On August 29th, we aired the first two reports of West Nile Virus in Riverside County. It turns out, there may have been a third case. Joan Sotomayor, of Palm Springs, says her partner contracted the virus after they went for a morning walk in mid-July. They took their dogs on a walk near Gene
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La policía de Desert Hot Springs arrestó a tres estudiantes el domingo en relación con amenazas de violencia contra la escuela secundaria Desert Hot Springs. Las amenazas se hicieron a través de una publicación en las redes sociales, según un correo electrónico enviado el lunes por la tarde por el jefe de policía interino Jim
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En la ciudad de Indio un Starbucks está dañado después de que una mujer choco su automóvil en el edificio de la cafetería hoy lunes por la mañana. Según Ben Guitron, Oficial de Información Pública de la Policía de Indio, a las 10:59 am, una mujer de 71 años condujo su Mercedes al Starbucks ubicado
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Un terremoto preliminar de magnitud 3.8 golpeó Bombay Beach, CA. El terremoto se produjo a las 11:11 a.m. del lunes 16 de septiembre. La profundidad del terremoto fue de 3.1 km y su ubicación fue de 5 km al NO de Bombay Beach, CA, según un mensaje generado por computadora del Servicio Geológico de EE.
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A fire in the Juniper Flats area between Perris and San Jacinto that has charred at least 490 acres of brush was 30% contained, authorities said Monday. Two hundred residents from 60 homes in the community of Mayberry in San Jacinto who had been under evacuation orders from the Riverside County Fire Department since Saturday
Continue ReadingA very special birthday was celebrated Sunday in Rancho Mirage. Bernie Rubien turned 101 years old. He celebrated with family and friends at his home along with another very special guest, his best friend, 98-year-old, Clarence Lux. Both of these men were stationed in Honolulu on December 7, 1941, the day of the Pearl Harbor
Continue ReadingDowntown Palm Springs was packed this weekend — some shop owners calling it the best weekend for business in months. In part, thanks to the early return of some snowbirds. “It was amazing because I was expecting my same old Saturday…and then in come customers…friends of ours that are snowbirds and they said they came
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In Palm Springs, 125 Southern California Edison customers remain without power Sunday morning. We are told the outage was initially reported around 9 a.m. Saturday. SCE says there is a crew working on repairing some equipment. So Cal Edison initially said they were expecting the issue to be resolved by 7 p.m. Saturday but now
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Help end prostate cancer! ZERO, a non-profit dedicated to ending prostate cancer, has partnered with Desert Medical Imaging to host a 5K run/walk that raises funds to provide research for new treatments, free prostate cancer testing, and educate men and families about prostate cancer. The ZERO Prostate Cancer 5K Run/Walk will be held this Saturday,
Continue ReadingAccording to the city, the Palm Springs police department parked a “Mobile Command Unit” at Sunrise Park in response to complaints from non-profit agencies. Palm Springs Boys and Girls Club is one of the neighboring non-profit agencies. The Executive Director, Margaret Keung has seen the drastic changes since the arrival of the command unit. She
Continue ReadingEvery month, former drag queen, Patsi Kocan hosts a dinner party at a local mom-and-pop restaurant to raise money for local 5O1C3 nonprofits in Cathedral City. Eye on the Desert’s Caitlin Thropay met the man behind Patsi to find out why he started having these dinner parties. What started as a desire to bring the
Continue ReadingWe’re on to week 4 of the high school football season, and it was jam-packed with 12 games on the schedule. * GAME OF THE WEEK* The Mayor’s Cup: Shadow Hills – 49 (2-2) @ Indio – 0 (0-3) Our game of the week this week featured the battle for the Mayor’s Cup. The Rajas
Continue ReadingA new county jail in Indio will give Riverside County an additional 1,200 beds to keep inmates behind bars. Watch: I-Team takes a look at new $300 million jail in Indio The question is, when will it be ready? The John J. Benoit Detention Center is nearly 500 days behind schedule. Robert Field, Assitant County
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Continue ReadingIt’s science meets superstition — astrology meets astronomy. A rare celestial event lit up the night sky: a full harvest micro-moon falling on Friday the 13th. News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia was there as the Rancho Mirage Observatory opened it’s telescope dome to look at the night sky and this unusual lunar occurrence. The moon
Continue ReadingA woman is behind bars after allegedly driving under the influence, causing a crash that left injured two people. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the two-vehicle crash was reported at 4:44 p.m. near the 52000 block of Eisenhower Drive in La Quinta. Deputies said the investigation into the crash revealed that the driver
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A man charged with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly gunning down two people in a Palm Desert home pleaded not guilty to all counts on Friday. Frank Scott Castro III was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly killing the two people in the 43000 block of West Calle Las Brisas, just west of the
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An accountant who embezzled roughly a half-million dollars from her Palm Desert employer pleaded guilty today to grand theft and other charges. Traci L. Kunz, 45, admitted the theft count, as well as a forgery charge and a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating multiple fraudulent transactions, just as a preliminary hearing to determine if her case
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The Palm Springs Police Department will be conducting a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint starting tonight. PSPD says the checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. “DUI Checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI
Continue ReadingThe City of Palm Springs Planning Commission invited the community to an open discussion over cannabis-related odors as the growth of businesses continues. The meeting was scheduled on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. in City Hall. During the session, both residents and business owners in Palm Springs had the chance to voice any
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