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The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway has tentative plans in place to add brand-new attractions to further the tram experience. The thrill has always been taking the tram up the mountain, but tram officials want to further the experience before patrons set foot on the tramcar. “We learned from Disney, almost every attraction does,” said Palm

A blanket of dirt, dust and sand quickly engulfed the valley, and in a matter of seconds the sky was completely dark. “It was all nice and good and then a huge dust storm came through,” said Jack McGrath, who was caught off guard by the storm at the Palm Desert Aquatic Center. The wind

The eastern Coachella Valley saw first sights of the haboob that struck Thursday afternoon, and the effects of the storm were felt hard, especially at one residence in Indio. Aftermath saw workers cutting down loose tree limbs on Washington street, just south of Avenue 50. Katie McAaskill, a resident of La Quinta, reflected on her

A countywide crackdown on drunken and drug-impaired motorists netted 187 arrests over six days, authorities said Thursday. The late-summer Riverside County Avoid the 30 campaign — named for the number of police agencies involved — got under way Friday morning. Between then and Wednesday night, saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints were deployed in a number

Many immigrant children from Central America still remain in the U.S. as a new school year begins. You may recall some were processed and released at the border patrol facility in El Centro, some even thought to possibly make their way to the Coachella Valley. On Thursday, students in the Coachella Valley Unified School District

Strong winds clouded the skies with dust and sand Thursday and bent trees in the Coachella Valley. Winds reached 30 mph — with gusts of up to 40 mph — in Palm Springs, according to the National Weather Service. The California Highway Patrol urged drivers to use caution. The dust blew through in the late

Tom Koch drives nearly two dozen miles from his home in Twentynine Palms to the Dale Group Mining District near Joshua Tree to look for gold. He took us along for the nearly two-hour, slow, bumpy and often dangerous ride through the Mojave Desert to the Rose of Peru mine Thursday. It’s a mine that’s

Las inclemencias del tiempo han provocado consternacin ya que las condiciones climticas en la tarde del jueves sorprendieron a residentes con fuertes vientos. Se habra lanzado una alerta de zonas de indundacin repentinas que estaran en efecto hasta las 5:30pm. No obstante, el viento se produjo sta tarde a ms de 40 millas por hora

Justin Ryan Scarff, 33, enfrenta cargos por intento de homicidio, robo y agresin con un arma mortal en el ataque contra una pareja de Palm Springs el 17 de marzo. La presunta vctima testific en la audiencia preliminar de Leonard Kaplan sobre los hechos que sucedieron en enero del 2013. Dijo que estaba en el

A Sept. 2 trial was set Thursday for an Indio man accused of roughing up and robbing a couple at their Palm Springs home. Justin Ryan Scarff, 33, is charged with one count each of attempted murder,robbery and attempted robbery, and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in the alleged March 17, 2012,

Light rain began to fall in certain areas of the Coachella Valley Thursday afternoon and a Flood Advisory has been issued for the southwest Coachella Valley and the Santa Rosa Mountains. A rapid rise of water in the washes is possible. We’ve had viewers reporting rain in Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage and La

Bands of showers and thunderstorms will move through the Southland through the morning and early afternoon. Thunderstorm chances will continue through the evening. A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for western Riverside and San Bernardino counties until 9 PM this evening. The full text warning has been copied below. Flash Flood Watch …FLASH FLOOD

Sugar and spice and all things nice…this salt ‘n pepper cutie visited CBS Local 2 News This Morning and is a real charmer. Shasta could not stop wagging her tail! She was so excited to meet new friends and hopefully find a family to call her own. Loving All Animals tell us she is great

Murder suspect Christopher Lee has decided to waive the extradition process back to San Bernardino County to face charges for the death of his former neighbor and alleged lover Erin Corwin. The decision was made at a hearing in Anchorage Thursday morning. Reporters with KTVA tell us that it’s now just a matter of San

Desert Blood Services will hold several blood drives in the Coachella Valley this week, starting Thursday. The schedule: Thursday, 7 a.m. to noon at the Coachella Valley Water District, 75515 Hovley Lane East, Palm Desert. Donors get a free T-shirt and a voucher for two free tacos at Jack in the Box. Thursday, 9 a.m.

Prosecutors in Anchorage tell CBS Local 2/KESQ Newschannel 3 that murder suspect Christopher Lee plans to waive the extradition process back to San Bernardino County to face charges for the death of his former neighbor and alleged lover Erin Corwin. “We have some new developments where we have a trial scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday), I

The Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) is proud to announce that CV Link, a 50 mile pedestrian, bicycle and low-speed electric vehicle transportation corridor along the Whitewater River, was approved today to receive $10.9 million in Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding by the California Transportation Commission. Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit and CVAG

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s investigators seized more than 3,000 marijuana plants while serving search warrants in the high desert Wednesday. We got an exclusive look into some of these operations, which detectives say have doubled since last year in the county. The plants were found in the Joshua Tree and Landers communities, in fenced-in areas

Dark clouds swarmed the Coachella Valley and rain drenched some cities such as Desert Hot Springs. “The weather’s been so unusual. We had a huge old storm this morning, huge thunder and lightning,” said Maeve Chang, of Desert Hot Springs. Lighting struck a palm tree and caused it to light up flames on Leith Ave.

Cal Fire was able to put out a house fire in Indio Wednesday afternoon before it spread to nearby homes. According to Indio Police the call came in around 3:15 p.m. that a home on Aztec Street near Avenue 44 was on fire. They responded along with Cal Fire to investigate. Cal Fire says when