructura y modernización podemos ver diferentes obras de arte a lo largo y ancho de la ciudad de Coachella, una nueva biblioteca, y la ampliación del centro para señores de la tercera edad tambien están pensando en remodelar una de las escuelas que más tiempo tiene

Closing arguments began today in the trial of a man suspected of beating his girlfriend’s toddler in 2011, leaving her with permanent brain damage. Adan Diaz Orozco, 31, of Coachella is charged with child cruelty with a great bodily injury sentence enhancement. He was arrested after his girlfriend’s then-18-month-old daughter was hospitalized April 9, 2011,

WASHINGTON (AP) – En un asombroso reproche, el Senado aprobó el jueves una resolución rechazando la declaración de un estado emergencia por parte del presidente Donald Trump para construir un muro en la frontera con Mexico. Por 59 votos contra 41, la resolución fue aprobada por el Senado donde los republicanos son mayoría. Trump ha

Despues de casi un mes, Indian Canyons de Agua Caliente finalmente volvieron a abrir al público despues de que la tormenta del Día de San Valentín destrozara caminos y árboles, causando un daño increíble a los 6,500 acres de tierras tribales. El personal del parque se enfrentó a enormes reparaciones y esfuerzos de limpieza, incluyendo

Valerie Silveira has waited since August 2016 for answers. That’s when her daughter, Jamie Maher, was killed. She was found at a home in Indio with multiple gunshot wounds. No suspect arrests were made at the time of her death. Silveira said her family had accepted that they may never get the closure they wanted,

A man accused of shooting four people who were found dead at two different locations in Palm Springs briefly appeared in court today for a post-preliminary arraignment. Jose Larin-Garcia, 19, is facing four counts of murder stemming from the Feb. 3 shootings. Three of the victims were found inside a Toyota Corolla that crashed at

UPDATE 1:45 PM : Jesse Torres has been found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of Norma Lopez. Torres has also been found guilty of kidnapping. The trial will now enter the penalty phase. The jury will return to hear evidence Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Torres could have faced the death penalty depending on

Un hombre acusado de disparar a cuatro personas que fueron encontradas muertas en dos lugares diferentes en Palm Springs apareció brevemente en el tribunal hoy para una comparecencia post-preliminar. Jose Larin-Garcia, de 19 años, enfrenta cuatro cargos de asesinato derivados de los tiroteos del 3 de febrero. Tres de las víctimas fueron encontradas dentro de

The director of Palm Springs International Airport urged travelers to check their flights in light of the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max airplanes, with two such flights scrubbed from the desert airfield today. According to the FlightAware website, there were six flight cancellations at Palm Springs airport as of early afternoon Wednesday, but only