Cathedral City Fire crews were called out to the Big Lots on East Palm Canyon Drive and Date Palm Drive around 11:30 a.m. when smoke was reported billowing into the business. According to Cathedral City Fire Officials the smoke-filled building forced them to evacuate customers and staff from the store. Cathedral City Fire says they
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Palm Springs Police say they have arrested a suspect for shooting a man at a home in Palm Springs late Friday morning. The shooting happened on Hermosa Drive north of Racquet Club Drive just before 10:00 a.m. One person was found at the home suffering from a non-life threatening gunshot wound. The victim was taken
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A remote brush fire was burning in the hills near Indio on Monday, according to CAL FIRE. Firefighters got a call around 11:20 a.m. of a fire burning in the desert hills north of the intersection of Washington Street and Coyote Song Way near Indio. Cal Fire said the fire was burning in an area
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After weeks of being closed following Tropical Storm Hilary on August 20th, the City of Palm Springs opened Indian Canyon Drive just after 4:00 pm Monday. According to a news release the City announced that street crews will open two newly constructed temporary lanes along North Indian Canyon Drive at the wash so that motorists
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department continues to search for a suspect that escaped during a pursuit in Mecca early Friday morning. According the the Sheriff Department they attempted to pull over a suspected DUI driver in the area of Highway 111 and Bay Drive in Mecca, just before 10:00 am. The vehicle failed to yield
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Students at Twentynine Palms High School were placed under a lockdown Friday morning at 9 a.m., The Morongo Unified School District said there were reports of a student with a weapon on the campus of Twenty Nine Palms High School. A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Investigation found no evidence of a weapon on campus. The
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An early morning fire left one person injured according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. Fire officials say just before 2:00 am crews were dispatched to a fire on the 1800 block of East Amado Road. When they arrived they saw a home on fire with flames and heavy smoke showing. Crews initiated an aggressive
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One person is in the hospital Friday after an early morning shooting in Desert Hot Springs. According to Desert Hot Springs Police, they were called to a possible shooting at a home on the 13-000 block of Sarita Drive just before 8:00 am. When officers arrived they found a victim with a gunshot wound. The
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A large stash of methamphetamine was discovered during a traffic stop at the Highway 86 checkpoint last week. According to the agency, El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents arrested a Mexican citizen attempting to smuggle narcotics through an immigration checkpoint early August 25th. The driver of a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe, appeared nervous when approaching
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A person died today in a traffic crash near the city of Desert Hot Springs. The crash was reported about 5:30 a.m. at Little Morongo Road and 15th Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. According to the California Highway Patrol, a silver Honda was traveling Southbound on Little Morongo Road , south of 15th
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A 16-year-old boy was killed in a shooting at the La Quinta Kohl’s parking lot early Monday morning. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, they responded to a possible shooting in the parking lot of Kohl’s shopping Center, located on the 78-000 block of Highway 111 just before 2:00 am Monday. RSO officials said
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One of the suspects in this weekend’s shooting at Applebee’s Grill and Bar in Cathedral City has been officially charged. According to the District Attorney’s Office, they filed one count of homicide for Willie Bustamante, 33. Bustamante was arraigned in court on Friday, where he pleaded not guilty to all charges of murder and a
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Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Palm Drive and Varner Road near Desert Hot Springs just after 10:00 am after a car hit a power pole near the intersection, which caused power lines to fall on the roadway. Emergency crews were able to move the pole off the roadway in about 90 minutes.
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Two people are in the hospital to after a pursuit in Indio ends with a crash near Interstate Ten on Friday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy spotted a reported stolen car in the area of Fred Waring Drive and Adams Street just before 11:30 a.m. Deputies attempted a traffic stop,
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Singer Ozzy Osbourne announced on Twitter Monday morning that he is unable to attend the October Power Trip concert in Indio. Here is Ozzy’s statement: “As painful as this is, I’ve had to make the decision to bow out of performing on Power Trip in October. My original plan was to return to the
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One person is dead and 3 others are wounded from an early Saturday morning shooting in Indio. According to Indio Police they got a call just after Midnight of a shooting incident on the 41-900 block of Napoli Street. Indio Police Spokesman Ben Guitron confirmed to News Channel 3 that once officers arrived on scene
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Palm Springs Unified School District is searching for a new Superintendent. The District announced today that current Superintendent Dr. Mike Swize has announced his resignation after he was appointed as the new Superintendent of Perris Elementary School District. Swize announced his resignation Monday, but the District says his final day has yet to be determined. Swize has been PSUSD’s Superintendent since July
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Story Update 1:00 p.m. 6/21/23 The two calls were for the same person, same injury. Palm Springs Fire says the hiker was injured at the first fall of Tahquitz Canyon. The victim is a man in his 70s, who suffered an injury to his lower leg and was airlifted from the trail to safety. His
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The locomotive of a Union Pacific train caught fire Friday afternoon in Indio. According to Cal Fire they got a call of a train on fire just before 2:30 p.m. near Indio Boulevard and Van Buren Street. Firefighters have stopped the spread of the fire, but the train remains stalled on the tracks while crews
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One person is dead and another injured after a late night accident in Coachella Tuesday. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department emergency crews along with deputies from the Thermal Station responded to a major injury crash at the intersection of Avenue 51 and Chiapas Street in Coachella. Deputies found two people, in one of the
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