Variety will honor “Ferrari” actor Penélope Cruz with the Creative Impact in Acting Award during the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival. The award will be presented as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch presented by DIRECTV on Jan. 5 at the Parker Palm Springs. Credit: Tabercil /
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has identified a pedestrian who was killed in a collision with a semi-truck Monday night in Indio. In a press release, authorities stated the victim was a 40-year-old woman from Thermal named Blanca Quevedo. The collision occurred around 10 p.m. near Jackson St. and the I-10 Freeway going eastbound. Firefighters
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Credit: Alexander Ogle The Palm Springs Police Department has announced that Ramon Road is now open between Avenida Evelita and Paseo Dorotea after a fire shut down roads for about three hours Saturday evening. The fire has been put out by crews and the area surrounding the scene has been cleared. PSPD sent out an
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Guests gathered at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway bright and early for an Easter Sunday Sunrise service. The 5:45 am ceremony featured a sermon delivered by Pastor Robert Sneed from Rebirth Temple of Faith in Palm Springs. “The message was simple,” says a visitor who is also a Pastor Hexel Hernando from
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Cathedral City Police are asking for help from the public in an investigation into an early morning high-speed pursuit. At 5:31 a.m., CCPD officers attempted to make an enforcement stop. The driver of the vehicle failed to yield and fled at high rate of speed eastbound starting from Plumley Road and Gerald Ford. Cathedral City
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A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead in the Penn West neighborhood in Indio. Deputies at the Indio Police Department received a call just after 4 a.m. Sunday morning about a man with a gunshot wound on the 83600 block of Cardinal Ave. When deputies arrived, the man was pronounced dead
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A minor earthquake was reported 18 miles south of La Quinta Saturday morning. The Magnitude 4.2 quake was centered in a mountain area about 10 miles north of Borrego Springs at 4:12 a.m. The US Geological Survey user reports showed people feeling light or weak shaking in the Indio and Hemet communities and San Diego
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A man has died after a fire broke out at a single-story home on Waterleaf Court in Beaumont just after 12 a.m. Saturday morning. Fire crews arriving on scene described it as “well involved.” The blaze was contained at 12:41 a.m. There is no word at this time for what caused the fire. Police have
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UPDATE October 31st : Palm Springs police have arrested two suspects for a shooting that left one person dead early Sunday morning in Palm Springs, near a shopping center on the 5600 block of East Ramon Road. According to Palm Springs Police, after following up on leads, they determined that the 3 victims verbally argued
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The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a M3.3 earthquake near La Quinta early Sunday morning. The earthquake struck at approximately 2:24 a.m. The epicenter was roughly 14 miles southwest of La Quinta near the Santa Rosa mountains. So far we’ve had no calls into the newsroom from people who felt it. Did you feel it?
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a 3-year-old girl who was found dead inside a car on Spruce Street last week. The coroner’s office has identified the girl as Hanna Valenzuela from Indio. The cause of death is still under investigation. Police were called to the 46500 block of Spruce Street
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Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez announced in a recent Facebook post that California State Library has awarded the city of Coachella $4.5 million for the renovation of the old Coachella library on Seventh St. Earlier this year, the library began being utilized as a College of the Desert facility, offering places to study, career and personal
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An inmate was found dead at Robert Presley Detention Center Wednesday night. According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies assigned to the detention center responded to the cell of a unresponsive male inmate at about 6:53 P.M. Jail medical staff immediately began life-saving measures, which was continued by Riverside City Fire and American Medical Response
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