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Crews are on scene of a two car crash in Rancho Mirage. It happened at 6:45 Friday morning at the corner of Country Club Drive and Vista Del Sol. One driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor. The cause of the crash is

The California Highway Patrol and municipal law enforcement agencies throughout Riverside County will be cracking down on motorists who decide to try their luck driving under the influence before, during and after Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parties. “Don’t let a day of celebration turn into a day of tragedy,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said. “If

El Servicio Geologico de Estados Unidos informo que se registro un temblor ayer a las 9:08 pm con epicentro en Sky Valley a 11 millas de Desert Hot Springs. Residentes del Valle de Coachella y de Twentynine Palms percibieron el movimiento telurico. Por fortuna no se reportaron danos ni personas lesionadas.

A magnitude-3.2 earthquake was centered in Sky Valley, 11 miles east of Desert Hot Springs at 9:08 p.m. Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. There were no reports of any damage or injuries. The quake was measured at a depth of 4.6 miles. But weak shaking was felt around the Coachella Valley and as far

Update: 3/15/18 6:00 PM – Hanks was found conscious in Joshua Tree National Park Thursday, rescue crews confirmed. According to George Land, the public information officer for the park, Hanks suffered head injuries but was alert and talking to medics. According to JOSAR, Hanks had fallen approximately 20 feet Hanks transported to a nearby hospital.

Update 3/15/18: Paul Hanks was found Thursday evening, alive and conscious. According to George Land, the public information officer for the park, Hanks sustained head injuries but was alert and talking to medics. According to JOSAR, Hanks had fallen approximately 20 feet He is in the process of being transported to the hospital via helicopter.

A Coachella Valley lawmaker was recognized by a nonprofit group for his efforts to seek bipartisan solutions in Congress, the representative’s office announced today. Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert, was the only Democrat out of four recipients of the 2018 Legislative Action Award from the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit that “engages in

School lockdowns at Nellie N. Coffman Middle School and Cathedral City Elementary School in Cathedral City have been lifted. The lockdown at N. Coffman Middle School, which, according to an email sent out to parents, lasted from approximately 1:35 p.m. to 2:05 p.m., was done as a precautionary measure due to reports of shots fired

Durante unas horas la Policia ordenó el cierre táctico de la escuela Nellie N. Coffman y la escuela primaria de Cathedral City, padres recibieron un correo electrónico donde les informaron que los estudiantes pemanecieron bajo cuidado especial desde las 1:35 p.m. a las 2:05 p.m., como medida de precaución debido a informes de disparos en

A man who led sheriff’s deputies on a wild chase from Indio to Palm Desert, resulting in two crashes that left a deputy hospitalized, pleaded guilty today to assault on a peace officer and evading arrest charges and was immediately sentenced to a dozen years in state prison. Joshua Keplinger, 25, of Bermuda Dunes, was

Nearly 100 Coachella Valley high school students shadowed County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and other county employees today during the 15th annual Fourth District Youth in Government Day. The students from eight participating high schools will convened at the Riverside County Fairgrounds this morning for an all-day lesson in civil service, which included following Perez

A strategy to reduce the number of homeless in Riverside by expanding public housing options is moving forward, utilizing an approach that an official said will entail “public, private and nonprofit sectors” working in concert to help people leave street life for good. Riverside’s “Housing First” plan was introduced last year, and the Riverside City

Una mujer del área de Blythe y su esposo fueron arrestados y encarcelados hoy jueves por la mañana y son acusados de matar a su hija de 18 años quien padecía de discapacidad mental. Diputados del sheriff del condado de Riverside de la estación Blythe respondieron despues de recibir el reporte de una muerte desatendida

El CHP investiga una volcadura vehicular ocurrida sobre la I-10 en los carriles con rumbo al este cerca de la rampa de entronque de Haugen-Lehmann Way. El percance ocurrió a las 7:00 a.m. hoy jueves. Según el reporte el auto se volcó en repetidas ocasiones y el hombre que se encontraba dentro aparentaba estar inconsciente

La policía confirmó el arresto del conductor de un carro que ayer a las 9:44 p.m. atropelló a una mujer que caminaba por un área no peatonal de Ramon Road y South Camino Real en Palm Springs. Se trata de Jesús Montano de 63 años residente de Calexico, California quien fue arrestado con cargos de

A Blythe area woman and her husband were behind bars Thursday morning accused of killing her 18-year-old mentally disabled daughter. Riverside County Sheriffs Deputies from Blythe Station responded to an unattended death last Saturday at a Mesa Verde home on Palowalla Drive. Deputies said they found the body of Kaylina Anderson, 18, inside the home.

The CHP is investigating a rollover accident on Interstate 10, eastbound, west of Haugen-Lehmann Way. It happened just after 7:00 this morning. The CHP says the car rolled several times, and one man inside the car appeared to be unconscious when rescue crews arrived on scene. That’s all the information we have on the crash.

Keys have been handed over to Coachella Valley Repertory Theater to take over the former Desert Cinemas IMAX in Cathedral City. The ceremonial key exchange happened Wednesday afternoon at the new CVREP Theater on East Palm Canyon Drive. CVREP plans to begin the first phase of renovations of turning the motion picture theater into a

The Cathedral City bar once known as ‘The Block Bar and Grill’ is getting a new owner, a new name, and a new look. It’s now being called ‘Henry’s Sports Bar and Grill.’ Henry Arroyo, the new owner, told KESQ & CBS Local 2’s Lauren Coronado that he is hoping to bring a more family-friendly

When the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school happened one month ago, it hit home for a lot of students around the country. Today, a large number of students in all three Coachella Valley school districts walked-out for peaceful memorials to remember, reflect, and protest. Silent and somber students stood in solidarity at Cathedral