Month: May 2012

Sheriff deputies think they captured a man who they say is responsible for a rash of metal thefts in the East Valley. Thursday around 7:30pm deputies from the Southern Coachella Valley Communities Services District Team were doing a follow up investigation on the 87-000 block of Center Street in Thermal. The suspect, 38 year old

Hikers continue to question the need to protect an animal many have never even seen near Palm Desert’s “Bump and Grind” trail.Hikers are more common than Bighorn sheep there. Sightings are few. But one hiker was surprised recently to seethree of the endangered animals walking across the trail during her daily hike. Melissa Labayog shot

In just a few weeks thousands of local teenagers will be out of school. Thursday many of them were hoping they wouldn’t be out of a job. Soon-to-be high school graduate Emilio Diaz came to the Workforce Development Center in Indio ready for a typical job fair – hair freshly cut, shirt buttoned, and resumes

In just a few weeks thousands of local teenagers will be out of school. Thursday many of them were hoping they wouldn’t be out of a job. Soon-to-be high school graduate Emilio Diaz came to the Workforce Development Center in Indio ready for a typical job fair – hair freshly cut, shirt buttoned, and resumes

Un total de 4 bombas caserasse han encontrado en la misma rea de Palm Springs en solo un da. El mas reciente se reporto al rededor de las 3 de la tarde del jueves, sobre la calle San Rafael la cual tuvo que ser bloqueada al trafico por segunda vez en el mismo da. El

La polica de Desert Hot Springs contina investigando un incidente que dej a un hombre sin vida.Agentes fueron llamados a la cuadra 66 mil de la calle sexta un poco antes de las diez anoche.Fue donde un hombre, aparentemente anglosajon de 38 aos recibi un disparo con arma de fuego en el pecho. Fue trasladado

Palm Springs police are investigating the discovery of three suspicious devices found along San Rafael Drive on Thursday morning, said Sgt. Mike Kovaleff. The same person — a 91-year-old man — who found a similar device on Wednesday called police around 8 a.m. Thursday to report he had found another device near the intersection of

A Bermuda Dunes man was convicted today of murdering his 63-year-old wife, who was shot seven times in the head and chest at close range. Jurors deliberated about a day and a half before finding 57-year-old Garey Lee Smith guilty of first-degree murder for the Aug. 22, 2010, death of his wife Sandra at the

An attorney for the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians is among four people facing federal bribery and money laundering charges stemming from an alleged scheme in which employees kicked back about $185,000 to the lawyer and his wife, prosecutors announced today. “The charges allege the defendants in this case deprived the victims — the

Un robo de auto fue reportado este mircoles sobre las 7:00 pm cerca de las calles Amado Road y la Palm Canyon Drive Norte, en Palm Springs. Una mujer se encontraba en el asiento del conductor y otra en el asiento trasero cuando el ladrn irrumpi demandando a las mujeres bajarse inmediatamente, dijo el Sargento

Police sought the public’s help today in finding a man who stole a woman’s car at gunpoint in Palm Springs. A carjacking was reported about 7 p.m. Wednesday near Amado Road and North Palm Canyon Drive. A woman was in the driver’s seat of her parked car in the 300 block of North Palm Canyon

La polica de Palm Springs investiga el descubrimiento de tres artefactos explosivos sospechosos encontrados en el rea de San Rafael Drive, lo infom el sargento Mike Kovaleff. Ayer mircoles a las 8:00 a.m. una persona encontr el primer dispositivo de una serie de cuatro y hoy jueves encontraron tres ms en North Indian Canyon Drive

It’s California’s Day of the Teacher, but it’s not quite a celebration for some of our valley school districts, which are a week away from laying off their employees. Some people say it’s time for an alternate solution. “We’re always getting cut, it’s like when is it going to stop?” said Marlon Martinez,one of the

South Civic Center Drive was shut down for three hours on Wednesday as a hazardous materials team detonated a device resembling a pipe bomb on the front lawn of the Palm Springs Police Department. Police spokesman Mike Kovaleff said someone found the device near Joyce Drive and Jan Circle near the Palm Springs Country Club.

This week the Food and Drug Administration is expected to move one step closer to approving a pill to prevent the spread of AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss whether the drug Truvada should be approved for people who are at risks of contracting HIV. The agency’s positive

This week the Food and Drug Administration is expected to move one step closer to approving a pill to prevent the spread of AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss whether the drug Truvada should be approved for people who are at risks of contracting HIV. The agency’s positive

The Snowboarder Bandit earned the moniker because of the ski type clothes he wore to disguise himself in most of theten bank robberies he’s suspected of committing in Orange County between December 20th of last year and March 5th. Now after comparing bank surveillancefootage, the FBIand the Palm Springs Police department suspect the Snowboarder Bandit