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A Desert Sands Unified School District employee and high school football coach remains behind bars after being suspected of driving under the influence and causing a deadly crash over the weekend. Cameron Curtis, 31, was arrested at a little after 6:00 p.m. on Saturday following a crash on Calliandra Street, east of Alamo Drive. The
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The City of Palm Springs reopened Indian Canyon Drive through the Whitewater wash Monday morning after briefly closing the roadway due to high winds, blowing sand, and low visibility. Alternate routes were: Highway 111Gene Autry TrailVista Chino via Date Palm Drive Weather will continue to impact the Coachella Valley. You can watch our latest forecast
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Interstate 10 traffic was being slowed Monday morning following a 3 vehicle wreck in the eastbound lanes near Haugen Lehmann Way in Whitewater, according to the California Highway Patrol. The eastbound freeway’s two middle lanes were shut down due to the collision reported at 6:29 a.m. At least four miles of backup was reported in
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California’s first Pride celebration brought out thousands of people to celebrate the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender community for LGBT Days in Cathedral City. Many smiling people had incredible energy in the crowd and the bed race competition. The Cathedral City Firefighters were fast, finishing with a whopping 17 seconds in the race, while some
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Firefighters were on-scene after a vehicle hit and killed a person near the intersection of Calliandra Street and Alamo Drive in Palm Desert just after 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening. The pedestrian was declared dead at the scene. TRAFFIC COLLISION W/FATALITY in Palm Desert – rpt @ 6:09p.m. Calliandra St. / Alamo Dr. Firefighters on-scene of
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There was a deadly crash Saturday on State Route 62 in Twentynine Palms. Investigators said it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on Twentynine Palms Highway and Fiesta Road. The driver was reportedly headed eastbound when his car veered off the road and rolled over; he was ejected from his car and died at the scene. The number
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Investigators with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a Riverside man was arrested after deputies reportedly caught him with fake bills and drugs. On Thursday before 10:00 p.m. in Cabazon, deputies were called out to a parking lot off Seminole Drive, nearby Morongo Trail. They were told a man was using counterfeit bills. Once spotting deputies, the
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A driver was reportedly recovering following a freeway crash just west of the Coachella Valley. Cal Fire said the crash happened Saturday around 3:00 a.m. on the westbound side of the I-10 near the Whitewater offramp. Emergency crews reportedly found a pickup truck under a semi truck. The driver in the truck reportedly had to be cut out
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The Indian Wells tennis garden kicked off the 2023 BNP Paribas open with a family day event, bringing out hundreds of people. Families with children of all ages were invited to the Garden for a fun afternoon of activities on and off the court! There was live music, trampolines, obstacle courses, arts and crafts, ice cream,
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Alianza Coachella Valley hopes to create safe spaces for students of all backgrounds, in and out of the classroom with Restorative Justice techniques. Alianza Coachella Valley hosted its first youth conference at the Indio College of the Desert campus. The theme of the day was Restorative Justice. The Alianza Represenatives says Restorative Justice can be
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Cathedral City is kicking off the 3 days of fun with the 7th Annual LGBT Days. It’s known as the first Pride celebration of the year in California! On Friday night, Cathedral City City Hall was lit in Pride colors as Mayor Rita Lamb put up the Pride flag. “Lots of fun, we have all
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Authorities were able to locate and rescue two 17-year-old hikers who were lost for several days on the Pacific Crest Trail near San Gorgonio Mountain following a snowstorm. The hikers, one a Cypress native and the other from Portland, Oregon, were dropped off near a trailhead in Whitewater on Sunday, Feb. 26 to hike a
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The driver suspected of causing a high-speed crash that killed three people during the holidays in Palm Desert was arrested Friday afternoon. The 24-year-old Palm Desert man was arrested Friday on the 67000 block of Dillon Road in an unincorporated area near Desert Hot Springs, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. announced. Authorities said he was
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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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We’re hearing from one of the many families trapped up in the mountains. News Channel 3 assistant news director Tim Kiley has been trapped in his home in Crestline for nearly a week. Snow continues to cover homes in Crestline (3/3/23) News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke to him today while he waited in line for a
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California is extending the state tax filing and payment due dates to Oct. 16 for Californians impacted by this winter’s storms, aligning with the IRS, which previously extended the federal tax filing deadline to Oct. 16 for the same reason. “As communities across the state continue recovering from the damage caused by the winter storms,
Continue ReadingBy Allie Malloy and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s doctor said Friday that a lesion removed from the president’s chest last month was basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that the lesion was removed and biopsied. “As
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A 23-year-old woman accused with three men in an armed robbery last year at a Palm Desert jewelry store pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Tracy resident Karina Monique Ortega and Demetrius Marquise Thornton, 24, of Colton were each charged with one felony count of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon to cause
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“There are thousands of men, in all walks of life, out there suffering because they feel too shameful to tell anyone about their abuse,” says Carol Teitelbaum. It Happens To Boys Conference in Indio starts at 8:30 am but runs until 5 pm, Friday, March 3rd, 2023, at ABC Recovery in Indio, hosted by Creative
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A truck hauling carrots overturned following a crash in Desert Hot Springs Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred at around 3:45 p.m. on State Route 62 and Pierson Boulevard. An SUV and a semi-truck were involved. Both drivers suffered minor injuries. “It’s always unsettling to see an accident like this. We’re really fortunate this time that
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