Month: December 2012

The Coachella Valley remained dry all weekend along with the high desert areas including Yucca Valley to Twentynine Palms, but the rest of southern California saw continued rain Monday. Light rain doused the Southland early Monday morning, creating perilous road conditions for the sixth consecutive day, but a spell of dry weather is about to

A group of hikers reported lost in the Painted Canyon area east of Mecca were found Sunday by a Riverside County sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team, sheriff’s officials said. The four adults and three children began hiking at 11:30 a.m. Sunday and lost their way, according to a written sheriff’s department statement. They climbed to

The New York City homeless man – whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation – is back on the streets with no shoes. The New York Times found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper identified him as Jeffrey Hillman, formerly of South Plainfield, N.J. Asked about

Few details are being released so far on a homicide investigation in Palm Springs. Police were first called to the 300 block of North Sunrise Way around 5:30 p.m. Saturday about an unattended death. “I think it’s crazy how something that big can happen at a little complex like this,” neighbor Brittney Devore. Police lined

Tamales were everywhere at the 21st Annual International Tamale Festival in Indio. “I’m full. Just testing everything, grubbing everything, drinks. Just fun,” Louis Trevino said. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino presented the in-high-demand event full of tamales – carte blanche. More than 60 vendors sold about 300 thousand tamales. The festival assortment went go on and

Spencer Linton and Greg Lee countdown the top high school football plays from the 2012 season. See the provided video links (left side of the page) to rediscover the best of the best from another memorable prep season. 10. Special Teams Showdown: Marcus Simerson of La Quinta and Braden Bateman of Palm Desert show of