Man accused of ramming car, killing 3 boys in Temescal Valley charged
A Corona-area man accused of chasing down and ramming a car occupied by six teenagers, causing the vehicle to slam into a tree, killing three of the…
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34th Southwest Arts Festival kicks off in Indio
The 34th annual Southwest Arts Festival kicks off today at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, bringing with it four days of live music, plus pottery,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ecology professor hosting megafauna event in Palm Desert Wednesday night
A professor of ecology and evolutionary biology will be in town Wednesday to discuss large animals and why they matter. James Estes, who teaches at…
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Father charged with 3-month-old’s murder in Indio could be eligible for death sentence
An Indio couple was charged with murder today for the death of their 3-month-old child. Leonardo Daniel Alvarado Fernandez, 33, and Zue Itzayanna…
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Street racer found guilty of Rancho Mirage vehicular manslaughter to be sentenced
With prosecutors planning to re-try the defendants on a second-degree murder charge, sentencing remained on hold today for two men convicted of…
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Proposal could double salaries for Desert Hot Springs City Council members
Members of the Desert Hot Springs City Council could see their monthly base salaries more than double soon, the first pay raise for the city’s…
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Today is the last day to register to volunteer in homeless count
Today is the last day to register to volunteer for the Riverside County 2020 point-in-time homeless count, slated to begin on Jan. 29. The effort is…
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Controlled burns planned near Idyllwild all week
Fire crews are slated today through the end of the week to burn piles of brush and debris just north of Idyllwild, and residents and motorists were…
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Film crew seeks extras to play partygoers for shoot at Hotel Paseo
An advertising agency put out the call for anybody eager to participate in a commercial being shot today at a local hotel. A film crew will be…
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Woman sues ex-boyfriend for alleged Palm Springs attack and false imprisonment
A Los Angeles man accused of attacking and holding his girlfriend against her will in Palm Springs in 2019 was sued by the woman. The plaintiff is…
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Coachella Valley man sentenced in 2014 stabbing death
A Coachella Valley man convicted of stabbing a 57-year-old man to death six years ago was sentenced today to 56 years to life in state prison. David…
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67-year-old Coachella Valley man pleads not guilty to child sexual assault charges
Charges were filed Friday against a 67-year-old Coachella Valley man charged with committing lewd acts on multiple children. Ysidro Anaya Sanchez was…
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Man charged with murder in shooting death of a woman found dead at Indio home
A 25-year-old Indio man pleaded not guilty to a murder charge today in the shooting death of a woman found dead in her home. The body was discovered…
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2nd Pinyon Pines burglary suspect arrested in Indio
A 48-year-old La Quinta man is behind bars on suspicion of committing a home burglary last month in Pinyon Pines, the sheriff’s department reported…
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MLK to remembered at Palm Springs event this weekend
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered Sunday in Palm Springs in a program planned a day before the national holiday honoring the slain…
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Jury convicts two men for La Quinta botched drug deal murder
An Indio jury has found two men guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man nearly five years ago during a botched drug…
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Apartment, transit project looks to spur urbanization of downtown Coachella
A proposed mixed-use development that would bring a transit station, commercial space and 105 subsidized affordable apartments to downtown Coachella…
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