North Indian Canyon Drive reopened to traffic through the Whitewater wash Friday at 11:17 a.m., according to Palm Springs Police Department. Strong winds and low visibility shut down the major traffic artery late Thursday between the city and Interstate 10. It remained closed Friday morning as a cold storm moved into the Coachella Valley with rain
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Varner Road was temporarily closed to traffic between Date Palm Drive and Mountain View Road Monday morning in Cathedral City. Chris Parman, Communications Manager for Cathedral City said that’s where a big rig hauling trash overturned. Access to the Edom Hill Landfill was also closed, due to the Varner Road closure. Crews hoped to reopen
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UPDATE 8:30 pm. SR 86 is back open on both sides, CHP confirms Original Report 7:28 p.m. State Route 86 is shut down due to hazardous conditions, according to the California Highway Patrol. The closure started at around 3:10 p.m. and could continue for a while longer. Traffic backup from 81st at 7:15 p.m. CHP
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Interstate 10 traffic in Banning and Beaumont was slowed for miles Tuesday morning by a collision in the freeway’s eastbound lanes. First responders were called to the freeway’s eastbound lanes near Sunset Boulevard at 7:34 a.m. for a collision in the crossover lane. Another collision was reported at the Hargrave Street offramp. There was no word
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A three-car collision was slowing traffic on the freeway in Palm Desert Friday morning east of Cook Street. Westbound traffic was backed up past Washington Street. The collision was reported at 7:57 a.m. and was blocking the freeway’s slow lane a mile east of Cook Street. No injuries were reported, according to the California Highway
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Freeway traffic was moving again through Bermuda Dunes Friday morning following a collision involving a big rig truck and a car east of Washington Street. No injuries were reported in the collision reported at 5:35 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Eastbound traffic was backed up to Washington Street as first responders worked to
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A stretch of Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs will be closed for 9 1/2 hours on Thursday, Jan. 20 for road work. The street will be closed between Tahquitz Canyon Way and Baristo Road from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The closure will allow workers to grind, repair and re-stripe the street following the
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Interstate 10 traffic was back up to speed Tuesday morning after eastbound lanes were closed following an early morning big rig collision in the San Gorgonio Pass. Eastbound freeway traffic was backed up from the collision for several miles all the way through Banning and Beaumont. Westbound traffic was not impacted. Eastbound freeway traffic was
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Update: 1:30 p.m. N Indian Canyon has been reopened to all traffic. As we reported this morning, Vista Chino and Gene Autry are open as well. Update: North Gene Autry Trail is open again as of 9:24 a.m. Wednesday from Interstate 10 to Via Escuela. It was closed for flooding in the Whitewater Wash. Indian
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One man was killed late Sunday night in a Cathedral City rollover traffic collision. Police responded to 911 calls of a solo vehicle wreck in the area of Date Palm Drive south of Varner Road and Interstate 10 at 9:06 p.m. They located a Dodge Charger that had gone off the road and rolled over. The driver, an
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This year’s Ironman 70.3 Indian Wells La Quinta race brought many visitors to the area. Residents throughout the area were stuck in extra traffic on Sunday. The road closures for the cycling portion of the race made an impact throughout the city. “It’s kind of hard because I live like 5 minutes from here,” said
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Eastbound freeway traffic was backed up on Interstate 10 east of Indio Wednesday morning as a mix of commuters and Thanksgiving holiday travelers packed the already busy corridor. There was no immediate word from the California Highway Patrol as to why traffic was slow and at a crawl from just east of Golf Center Parkway in Indio
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Traffic was slow on Interstate 10 eastbound through Cabazon Tuesday morning following a series of traffic collisions. The first was reported at 7:12 a.m. when the California Highway Patrol reported a driver of a truck that lost control and hit a right-hand side barrier. Eastbound traffic lanes were slow for more than two miles, but
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Police shut down South Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs Monday morning between Calle San Raphael and Dinah Shore Drive due to a major traffic collision. Firefighters and medics were called to the area shortly after 4:00 a.m. Police said that one person suffered major injuries and was taken to the hospital. South Gene Autry Trail was reopened later Monday morning.
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Traffic was at a crawl on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert Friday morning after a 3-vehicle wreck involving a Jeep, a truck towing a trailer, and a white sedan, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision was reported at 8:18 a.m. on the freeway’s westbound lanes just east of Cook Street. The trailer and
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Freeway traffic was slow Tuesday morning following a traffic collision on Interstate 10 west of Washington Street in Palm Desert. Westbound freeway traffic was at a crawl and backed up for two miles to the Jefferson Street Interchange in Indio. Two cars collided in the freeway’s fast lane westbound at 8:02 a.m. Police and medics
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Police and medics were working to clear a car that rear-ended a truck and trailer along the westbound lanes of State Highway 62 Friday morning. The collision was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 7:08 a.m. A driver in a small sedan hit the back of a stalled truck and trailer in a canyon north of
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UPDATE: Traffic is flowing normally on Interstate 10 in Palm Springs following a deadly officer-involved shooting Thursday morning. Authorities say that a suspect shot at a Banning Police Officer after midnight today, during a traffic stop off of Highway 243 in Banning. The suspect fled the scene, but a pursuit began later after he was
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CATHEDRAL CITY (CNS) – A stretch of Cathedral Canyon Drive will be closed briefly Thursday for the annual Cathedral City High School Homecoming Parade. The street will be closed between Perez Road and East Palm Canyon Drive between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., with city officials encouraging the use of Date Palm Drive as a
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Motorists were hitting the brakes along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert early Monday morning following a collision involving a big rig semi-truck. Traffic was at a crawl and completely stopped for a time, as crews worked to clean up spilled rock and dirt on the freeway’s westbound number 2 and 3 lanes just west of
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