January 2020

29 Palms Public Cemetery hires interim manager after previous manager charged with embezzlement

January 9, 2020 1:43 PM Sam Benson Smith, Dani Romero

The board of trustees sent News Channel 3 a written statement: “We hired Emily Barry Helm as a part time temporary manager to help us carry on with business efficiently. According to her resume she has 35 years of proven administrative, communications, planning abilities and customer service skills.” The board told us Helm currently works

Blythe area couple pleads guilty, receives sentence for murder of disabled daughter

January 9, 2020 12:49 PM City News Service

A Mesa Verde woman and her husband pleaded guilty today to second-degree murder for the death of the woman’s 18-year-old mentally disabled daughter and were immediately sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Jill Williams, 37, and Steven Williams, the victim’s 41-year-old stepfather, entered their pleas just as a preliminary hearing was about to

Roban el banco Wells Fargo de Rancho Mirage, oficiales buscan sospechoso.

January 9, 2020 12:48 PM Carlos Trejo

RANCHO MIRAGE,Calif. El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside esta investigando un robo a un banco en Rancho Mirage este jueves por la mañana. Según el oficial Robyn Flores, oficial de información pública de RSO, un hombre ingresó al banco Wells Fargo en la cuadra 43400 de Bob Hope Drive a las 9:16 a.m.

Thousand Palms offering free bulky waste disposal event for residents

January 9, 2020 12:36 PM City News Service

Thousand Palms residents can drop off their bulky waste for free at a local elementary school on Saturday, it was announced Wednesday. Tires, furniture, appliances, bundled tree limbs and branches and electronic waste are among the items allowed at the drop-off slated for Della S. Lindley Elementary School from 8 a.m. to noon, according to

Animal Samaritans with Lady Weasel

January 9, 2020 12:18 PM Jeff Stahl

Lady Weasel is looking for a forever home at Animal Samaritans, SPCA in Thousand Palms, CA. Call 760-601-3918.

Rancho Mirage Wells Fargo robbed, deputies seek suspect

January 9, 2020 10:06 AM Sam Benson Smith

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a bank robbery in Rancho Mirage Thursday morning. According to Deputy Robyn Flores, RSO public information officer, a man entered the Wells Fargo bank on the 43400 block of Bob Hope Drive at 9:16 a.m. while brandished a handgun. The department wasn’t saying how much currency was taken.

Job fair for veterans, their spouses held in Riverside Thursday

January 9, 2020 9:03 AM City News Service

Recruiters from the public and private sectors will conduct interviews and possibly make tentative job offers today during a “Veterans Job Fair” in downtown Riverside focused on unemployed vets and their spouses. The four-hour event is slated to begin at 11 a.m. in the Riverside Municipal Auditorium and will involve 26 entities, according to Loveland,

Plans show what 160-acre Coachillin’ Canna-Business Park could look like

January 9, 2020 7:31 AM Madison Weil

Developers continue to make progress in Desert Hot Springs on a large cannabis cultivation and entertainment venue project: the 160-acre Coachillin’ Canna-Business Park. “The Coachillin Project” is a proposed large cannabis compound that would not only grow cannabis on site but also have several entertainment options for the public, including restaurants, retail, bars and the

Windy & Cooler

January 9, 2020 7:09 AM Patrick Evans

Gusty winds today thanks to a quick moving weak storm system sliding past us to the North. Late this evening the area of low pressure will to our East, in Northern Arizona. The winds here will taper off as the low moves Eastward. Highs will be slightly below normal through the weekend. Into the weekend