Month: August 2019

The man accused of threatening people with a knife and fighting Palm Springs police officers, leading to an officer-involved shooting, was arraigned Wednesday morning. According to a criminal complaint, Kevyn Matthew Weintraub, 43, was charged with assault on an officer with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery on an officer, assault on a

Charges have been filed against the man accused of threatening people with a knife and fighting Palm Springs police officers, leading to an officer-involved shooting. Kevyn Matthew Weintraub, 43, faces felony charges of assault on an officer with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury, battery on an officer, assault on a person causing great

A two-alarm fire ripped through an apartment at a Palm Desert complex Tuesday evening, leaving a mother and daughter without a home. It happened just after 6 p.m. Tuesday at the One Quail Place apartment complex in Palm Desert. The family’s pet cat was killed, three firefighters were hurt with heat-related injuries, and several other

A man accused of fleeing from Desert Hot Springs police and backing over an officer when they tried to initiate a traffic stop was re-arrested after failing to make a court appearance, police said today. Dylan Munro, 25, was scheduled to appear for a felony settlement conference at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on

A report of a poisonous snake slithering across the lawn of a Woodcrest home turned out to be no cause for alarm, but it did add a little comic relief to a Riverside County animal control officer’s routine, officials said Tuesday. According to Department of Animal Services spokesman John Welsh, the agency received a call

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released a description and sketch of the man accused of robbing the Rabobank in Thousand Palms last week. According to Deputy Mike Vasquez, the robbery occurred at the Rabobank on the 72800 block of Ramon Road at around 4:15 p.m. Vasquez said the thief fled the bank with an undisclosed

A viewer captured a large herd of bighorn sheep taking in the beautiful scenery this weekend at PGA West in La Quinta. The video shows over a dozen bighorn sheep exploring the patio area of a home at the country club. According to the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, bighorn sheep tend to live in

Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz is introducing new legislation to help veterans exposed to burn pits at military bases overseas. The new legislation will be called the ‘Jennifer Kepner Hope Act,’ in honor of the local veteran who died of pancreatic cancer which she blamed on exposure to burn pits. Burn pits have been used

A new outpatient addiction treatment facility is opening in September for those recovering from substance abuse. Delphi Behavioral Health Group is preparing Desert View Recovery for full operation in Rancho Mirage. Executive Director of Desert View Recovery, Christopher Larry, said the space is designed for individual and group programming for relapse prevention. “The longer a

For local law enforcement, traffic stops are an effective tool when it comes to maintaining public safety, but officers say there are times when things can get unpredictable. “When you’re dealing with traffic stops, you’re dealing with an unpredictable variable which is the general public,” Officer Ramon Perez with CHP Indio Division, said. That’s on

Lo que comenz como una caminata familiar de celebracin en Palm Springs termin en tragedia cuando una madre muri debido al calor extremo, Elsa Leon, de 35 aos, realiz una caminata con su esposo y su hijo la maana del 3 de agosto en el Skyline Trail, un sendero riguroso justo detrs del Museo de

A pair of search warrants served in Cabazon and Cherry Valley, respectively, led to the confiscation of thousands of marijuana plants. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department executed the search warrants on Tuesday. Both warrants were served in unincorporated areas of each community, according to RSO. The operations are part of a larger effort to combat

A California Highway Patrol officer was killed, two other officers were injured, after a shootout with a suspect in Riverside on Monday, and on Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol scheduled a news conference for 1 p.m. According to our sister station KABC, the shooting was reported just before 6 p.m. Monday at Eastridge Avenue and

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Lo que comenz como una caminata familiar de celebracin en Palm Springs termin en tragedia cuando una madre muri debido al calor extremo. Elsa Len, de 35 aos, realiz una caminata con su esposo y su hijo la maana del 3 de agosto en el Skyline Trail, una caminata notoriamente rigurosa justo detrs del Museo

A Palm Springs woman was arrested in Rancho Mirage over the weekend for driving under the influence and child endangerment. At 10:20 p.m. Sunday, Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of a traffic collision on the 36700 block of Monterey Avenue in Rancho Mirage. Upon arrival, they found that a black Jeep

A California Highway Patrol officer was killed, two other officers were injured, after a shootout with a suspect in Riverside. According to our sister station KABC, the shooting was reported just before 6 p.m. Monday at Eastridge Avenue and Box Springs Boulevard, just off of Interstate 215, in Riverside. “From what we understand, the Highway

Some students in the west valley will be spending a lot of time playing video games and it’s all sanctioned by their schools. It comes as the Palm Springs Unified School District expands its offerings in esports. When you think of high school sports, football or basketball certainly come to mind, but for Juan Leon,

A man who was shot by a Palm Springs Police Department officer last week after reportedly getting into an altercation with officers has been identified. 43-year-old Kevyn Weintraub is being held in Indio Jail on $25,000 bail, according to county jail records. He faces three felony charges; battery with serious injury, assault on a person