California High Patrol officers responded to the scene of a two vehicle crash on the I-10 freeway heading westbound just after 9 this morning. The incident happened between Bob Hope Drive and Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City, causing some minor traffic back up at the time. Officers at the scene said a vehicle struck
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Cal Fire is responding to Warren Road in Hemet, where one person is seriously injured after a small plane crashed into a brick wall behind a few residences. On Tuesday at approximately 9:35 am, the Hemet Public Communications Center began receiving calls regarding a place crash near the intersection of Warren Road and Mustang Way.
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Fire crews were able to knock down an apartment fire in Desert Hot Springs on Friday night. CalFire responded to the this apartment building on Mesquite Avenue, just off of Palm Drive, just before 7p.m. Officials said 1 unit was completely destroyed, while 2 other units sustained smoke and water damage. “So one unit was
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Traffic is back up to speed on Interstate 10 after a Greyhound bus heading from LA to Phoenix crashed, sending at least a dozen people to the hospital and backing up traffic for miles. The California Highway Patrol said the bus was traveling in the #2 lane at about 60-65 mph when a tire blew
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Cal Fire and Riverside County firefighters responded to a mobile home fire in Thousand Palms this morning. The fire was reported around 8:45 a.m. on Colonial Drive, near Desert Moon Drive. It was put out just after 9:00 a.m. Fire officials on the scene told us a man inside the mobile home got out and
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A man is dead after a shooting in a house near a middle school in Coachella just after midnight, authorities confirmed. The shooting happened near the intersection of Shady Lane and Date Avenue across the street from Bobby Duke Middle School. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a shooting happened at approximately 12:17 a.m. NEWS
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Two people were killed and three others were injured in a Rancho Mirage traffic collision Wednesday evening, according to new information from the Riverside County Sheriffs Department. Cal Fire said the crash happened on Dinah Shore Drive near the Westin Mission Hills Resort at 8:14 p.m. In a statement released Thursday morning, the Sheriff’s Department
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A nine-month-old boy was injured so severely by his own father that he died days after the assault, police in Desert Hot Springs tell News Channel 3. Now the baby’s mother is left grieving and making funeral arrangements, after the death of her infant, Miguel Julius Lucero Martinez. 24-year-old Miguel Jeronemo Martinez Fernandez, the baby’s
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Firefighters were on the scene of an overnight fire inside an Indio mobile home park Monday morning. They were called to the Arabian Mobile Home Park off Calhoun Street shortly before 1:56 a.m. Monday. Firefighters say two mobile homes, a carport, and two vehicles were destroyed. A third mobile home was also damaged. The American Red Cross is
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A lockdown at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms was lifted Monday afternoon. A spokesperson at the base tells News Channel 3 that someone reported that they heard shots, but no victims or shooter had been located. The reports came in anonymously just before 9 a.m. “We have received reports of shots
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Interstate 10 traffic was being slowed Wednesday morning in the westbound lanes through Palm Desert from Washington Street to Monterey Avenue. #Traffic heads up: Workers are clearing sand in the center lanes of I-10 from Monterey to Bob Hope. This means lane closures and slowing traffic. Drive carefully or avoid the highway. https://t.co/2HjZB4AIaQVarner Road is a
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Firefighters have extinguished a fire at a home in Desert Hot Springs, which displaced one family this morning. The fire was called in around 9:00 a.m. at a residence on La Mesa Drive, near Ironwood Drive. Cal Fire said the fire started in one of the bedrooms and spread into the attic of the home.
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Investigators have identified 40-year-old Elijah Butler of Indio as the person who died in the car crash on Highway 74 on Saturday. Butler’s car went off the road on Highway 74 and caught fire. He was ejected from the car and officials pronounced him dead on the scene. Riverside County Fire Department responded to the
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Update: All lanes are back open UPDATE: RIVCO: EB 10 near Cactus City at Dillon (Coachella), all lanes now open. #Caltrans8— Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) April 29, 2022 Original Report: One eastbound lane of Interstate 10 reopened, then was closed again Friday morning just east of Coachella following a collision involving two big rigs and
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Police have no arrests after a late-night shooting in Palm Springs Tuesday but were asking witnesses to come forward. A statement from the department said officers were called to the 1500 block of East San Rafael Drive at 11:05 pm after several people called in saying they heard gunshots fired in the area just west
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On Saturday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of the suspect accused of murdering Palm Springs resident Michael Moser, 66. Michael Moser, 66 pictured on far left On Thursday, the Central Homicide Unit and Major Crimes Unit served a search warrant at a residence in the 15500 block of Morada Rd., Victorville. The
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Update 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April 21 Gene Autry is Open. Update 6:11 a.m. Thursday, April 21 Gene Autry closed again Thursday morning as strong winds sweep through the Coachella Valley again. Update 2:15 p.m. Gene Autry is back open, the city confirmed. Original Report 5:00 a.m. Gene Autry Trail from E. Via Escuela to Salvia
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Update: 8:55 PM The coroner’s office has identified the man killed in the crash as Jason Cavanagh, 38, of Newbury Park. UPDATE – 8:45 AM: Cal Trans tweeted out that all lanes are open on the I-10 east in Cabazon following a big rig collision. ORIGINAL STORY: Lanes 1,2, and 3 on Interstate 10 heading
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The Riverside County Superintendent of Schools has confirmed to News Channel 3 that newly appointed Desert Sands Trustee Jacob Alvarez has been removed from office. The board is a target of recall petitions. Because Alvarez was appointed, there’s a process that allows voters to turn-in a petition to remove him and force a special election.
Continue ReadingGrocery store employees have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year contract with Ralphs and Albertsons/Vons/Pavilions, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. The announcement was made Thursday night. Wage increases include $4.25 per hour over the contract for most workers while some classifications will receive higher pay raises, according to Bertha RodrÃguez, a
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