H undreds of locals in the far eastern Coachella Valley woke up to a dangerous scene. Dozens of downed power poles with lines dangling near homes, widespread power outages, road closures, and whole rooftops gone. The Centeno family knows first-hand, it was their roof that was ripped off of their home and flung across the […]
UPDATE: Southbound lanes on SR-62 are reopened as of 11:25 a.m. Wednesday. ORIGINAL: All lanes of southbound Highway 62 at Dillon are shut down this morning after high winds overturned a big rig. Fortunately, no one was injured in the crash. According to California Highway Patrol, the trailer was empty and there were no leaks. […]
Residents of the Calimesa Mobile Home Park were recovering Tuesday, one day after firefighters reached full containment of a brush fire that killed two people, destroyed 76 mobile homes and charred 1,011 acres. The so-called Sandalwood Fire broke out just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Riverside County Fire Department officials announced at 5:35 p.m. Monday that […]
Riverside County firefighters gained full containment Sunday over a 350-acre wildfire just north of Moreno Valley that no longer threatens homes or other structures. The non-injury Reche Fire was reported at 12:55 p.m. Thursday on Reche Canyon Road, near Reche Vista Drive and started with a trailer fire that jumped into surrounding vegetation, propelled by […]
Blowing sand prompted the closure of two major thoroughfares in Palm Springs Friday. North Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail were expected to be closed at the Whitewater Wash until at least the end of Saturday, when winds are forecast to die down. Officials said the heavy winds tossed piles of sand onto the […]
Hurricane Florence is rapidly intensifying and could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week. “This will likely be the storm of a lifetime for portions of the Carolina coast, and that’s saying a lot given the impacts we’ve seen from hurricanes Diana, Hugo, Fran, Bonnie, […]
