An estimated 79 customers lost power Wednesday in Mecca. The Imperial Irrigation District reported the outage on social media at 1 p.m., stating the outage was in the area of northwest Grant Street and Avenue 68. The outage was caused by windstorms that broke down a pole in the area, officials said. POWER OUTAGE: We […]
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A woman who had been seriously injured when a car slammed into a power pole in Indio died Friday at a local hospital. The woman, identified only as an 18-year-old Cathedral City resident, died about 9 a.m. at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, according to Indio Police Department spokesman Ben Guitron. Her name […]
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Monroe Street between Highway 111 and Avenida Del Mar will remain closed this morning as Imperial Irrigation District continues repairing a damaged power pole. A woman was seriously hurt Tuesday when a car slammed into the power pole near Winchell’s Donut House in Indio. The driver of the Dodge Dart, described only as a man, […]
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Police are investigating a single vehicle collision this morning in Indio, prompting a road closure for at least 8 hours. It happened near Highway 111 and Monroe Street near Winchell’s Donut House. An ambulance was called around 8:34 a.m. to the area, though it’s unclear at this time who was in the car or the […]
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A vehicle crashed into a bail bonds office in Indio Tuesday, but nobody inside the building was hurt, authorities said. The vehicle collided with a power pole and fire hydrant before smashing into Aladdin Bail Bonds, located at 82-365 Highway 111, just before 11 a.m. Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron said. A seizure may have […]
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A debris fire broke out in Coachella today, downing power lines and cutting power to at least 400 customers in the area. The non-injury fire was reported at 3:47 p.m. at the intersection of Oates Lane and Avenue 50, where “multiple pallets, cardboard boxes and a power pole” were aflame, according to April Newman of […]
