A woman at a shopping center in Palm Desert June 1 took advantage of a 5-year-old California law that allows people to break car windows to save an animal suffering from heat.
The high temperature was 102 degrees in Palm Desert that day, and bystanders told a Riverside County Animal Services officer they witnessed an 8-year-old Pomeranian mix confined and unattended in a Chevy Colorado in the Shops at Palm Desert parking lot for about 45 minutes, according to a release from Animal Services.
The officer, Rebekah Reyes, responded to a call around 6 p.m., Animal Services said. On arrival she contacted her supervisor and told him a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy
