News From Around The County
DESERT HOT SPRINGS — A Desert Hot Springs man was killed and three other people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle, head-on crash Tuesday afternoon, April 16. The fatal accident happened near the intersection of Mountain View Road and 20th Avenue, in an unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Student reports attempted kidnapping near Corona CHP: Illegal […]
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INDIO — A man armed with a gun who officials say assaulted another man and stole his cell phone outside an Indio sandwich shop yesterday afternoon later died in a hail of gunfire after officials tracked him to a nearby apartment complex, according to Indio PD and Riverside County sheriff’s officials. The Wednesday, April 10, gunfire – which one woman […]
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INDIO — A stagehand died this morning, Saturday, April 6, after falling about 60 feet from the stage area of the Empire Polo Club, site of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The festival is scheduled to begin Friday, April 12 and end on Sunday, April 21. At least one witness has since reported to TMZ the rigger […]
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RANCHO MIRAGE — The driver of a motorized scooter suffered “severe” but non-life threatening injuries after she reportedly ran a red traffic signal and was struck by a mini-van Tuesday afternoon, April 2. The rider was thrown off her scooter by the impact, and her scooter was then struck by another vehicle. The three-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of […]
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LA QUINTA — An Indio convicted felon was arrested after leading deputies on a dangerous pursuit in a stolen pickup truck Tuesday evening, April 2. The man was wanted for questioning in connection to “several thefts, burglaries, and stolen vehicles,” according to sheriff’s officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Released 3 days earlier, sex offender arrested again after incident with child, […]
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LA QUINTA — More than five dozen firefighters spent about two hours knocking down a swift-moving blaze that erupted at a large property in the unincorporated community of La Quinta yesterday afternoon, March 26. One of two homes on the property was destroyed by the fire, but firefighters managed to save the other structure – although not without significant damage. […]
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A motorist died this morning, Tuesday, March 26, after a solo-vehicle rollover crash near the Cactus City rest area along the eastbound I-10. The deadly crash happened about half-way between Indio and Chiriaco Summit, near the Frontage Road exit 162, according to California Highway Patrol. LEADING THE DESERT-AREA HEADLINES: Hwy 111 bicyclist critically injured after plowing into stopped van Overturned […]
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INDIAN WELLS — A bicyclist was hospitalized and remains in critical condition after the rider smashed into the back of a mini-van on Hwy 111 between Province Way and Cook Street Monday morning, March 25. Despite earlier media reports that the motorist had struck the bike rider, officials later clarified that it was the bicyclist who struck the stopped Dodge […]
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DESERT CENTER — Authorities remain at the scene of a wreck involving an overturned tractor-trailer big-rig that forced a SigAlert and is continuing to cause delays of several hours on the eastbound I-10. The rollover crash, which may have involved a second vehicle, happened near Red Cloud Mine Rd/Exit 182, this morning, Saturday, March 23, according to a CHP incident […]
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS — A known gang member and felon is behind bars after officials allege he was involved in a shooting in an unincorporated area of Palm Springs, March 10. “During the incident, two victims were fired upon while driving,” officials later explained. During the service of a search warrant at the man’s Desert Hot Springs residence, Coachella Valley […]
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