Month: June 2011

A Palm Springs police lieutenant who was fired from his job in April resumed his fight to get his job back on Monday. Abraham Tokier, 50, a high-profile member of the Palm Springs Police Department for 20 years, had been accused of assaulting and kidnapping his girlfriend in February when her family reported her missing

A brush fire broke out today along the northern boundary of the Lake Perris State Recreation Area and scorched 52 acres before it was contained. The blaze was reported around 11:15 a.m. near Via Del Lago Road, north of the lake, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Flames were not far from campgrounds, but

A break-in at the ABC Recovery Center in Indio left the facility without two air conditioning units. The head of the non profit rehab center said theives struck again overnight for the third time in a month. Employees made the discovery Monday morning. “Somebody has stolen the insides of them and will get 40, 60

Occuri a eso de la 1:30am en la cuadra 3200 de la Calle Candlewood El fuego comenz en el primer piso de un complejo habitacional pero rpidamente se esparci al tico. Todas las personas en el interior fueron evacuadas. El fuego fue contenido dentro de media hora. Slo una de las familias afectadas est recibiendo

Riverside County residents will get their chance tomorrow to tell the Board of Supervisors what they think of proposed changes to supervisorial district boundaries, with most of the focus on competing plans over the dividing lines of two districts converging in the city of Riverside. A public hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. — though

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Una persona tras las rejas y otra apualada es el resultado de una ria que se desarroll durante una despedida de soltero el pasado viernes en un resort ubicado sobre North Palm Canyon Drive en Palm Springs. No se mencion que provoc la pelea entre los dos sujetos.

Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza Sector Indio en el punto de inspeccin del Expressway 86 entre Westmorland y Salton Sea fueron alertados por un perro entrenado de la Unidad K-9 a la llegada de una camioneta, que al ser inspeccionada en segunda revisin encontraron 10 libras de cocana con valor de $300 mil dlares.

Las autoridades ya revelaron la identidad de los tres hombres que fueron asesinados a balazos en el rea de de Ave 61 y Van Buren en Thermal el pasado jueves. Se trata de Gregorio Villa Santoyo de 23 aos, Adrin Villa Avalos de 29 y Edgar Huerta Gonzles de 24. La cuarta vctima contina hospitalizada

En informacin recin revelada por el Censo 2010, Palm Springs ocupa el primer lugar a nivel estatal en parejas del mismo sexo viviendo juntas, superando a San Francisco y West Hollywood. Rancho Mirage ocupa el 4to lugar, Cathedral City el 5to y Desert Hot Springs el 10.

Hoy a la 1:30 a.m. inici un incendio en un complejo de apartamentos ubicado sobre Candlewood Drive en Cathedral City. Los bomberos evacuaron a los residentes de todas las unidades mientras controlaban el fuego. Por fortuna nos e reportaron heridos.

Palm Springs police have a man in custody after he reportedly stabbed his friend on Friday morning while they were visiting for a bachelor party. Four friends had been staying at a resort on the 1100 block of N. Palm Canyon Drive, according to police spokeswoman Rhonda Long. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., two of them

Top-ranked Yani Tseng dominated the field at the LPGA Championship to win by 10 strokes. At 22 years-old, she becomes the youngest player to win four LPGA major championships. Desert golf fans may remember Tseng from the 2010 Kraft Nabisco Championship. She picked up one of her major titles at Mission Hills Country Club in

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the names of the three men shot and killed in Thermal on Thursday. Investigators identified Edgar Huerta-Gonzalez, 24, of Gardena; Adrian Villa Avalos, 29, of Gardena; and Gregorio Villa-Santoya, 23, whose city of residence was unknown, as the homicide victims. The shooting happened shortly before 8 a.m. on

Six people are now confirmed dead in a crash between an amtrak train and a truck in the Nevada desert. The crash happened Friday when a truck slammed into the side of an amtrak passenger train. The truck driver and the trains conductor were the first to be confirmed dead in earlier reports. Now we

Auto thefts dropped in the Inland Empire in 2010, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Riverside, San Bernardio and Ontario area dropped four spots to number 21 nationally, just ahead of Los Angeles. Still, 8 of the top 10 cities for auto thefts are in California, according to the NICS. Lau Pielaat knows

Two men are in jail accused of burglarizing two liquor stores. Police say an alarm went off just before 5 am Friday morning at Palm Liquor on south El Cielo Road in Palm Springs. Investigators say a laptop computer, several hundred dollars, alcohol, and tobacco were missing from the store. Police arrested 44-year old Russell

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell 1.5 cents today to $3.85, the lowest since March 4. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 4.1 cents less than one week ago and 22.9 cents lower than a month ago but 75.3 cents higher than

City and county leaders broke ground Friday on what will be a 26,000 square-foot community health and wellness center. “This will be an iconic building in the city of Desert Hot Springs,” said City Manager Rick Daniels. The center will provide people with information and services promoting a healthy lifestyle. “Desert Hot Springs has the