Month: July 2013

The winning ticket for a $36 million SuperLotto Plusjackpot was purchased at a Beaumont liquor store, lottery officials said today. Only one ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing –and that $1 ticket was bought at Ziggy’s Spirit Shop at 345 W. Sixth St., justoff Interstate 10. The winning numbers were: 37, 22,

A Menifee man who allegedly killed his 58-year-oldgirlfriend — a renowned footwear collector found dead in her backyard swimmingpool — was charged today with murder. Justin Charles Smith, 29, was arrested Monday afternoon and held withoutbail in connection with the death of Darlene Flynn, whose vast collection ofshoes and shoe-related products landed her in the

Planes landing at Palm Springs International Airport are now under a new watchful eye. The long awaited air traffic control tower in Palm Springs came on line yesterday, according to the FAA. The first flight landed at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. Construction of the tower began in June of 2010 and cost $24.5 million, some

Hoy a las 12:25 a.m. la polica lleg a un predio ubicado en el rea de Dillon Road y Ave 48 en Thermal despus de recibir el reporte de un tiroteo. En el lugar encontraron el cuerpo de un hombre que muri a causa de los balazos de recibi, segn inform el Sargento Jim Erickson

A 20-year-old La Quinta woman was arrested Wednesday night after causing two accidents while allegedly driving drunk, then kicking a sergeant in the face before spitting on her. It appears everything started just before 11 p.m. Wednesday night, when Whitney Harrison, 20, of La Quinta, crashed her Toyota Corolla into a car stopped at the

The fight against the nearly encircled Mountain Firewas winding down today, with command of the blaze handed over to localpersonnel this morning and full containment expected on Friday, the U.S. ForestService said. The blaze was 92 percent contained as of 8:45 a.m., having scorched morethan 27,500 acres of the San Bernardino National Forest since breaking

A man died in Thermal this morning after a shooting near the intersection of Dillon Rd and Ave 48. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, police responded to reports of a shooting in the area at about 12:24 a.m. When they arrived, deputies found a Hispanic man in a dirt field who had been

The Rev. Robert Schuller, founding pastor of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, has been hospitalized after a fall at his home in Orange, it was reported Thursday. Schuller, 86, was taken to a hospital early Saturday morning after falling in the middle of the night, the Orange County Register reported. Carol Schuller Milner said Wednesday that tests

A 36-year-old woman died this morning in Desert Hot Springs after being hit by a truck on Mountain View Road just north of Whitney Court. The woman was hit at 5:29 a.m., just around dawn. The driver was a man, stopped after hitting the woman and was fully cooperative with police. He is not expected

A new Field Poll finds strong support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among California voters as she considers whether to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. The survey released Thursday says Clinton’s popularity in the state is as high as it’s ever been, with 56 percent saying they have a positive

By the time the panel began speaking, the conference room at the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs, was standing room only. Packed full of people looking for answers. For the future of LGBT rights, marriage equality is just the beginning. What many people want to know and what this panel tried to answer is,

The city of Indio on Thursday will unveil its ninth mural, depicting elements of the area’s natural landscape. The mural will be unveiled at 9 a.m. at 82660 Miles Ave. The ceremony will be free and open to the public, and snacks will be available, city spokesman Jason Chan said. The mural was painted by

Indio police are looking for a man who robbed a woman more than two weeks ago outside a Bank of America branch. He got away with thousands of dollars in money raised by a community church. The incident happened on July 8 around 11:30 a.m. at the Bank of America branch on Highway 111 in

A public memorial will be held Thursday for Terry Smith, Jr., the 11-year-old boy whose body was found in a shallow grave in his family’s yard in Menifee. His half-brother 16-year-old Skylor Atilano now faces charges of murder. The father of the victim, Terry Smith, Sr., held a news conference to answer questions about his

Nilsa Matos, of Cathedral City, joined the Gold’s Gym in Palm Springs 18 months ago. While celebrating her birthday Tuesday she received a jaw-dropping surprise. “I had a debt of $3,322. It was terrible for me. It was my birthday.” said Matos. Matos was not alone. Some people we talked to saw pending charges ranging

Decena de miembros del gimnasio Gold’s Gym en Palm Springs estn furiosos por que este establecimiento hizo cobros de miles de dlares no autorizados por sus clientes. Es incierto exactamente cuantos miembros del gimnasio Gold’s Gym en Palm Springs fueron afectadas, despus de percatarse que cientos y miles de dlares haban desaparecidos de sus cuentas

Una familia residente de. Indio California sufri trgica volcadura como resultado hubo alrededor de 10 personas heridas, una de las cuales, una nia de 9 aos quien pereci en el lugar del accidente, sobre la carretera Mexicali-San Felipe . este reporte se dio a conocer por parte de las autoridades , quien perdi la vida

Docenas de personas se concentraron el mircoles frente a la Casa Blanca para solicitar al presidente Barack Obama que suspenda inmediatamente las deportaciones de inmigrantes sin papeles. Inmigrantes y activistas procedentes de diferentes estados entonaron cantos y consignas mientras bailaban alrededor de coloridas pancartas gigantes sobre el pavimento, que rezaban “Reforma Migratoria Ahora” y “Ni

A Lakewood woman whose husband enlisted a friend to helphim murder his sister in La Quinta pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor accessorycharge today and was sentenced to three years probation. Madelyn Alexis Oudin, 63, was originally charged with a felony count ofbeing an accessory in the June 10, 2011, slaying of 70-year-old Judy Munson.Oudin’s husband,

A woman was arrested Tuesday near the Salton Sea after she told Border Patrol agents she was trying to take two pounds of cocaine through the Highway 86 checkpoint. At around 9:30 a.m., the woman was pulling through the checkpoint between Westmorland and Salton City. After a short series of questions from the agents, the