Morongo Valley firefighters responded to an odd fire call this morning. Crews were called to assist Riverside County firefighters about 6 a.m. on the eastbound lane of the Morongo Grade. A wooden post supporting the metal guardrail on the…
Morongo Valley firefighters assisted Desert Hot Springs Fire Department with a vehicle fire Sunday morning that spread into vegetation on the shoulder of the highway. Firefighter Brandon Flores said sometime around 11 a.m., the engine of a Ford…
Traffic was stopped for about 30 minutes on the Morongo Grade Thursday afternoon when a car caught fire. The fire spread to vegetation alongside the road and burned about a 100 by 100 foot section. The car was traveling eastbound on Highway 62…
A minor-injury crash closed the Morongo Grade Tuesday morning for about an hour an a half. The grade is currently under construction, Yesterday, both directions of travel shared the two westbound lanes with just orange cones separating the two…
CalTrans will start grinding and repaving Highway 62 in Morongo Valley the week of February 24 through the 27, weather permitting. Eastbound lanes of the highway will be closed from Indian Canyon Road (at the bottom of the grade) to Hess…
CalTrans will start grinding and repaving Highway 62 in Morongo Valley the week of February 24 through the 27, weather permitting. Eastbound lanes of the highway, going up the grade, will be closed from Indian Canyon Road (at the bottom of the…
Two small brush fires closed Highway 62 on the Morongo Grade for about an hour Tuesday afternoon. Fire Captain Brennain Gorter said Morongo Valley firefighters were called to assist Riverside Calfire at 2:38 p.m. The spot fires were about 200…
A Houston, Texas, man was arrested Sunday evening at gunpoint after the CHP said he led officers on a high-speed pursuit from Banning to the Morongo Grade. A motorist called 9-1-1 at 6:53 p.m. Sunday to report that Rafael Green, 30, had passed…
A woman was injured when a pick-up truck overturned on the Morongo Grade Thursday afternoon. Just after 3 p.m., the truck—which was towing a trailer with a utility vehicle on it—crashed into the center divider just east of the county line and…
And a few hours later, about 7 p.m., Morongo Valley firefighters assisted Riverside County firefighters with a small spot fire on the grade. The cause of the fire, which reached about 50 feet by 50 feet, is unknown.
Two Morongo Basin residents were injured in a crash on Highway 62 near Desert Hot Springs Thursday morning. Investigators from the Desert Hot Springs Police Department say about 830 a.m., a Yucca Valley man—who was not identified—rolled his…
UPDATE 8:52 AM Both westbound lanes are now open and vehicles are being escorted down the Morongo Grade. ---- A multi-vehicle crash—involving a Sheriff’s vehicle—closed down Highway 62 on the Morongo Grade Wednesday morning. The crash was…
If you tried to go down to the Low Desert yesterday morning, you were stuck—literally. Two crashes on the downward side of the Morongo Grade closed Highway 62 at Hess Boulevard in Morongo Valley for about two hours. The first crash happened 9:46…
A driver escaped injury Monday evening when the car he was driving overturned on the Morongo Grade. The driver told paramedics he was driving up the grade about 6:45 p.m., but his vehicle came to rest on the downward side of the grade. The…
A man was injured in a crash on the Morongo Grade Sunday morning. Officials with the Morongo Valley Fire Department said they were called to the scene of the single-vehicle crash just east of Indian Canyon and Highway 62 at 8:45 a.m. The driver…
A three-vehicle crash on Highway 62 near Indian Canyon Drive near Desert Hot Springs blocked westbound traffic on the Morongo Grade for about an hour and a half this morning. The crash happened at 6:37 a.m. and traffic was backed up into Morongo…
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