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On Saturday a fire safety event was held at the Lowe’s in La Quinta. With several fires burning in our region, devastating hundreds of people and their homes, it seems as if now is the perfect time to go over some fire safety reminders. Kids got hands on experience building a fire truck in a

A wind-driven brush fire that exploded has been burning at more than 7,500 acres in the San Fernando Valley since Friday, forcing the evacuation of roughly 100,000 people and closure of multiple freeways and schools, while causing at least one death. The blaze was reported just after 9 p.m. Thursday off the westbound Foothill (210)

A 350-acre wildfire just north of Moreno Valley was 85% contained as of Saturday morning, with no homes or other structures immediately threatened. The non-injury “Reche Fire” was reported at 12:55 p.m. Thursday on Reche Canyon Road, near Reche Vista Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Officials said the blaze started with a

A fire ignited by target shooting about four miles south of Banning has burned 75 acres and was 90% contained and evacuation was lifted Friday night. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769″,”author_name”:”CAL FIRE Riverside”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WolfFIRE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#WolfFIRE&#lt;/a&#gt; Update 10/11/2019 2:45 P.M.: &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/1aKSVziZjS”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/1aKSVziZjS&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— CAL FIRE Riverside (@CALFIRERRU) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CALFIRERRU/status/1182777601019936769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;October 11, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} The non-injury Wolf Fire was

Joslyn Center volunteers and The Auen Foundation teamed up to create their float for the Palm Desert’s 55th Annual Golf Cart Parade. The parade’s theme, “Let the Good Times Roll! ” Joslyn’s float expresses the Center’s message: “The Joslyn Center: The Good Times are Here! ” The float is designed as a mini replica of

Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated Hispanic Heritage Day “Dia de la Herencia Hispana” this Friday, October 11. The celebrations started earlier this morning featuring student performers honoring the contributions Hispanics have made, and continue to make, in the United States. The event had performances from Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia and the Dominican Republic. They are

After losing their six-year-old daughter to cancer, a La Quinta couple is launching a new foundation to support other children diagnosed with the disease. A sell out crowd gathered at Hotel Paseo in Palm Desert Thursday evening to celebrate the launch of the “Riley Rose Foundation,” named after Riley Rose Sherman who died on April

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: A Cal Fire Public Information Officer at the Sandalwood Fire Command Center confirmed one fire death Friday morning. There was no immediate word on the man’s identity or where he was found. As of 7:00 a.m. Friday, the fire had burned 823 acres and was 10% contained. The PIO said firefighting resources

Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for Riverside County and Los Angeles County due to a series of fires ravaging multiple communities. The proclamation explicitly mentions Banning’s Wolf Fire, Calimesa’s Sandalwood Fire, Moreno Valley’s Reche Fire, Corona’s Eagle Fire, and Sylmar’s Saddleridge fire. Read the full declaration below: KESQ

A public meeting to decide what fixes might be applied to change the fate of the dying Salton Sea — and how much taxpayer money should be spent on the effort — will be held Tuesday morning in North Shore, hosted by a committee chaired by Riverside County Supervisor Manuel Perez. “I’m glad we’re having

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Cal Fire reported the Wolf fire had burned 75 acres as of 7:15 a.m. Friday two miles southeast of Banning and was 25% contained. Evacuation warnings remain in place for affected areas and firefighting resources remain on scene working to strengthen containment lines. The blaze was possibly ignited by target shooting. It

February can’t come soon enough for the Plaza Theatre. On Thursday, the City of Palm Springs announced Nancy Sinatra will be hosting a special fundraiser in February to benefit the restoration of the venue. “As the daughter of Frank Sinatra, perhaps one of the most famous of the many Hollywood celebrities who helped put Palm