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Monday’s rain swamped the city of La Quinta turning normally busy roadways into muddy rivers and lakes. The heavy downpour left people with no way to get in or out of the downtown area because the major roadways were impassible. Firefighters performed dozens of water rescues when drivers along Avenue 52 got caught in the

Jacklyn Underwood spent the last 15 years years renovating her home on Highland Palms off Washington in La Quinta. She finally put the finishing touches on it, Sunday, her birthday. “I’ve been working on it, finally got it done. The landscaping and everything,” Underwood said. One day later, when the valley got hit with massive

Una severa tormenta pluvial dej bajo el agua varias calles del Valle de Coachella el lunes provocando el cierre de calles y algunos planteles escolares. El Servicio Meteorolgico Nacional lanz una advertencia de zonas inundadas repentinamente por lo que las autoridades locales tomaron cartas en el asunto. Las calles cerradas incluyen: — Indian Canyon Drive

Aguaceros e inundaciones se apoderaron de las autopistas y calles centrales del desierto causando serios estragos para cientos de residentes. Automobiles varados, calles intransitables y tramos clausurados son slo algunos de los daos que dejo la tormenta de este pasado domingo. Maricarmen Gallardo, residente del valle y madre de dos pequeos fue una de los

Debido a la sorpresiva tormenta que oblig a cierres y caminos del Valle de Coachella provoc una alerta que emiti en Servicio Nacional del Clima. A continuacin algunos caminos cerrados: En Palm Springs Indian Canyon Drive de la I-10 a Tramway Road Gene Autry Trail de Salvia Road a Va Escuela Vista Chino de Gene

A storm flooded parts of the Coachella Valley Monday morning, closing roads and stranding some drivers.. Video: Flash flooding in Coachella Valley impacts commute Closures as of 9:00 p.m. Monday night: Araby Drive south of East Palm Canyon in Palm Springs Date Palm Drive north of Interstate 10 to Varner Road Varner Road from Date

Palm Springs Police confirmed that a shooting during a botched-robbery in Desert Hot Springs happened just before a three-car accident in Palm Springs. Around 2 a.m. Sunday, a Toyota Sequoia was speeding when it hit two cars at the intersection of Vista Chino and Indian Canyon. The driver in the Toyota took off, and police

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UPDATE: CHP says the boy was found safely with family in Lancaster. The California Highway Patrol has activated an amber alert at the request of the National City police department. The Amber Alers spans through Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. On September 6, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., Johnnie Melendez was abducted from National City,

Authorities say a mountain lion has attacked a 6-year-old boy hiking near a Northern California winery. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department reported that the boy was attacked on a hiking trail Sunday afternoon in Cupertino and is expected to survive. The extent of his injuries has not been immediately released. The whereabouts of the

A 400-acre wildfire in Yosemite National Park has prompted the evacuation of about 100 campers, officials said. Park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said Sunday that the fire was located between Little Yosemite Valley and Half Dome in the park’s backcountry. Cobb said visitors camp overnight in the valley before climbing the park’s iconic Half Dome peak.

A whopper storm cell dumped buckets of rain in less than an hour throughout the Riverside area this afternoon, leaving freeways and local roads a mess and taking the roof off one house in Riverside. And another storm dumped rocks, debris and flowing water on state Route 74 east of Hemet, which was closed to

A child suffered minor injuries when a Ford F-150 pickup truck plowed into the family’s home in Coachella, and the driver fled, a sergeant said Sunday. The crash was reported at 11:32 p.m. Saturday in the 86-000 block of Palmeras Circle. The child was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, Riverside

Palm Springs police say two men died after a car they were in ran into a palm tree near the intersection of North Indian Canyon and East Racquet Club Drive. It happened just before 10:30 Saturday night. Witnesses say they heard a screech of tires before a loud crash. Police say speed may have been

Desert Hot Springs police say one suspect is at Desert Regional Medical Center as a result of a botched robbery. Police say an unknown number of suspects tried to rob an apartment on the 66300 block of Desert View Rd. at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. The would-be victim shot at the suspects, hitting one of

UPDATE: Araby opened overnight Sunday, according to Palm Springs Police. Araby Drive is closed at the Whitewater Wash, due to mountain runoff from a thunderstorm earlier this evening, according to Palm Springs Police Department. No word tonight on when the road will reopen. Check back for updates.

Riders should expect rain for the last day on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway before annual maintenance closes the rail cars until late September. The last Tram up daily is 8 p.m. and the last Tram down is 9:45 p.m. Trams depart at least every 30 minutes on the hour and half-hour. Expect rain in

Federal land managers say the number of bats killed by turbines at a wind farm in White Pine County is down sharply from a year ago. Paul Podborny of the federal Bureau of Land Management’s Ely District Office says 23 bats have died at the Spring Valley Wind Farm so far this year compared with

One person was killed and three others hurt in a Jurupa Valley crash. CAL FIRE reports the accident happened Saturday at 3:57 PM near Granite Hill Drive and Pedley Road in Jurupa Valley. CAL FIRE/Riverside County Firefighters reports one person died in the head-on traffic collision. Three other people were also hurt and had to