Month: April 2019

Four attorneys and another man accused of filing shakedown lawsuits against dozens of Riverside County businesses over alleged Americans with Disabilities Act violations — which prosecutors contend were bogus but which the defendants’ attorney asserts were legitimate — are being sued by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, it was announced today. “The defendants are

A 75-year-old bicyclist who ran into the rear of a parked Public Works employee’s vehicle was hospitalized in stable condition today. Just before 9 a.m., traffic officers responded to the crash involving the bicyclist and the city employee’s vehicle, which was parked on the paved shoulder of the westbound Highway 111, according to the Riverside

The Coachella Music & Art Festival has been over for almost a week, but festival traffic is about to surge anew with Stagecoach trotting into the desert beginning Friday, prompting authorities to point out potential congestion issues throughout the valley. Honkytonkers will begin their trek into Indio today for the country music festival, and despite

A magnitude-3 earthquake was felt in Riverside County’s Coachella Valley Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake shook at 8:09 a.m. at a depth of 3 miles, its epicenter about 7.5 miles south of Pinyon Pines and 14 miles southwest of La Quinta, according to a USGS computer-generated report. According to the ‘Did You

Uno de los siete cachorros tirados en un contenedor de Coachella la semana pasada murió. “Desafortunadamente, nos enteramos de que uno de los cachorros abandonados ha muerto. Una de las voluntarias de control de animales se comunicó con nosotros y nos contó las malas noticias. Además dijo “Que el pequeño cachorro podría haber estado en

UPDATE 11:40 AM: All lanes have reopened. Traffic remains slow in the area. *** A jackknifed tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 eastbound is causing significant traffic backup in the Banning area Thursday morning. The accident, which was reported at 10:26 a.m, occurred near the Banning scales. The disabled big rig is reportedly blocking several lanes. Vehicles

La policía de Indio informó que durante el segundo fin de semana del Coachella Fest arrestaron a 98 personas, 86 por estar drogadas o borrachas, 8 por portar identificación falsa y 50 fueron multadas por estacionarse en lugares para discapacitados. Dichos arrestos significan 23% menos que el año pasado cuando 128 personas fueron arrestadas.

Follow News Channel 3’s coverage of Day 6 of the trial here Testimony continued Wednesday in the trial of an ex-con accused of gunning down two Palm Springs police officers and trying to kill others when they approached his mother’s home to investigate a domestic disturbance. On Tuesday, Mario Serrano — one of several officers

A mulch fire was burning Thursday morning in Thousand Palms and sending smoke into the skies. Cal Fire tells News Channel three that there is a mulch fire currently burning at the SA Recycling plant on the 29200 block of Rio Del Sol Road. It appears to have broken out shortly before 5:00 a.m. KESQ

A Cal Fire water-dropping helicopter performed a couple of practice runs Wednesday, in the hills of the Greater Morongo Indian Reservation, near Beaumont. It happened while inmate crews drilled for the upcoming fire season. “The hand crew job is probably one of the hardest ones in Cal Fire,” said Cal Fire Public Information Officer, Captain

A vigil was held Wednesday night for a woman killed in Palm Springs earlier this week. Monday evening, Police responded to a residence on the 300 block of Pico Road in Palm Springs. Upon arrival, they found a deceased woman, later identified as Claire Carsman, who had suffered significant trauma and died. 75-year-old Stephen McKernan,

Riverside County was one of a number of counties in California graded “F” for air quality on the American Lung Association’s 2019 “State of the Air” report card, released today. According to the 20th annual analysis, Riverside County scored failing grades in smog — or ozone — levels and in the average daily presence of

Indian Canyon Drive has reopened in Palm Springs/ The roadway shut down last week due to visibility and quickly became impassable due to a several-foot-high sand dune that built up in the middle of the street. The roadway was officially reopened by the Palm Springs police Department right before 9:45 a.m. The major artery connecting

A former nurse was convicted today of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and other charges for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and another woman with a screwdriver then barricading himself inside his Indio home two years ago. Erick Maciel, 33, had been facing attempted murder charges stemming from the March 4, 2017, attack at his home

Viewers of local Spanish newscasts on Telemundo 15 will see a new look on air starting Wednesday. Coachella Valley’s only live, locally-produced Spanish speaking television news is debuting a new set and renewing their commitment to being the leader in local news for viewers in the area. The on air team is made up of

Tuesday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed there have been 695 cases of measles nationwide since the start of the year. That’s up from the 626 cases the agency reported last week in its weekly update. Just four months into the year, the number of cases has already surpassed the record of

The city of Desert Hot Springs took a major step today towards getting a permanent home, as it broke ground on a new city hall Wednesday morning. The golden shovels are out in the city as city leaders celebrate a new milestone by breaking ground for a new city hall. “It’s going to be an