Updated Sunday at 12:00 a.m. Cal Fire said Saturday that the fire was turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Previous report: UPDATE AS OF 7 P.M. FRIDAY: The fire is now 19 acres and 20% contained. Firefighters say that the change is because of more accurate mapping of the fire Evacuation orders have
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A woman was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff in a Palm Springs neighborhood early Monday morning. KESQ The incident began as Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over a possible DUI driver on Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard in Cathedral City at 3:40 a.m., according to a department spokesperson. The female driver
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A driver was killed after hitting a tree in Rancho Mirage early Friday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. KESQ The wreck happened at 2:02 a.m. on Morningside Drive and Frank Sinatra Drive. At some point, the vehicle caught fire, a department spokesperson added. Morningside Drive was closed between Frank Sinatra Drive and
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies cordoned off a portion of the Carver Tract community between Indio and Coachella early Friday morning after reports of a shooting. KESQ The sheriff’s department was called to the scene on Lingayan Avenue, near Van Buren and Avenue 48, just before midnight. Nobody with injuries was found in the neighborhood, but
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*Updated March 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. An 83-year-old man was killed in a fire that destroyed two mobile homes early Wednesday morning in Sky Valley. The fire was reported at 12:27 a.m on the 69200 block of Parkside Drive. Crews arrived and found a double-wide mobile home fully engulfed inside the Desert Crest Country
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An investigation was underway into a house fire that ignited in Cathedral City Monday night. Yosemy Estrada Firefighters were called to the home fully engulfed on the 67300 block of Mission Ct. at 7:23 p.m. All residents were able to evacuate and were accounted for, according to the Cathedral City Fire Department. Yosemy Estrada The
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Update 4:50 p.m. Police confirmed that a suspect has been arrested in connection with this murder. The suspect has not been charged, so we will not publish their identity until charges are filed. According to jail records, the suspect is a 64-year-old man who was arrested at 11 p.m. The suspect is scheduled to appear
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The state controller’s office and the City of Coachella are inviting small businesses to attend a free webinar Wednesday morning. Various agencies will provide resources for federal, state, and local programs that you can tap into. That includes grants, loans, and future contacts to keep your business thriving. State Controller Betty T. Yee and several
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A large police presence unfolded near a Del Taco restaurant on 4th Street in Beaumont early Friday morning. NEWS CHANNEL 3 UPDATE: The Riverside County Sheriffs Department (RSO) said on Thursday night deputies from the Perris Sheriff’s station took a domestic violence call in an unincorporated area of Perris, Woodcrest. When deputies arrived, the male
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A 14-year-old is recovering after reportedly being shot by his father by accident Wednesday night. Officers were dispatched to a home on Peladora Road, near Landau Boulevard, just after 7:00 p.m. NEWS CHANNEL 3 An unidentified man was working with his new gun and accidentally discharged the firearm through a bedroom wall and into his
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Riverside County Sheriffs Office confirmed a suspect was arrested after a barricade situation that led to an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning. RSO tweeted the officer-involved shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Indio – 81000 blk of Sierra Ave – Our Force investigations Detail is assisting CHP who was involved in an officer involved shooting around 1:30
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UPDATE: Traffic is flowing normally on Interstate 10 in Palm Springs following a deadly officer-involved shooting Thursday morning. Authorities say that a suspect shot at a Banning Police Officer after midnight today, during a traffic stop off of Highway 243 in Banning. The suspect fled the scene, but a pursuit began later after he was
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Riverside County and state leaders are looking for public opinion in addressing issues plaguing the Salton Sea. Two public meetings will be held virtually this week to introduce the team members leading the Salton Sea Management Program, to hear from the experts studying the proposals to bring more water into the lake, and to learn
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Desert Mirage high school students can now head to campus after a second lockdown was lifted Friday morning. Students on school buses say they were told to wait away from the school until the scene was secured just before 7 a.m. A representative from the Coachella Valley Unified School district told News Channel 3 that
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One person was sent to the hospital after crashing down Highway 74 near Mountain Center early Tuesday morning. The motorist 15 drove down the side of the road just east of Bee Canyon Truck Trail, and was trapped inside, according to Cal Fire. The extent of the victim’s injuries was not announced. The cause of
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COURTESY NEWS CHANNEL 3 The Riverside County Coroner’s office reported that 36-year old Wilbert Guzman of Desert Hot Springs died last night in a crash that occurred on Interstate 10 near the Main Street Exit in Cabazon. The crash was reported around 10:40 p.m. and caused a major back-up into the Whitewater area through the
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An investigation is underway in a Palm Desert area intersection following a shooting Thursday night. It happened around 10:45 p.m. in the area of Varner Road and Washington Street. KESQ Our crew at the scene says a man was found lying dead in the roadway. On July 15, 2021, at 10:36pm, Palm Desert Sheriff Station deputies
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A 52-year-old Desert Hot Springs man killed in an overnight shooting has been identified as Andres Martinez. A police investigation is underway in Desert Hot Springs following a shooting at the ‘Desert Hot Springs Mobile Home Park’ Monday night. Officers were called to the residential community on 5th Street between Palm Dr. and Cactus Dr.
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Police have arrested a suspect after a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in North Indio Tuesday night. Officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Avenue 44 west of Market Street at approximately 9:45 p.m. Inside the car, police say they found an unidentified man dead from an apparent gunshot wound. Detectives
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Two motorists were killed in a head-on collision late Wednesday night on Interstate 10 just west of Palm Springs. Their vehicles collided after the California Highway Patrol said it had received reports of a wrong-way driver headed west in the freeway’s eastbound lanes just west of Indian Canyon Drive minutes earlier. The CHP identified one
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