Month: July 2019

The Palm Springs City Attorney confirms they received a written claim, which is a legal pre-requisite to filing a lawsuit in court for damages against the city, from Cynthia Cabrera who is seeking damages on behalf of her two-year-old son for the fatal shooting of his father, Noah Davison. The lawsuit filing relates to the

A man who was fatally struck and killed by a car in Coachella Sunday night has been identified by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Bureau. 57-year-old Coachella resident Glenn Earl Littlepage died on the scene of the accident which was reported at 11:29 p.m. on the 46000 block of Dillon Road. The driver of the vehicle

A mistrial has been declared in the mental competency trial of a man accused of murdering his co-worker due to the victim’s sexual orientation. Last week, jurors began deliberating on whether a former Pizza Hut delivery driver, Miguel Angel Bautista Ramirez, 30, was mentally competent to stand trial. He faces a charge of first-degree murder

A suspect wanted in connection with a weekend shooting in Palm Springs remained at large Monday afternoon. Two victims, who have not been identified, went to a hospital on Sunday morning at 3 a.m. suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The Palm Springs Police Department was made aware of the shooting. Officers went to a house

One man is dead after a car crash crashed into a light pole Friday night. It happened at 9:19 p.m. on Varner Road, between Ramon Road and Monterey Avenue in Thousand Palms. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1155340772478054402″,”author_name”:”CAL FIRE Riverside”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Fatality Traffic Collision: RPT @ 9:19 p.m. Varner Rd. X Ramon Rd in Thousand Palms. Vehicle that struck

A woman was arrested in Palm Desert over the weekend on suspicion of animal cruelty. On Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the parking lot of the Whole Foods located on the 44400 block of Town Center Way in Palm Desert for a report of a dog in distress

FIND Food Bank works with community partners to collect food for those in need, but not all that food is good for human consumption. Volunteers do weekly sortings at FIND to make sure the best quality produce is going out to the community. “The biggest thing that they’re going to look for is mold,” said

Inscripcin para kindergarten y clases de kindergarten de transicin en elEl Distrito Escolar Unificado de Palm Springs para el ao escolar 2019-20 ya estn abiertas. Los padres deben registrar a los estudiantes lo antes posible antes de comiencen las clases. El mircoles 7 de agosto, inician las clases para el distrito escolar de Palm Springs.

After a few months of renovations and work, the Palm Springs DMV office reopened Monday morning. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) says it will reopen at 7 a.m. The office had been closed since April 5 for the renovations and had been expected to reopen in September, but the construction teams were able

An unidentified man drowned in Thermal over the weekend. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Media Information Bureau, deputies responded to the 82000 block of Sandra Lane in Thermal for a report of a drowning at 3:23 a.m. on Saturday. Upon arrival, deputies found a young adult male who was unresponsive. Life-saving measures were

A man suspected of throwing rocks through windows of the Cabazon Public Library is expected to face felony vandalism charges, a sheriff’s deputy said today. Deputies who responded to a burglar alarm at the library on July 21 found several smashed windows, according to sheriff’s Sgt. John Carlberg. Video surveillance footage showed a suspect throwing

Three employees at the center of a lawsuit and investigation over on-the-job sex at the Coachella Valley Water District are not currently working at the utility. Attorneys for CVWD meter reader Alfonso Cruz confirmed the news Thursday to News Channel 3, adding Cruz was fired from CVWD later in the week. “In a further act

Claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation were levied against Cathedral City and its police chief in a lawsuit filed Monday in Riverside County Superior Court. “We believe the allegations speak for themselves, and Ms. Candelas looks forward to litigating this matter in Court,” said Darren Campbell, who is representing Loran Candelas in her case against

Jurors today were deliberating whether a former Pizza Hut delivery driver accused of killing a gay co-worker because of the victim’s sexual orientation is mentally competent to stand trial. Testimony concluded in the mental competency hearing for Miguel Angel Bautista Ramirez, 30, who faces a charge of first-degree murder stemming from the July 13, 2014,

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has now identified the man who sent five people, including himself, to the hospital after an alleged DUI crash in Coachella. Deputies say 38-year-old Felipe Tello of Indio was traveling northbound on the Highway 86 and Avenue 52 when he veered into oncoming southbound traffic, causing a head on collision. The

Riverside County Coroner’s Office has now identified the man hit and killed by a bus as 29-year-old Brian Schee. The crash was reported just after 9:30 Friday morning in the area of Indian Canyon Drive between Tachevah Drive and Tamarisk Road. According to a news release issued by the Palm Springs Police Department on Friday

The Riverside County Sheriffs Department was investigating a reported assault with a deadly weapon at a Motel 6 in Thousand Palms Monday morning. Sheriffs deputies were called to the business on the 72200 block of Varner Road shortly after midnight. According to RSO, the deputies found the victim, who had suffered facial injuries. He was

El Departamento del Sheriff del condado de Riverside investiga un asalto reportado con un arma mortal en el Motel 6 ubicado en el 72200 Varner Road en Thousand Palms en los primeros minutos de hoy lunes . Informaron que encontraron evidencia de una pelea dentro de una habitación , pero no pudieron localizar a un