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A controlled burn is planned on a 112-acre plot near Lake Skinner, where smoke is expected to be visible rising from the area. The Riverside County Fire Department is scheduled to burn brush in the Southwest Riverside County Multi-Species Reserve, west of Crown Valley and De Portola roads between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., according

A brush fire has erupted just north of Desert Hot Springs. Fire crews tell News Channel 3 the fire is burning near Annandale Avenue and Blue Sky Circle. The fire was reported at 4:30pm. Crews are battling the blaze, and have stopped fire at one acre, but fear the winds could fuel it more. A

Desert Organic Solutions, one of only two medicinal marijuana dispensaries legally sanctioned by the City of Palm Springs, has received its final inspections and is approved to open for business. The facility will open to its members at 11:00am Saturday at its location near Interstate 10 and Indian Canyon, 19-486 Newhall Street. Earlier in the

Westward Ho Drive has been shut down between Dune Palms Road and Jefferson Street in La Quinta because of flooding from a broken fire hydrant, says Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. A truck backed into a pipe, breaking it open, sending water gushing onto the streets and surrounding areas. No one

Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District crews are working hard to get rid of mosquitos using standing water as breeding ground. The State’s only West Nile infected mosquitoes have been reported in Riverside and San Bernardino. Mosquitoes get West Nile by biting and sucking blood out of infected birds and squirrels. So far no

One of Palm Springs smaller realty offices has a new sign on their door tonight, SOLD. Classic Homes, INC told News Channel 3 they were acquired by H K Lane Real Estate on Tuesday. The terms of the sale were not given. Owners Charles Long and Leonard Grotto will stay on as agents working for

A fire gutted a garage at a home today in La Quinta, but no one was hurt. The blaze began for unknown reasons around 12:40 p.m. at a home at 51645 Eisenhower Drive near Calle Sinaloa, said Capt. Fernando Herrera of the Riverside County Fire Department. Nearly 30 firefighters contained the flames to the garage

A 27-year-old woman was convicted today of second-degree murder in the death of her 20-month-old son. Ana Cedillo was also found guilty of attempted assault of a child with force and child abuse in the Sept. 28, 2007, death of Oscar Zuniga Jr. Cedillo faces life in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 6. The

A bill naming part of State Route 74 after the late Riverside County Assemblyman Roy Wilson was signed into law, today. Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert, today released the following statement: “Supervisor Roy Wilson was a personal friend and dedicated public servant. His commitment to serving the residents of the Coachella Valley was widely recognized

With temperatures rising in the Coachella Valley, Riverside County is preparing to open cool centers for residents without air conditioners. The cool centers won’t open until June 15, although triple digit temperatures could arrive as soon as this afternoon. The facilities will open when the temperature is expected to reach 100 degrees three days in

Tras las rejas un sujeto de Whitewater que en das pasados rapt a su esposa, abuso de ella y despus la llev mal herida al hospital y el huy, pero ayer mircoles la polica de Redlands intent detenerlo por una infraccin mientras manejaba, pero el sujeto aceler y as inici una persecucin policaca que termin

Right now some 14-hundred students are getting a jump on medical careers here in the valley. It’s part of a program launched at several valley schools by the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership. Paul Hulbert and Martha Orozco are both products of the Palm Springs High School Health Academy which comes under the umbrella of the

After our recent investigation exposed a Sea Mountain Spa employee sharing exactly what goes on inside, Desert Hot Springs Councilman Russell Betts confirms he has asked Desert Hot Springs City Manager Rick Daniels and the City’s Attorney Ruben Durran to draft sample ordinances for presentation to and consideration by the city council that will limit,

The following is a correspondence received by KESQ regarding our coverage of the Sea Mountain Hotel: “Allow is to clear up some real misconceptions and Sea Mountain Hotel. At no time does our hotel legally licensed as a nude resort call itself a sex spa. The Hotel is a Nude Hotel and spa resort. The

A 35-year-old employee of a Palm Desert pool company suffered burns to nearly a third of his body today when a propane line exploded at a home under construction, authorities said. The explosion was reported at 7:30 a.m. at a home at 71301 Cholla Lane in Palm Desert, said Capt. Fernando Herrera of the Riverside

A Riverside couple together face 149 felony charges for allegedly stealing around $500,000 in public funds intended for physically and sexually abused children in foster care, prosecutors announced today. Purcell Johnson, 50, and his wife, Laverne Johnson, 47, are accused of taking state money meant for the support of foster children and using it to

A Palm Springs man shot a romantic rival in the head without warning, a prosecutor told jurors today, but the defendant’s attorney claimed his client’s girlfriend was the shooter. Dale Farquhar is charged in the Nov. 13 slaying of 57-year-old Larry Roger Fisk of Apple Valley at the Palm Springs Villas condominium complex at 680

The Palm Springs City Council is scheduled to consider issuing a permit for a third medical marijuana dispensary to operate at tonight’s meeting. In March 2009, the council voted to allow two collectives, or cooperatives, in compliance with state law to operate within the city’s three industrial zones. Of 11 applicants, the council awarded the

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a Cathedral City house fire. Firefighters were called to Corregidor Drive near Date Palm and Gerald Ford Tuesday night around 7:30. The fire appears to have been limited to an attic area. No one was home at the time. The landlord says he had just stopped

Redlands Police confirm they caught 34-year-old William Jones after leading them on an hour-long high speed chase. It started in Redlands after an officer saw Jones run a stop sign and had no license plates on his car. Officials say that Jones was involved in an assault and kidnapping that occurred on May 31st in