Month: October 2011

Earlier this year, the drug war spilling over the Mexico border into the United States forced the Department of State to issue a travel advisory. The dollar doesn’t hold as much weight in Europe as it once did, and fractured governments in some African countries is leading to anarchy, but not all is lost for

Riverside police and transportation officials were investigating the death of a mother killed when a Metrolink train struck her, moments after pushing her toddler in a stroller out of the way. The Eastbound Metrolink 860 hit Susan Dibene at the Mary Street/Brockton Avenue grade crossing shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, according to police and a

People picketed outside Rep. Mary Bono Mack’s office Saturday to show their solidarity against corporate greed. Organizers said it was a local version of the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations that started in New York three weeks ago and have spread like wildfire around the nation. “The housing market is disastrous and unacceptable,” said John Paul

Palm Desert-based sheriff’s detectives arrested Jason Hitt on suspicioun of embezzling about $200,000 from the Marine Scholarship Organization. Chuck and Terry Adrianson of Palm Desert started the U.S. Marines Scholarship Desert Cities organization, a group that provides academic scholarships to current and former marines. “It got to the point that I was having trouble seeing.

A former Marine who served as the president of a non-profit Maine scholarship program, has been arrested after allegations surfaced he may have embezzled a large sum of money from the organization. Sgt. Dave Florez with the Palm Desert Police Department said the arrest wraps up a year-long investigation after money was reported missing by

Andrew Urdiales is expected to appear in an Orange County courtroom Friday to face charges in the murders of five women — including three in the Coachella Valley. Investigators say Urdiales killed Julie McGhee back in 1988 in Cathedral City. Then murdered Tammy Irwin in Palm Springs the next year. And Denise Maney in Palm

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies confirmed they found a body in the Whitewater River near Palm Springs on Monday afternoon. The body is identified as 46 year-old Tammi Lynn Sherlock from Palm Springs. She is confirmed as the missing woman deputies and police from Palm Springs fanned out in search of near Highway 111 and Windy

The old Palm Springs Police Station has a new life. The building, located on 3111 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, is now the headquarters for the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP). COO Wesley Ahlgren said CVEP spent eight months looking for its new home. “We gutted the whole thing,” he said. CVEP’s former offices were located

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is still piecing together it’s investigation into a home invasion on Monday that ended with a suspect being shot. Just after 4 p.m., deputies were called to a burglary in-progress on the 81000 block of Francis Avenue in an unincorporated area that is surrounded by the City of Indio. The

Riverside County supervisors Tuesday put off a vote on imposing a fee on solar power companies for the use of county land, roads and services, citing concerns about its impact. “If the county rams through something that the industry can’t live with, it’s not going to have good consequences,” Todd Stewart, a spokesman for Oakland-based

A child molester who fled the county to avoid sentencing was behind bars today, a sheriff’s corporal said. Hector Barron Martinez, 44, was arrested Monday afternoon by members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Fugitive Warrant Enforcement Team in the 27000 block of Seventh Street in Highland, in San Bernardino County. Officers took him into custody

Indio police blocked access to Jackson Street between Ave, 48 and Dr. Carreon Blvd. for three hours on Monday morning due to a gas leak in the area, said a police spokesperson. The leak was first reported shortly after 7:15 a.m. when several people called Indio police claiming they could smell natural gas, said Ben

(CNS) – A 10-year-old girl was killed in a crash in Blythe, county fire officials announced today. The crash was reported at 6:54 p.m. on De Frain Boulevard, north of Seeley Avenue, said Cheri Patterson of the Riverside County Fire Department. “Upon arrival of the incident firefighters located a 10-year-old female who had been ejected

(CNS) – The AIDS Assistance Program will hold one of its main fundraisers Sunday night, with music by British R&B and soul singer Maxine Nightingale. The 16th annual Jeannette Rockefeller Angel Program Kickoff Party, named for an AIDS Assistance Program founder Jeannette Rockefeller, starts at 5:30 p.m. at The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn. “The