Month: July 2012

Police have found a vehicle stolen out of Cathedral City in a carjacking Thursday afternoon, according to investigators. The yellow Dodge Challenger was located along Highway 111 in Palm Desert. Officers were found dusting the car for prints around 8:30 a.m. Friday in the parking of Staples, across from the Westfield Shoppingtowne. Cathedral City police

A Cathedral City resort will host a weekend-long Latin dance festival. The Summer Salsa Mambo Festival and Bachata Madness started Friday night at Doral Desert Princess Resort. There will be workshops, including for children, and evening dance parties and performances through Monday at the resort. Genres will include salsa, mambo, bachata, Afro-Cuban, Afro-samba, cha cha,

An Indio man who killed his live-in girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison. Anthony Pacheco, 27, was convicted in May of second-degree murder and assault on a child with great bodily injury for the Oct. 25, 2008, death of Mya Whitman. Mya was declared brain dead and removed

With the presidential election just four months away, voters are bound to have some questions about candidates and platforms. Your party headquarters has the answers. “We have the chance to meet people face to face, tell them what’s going on, explain the difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. A lot of them

Alternating lanes and ramps on a stretch of Interstate 10 between Beaumont and Palm Springs will be closed nightly for pavement work, starting Sunday, a Caltrans spokeswoman said Friday. The work, which is scheduled to last until Tuesday, will close alternating lanes and ramps in both directions between Pennsylvania Avenue and Highway 111 nightly, according

Un consejero de YMCA est bajo arresto acusado de molestar por lo menos a cinco nias durante un programa de verano. Una de las vctimas tiene tan solo seis aos de edad. Se trata de Christopher Dean Thomas de 35 aos de edad residente de Indio quin tiene una fianza fijada de $1 milln de

A YMCA counselor is now under arrest accused of molesting at least five young girls in an after-school and summer program. One of the victims is as young as six years old. Thirty-five-year-old Christopher Dean Thomas of Indio is being held on one million dollars bail. He’s worked part-time for the YMCA since November. The

A Southern California grower and food processing firm has expanded its voluntarily recall of packaged onions and celery because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Oxnard-based Gills Onions LLC say no illnesses have been linked to the recall. Gills Onions initially announced a recall on July 18.

A burglary investigation in Anaheim resulted in an officer-involved shooting when a suspect drove his car at an officer today, but the target of the gunfire escaped and it was not clear if he was struck. It was the third officer-involved shooting in Anaheim in less than a week. Two fatal shootings on Saturday and

El departamento de polica de Desert Hot Springs anuncio la contratacin de tres nuevos oficiales de polic?a.Se trata de Bradley Ramos, quien fuera jefe del departamento de polica en Indio. A el se unen Phillip Han, quien fuera oficial dentro de la misma dependencia y el sargento de marina jubilado Jose Guerrero.

De acuerdo a un reporte el nmero de ex convictos que violan los terminos de su libertad condicional es menor. Estamos hablando de que menos de un 4 por ciento dejan de reportarse ante los oficiales del departamento de libertad condicional, De acuerdo a un reporte el nmero de ex convictos que violan los terminos

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El Departamento de Bomberos del Condado de Riverside investiga el origen del incendio de la locomota de un tren de Union Pacific Railroad que se registr esta maana cerca de Railroad Ave y Haugen Lehmann Way en Cabazon. Todo inici las 6:15 a.m. Por fortuna todos los tripulantes pudieron salir ilesos. Hasta el momento no

The cost for a cab ride will soon go down here in the Coachella Valley, according to the SunLine’ Transit Agency. The agency’s Taxi Board approved a measure Thursday to decrease taxi surcharges by $0.45, down from $0.75 The surcharge is a fee collected to offset the cost of regulating taxicabs in the Coachella Valley.

Ford is recalling nearly 485,000 Escapes and Mavericks to fix sticking gas pedals that can cause crashes. The worldwide recall affects the 2001 through 2004 model years that are powered by 3-liter V-6 engines with cruise control. It comes just over a week after U.S. safety regulators began investigating the Escape small SUV. The U.S.

A train caught fire in Cabazon early Thursday morning, according to CalFire. It started around 6:15 a.m. on a Union Pacific locomotive that stopped near Railroad Ave and Haugen Lehmann Way. Everyone on the train got off safely, no one was hurt. CalFire has not said what started the fire. Stay with us for the

Dozens took to the streets in Coachella Wednesday for a ground-breaking event in front of Valley View Elementary School. Digging in for change, the event celebrated the beginning of construction. Starting in the Pueblo Nuevo area, the project includes 43,000 square feet of new sidewalks and 2,000 square feet of refurbished sidewalks. “We’re promoting pedestrian-friendly

Rundown and neglected. For years, that’s how angry Yucca Valley residents have described the once-proud Blue Skies Country Club. What used to be a lush golf course is now not much more than dirt, dead brush, and trash. But now, there’s genuine hope the property will have a rebirth. It sold at auction Tuesday. Local

Sympathetic, caring, and sensitive are words often used to describe women. Recently, however, some women have been described on police news releases in a different light. “Historically, law enforcement has seen women in more of an accomplice role, whether it’s the lookout or driver. Seems currently we’re seeing women take a more active role in