A Desert Hot Springs man is in police custody after a fatal hit and run collision over the weekend. California Highway Patrol said the person driving the pickup was located a short distance from the scene of the collision. Jose Roberto Tafoya- Flores, 41, was arrested early Saturday morning on Two Bunch Palms just east […]
California Highway Patrol officers will ramp up operations on highways and roads throughout Riverside County starting Friday evening to catch drunken and drug-impaired drivers, as well as other traffic violators, as part of the agency’s annual Labor Day weekend enforcement campaign. The “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 […]
A 86-year-old man who killed one pedestrian and injured another while driving drunk in Palm Springs was convicted Wednesday of murder. The Indio jury also convicted Palm Springs resident Leroy Silva of DUI causing bodily injury, DUI causing bodily injury with a blood-alcohol level of more than 0.08%, two counts of hit-and-run resulting in death […]
Police will be screening vehicles and looking for intoxicated drivers in Desert Hot Springs later this week. The DUI checkpoint will take place in an undisclosed location in the city beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday and continuing until 1 a.m. Friday, according to Desert Hot Spring police. Officers will be on the lookout for motorists […]
California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up patrols on state highways and roads in Riverside County starting Friday to catch drunk and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency’s annual Fourth of July crackdown. The CHP’s “maximum enforcement period” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday and conclude at 11:59 p.m. Monday, during which all […]
