Cathedral City News

It's appropriate that this new sitcom had its premiere in - where else? - Sweden ahead of its U.S. debut.

A new Cathedral City flood control project is now providing flood control protection for the homes and businesses below it.

The food truck debate rolls on in the Coachella Valley. After the county lifted major restrictions on the mobile vendors in April, valley cities have mulled their own rules.

A judge appointed a psychologist to examine a 22-year-old man suspected of making explosive devices at a Cathedral City mobile home.

Charles VanWinkle and his partner Rich Henrich, of Film Four Change, received the Emmy for best direction in short form for their three 30-second commercial spots - titled 'AMFM: A Love Story' - during the 40th annual Pacific Southwest Regional National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ceremony last month.

"I don't love the idea of taxpayers supporting a program that residents in general ... have complained bitterly about," said Cathedral City Councilman Sam Toles, who cast the sole vote against continuing his city's camera program in May. "It's a very, very intrusive kind of 'nanny state-ism' that I think the public generally does not support."

Fireworks aren't the only thing shooting sky high, so are food prices. This Fourth of July will cost you more than ever to fire up the grill with all of the fixings.

You'll find some wild names for sparklers, including Tiger Fury, Lucky Leprechaun and Hasta La Vista Baby and more, at "Safe and Sane" fireworks stands in the Coachella Valley.

According to police, 31-year-old Joaquin Fuster of Cathedral City was stopped around 2:40 a.m. in the 600 block of South Palm Canyon Drive for a vehicle code violation.

According to a release from the Cathedral City Police Department, the crash happened on Varner Road, east of Mountain View Road, just before 7 p.m. Officers said the man was on a straight part of Varner Road about to arrive at a curve, but when he did, he continued straight instead of turning.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise says the home at the Sungate County Mobile Home Park in Cathedral City was set ablaze shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Flames shot up into the sky in a controlled fire to destroy a mobile home filled with explosives.

Residents of Sungate Country Mobile Home Park snap a photo of a "bomb house" that was burned to the ground Friday night by the fire department.

Cathedral City police Officer Simon Short walks past a mobile home at the Sungate Country mobile home park containing explosive chemicals, right, on Thursday.

For years, residents in Indian Wells Villas and Mountain View Villas have raised concerns about how safe and how well maintained the city's two affordable senior housing developments are.

Police plan to intentionally burn an explosives-filled mobile home in Cathedral City because a bomb squad believes it's the safest way to eradicate the danger, officials say.

A Riverside County bomb squad was checking out some possible explosives or bomb-making materials at a Cathedral City mobile home park Tuesday.

Monica Hernandez Benavidez appeared in court for the first time Monday for driving under the influence and causing the death of a woman in Desert Hot Springs on June 5. Her mother is speaking out, saying more could have and should have been done to keep this from happening.

The potential hazards and legal consequences of setting off fireworks in Riverside County will be highlighted Wednesday during a briefing by public safety officials.

The driver of a pick-up truck is in critical condition after a head-on crash with a semi-truck Thursday night on Date Palm Drive between Interstate 10 and Varner Road, just north of Cathedral City.