Cabazon News

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An unplanned roadwork closure on westbound Interstate 10 in Banning was forcing backups Sunday six miles east to Main Street in Cabazon, a California Highway Patrol dispatcher said in a phone interview.

Two Los Angeles residents were behind bars this weekend on suspicion of shoplifting from several stores at Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon and other outlet malls in Southern California.

Moderate to strong gusting winds were expected to continue in the Pass through Sunday afternoon and could return again on Monday The chance of scattered showers in Beaumont, Banning and Cabazon was 30 percent for Saturday night, and patchy fog is possible Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

More than 50 volunteers from New Creation Church in Banning and Beaumont helped demolish a trailer home Saturday in Cabazon that had been used by members of a residential rehab program run by Set Free Yucaipa.

The Riverside County Library System's bookmobile will continue to stop in Cabazon two times a week in 2012.

A man and a woman with alleged immigration violations were held without bail Friday on suspicion of several retail burglaries at Desert Hills Premium Outlets, a sheriff's sergeant said.

Riverside County sheriff's deputies arrested a pair of Los Angeles residents this month in connection with a string of burglaries from outlet malls across Southern California, including the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon.

Breezy conditions Friday are expected to increase Saturday through Tuesday with strong west winds in the San Gorgonio Pass, according to the National Weather Service.

A Lynwood gang member was arrested Monday after trying to return to the Morongo Reservation, where authorities said he was wanted for robbing a woman in December.

A Pacific weather system is expected to bring light rain and snow Tuesday afternoon and evening in the mountains to an area including the San Gorgonio Pass.

A man from Mexico was arrested Saturday in Cabazon on suspicion of possessing 26 grams of methamphetamine, a sheriff's sergeant said.

A deputy arrested a Mexicali, Mexico, man Saturday when he found 26 grams of methamphetamine in his vehicle, according to a sheriff's department spokesman.

Super Bowl Sunday can be a good time to go for a bike ride or a long drive, to enjoy light traffic while everyone else watches the game.

A Mexican national was arrested for transporting a controlled substance and possession for sale Saturday in Cabazon.

According to a California Department of Food and Agriculture database, there are no longer any commercial citrus groves in Cabazon, Banning or Beaumont.

A 16-year-old Calimesa boy will be tried as an adult on charges that he raped two young children.

The small post office in the unincorporated area of North Palm Springs will keep its doors open until at least May 15th.

A meeting is secheduled Tuesday in Banning to discuss detection of an insect that can spread a citrus-killing disease in Beaumont, Banning and Cabazon.

An automated license plate reader pegged a vehicle speeding through a Cabazon traffic circle as stolen Thursday night, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.