A driver sustained moderate injuries in a single-vehicle crash into a power pole near Harrison Street and Middleton Street in Thermal. Emergency crews extricated the driver and transported them to a local hospital. Cal Fire responded to the scene at 3:43 p.m. The Indio Police Department is investigating the collision. The crash caused a power […]
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released body-camera footage Thursday that shows a deputy shooting a 23-year-old man just after he pulled a knife from his jacket pocket during a confrontation in La Quinta in April. The man survived. Deputies were dispatched to the 44-000 block of Vista Dunes Lane at 11:51 p.m. April 3 in […]
While most Coachella Valley restaurants were able to pass their Riverside County health inspections, two eateries racked up several minor violations which led to their failing “B” and “C” grades, according to reports conducted June 5 through 11. Rincon Norteño Mexican Restaurant in Indio and The Chateau at Lake La Quinta in La Quinta had […]
One of the two teenagers charged in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old La Quinta High School senior was released on bail. Elijah Alfredo Martinez, an 18-year-old Bermuda Dunes resident, posted his $100,000 bail on Wednesday, jail records show. Martinez and Dominick Cruz Venecia, an 18-year-old Coachella resident, were both charged with murder and sentence-enhancing gun […]
A family in La Quinta is suing a candy company, saying their 3-year-old daughter sustained debilitating injuries, including spastic quadriplegia, from choking on a gummy candy that family members say lacked necessary hazard warnings. The lawsuit was filed late last month by the child’s mother and father, Maria Aylin Sotelo Comacho and Francisco Paredes Rivera, […]
Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner officially tied the knot with wife Theresa Nist at the 45-acre La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, Calif in front of friends, family and millions of viewers at home who watched their televised ceremony on ABC Thursday night. The reality TV couple, who got a second chance at love […]