Month: May 2012

Actor Jeremy London pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge of getting into an unlawful fight in public for hitting his estranged wife and pulling her hair during an argument over their 5-year-old son in Palm Springs. London, best known for his role in the television series “Party of Five,” is scheduled to be sentenced

Local boxer Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr. will greet fans today at Spotlight 29 Casino before he leaves for his June 9 welterweight title fight against Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, a casino spokeswoman said. Bradley’s meet-and-greet will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the casino lounge and will be free and open

Palm Desert police are looking for suspects in an attempted kidnapping on Thursday night. Police spokesman Angel Ramos said the incident happened around 7:20 p.m. on Fred Waring Drive, just east of Cook Street. The woman was approached by a man driving an older model, grey van, Ramos said. “The male subject exited his vehicle,

A Cathedral City adult bookstore was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday, and police are now looking for two men. Sgt. Carl Wolford with the Cathedral City Police Department said the robbery happened around 7:10 p.m. at Perez Images on the 68300 block of Perez Road. Officers responded to a store clerk’s 911 call to find

Fifty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe still makes statements. On Thursday, Palm Springs city leaders unveiled the 26 ft. tall statue officially welcoming her to her home — at least for the next year. “It’s where she belongs. Where else would she be?” one “Forever Marilyn” fan said. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs,

Police were looking for two men who used a weapon while robbing a clerk at a Rancho Mirage gas station early Friday morning. A spokesman for the Riverside County Sheriffs department says the suspects entered the Chevron gas station convenience store near the intersection of Bob Hope and Gerald Ford Drive at 4:06 a.m. They

A 6-week-old kitten was rescued by animal control workers on Thursday after it got trapped in narrow, underground pipes in Desert Hot Springs. Riverside County Animal Services spokesman John Welsh said a nursery owner was watering plants when he heard the kitten crying. He couldn’t find where the sound was coming from. Animal Services workers

A Marine based in Twentynine Palms was acquitted Thursday of accusations that he stabbed a fellow serviceman outside a Palm Springs bar. Pfc. Jason Thomas Boland, 23, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, along with a sentence-enhancing allegation of intent to cause great bodily injury, in the Aug. 28, 2011, stabbing of 21-year-old

Firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire east of Julian in San Diego County that has burned 1,000 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Nick Schuler says the blaze was reported shortly before 2:15 p.m. Thursday near Banner Grade on Cigarette Hill. He says

Workers who staffed the United Airlines customer service counter at Palm Springs International Airport may be let go as the airline moves to a new contractor. Fifty-eight workers with SkyWest customer service were told they would be given the choice of alternate opportunities in the company if they were available, said SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow.

Attorneys agreed Thursday to start jury selection Tuesday for the trial of actor Jeremy London, who faces a misdemeanor charge of spousal battery for allegedly hitting his estranged wife and pulling her hair during an argument about their 5-year-old son in Palm Springs. Attorneys scheduled jury selection and pretrial motions in an appearance today before

California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed announced today he will retire after 14 years leading the Long Beach-based system. Reed, who has come under fire in recent years from activist groups over issues such as administrator salaries and rising tuition, was expected to remain on the job until a replacement is found. According to

White doves were released at the amphitheater of the school after students gathered around to listen to veterans and school staff talk about the importance of memorial day.Major Daniel Hansel is in charge of the school’s cadet corps. “It’s been a wonderful experience. A lot of work but, these kids are just fantastic,” said Hansel.

KDES-FM was back on-the-air on Thursday after high winds toppled their transmission tower on Edom Hill in Cathedral City on Wednesday. “Winds were whipping the hill most of the day,” said Program Director Danny Fox. “The tower fell down, and the radio station went off the air around 4 p.m.” Fox said engineers put up

Palm Springs city leaders are planning a “dramatic” unveiling on Thursday of a 26-foot-tall sculpture featuring the likeness of film legend Marilyn Monroe. Sculptor Seward Johnson’s “Forever Marilyn” was installed by crane last week at Palm Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way after a weeklong trip from its previous home in Chicago. The 34,300-pound statue

A man fired a shotgun into a beverage cooler at a Coachella 7-Eleven Thursday to get access to an 18-pack of beer and cigarettes, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The robbery was reported shortly before 3 a.m. at a 7-Eleven at 1030 6th St. Two men entered the store, one carrying a shotgun and went to