Two teenagers killed in a Tuesday night crash in Mecca have been identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau. 17-year-old Miguel Bautista and 19-year-old Victor Barajas died minutes after the crash, according to the Coroner’s release. They were both from Mecca. Police said the crash involved two vehicles and an ATV at approximately 6:45 p.m.
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UPDATE: Teenagers killed in Mecca ATV collision identified MECCA, Calif – 2 people are dead following a multi-vehicle crash in Mecca. Cal-Fire Riverside officials say an ATV was also involved. The crash was first reported at 6:45 PM. Thermal sheriff’s station says Avenue 66 between Johnson Street and Grant street will be closed for the
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Desert Hot Springs police were investigating a homicide after finding a dead body in an open field Tuesday morning. Assistant city manager Doria Wilms said police responded to Verbena and Ironwood Drives around 10:45 a.m. following reports of a dead body. Investigators determined foul play was involved. The identity of the victim hasn’t been released.
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It has been three months since the McCallum Theatre welcomed Terry Dwyer as their new president, taking the position from longtime director Mitch Gershenfeld who retired after holding that position for 20 years. News Channel 3’s Caitlin Thropay checked in with Dwyer to see how he’s warming up to his new position and what the
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A winter storm moving into the valley and across the Southland the same week as one of the busiest weeks of holiday travel is wreaking havoc on the roads and making for a ferocious week of travel. Some drivers are making the call to just stay home altogether. “We’re going to go home; we’re going
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The big event that has been talked about since last week is bringing rain and snow to SoCal just in time for many to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. A large area of low pressure and the associated cold front are dropping into California and pushing rain into the Inland Empire and Coastal Plains, with
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With the Christmas season approaching, at City Hall in Desert Hot Springs, they’re looking to move beyond a tumultuous season which included the resignation of police chief dale Mondary. “There is definitely a sense of somberness initially. You never want your city under a magnifying glass,” said Assistant City Manager Doria Wilms. Tuesday morning, Wilms
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A felony complaint obtained by News Channel 3 on Tuesday has revealed more information about the killing of a man whose body was found in a garbage can in La Quinta last week. On Tuesday, 32-year-old Cristina Noelle Canimo of Palm Desert was set to be arraigned for murder. Her arraignment was postponed until December
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Seven juveniles were taken into custody by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday night in connection with the attempted thefts and subsequent crashes of landscaping machinery in Thousand Palms. At 8:09 p.m. Monday, deputies assigned to the Palm Desert station responded to the 72000 block of Manufacturing Road in Thousand Palms in reference to an
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Los Angeles County is deploying health care workers to homeless encampments trying to reverse a troubling trend. New statistics show the number of homeless people dying in L.A. County nearly doubled in 5 years — starting in 2013. In Riverside County, the coroner’s bureau didn’t start keeping track of homeless deaths until the beginning of
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Four suspected gang members, including a teenage boy, were taken into custody today in connection with an assault inside a Cathedral City business that left a man with serious injuries. The attack, which occurred last Saturday at an unnamed business in the 34000 block of Date Palm Drive, left the unidentified victim with injuries to
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We’re just a few days away from Thanksgiving but before we get to the turkey and cranberries, many have to get through a rough few days of travel. On top of it being one of the worst traffic weeks of the year, rain is now also in the forecast for the holiday so be sure
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One person was killed in a fire in Whitewater Tuesday morning, according to CAL FIRE. The wildland fire charred four to five acres and damaged a trailer today before being knocked down, the Riverside County Fire Department reported. Fourteen fire engines and two bulldozers were sent at 9:12 a.m. to the 12500 block of Cottonwood
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Rain or shine, the turkey trots are still set to take place. Martha’s Village Thanksgiving Day 5K in Palm Desert will happen no matter the weather. This is according to senior development officer, Larissa Kerstetter. The race starts at 8 a.m. on El Paseo and San Pablo. “Hey I know the weather forecast isn’t great
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UPDATE: RSO identifies pilot killed in Desert Center crash The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that one person died in a plane crash south of Interstate 10 near Desert Center on Monday night. The information was released Tuesday morning shortly before 9 a.m. On Monday shortly before 6 PM, deputies assigned to the Colorado
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Motorists reported seeing a possible plane crash near Interstate 10 east of Desert Center shortly before 6 p.m. Monday. Authorities had not been able to locate signs of a plane crash later in the night. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department took over the search for possible wreckage. Search crews bringing in Deputy Robyn Flores, public
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A woman died after being involved in an early-morning crash in Cathedral City on Monday. 47-year-old Hemet resident Anette Sepulveda died on the scene of the crash, which was reported on Dinah Shore Drive east of Cathedral Canyon Drive. At around 12:07 a.m., Sepulveda crashed into a concrete structure in the center median of the
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A new lawsuit obtained exclusively by News Channel 3 alleges elder abuse traumatically injured an 87-year-old woman and ultimately led to her death. Sunbrook Residential Care is named as a defendant — the elderly care facility in the La Quinta neighborhood Esplanade, where police discovered a man’s body in a trash can last Thursday. “These
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Kenneth Churchill,the owner of West Coast Cannibus Club, with locations in Cathedral City and Palm Desert, talked about a roughly 11 percent increase in excise taxes he and other retailers will soon be paying to the state when buying cannibus to sell their customers. “The barrier to entry and the amount of obstacles we have
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