Traveling in and out of the Coachella Valley during the holiday rush can be a nightmare, as the I-10 corridor is the main route in and out of the desert.
A brush fire triggered by a car fire just south of Menifee scorched roughly 25 acres Monday, forcing partial closure of Interstate 215. The blaze was reported at 1:10 p.m. along southbound I-215, near Scott Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The agency said multiple engine and hand crews from the county and […]
Crews will pause road work Monday along Interstate 10 between Beaumont and the Coachella Valley to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, though delays will resume Tuesday. Crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and Highway 111 near Palm Springs as part of the I-10 Pavement Rehabilitation Project, […]
Bail was reduced Friday from $500,000 to $100,000 for a woman charged as an accessory in the alleged road-rage shooting death of a 6-year-old Costa Mesa boy on an Orange County freeway. If Wynne Lee, 23, manages to post bail, she will be required to surrender her passport and will be barred from leaving the […]
Motorists planning to travel Interstate 10 between Beaumont and the Coachella Valley in the westbound direction this week should plan for nighttime lane closures, according to Caltrans. For nearly 16 months, crews have been gradually making improvements to nearly 20 miles of freeway between Beaumont and Highway 111 near Palm Springs as part of the […]
A wanted man involved in a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents and Riverside County sheriff’s deputies was fatally shot as he attempted to flee from deputies while armed on Interstate 215 in Menifee, authorities said Wednesday. The deputy-involved shooting happened about 5 p.m. Tuesday on northbound I-215, just south of Ethanac Road, according to […]
Crews are working to contain a fire near Interstate 10 and Bob Hope Drive in Cathedral City. The blaze started around 10:17 a.m. Wednesday and appears to be burning Tamarisk Trees. It’s unclear at this time how the blaze started. Stay with NBC Palm Springs for updates on this story.
A 7-year-old Indio girl was identified Monday as the person killed in a crash on the Sonny Bono Memorial (10) Freeway in Thousand Palms. Natalie Tellez was pronounced dead at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage about an hour after the crash, according to the Riverside County coroner’s office. The crash was first reported at […]
