Needles, California Weather and Traffic:

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** Needles, California Weather: **

– Friday:

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11:00am PT.

Partly sunny and hot, high near 108.

Heat index values as high as 111.

Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

– Friday Night:

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11:00pm PT.

Partly cloudy, low around 83*F.

Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light south southeast after 12:00am PT.

– Saturday:

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11:00am PT.

Mostly sunny and hot, high near 107.

Light and variable wind.

– Saturday Night:

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11:00pm PT.

Partly cloudy, low around 83*F.

Light and variable wind.

– Sunday:

Mostly sunny and hot, high near 107*F.

Light and variable wind.

– Sunday Night:

Mostly clear, low around 85*F.

– Monday:

Mostly sunny and hot, high near 109*F.

– Monday Night:

Partly cloudy, low around 83*F.

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** Needles, California Traffic: **

– R Street is reopened, but Market Street near R Street is closed for construction equipment parking.

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**** Monsoon Season 2015: ****

People living in or hanging out around communities in the Flash Flood Watch areas should be prepared and use caution if stormy weather conditions arrive.

Drivers in or around communities in the Flash Flood Watch areas should be prepared, use caution if stormy weather conditions arrive, and if roads, highways, or interstates get flooded, “Turn Around Don’t Drown”!!

In case of any Monsoon weather related problems, you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors should always be prepare for the storms by having an action plan in case you have to evacuate from you home or business and make sure you have an emergency survival kit with flashlights with fully charged batteries, bandages, antibiotic product, rubbing alcohol, medication, drinking water, canned foods and meals ready-to-eat, extra, clothes and shoes, working weather radio, and other emergency survival related items.

** More weather safety tips and information is at the following National Weather Service website address: **

http://www.weather.gov/safety

Stay tuned to ZachNews as Monsoon Watch 2015 will begin early and will be in the storm’s path reporting on the storms as well as posting pictures and videos of the storms when they hit our community.

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** More weather information and weather radars for your area at the National Weather Service website at: **

http://www.weather.gov/

** Weather radar for the Colorado River Tri-State area including for the community of Needles, California is at the National Weather Service website address: **

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=ESX&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

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News Update!!: Highland, CA: Search continues for “Person of Interest” in the homicide of a child.

Authorities continue to search for a “Person of Interest” in the homicide of a child who was killed by a gunshot well playing in his neighborhood in Highland, California.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, at 8:28pm PT on Wednesday, July 29th, 2015, deputies from the Highland Police Department responded to a report of shots heard in the 7400 block of McKinley Street, in Highland, California. Upon arrival they discovered the victim, identified as 4 year old Daniel Muñoz, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The child was transported to a local area hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The child was with cousins and an aunts in a front yard when he was fatally wounded.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department began a search for the shooter or shooters who shot at least 12 gunshots in the neighborhood.

Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Specialized Investigations Division, Homicide Detail responded to the scene and are conducting the investigation.

** Picture from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department: **

 

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, investigators have identified a person of interest, described as a Hispanic male, early 20’s, 5’8” to 5’11, 160 – 180 pounds, and are asking anyone who may have been in or around the area to contact investigators. Investigators are also looking for a 1990’s, 4 door Toyota Camry, white in color with black bumpers on the front and back.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Detective Justin Long or Sergeant Trevis Newport, Homicide Detail at: 1 (909)387-3589 or San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Dispatch at: 1 (909) 387-8313.

Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at: 1 (800) 78-CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip Hotline at: www.wetip.com

 

 

 

Weather Alert!!: Twentynine Palms, CA: Dust Storm Warning!!

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada has issued a Dust Storm Warning until Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 9:00pm PT for central and southern San Bernardino County in California including the Twentynine Palms, California and communities west of Twentynine Palms, California.

Dust reportedly is blowing west away from Twentynine Palms, California and the Dust Storm Warning includes the communities of Baker, California; Mountain Pass, California; Mitchell Caverns, California; Morongo Valley, California; and Yucca Valley, California.

If the storm decreases and no dust storm issues are happening, the Dust Storm Warning will then expire after the noted time.

 

Weather Alert!!: Needles, CA: Severe Thunderstorm Warning!!

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas, Nevada has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until Thursday, July 30th, 2015 at 4:15pm PT for eastern San Bernardino County in California including the Needles, California.

If the storm decreases and no severe thunderstorm issues are happening, the Severe Thunderstorm Warning will then expire after the noted time.