Month: January 2020
Rancho Mirage High School teacher wins January One Class At A Time award
Jennifer Donohue, a chemistry teacher from Rancho Mirage High School, is KESQ and Walter Clark Legal Group’s “One Class At A Time” award winner for the month of January.
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Lights back on at Coachella parks after parents reach agreement with city council
Parents in Coachella took a fight over community parks to city hall Wednesday night. They said they were upset when they noticed lights for fields weren’t being turned on at night, and the city told them they’d need to pay more than $100 for their kids to play there. “It was as simple as taking
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Indio man arrested for possession of fentanyl and drug paraphernalia
La Quinta Police arrested an Indio resident Thomas Prince, 43, the night of January 6, along the 78900 block of Adams Street for driving with a suspended license. Prince was found to be in possession of fentanyl, Xanax, hydrocodone and cocaine with the intent to sell, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He was
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Firefighters rescue puppy whose head was stuck in a tire
Cal Fire / Riverside County Firefighters rescued a puppy whose head was trapped in a tire outside the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms Tuesday afternoon. Riverside County Animal Services Officer Jose Cisneros responded to a call in Coachella about a puppy, a three-month-old Australian cattle dog, stuck inside a spare tire. Cisneros tried
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Desert Hot Springs looks to fill 15 seats across 3 key city commissions
Three key Desert Hot Springs commissions are entirely vacant, and the city is looking to fill their seats in the coming weeks. In a Facebook post Monday, Desert Hot Springs announced that all five seats are open on the Planning Commission, the Public Safety Commission, and the Community and Cultural Affairs Commission. In order to
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Three teens arrested in La Quinta on multiple charges including residential burglary
Deputies arrested three teens in La Quinta and discovered they may have been involved in a previous burglary. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to the 54400 block of Avenida Rubio on Tuesday at around 12:10 p.m. to respond to a report of trespassing. A neighbor told deputies they heard glass
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RSO: Pair arrested on I-10 after pepper-spraying clerk, stealing jewelry
A man and a woman were taken into custody on I-10 Wednesday afternoon after allegedly pepper-spraying a clerk in a Palm Desert business then stealing a piece of jewelry. At 12:34 p.m., the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a robbery at Pawnshield Fine Jewelry and Loan at 74836 Technology Drive in Palm
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4 killed in Corona plane crash
Four people were killed today when a single-engine airplane crashed just northeast of Corona Municipal Airport, triggering a fire. The plane crashed shortly after noon while the pilot was trying to take off from the single-runway, non-towered airport. “The unidentified aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances,” Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor told City News Service.’The
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Warming up through the beginning of the weekend
Temperatures today have stayed near average. For Palm Springs, that number is 70°. Through Saturday, a ridge of high pressure is expected to build. This will create a warming trend across the region. Temperatures will be between five and ten degrees above the normal for this time of year. Still, this means temperatures are expected
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Patrulla fronteriza: Un hombre fue arrestado por intentar pasar metanfetamina en la llanta de refacción de un Volvo.
Un hombre fue arrestado el martes por la tarde por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza del Sector El Centro por presuntamente intentar contrabandear metanfetamina en la llanta de repuesto de su automóvil a través del punto de control de inmigración de la autopista 86 cerca de Salton City. A las 12:15 p.m. El martes, un
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Thermal man charged with molesting girl has bail reduced
A Thermal man charged with molesting a teenage girl had his bail reduced today from $1 million to $55,000, in the wake of the dismissal of a kidnapping count. The bail reduction approved by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Burke Strunsky came two weeks after another judge ordered 36-year-old Elit Barroso Miranda to stand trial
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Miembro de la pandilla MS-13 previamente deportado fue arrestado por la Patrulla Fronteriza cerca de Calexico.
Un miembro de la pandilla MS-13 previamente deportado fue arrestado por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza del Sector El Centro durante el fin de semana. A las 11:25 p.m., los agentes que patrullaban un área a 11 millas al oeste del puerto de entrada de Calexico West observaron a un hombre cruzar ilegalmente la frontera
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Hombre de 43 años fue arrestado por presuntamente destrozar bombas de gas en una gasolinera 76
Un hombre de High Desert está tras las rejas después de presuntamente destrozar una estación de servicio, causando más de $ 10,000 dólares en daños al negocio. El martes aproximadamente a las 12:16 a.m., los agentes de la Estación de la Cuenca del Morongo del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San Bernardino fueron llamados
Continue Reading Previously-deported MS-13 gang member arrested by Border Patrol near Calexico
A previously-deported MS-13 gang member was arrested by El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents over the weekend. At 11:25 p.m., agents patrolling an area 11 miles west of the Calexico West Port of Entry observed a man illegally crossing the U.S./Mexico border, according to the Border Patrol news release, issued Wednesday. The suspect was detained
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Spelling Bee of Champions competition coming to Desert Hot Springs High School
The Palm Springs Unified School District’s top student spellers will compete Friday for a spot in the county spelling bee. Forty-two students in grades 4 through 8 are slated to compete in the 43rd annual Spelling Bee of Champions, according to PSUSD spokeswoman Joan Boiko. The winner will advance to represent the district at the
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