State Route 243 between Twin Pines and Banning is back open. The roadway was closed after a segment of the highway has washed out amid heavy rain. The California Highway Patrol has shut down the north half of state Route 243 between Twin Pines and Banning because a segment of the highway has washed out
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Emergency crews are working Wednesday morning to remove an abandoned vehicle on a dirt road off Highway 74 near Vista Point. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, California Highway Patrol officers, and CAL FIRE personnel are on scene. A tow truck is expected to arrive on scene at 10:45 a.m. The incident was reported at around 8:40
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All lanes of eastbound Interstate 10 in Cabazon reopened this morning, more than four-and-a-half hours after being closed because of flooding in the area. The closure went into effect about 11 p.m. Tuesday and traffic was being taken off at Morongo Trail, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Nos. 3 and 4 lanes of
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Firefighters are working on putting out a brush fire burning on the right-hand shoulder of Interstate 10 just before the Whitewater rest stop. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fire was first reported at approximately 7:04 p.m. Cal Fire and CHP crews are at the scene. So far, there is no word on lane
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Police are seeking a suspect vehicle following a fatal hit-and-run collision in Palm Springs Monday night. The roads were shut down shortly after the collision, which was reported at 9:37 p.m. on South Palm Canyon Drive between East Mesquite Road and East Morongo Road. The roads reopened at 4:40 a.m. The victim, a man of
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Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a traffic collision near Desert Hot Springs. The crash was reported at 8:18 a.m. near the intersection of Kris Avenue and 19th Avenue. Witnesses on scene told California Highway Patrol officers that a black car ran a stop sign hitting a truck. The crash remains under investigation. It
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The California Highway Patrol says power lines were downed in the area of Dillon Road in Sky Valley, east of Desert Hot Springs, following a rollover traffic crash Thursday morning. A single-vehicle crashed into a tree in front of a home along the 71600 block of Dillon Road at 4:49 a.m. There was no immediate
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After a storm-related closure of nearly 7 months, Avenue 44 has reopened at the wash in Indio. A large portion of the roadway was wiped out by the historic February 14 flood that wreaked havoc on the valley. Avenue 44 was the last remaining major road in the valley to be repaired; Cathedral Canyon Drive,
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An accident involving an overturned cement truck and a big rig slowed traffic on Interstate 10 near the Jefferson Street exit in Indio, according to the California Highway Patrol. The accident was reported at 9:18 a.m. CHP issued a sig alert forcing the shutdown of the number one lane at 9:34 a.m. There is no
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Almost a year ago, a geyser just outside of Niland forced Union Pacific Railroad to move its tracks. Now it’s encroaching towards Highway 111. Caltrans Senior Transportation Engineer, Shawn Rizzuto said, the challenge is the amount of water that’s emerging from the geyser. ” That’s what’s causing concern for us. Because it creates an instability
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