Month: November 2010

Benefactors, community members, and children gathered at the Living Desert to cut the ribbon at the new Miriam U. Hoover Discovery Center. The new exhibit is an interactive exhibit space where visitors of all ages and language abilities can discover, understand, and learn about the Coachella Valley region. The Miriam U. Hoover Discovery Center is

Republican Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina made her way to the southland Sunday. She made a stop here in the valley. Fiorina was at Keedy’s Grill on Highway 111 in Palm Desert. She met with folks, urging them to get out and vote. About 150 people showed up at the event. Fiorina currently is in a

A judge ruled today there was not enough evidence to hold a woman to answer to a first-degree murder charge in a Palm Springs slaying with alleged satanic overtones. Instead, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Richard Erwood ordered Cara Williams-Covert to stand trial on a felony count of being an accessory to murder in the

One day before voters head to the polls, gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown made campaign swings through the Southland today, encouraging residents to make their voices heard by voting. “We are gonna win this. We are going to win this because we’re gonna turn out the vote in a much more dramatic way

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy was cleared today of all charges stemming from an alleged off-duty assault on a tow truck driver near Eagle Mountain. It was the second trial for Richard Heverly, 43, of La Verne, who was acquitted of charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, assault by a public officer, making

A transient was behind bars today on suspicion of stabbing a 79-year-old man in Indio. Eric Green, 28, was arrested about 10:15 p.m. Sunday and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder, according to Indio police Cmdr. Ben Guitron. Green allegedly stabbed the victim about 3 p.m. Sunday in the

A federal appeals court has indefinitely extended its freeze on a judge’s order halting enforcement of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted the government’s request for a stay while it challenges the trial court’s ruling that the ban on openly

Nearly three dozen people marched to the police station Monday morning armed with picket signs. “We want justice! We want justice!” they chanted. They were fighting on behalf of Juan Hernandez-Cazares. The 21-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer on September 19. “At this point, about one and half months later, the family

En condicin crtica se encuentra un hombre de 79 aos que ayer domingo a las 3:00 p.m. fue acuchillado por un afro americano sobre el Indio Blvd. en Indio. La vctima que fue herida con arma blanca en cuello y estmago est en condicin crtica en el hospital.

La polica est tras la pista de un sujeto que ayer domingo a las 3:25 a.m. hiri de bala a dos hombres que salan de una fiesta en una casa ubicada sobre la Ave 50 en Coachella. Segn el informe el agresor fue confrontado por las vctimas, sac la pistola y abri fuego en contra

Dos sujetos que el pasado viernes a las 8:00 p.m. protagonizaron una balacera continan prfugos de la justicia. El tiroteo ocurri en el rea de Mountain View y Hacienda en Desert Hot Springs. Al llegar al lugar los agentes encontraron una gran cantidad de casquillos y a un hombre con una herida en un brazo.

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Tras las rejas se encuentran dos sujetos sospechosos de haber robado $4 mil dlares de la Coachella Valley High School en Septiembre pasado. Llamadas annimas alertaron a las autoridades despus de que fueron dadas a conocer las imgenes de la cmara de seguridad del plantel. Ryan Carr de 20 aos y Francisco Garca de 27

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Tres hombres de Los ngeles fueron arrestados el pasado viernes despus de que asaltaron un negocio y se robaron un vehculo. Todo inici a las 9:57 a.m. en Apple Reciclyn Center ubicada en la esquina de Ave 66 y la carretera vieja 86 en Thermal, a donde llegaron los armados y exigieron efectivo, antes de

Tras las rejas se encuentra un sujeto que el pasado sbado alrededor de las 9;00 p.m. conduca borracho sobre Perez Road en Cathedral City, perdi el control y se estamp con un hidrante, huy y minutos ms tarde fue ordenado por un polica que se detuviera pero lo ignor. Dos millas adelante Steven Padilla fue

Oficiales de la Patrulla Fronteriza en Calexico reportaron dos decomisos de droga. En el primero una mujer conduca un vehculo en el que encontraron 15 paquetes de cocana en una de las llantas. En el segundo decomiso los oficiales encontraron 20 paquetes de cocana en el tanque de la gasolina del auto. En total fueron