Month: March 2018

The three men who have been the focus of the investigation into the Scandal at City Hall will be back in court Friday. John Wessman, Richard Meaney, and Steve Pougnet will appear at Larson Justice Center in Indio at 1:30 p.m. John Wessman, a Coachella Valley developer, and Richard Meaney, an area businessman, are accused

A 46-year-old Yucca Valley man has been arrested on suspicion committing lewd acts with a 13-year-old girl, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On March 23 at 1:20 a.m., Sheriff’s dispatch received a 911 text message from the 13-year-old victim who claimed to be a run-away from Sacramento who was touched while she

With most sectors of the regional economy stabilizing after the holidays, the unemployment rate in Riverside County dropped marginally last month, according to data released today by state officials. The jobless rate in February, based on preliminary estimates, was 4.6 percent, compared to 4.7 percent in January, according to the California Employment Development Department. Agency

KESQ & CBS Local 2 confirmed with Dan Armstrong that after 23-years as the head coach of La Quinta High School football he is expected to join the coaching staff at Shadow Hills High School. It wouldn’t become official until the position becomes listed open & the school board hiring process runs its course but

A man convicted in November in the kidnap-murder of a Palm Desert resident was sentenced today. 29-year-old Andrew John Muir was sentenced to life in prison + 6 years for the killing of 38-year-old Jason Cupit. The victim was stabbed in the back at an Indio home and then handcuffed inside his own vehicle, which

A Bermuda Dunes man was arrested on January 22 for violation of probation and being a felon in possession of several firearms according to a Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force (CVVCGTF) news release. The CVVCGTF served a weapons-related search warrant to a residence on the 78900 block of Runaway Bay Drive in Bermuda

A Coachella man was shot eight times by an Indio police officer because he pointed a gun at the lawman, a prosecutor said today, while a defense attorney said the officer exercised excessive force on a suspect who could not understand what the officer was relaying to him due to a language barrier. Mario Alberto

Un hombre fue hospitalizado hoy viernes por la mañana despues de recibir un disparo mientras estaba en un complejo de apartamentos de La Quinta. Los agentes del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside comentaron que recibieron informes de una balacera en el complejo de apartamentos de Wolff Waters Place justo despues de la medianoche. Un amigo

The Joshua Tree parents who were arrested for keeping their children in a shed for 4 years have been released from custody. Last Wednesday, 51-year-old Mona Kirk and 73-year-old Daniel Panico were arrested by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies after it was discovered that the couple had been housing their three children in “an approximately

A man was hospitalized Friday morning after being shot at a La Quinta apartment complex. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies say they received reports of gunfire at the Wolff Waters Place apartment complex just after midnight. A friend drove the man to a hospital with a gunshot wound. Deputies say he suffered non life threatening injuries

A petition has been started asking for improvements to be made at the intersection where a Desert Hot Springs High School student was struck and killed by a vehicle this past weekend. The petition is called “Pamela’s Light,” named after DHSHS senior, Pamela Carrillo. Carrillo was killed while crossing the road near the intersection of

“Getting up at 5:30 A.M. is not fun if it doesn’t get you anywhere,” said Catherine Wilkins as she awaited her flight to San Francisco this morning. Several disappointed passengers at the Palm Springs International Airport this morning as a winter storm canceled flights to and from San Francisco. “Crappy weather between San Francisco and

Palm Springs will consider shifting to district-based elections, in response to a threat of legal action by a voting rights group, city officials confirmed today. The city received a letter earlier this month from an attorney representing the nonprofit Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, alleging Palm Springs is violating the California Voting Rights Act by

His name is John Mcallister and he has autism. He is also one of the smallest kids of his age in the valley but you can’t underestimate how much one’s heart can make all the difference. A member of the Desert Mirage swim team, he inspire everyone in and out of the pool. Cody Krupp

Palm Desert resident Daniel Rivera-Acosta, 21, and Coachella resident Yesenia Hurtado-Gutierrez, 25, were killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning just after 2:00 am on the 400 block of East Palm Canyon Drive between South Palm Canyon and Via Salida. Daniel’s friends, family, and his coach said he was an outstanding soccer goalie and a

The Perris Prison home was an anomaly, one would hope. The conditions that David and Louise Turpin kept their children in appeared cruel to anyone, let alone to children. Questions circulated, ranging from ‘how could this go unnoticed for so long?’ to ‘what can be done to stop this abuse in the future?’ The former

An Indio man who allegedly threatened police online, then choked a police dog when officers attempted to arrest him at his home, pleaded not guilty today to nine felony counts, including making criminal threats and animal cruelty. Robert Anthony Garcia, 22, is accused of posting photos of himself on Facebook, in which he posed with

Dos personas murieron y una persona resultó herida despues de estar involucrados en una colisión de dos autos ocurrida en Palm Canyon Drive cerca de Via Salida el sábado por la mañana temprano a las 2:07 a.m. en Palm Springs. Según la policía, Yesenia Hurtado-Gutierrez, de Coachella, de 25 años, y Daniel Rivera Acosta, de

Two men were arrested this morning in Desert Hot Springs following a warrant service. The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force (CVVCGTF) and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s SWAT Team arrested 49-year-old Damon Fleischman for a felony narcotics warrant this morning. Fleischman was arrested while law enforcement officers were serving two separate weapons-related search