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A family is out of their home after a fire sparked in Indio Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called to a house in the 80000 block of Philadelphia Avenue at about 8:40 a.m. after a fire ignited in the kitchen. An alarm company alerted the fire department after smoke was detected in a hallway. Firefighters were

You’re probably feeling a pinch at the pump as gas prices rise across the south land. The average price for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is about $3.75 right now across Riverside County, the highest since last September. The price rose for 19 consecutive days, increasing about 64.5 cents per gallon in Riverside county,

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) today adopted new emergency regulations to comply with Governor Brown’s April 1 Executive Order to reduce statewide water use by 25 percent. To achieve this, the State Water Board has imposed mandatory restrictions along with assigning different mandatory conservation goals to each urban area based on

Steve Peulicke installed desert landscaping at his mom’s Palm Springs home two years ago to help her cut back on her water bill. “She’s on a set budget and it helps her out with other bills,” Peulicke said. The change has already saved her big money. “The bill is probably half of what it was,”

There is no doubt car washes use water. Stefan Mudry owns Executive Car Wash in Palm Desert. He says the car wash does its part to save water, too. “Our water gets filtered, then put in the sewer and then it’s taken to an area where it’s reclaimed and can be done properly,” said Mudry.

Un hombre de 51 aos fue arrestado este lunes por la maana en Palm Desert despus de supuestamente utilizar una hacha para desatar toda su furia contra el vehculo de otra persona con la cual discuti sobre las inmediaciones de la calle Highway 111 y El Paseo. De acuerdo con el reporte policial, la vctima

En Estados Unidos es una fecha que se caracteriza por su festividad y mexicanismo, sin embargo muchos no estn enterados de qu se celebra y hasta llegan a confundirla con las Fiestas Patrias mexicanas que tienen lugar el 15 y 16 de septiembre, y en las cuales se festeja la Independencia de Mxico. En Mxico,

Cinco de Mayo is a night for celebration and some people will be enjoying a margarita or two, but they better not get behind the wheel. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will be increasing patrols on Tuesday night. “On holidays like these, people are out enjoying alcoholic beverages, and some people are not doing that

Una camioneta se estrell contra un camin de carga la maana del martes al filo de las 9:15 cerca de la Avenida 50 y la Carretera 86. Un equipo especializado en la limpieza de materiales peligrosos fue llamado por un derrame de combustible. Sabemos que por lo menos 50 galones de gasolina diesel se derram

Louis Vuitton left Paris for Palm Springs to present its Cruise 2016 Resort Collection runway show at the Bob Hope Estate. “Traditionally these shows are held in Paris last year was first year they went outside of Paris…last year Monaco…this year Palm Springs!”David Parker, co-founder of Body Deli, said. When Louis Vuitton scouted the desert

The southbound lanes of Highway 86 at 50th Avenue in Coachella were closed for several hours Tuesday after a big rig and pickup truck were involved in an accident. The collision happened around 9:15 a.m. Officials with Cal Fire said the big rig leaked about 50 gallons of fuel onto the road. A hazmat crew

A 51-year-old man was arrested Monday morning in Palm Desert after reportedly using an axe to take out his aggression on a vehicle during a road rage incident near Highway 111 and El Paseo. The victim, who was driving with his 17-year-old daughter at the time, called 911 around 9 a.m. and said a person

A Palm Springs man is causing a stir in his neighborhood by flying American flags on his property. The flags are causing some neighbors to complain. The two American flags fly in the backyard of the Palm Springs home owned by 78-year-old Don Karvelis. “I’m a patriot person, I love the United States, I love

Monday night’s town hall on homelessness in Palm Springs was standing room only at the Mizell Senior Center. “Not everyone who is homeless is a bad person. I’ve applied for jobs, I just can’t find one,” said one homeless man during the public comment section. Some attendees criticized what they feel is a lack of

A student at George Washington Charter Elementary School in Palm Desert is suspected of having measles. The Riverside County Department of Public Health Disease Control sent a letter home to parents on Monday as a precaution. Director of Disease Control Barbara Cole said at this point, it is just a suspected case of measles, not

A San Diego man has been sentenced to six months in jail for knowingly infecting his male partner with HIV. KABC-TV of Los Angeles reports that 30-year-old Thomas Miguel Guerra was sentenced Monday to the maximum penalty for violating a state health code against someone with a communicable disease willfully exposing others. Prosecutors say Guerra

Could Timothy Bradley in the ring again sooner rather than later? Jesse Vargas re-tweeted a picture on Sunday that featured Bradley and himself that said “Bradley-Vargas, June 27, 2015, StubHub Center.” The StubHub Center is in Carson and that’s where Bradley beat Ruslan Provodnikov in 2013. The potential fight is gaining traction on twitter, but

Riverside County law enforcement leaders say the state’s AB 109 prison realignment plan and Proposition 47 have resulted in a lot of unintended consequences. The efforts give shorter jail terms and reduced penalties to criminals who commit some non-violent drug and property crimes. News Channel 3 hosted the top heads of law enforcement from every

Some water agencies restrict when you water, why you water and how much you water. But, there is no restriction when it comes to the use of misting systems. That’s because they use much less water than one may think. Mike Lemche, CEO of MicroCool in Thousand Palms, has installed misting systems across the Coachella

Bomberos contuvieron un pequeo incendio este lunes por la tarde que se haba propagado cerca de las inmediaciones de las calles Grapefruit Boulevard y la Avenida 54 en Thermal. El fuego se report justo antes de la 1 p.m. en un campo vaco. Autoridades sealaron que un quemado agrcola estaba planeado en el mencionado campo