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A search-and-rescue helicopter helped Palm Springs police search for a hiker who called in needing help. The hiker called police at 2:45pm, saying he was overheated and needed assistance coming down from the Cactus and Clouds Trail in Palm Springs. Police found the man at 3:30pm, when temperatures were near 110-degrees. He was airlifted off

A third psychologist was appointed today to examine a man accused of killing his baby daughter near Desert Hot Springs and leaving her body in a camper in Arkansas. Jason Michael Hann, 35, could face the death penalty if convicted of the February 2001 murder of his infant daughter Montana. Also charged in Montana’s death

A Coachella man told authorities he was forced today from his home by two gunmen, who ordered him to turn over his car keys and dropped him off near Mecca uninjured, a sheriff’s lieutenant said. The 26-year-old man said he was abducted around 3:30 a.m., and that his assailants were in their late teens to

An Amber Alert has been issued in the abduction of a 3-year-old girl from Fair Oaks, California, officials say. The child was allegedly abducted at gunpoint by Leon Cuahutemoc, 27, at about 9:45 a.m. today-July 9. Cuahutemoc was last seen driving an older model pink Lincoln Continental, with an unknown plate, officials said. The girl

Ayer jueves a la 1:00 p.m. los bomberos acudieron sofocar un incendio que devor dos acres de maleza en el rea de Fields Road en Cabazon cerca de las tiendas Outlet y la I-10. La lumbre no da ninguna estructura y fue contenida en una hora.

The Seismic Warning System released a report today about Wednesday’s 5.4 Earthquake that shook the Coachella Valley. The report states that the quake was felt across Southern California with the highest intensity centered near Anza. All but one QuakeGaurds in the Coachella Valley, which open fire station doors before the earthquake hits, activated as normal.

La polica revel la identidad de los ms buscados del Valle de Coachella, el primero es Juan Aguilar de 38 aos quien se vio envuelto en un choque con otro vehculo en Mecca en Noviembre de 2007. Al momento del percance la vctima baj de su carro y Aguilar aceler, lo atropell y lo mat.

Una mujer de Los ngeles fue encontrada ahogada en el fondo de la alberca del Emerald Hot Springs and Resort ubicado sobre Club Circle Drive en Desert Hot Springs. Sharon Lee de 49 aos nadaba sin que hubiera un salvavidas en servicio a las 3:20 a.m. del pasado martes.

Ayer jueves a las 11:40 a.m. los paramdicos acudieron al Mission Lakes Country Club ubicado sobre Clubhouse Blvd en Desert Hot Springs a proporcionar los primeros auxilios a un hombre que a punto estuvo de ahogarse en la alberca. Por fortuna fue sacado oportunamente y se recupera en el hospital.

La polica investiga un tiroteo ocurrido en Coachella, la vctima iba en un Mercedes Benz que circulaba sobre Calhoun Street al sur de la Ave 48 cuando de un Mitzubishi balacearon al primer vehculo. Las autoridades encontraron a su conductor con varias heridas de bala, de inmediato fue transportado al hospital y posteriormente dado de

The city of Oakland prepared for widespread riots Thursday as the verdict in a racially charged murder trial came down in Los Angeles. Former BART officer Johannes Mehserle, 28, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly January 1, 2009, shooting of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. Grant’s family hoped the jury would find Mehserle guilty

A car-to-car shooting in Coachella may have been gang- related, police said today. A man in his 20’s was driving his black Mercedes-Benz sedan on Calhoun Street, south of Avenue 48, about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, when someone from a second car fired multiple rounds, striking him several times, but he survived, said Sgt. Anthony Baur

Friends and family members are holding a car wash today to raise funeral money for an Indio teenager who died when he accidentally shot himself in the head. It happened Monday night at a home off Sierra Avenue. Fifteen-year-old Robert Salinas was rushed to the hospital. He died Tuesday morning. It’s unclear how Salinas got

Un sismo de magnitud 5,4 sacudi el mircoles el desierto del sur de California que se encuentra al este de Los Angeles, provocando preocupacin en la regin pero sin causar daos serios o heridos. El Servicio Geolgico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su sigla en ingls) dijo que el epicentro del sismo, que se produjo

One of the worst places to imagine getting stuck during an earthquake is an elevator. Wednesday, as the 5.4 earthquake hit the Coachella Valley, fewer than a dozen people at the Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa say they experienced the scare of their lives. Two elevators shut down automatically due to an earthquake safety

The anticipated review of Riverside County’s June primary election was released today. On the County’s website, the report states that poor communication and budget cutbacks are mostly to blame for the delay in certifying the election results. County CEO Bill Luna was ordered to review the county’s election practices after widespread criticism of Registrar Barbara

Firefighters with Cal Fire and Riverside County are still on the scene of a brush fire near Interstate 10 and Fields Road, near the outlet mall mopping up hot spots. Cal Fire firefighters say the smoke from a two-and-a-half acre brush fire was so thick in some areas, they requested parts of Seminole Road to

Seismologists say the quake that briefly halted rides at Disneyland yesterday and created a sense of panic in the Coachella Valley occurred on one of two faults that are under increased pressure because of the powerful Easter quake in Mexico. Wednesday’s temblor was centered in mountain wilderness 30 miles south of Palm Springs. It rattled

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Southern California produce company Ready Pac Foods Inc. has recalled some 700 cases of bagged spinach salad that might be contaminated with E. coli. The Irwindale-based company said Wednesday that no illnesses have been reported in connection with the Spinach Temptations line of six-ounce bagged salads it is recalling. The recall applies to salad mixes