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Un incendio desatado esta tarde en las montaas de San Jacinto causo el cierre del telefrico, el boraz inicio alrededor de la 1:45 de este martes, hasta el momento se llevaba consumido cincuenta acres de maleza, alrededor de cien bomberos tratan de consumir las llamas que arden sin control, an no se sabe con certeza

The Los Angeles City Council wants new street barriers to block unwanted vehicles from getting onto the Venice Beach boardwalk. A council motion approved unanimously Tuesday asks police and city officials to immediately erect temporary barriers at the most dangerous intersections along the boardwalk. The council also asked for a two-week study that will assess

Two major California water organizations expressedsupport today for a pair of local agencies that have been sued for water rightsby a local Indian tribe. The Association of California Water Agencies and the Southern CaliforniaWater Committee are backing the Desert Water Agency and the Coachella ValleyWater District, who were sued in May by the Agua Caliente

Fire damaged a business in Palm Springs this morning after a power pole caught fire, causing high voltage lines and transformers to go down in the area, spreading flames to a nearby building. The fire started at around 12:30 a.m on the 600 block of Oleander inPalm Springs. When firefighters arrived they found a power

La Alerta Ambar est encendida y se realiza una bsqueda para localizar a un sujeto sospechoso de secuestrar a dos nios y de quemar una casa en Boulevard, California donde el cuerpo de la madre de los menores fue encontrado junto al cuerpo de otro nio que no ha sido identificado. Los menores son Hannah

Scientists say two small earthquakes have hit the Central Valley close to the San Andreas Fault. A magnitude-3.6 quake struck about 15 miles southwest of the farming city of Coalinga Tuesday morning. It was followed by a magnitude-3.3 less than a minute later. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quakes appeared to have occurred on

Augustine Casino announced Tuesday that Jef Bauer will become their new General Manager.Bauer is coming to the valley from Colorado, where he served as General Manager for the Reserve Casino Hotel in Central City. “This is a very exciting opportunity for me,” said Bauer, who started his position with Augustine Casino in early July. “The

A brush fire that has burned more than 1,500 acresin the Cleveland National Forest was 20 percent contained today. The so-called Falls Fire was reported around 10 a.m. Monday about fivemiles west of Lake Elsinore and just south of Ortega (74) Highway. The fire,which was 1,416 acres as of this morning, prompted a mandatory evacuation

Two people are recovering this morning after a driver slammed her car into a Bermuda Dunes restaurant. The accident happened Monday afternoon around 1 p.m. at Joe’s Sushi on the corner of Washington and Country Club. Two people suffered minor injuries. The California Highway Patrol says the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the

A search was underway today for a man suspected of kidnapping at least one of two missing children, killing their mother and setting fire to a home in Boulevard, where the woman’s body was found, along with that of an unidentified child. Hannah Anderson, 16, and Ethan Anderson, 8, may have been taken by James

A group of California business, education and nonprofit leaders have agreed to help revamp the state parks system in an effort to restore confidence and financial stability to an institution rocked by scandal. The dozen volunteers include Monterey Bay Aquarium founding director Julie Packard and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. The group will spend the

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a shooting outside a home on the 8000 block of Bagdad Avenue in Coachella. They got the call around 5:20 p.m. A caller said a man had been shot outside the home. Sheriff investigators were on scene and a search was conducted for the shooter. There was no word

A 22-year-old former UC Riverside student accused ofattempting to arrange the murders of two ex-boyfriends must stand trial onsolicitation of murder charges, a judge ruled today. Barbara Wu was arrested in May following a UC Riverside policeinvestigation that allegedly uncovered instances in which the defendant hadsought to have two men killed. Following a preliminary hearing

One of the characters in Disney’s “Planes”is Skipper, the Corsair. As it turns out,Skipper’s engine sounds were recorded directly from a plane at the the Palm Springs Air Museum. To promote the film, The Palm Springs Air Museum will allow visitors to see Skipper, the Corsair in all his glory on August 10th. The Corsair

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a couple after discovering they had been driving with their two children stashed in the car’s trunk. Authorities say 32-year-old April Burgo and 29-year-old Richard Burgo were booked for investigation of cruelty to a child Sunday night. A third suspect in the car was arrested and booked on

Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous penalties

A brush fire that broke out today in the ClevelandNational Forest quickly spread to 175 acres and prompted the evacuation of asecluded residential development as well as a campground. The blaze was reported at around 10 a.m. about five miles west of LakeElsinore and just south of the Ortega (74) Highway. U.S. Forest Service spokesman

More than two dozen seriously ill female inmates could be among the first in line for release as California struggles to meet a federal court order to reduce prison crowding by year’s end. The U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to delay a lower court order requiring the state to free nearly 10,000 inmates to

Without millions of dollars in investments,L.A./Ontario International Airport could face further desertion by airlines andpassengers, according to a report released today by Inland Empire officialspushing for local control of the facility. The report concludes the Ontario airport will continue on a “downwardspiral” that could bring passenger levels under 2 million by between 2020 and2024, and