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The Riverside County of Supervisors has asked the County CEO, Bill Luna to look into the County Registrar’s office handling of the June 8th, 2010 primary election, and ballot counting process. It’s been exactly one week since the primary election, and the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office are still counting ballots. Stay with News

Friday’s outage was the longest Pam Deschuymere has had in quiet a while. And her main concern was her food. “Frustrated just because my refrigerator. I don’t know what’s going bad and it all might be bad by the end of the day,” said Deschuymere, she lost power for nearly 13 hours. It’s just one

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.9 magnitude earthquake and a 4.5 quake hit just outside of Anza Saturday night, rocking a large section of Southern California The quakes hit at 8:08pm and 8:09pm, and calls flooded into KESQ News Channel 3 to see what was happening. According to the USGS website, the quakes hit

Fire hit Ben Franklin Elementary in La Quinta on Saturday. It started around 4pm, and News Channel 3 got lots of calls into our newsroom from viewers who said they could see flames and smoke. The fire was out within minutes. Fire officials say it started in a trash can, and then a park bench

Today is World Blood Day, and local blood banks are hoping you will help them out. They?re trying to get more supplies on-hand during the normally slow summer months. One pint of blood can save up to three lives, according to Blood Donation spokespeople. Every two seconds, someone needs blood. Most Americans will require a

Hopes were high for the restaurant Bing Crosby’s when it’s doors opened nearly six years ago in Rancho Mirage. But, a county tax-collector notice of seizure posted on the restaurant’s door shows that Bing’s hasn’t been paying the bills. The restaurants last day of operation was Saturday June 12, according to former employees. According to

A man who allegedly was involved in a hit-and-run crash in Cathedral City and then rammed the vehicle of the other driver who chased after him was behind bars tonight, facing multiple charges, including assault and DUI. Miguel Aldrete, 20, of Cathedral City, was allegedly in an Acura that collided with a van just before

Four people are now in custody as Desert Hot Springs police investigate a weekend party that turned deadly. One person was fatally stabbed and seven other people were injured in Desert Hot Springs, a police sergeant said. Some of them were victims, others were suspects. All four people in custody are juveniles, so their names

Temperatures are expected to remain above the century mark through this week in the Coachella Valley and Blythe, prompting health officials today to issue a heat warning for Tuesday. Cool centers will be open in eastern Riverside County because of the high temperatures, said Danyte Mockus of the Riverside County Department of Public Health. The

El Departamento De Salud Pblico del Condado de Riverside, ha enviado un Advertencia De Alta Temperaturas para las zonas del Blythe y La Quinta. Centros para refrescarse o llamados “Cool Centers” estan abiertos. Se espera que la temperatura alcance que exceda los 100 grados durante los proximos tres o cinco das consecutivos. Los Centros para

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone, who lost his bid for a Republican state Senate nomination in last week’s primary election, is “happy with his job” and plans to stay out of state politics for the foreseeable future, a spokesman said today. “Obviously, it’s never fun not to win. But he’s a great supervisor, and people

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose two-tenths of a cent today to $3.04, after decreasing five of the previous six days. Despite the increase, the average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.5 cents lower than a week ago and 8.1 cents less than

Joe Laporta and Susan Cornell are blood related somehow. Laporta is a dedicated blood donor. “I have given — in the last twelve years — five gallons. Pretty close to six!” he said, while sitting at the donor room of the Community Blood Bank. Cornell, who found out that Monday is World Blood Donor Day,

Las autoridades ya revelaron los resultados de dos retenes de sobriedad llevados a cabo el pasado fin de semana. Le primero fue el viernes desde las 8:00 p.m. en el rea del Hwy 111 y Mountain Cove en Indian Wells, 1326 vehculos pasaron por el rea, un conductor borracho fue arrestado y 16 ms por

Las autoridades investigan las causas que originaron un incendio en la escuela primaria Franklin ubicada sobre la Calle Tampico en La Quinta. Por fortuna los bomberos sofocaron las llamas de inmediato evitando que se extendieran al resto del plantel. La lumbre inici en un bote de basura el sbado por la tarde.

El pasado viernes a las 6:00 p.m. un joven de 18 aos fue atropellado cuando circulaba en su bicicleta sobre la Ave Velasco en La Quinta al intentar doblar en Calle Sonora. El chofer del Honda se detuvo para auxiliar a la vctima que sufri heridas leves y fue transportada al hospital.

Actividad ssmica se report durante el gin de semana en el Valle de Coachella. El primer temblor fue el sbado a las 8:00 p.m. y tuvo una magnitud de 4.9 grados, minutos despus se sinti una rplica de 4.5 grados. El Departamento Geolgico de Estados Unidos ubic el epicentro en Borrego Springs. Desde entonces se

San Bernardino police say five people have been shot, including a 6-year-old boy, in a drive-by shooting. The boy and an adult were hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting Sunday night. There was no immediate word on the conditions of the other victims. Police say shots were fired from a car shortly after 8:30