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 […]
Firefighters needed 43 minutes early today to extinguish a mobile-home blaze in Mecca. Crews responded at 3:28 a.m. to the 74000 block of Desertaire Drive, where they found a ”well-involved” fire, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. No injuries were reported, and the cause was under investigation. No other details were immediately available.
Two men were displaced Thursday in a fire that tore through a double-wide mobile home and ignited a small patch of vegetation in Anza. The non-injury blaze was reported at 11:06 a.m. in the 38000 block of Western Hills Road, north of Highway 371, and extinguished about two hours later, according to the Riverside County […]
Two shootings were reported overnight in Palm Springs, including one that left a man wounded, police said Tuesday. Officers sent to the Santiago Sunrise Village Mobile Home Park at 1500 E. San Rafael Drive at 11:56 p.m. Monday located two homes struck by gunfire, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. No injuries were reported. […]
A local family who lost their home to a fire received a new car this week thanks to the Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians. In October, three families that lived in the Pueblo del Sol Mobile Home Park at Avenue 46 and Clinton street in Indio tragically lost their homes to a fire. […]
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the 2019 Sandalwood Fire, accused of operating the garbage truck that dumped a burning load of trash near a pile of dry vegetation during a windstorm, leading to the blaze that burned over 1,000 acres and killed two residents of a mobile home park in Calimesa. […]
Eighteen Coachella Valley families were placed in new homes Friday at the Mountain View Estates thanks to the County. Over 100 brand new homes are set to be built this year in the final phase of construction at the housing community. The builder of Mountain View Estates, Desert Empire Homes, is working to get these […]
