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Jurors deadlocked today in the sanity trial of a 37-year-old man who gunned down his octogenarian grandparents in Palm Desert, in what his attorney contends were acts of a mentally disturbed person, but the prosecution maintains were outright murders. Deliberations began Jan. 11 after a few days of testimony in the mental competency trial of
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Olive Crest Inland and Desert Communities is celebrating the grand opening of its new Children’s and Family Resource Center in Palm Desert. News Channel 3 evening anchor Karen Devine emceed last night’s ribbon-cutting event where people could tour the new facility. It’s located on Portola and Country Club set to provide various services for at-risk youth
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved an allocation of $7.5 million in funding to complete the Palm Springs Navigation Center campus. County officials said the facility will be integral to the region’s efforts to address homelessness. It is set to provide 80 interim housing units with full wrap-around services. The three‑building campus located at
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Update 1:40 p.m. The Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station confirmed that Toye Alicia Moore was found safe. Original Report 11:43 a.m. The Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station was alerted of a missing woman from Yucca Valley. Toye Alicia Moore was last seen on Thursday, January 18, 2024 leaving her residence in the 6000c block of Hermosa Ave
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“The phones are ringing off the hook,” said Rob Winkle, the Chief Financial Officer at Roof Asset Management. Winkle says in the last 24-hours his company has received over 200 phone calls. Although its nothing in comparison to the inquiries he got after Tropical Storm Hilary. During that week, Roof Asset Management answered nearly 1,000
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A new LGBTQ retirement living facility is open in the desert. Living Out Palm Springs hosted its grand opening on Tuesday. This marks Southern California’s first and only luxury active adult community specifically designed for the LGBTQ community. Loren Ostrow, one of the developers of Living Out, states, “Knowing that too many LGBTQ seniors live
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This week, the Palm Springs Police Department will be hosting a law enforcement group from Costa Rica. “The International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Representatives of Costa Rica” will be in Palm Springs on Tuesday and Wednesday. 16 officials from that country, including the director of the national police academy, are expected to learn about crime
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Attempted murder charges were dropped against a man accused in an Indio shooting two years ago. He pleaded not guilty Tuesday to new allegations of committing a felony in association with a gang. Tasaun Thomas, 25, of Indio, and 22-year-old Kevin Rene Duarte were each charged with one felony count of attempted murder and two
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A 34-year-old man who slipped into an inebriated woman’s room at the Palm Springs hotel where he worked and sexually assaulted her as she lay unconscious was sentenced today to seven years to life in state prison. A Banning jury in November deliberated less than a day before finding Alejandro “Alex” Adan of Desert Hot
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Jury deliberations resumed today in the sanity trial of a 37-year-old man who gunned down his octogenarian grandparents in Palm Desert, in what his attorney contends were acts of a mentally disturbed person, but the prosecution maintains were outright murders. Deliberations began Jan. 11 after a few days of testimony in the mental competency trial
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A high-speed rail line connecting Southern California with Las Vegas got a major boost today with the approval of $2.5 billion in bonds. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the funding, via private activity bond authority allocated for the Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail project. The 218-mile rail line will primarily run along the
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FARM, Tac/Quila, Front Porch and Clandestino are now Certified Autism Centers (CAC). The Palm Springs restaurants were awarded this designation after the owners, Liz and Mark Ostoich, and the majority of their employees received autism-awareness training from the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES.) “We had over 80 percent of the front
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After stunning the world of golf by becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991, 20-year-old Nick Dunlap has decided to take some well-deserved rest. The American sophomore defied the odds by winning The American Express tournament on Sunday, his achievement making headlines across the
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What started out at a dark and rainy day, ended with sunshine and champagne for Trilogy in La Quinta. Nearly three years after facing a potential water crisis, the local retirement community voted to purchase the troubled 229-acre Coral Mountain Golf Course on Monday morning. “We are so excited that we have our course back,”
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Agua Caliente’s 3rd annual Polo and Balloon Classic event will begin next Wednesday, January 31. The event celebrates the game of polo while featuring local artists and designers. On January 31, attendees will be able to mingle with polo players at a cocktail party at CODA Art Gallery on El Paseo. The event will feature
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Monday’s wet weather caused some localized street flooding throughout the Coachella Valley making it difficult for drivers. “It’s not easy driving in the rain,” said Cathedral City resident, Avr Salcedo. “Especially here in Cathedral City and Palm Springs, they don’t know how to drive.” Salcedo says he knows what to expect when it rains on
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Updated post by Olga R. Rodriguez (AP): SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California State University faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation’s largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association will return to work
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A felon accused of beating a Cabazon man with a chunk of wood and stabbing him multiple times must stand trial on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, a judge ruled today. Sergio Martinez Gutierrez, 45, was arrested last summer following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. At the end of a preliminary
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A convicted felon accused of stabbing a 35-year-old Banning man during a street confrontation, then hitting a police officer with a brick while trying to get away, pleaded not guilty today to assault on a peace officer and other offenses. Alejandro Munoz, 31, was arrested last week following a Banning Police Department investigation. Along with
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